Joe Zawinul

Real Name:
Josef Erich Zawinul
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Joe Zawinul was born in Vienna, July 7 1932 (Died: September 11 2007, Vienna) and had his first introduction to music was playing the accordian with his family. As a jazz musician he began getting noticed in 1952, when he began working with Hans Koller. However, Zawinul is most recognized for his work as a musician and composer on Miles Davis' albums from 1969-1970: "In a Silent Way", "Bitches Brew", "Live Evil", and "Big Fun". Also he is recognized for co-founding, one of the seminal Jazz Fusion bands of the 70s, Weather Report with Wayne Shorter, also a ex-Davis musician, in 1971. Since the break-up of Weather Report in 1986, he has done some solo tours and recordings and has formed the Zawinul Syndicate and played in other bands . He is a great composer and one of the great pioneers of electronic keyboards in jazz music.
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Money In The Pocket

(LP, Album, Mono)
Atlantic, Atlantic 1968

The Rise & Fall Of The Third Stream

(LP, Album)
Vortex Records (2) 1968

Zawinul

(4 versions)
Atlantic 1971

Ben Webster and Joe Zawinul - Soulmates (LP, Album, RE)

Original Jazz Classics, Riverside Records 1984

Dialects

(8 versions)
Columbia 1986

My People

(4 versions)
CREAM Records (3), CREAM Records (3) 1996

Stories Of The Danube

(CD, Album)
Philips 1996

Joe Zawinul & Zawinul Syndicate, The - World Tour (3 versions)

ESC Records 1998

Mauthausen ... Vom Großen Sterben Hören

(CD, Album)
ESC Records 2000

Faces & Places

(3 versions)
ESC Records 2002

Joe Zawinul & Zawinul Syndicate, The - Vienna Nights (2 versions)

BHM Productions 2005

Brown Street

(2 versions)
Intuition Records 2006

Joe Zawinul & Zawinul Syndicate, The - 75th (2 versions)

BHM Productions 2009

Absolute Ensemble Featuring Joe Zawinul - Absolute Zawinul (CD, Enh)

Intuition Records 2009

Singles & EPs

Bimoya

(12")
Un-Restricted Access 2008

Compilations

Concerto Retitled

(LP, Comp)
Atlantic 1976

Ben Webster & Joe Zawinul - Trav'lin' Light (2xLP, Comp)

Milestone Records 1980

The Rise & Fall Of The Third Stream / Money In The Pocket

(CD, Album, Comp, RM)
Rhino Records (2) 1994

Miscellaneous

To You With Love

(CD)
Fresh Sound Records 2008

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