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The Zawinul Syndicate was a

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band formed by Austrian keyboardist

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in 1988. The band evolved out of Zawinul's former band

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. The band adhered to Zawinul's roots in

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. Their style could be described as a combination of unusual grooves, driving and

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rhythms and many borrowings from different music cultures. Zawinul himself stated that he gave the band its name due to a syndicate bearing more resemblance to a family than "just" a band. After the death of Zawinul in 2007, several members of The Zawinul Syndicate decided to reform and perform Zawinul's music live under the shortened name The Syndicate.

Members

Many different musicians have been part of Zawinul's ''Syndicate''. For example: Drummers * Jonathan "Hollywood" Joseph * Cornell Rochester * Rodney Holmes * Paco Séry * Mike Baker * Nathaniel Townsley *

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Percussionists *

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* Arto Tunçboyacıan *

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* Aziz Sahmaoui * Jorge Bezerra Jr. * Bill Summers * Lynne Fiddmont * Abdou M' Boup Bassists *

Gerald Veasley Gerald Veasley (born July 28, 1955) is an American jazz bass guitarist. Veasley was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he played in R&B groups as a teenager. He worked with Joe Zawinul from 1988 to 1995, and began releasing h ...

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* Victor Bailey * Linley Marthe * Étienne M’Bappé Guitarists *

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* Gary Poulson * Alegre Corrêa * Amit Chatterjee Singers * Maria João * Sabine Kabongo * Carl Anderson * Leata Galloway The last concert of the band took place on 3 August 2007 in

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, Austria, six weeks before Zawinul's death.

Discography

Discography per

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Albums

* The Immigrants (CBS, 1988) * Black Water (CBS, 1989) * Lost Tribes (Columbia, 1992) * Vienna Nights – Live At Joe Zawinul's Birdland (BHM, 2005) * 75th (BHM, 2008)

References

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