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Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate: Vienna Nights: Live at Joe Zawinul's Birdland
by John Kelman
As good as keyboardist/composer Joe Zawinul's last album (the '02 studio effort Faces and Places) was, his latest proves that some music is really meant to be experienced live. It's not about stretching out, although Zawinul's latest edition of the Zawinul Syndicate does take the opportunity to expand on the five tunes from Faces and Places that take up nearly half of this hundred-minute, two-CD set. It's about the kind of energy that only happens in front of an audience, ...
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by Jim Santella
Recorded at Birdland in Vienna, Austria last May and September for his own label, Joe Zawinul's powerhouse unit gives this live audience quite a thrill. Keyboards, percussion, provocative bass lines, and evocative vocals fill the room with unique sounds.
Zawinul affects a vocoder air in conversation with Arto Tuncboyaciyan on “Do You Want Some Tea, Grandpa?" with impressive results. The slow, sensitive ballad reveals one side of the Zawinul Syndicate. Driving tirades and muscular fits of passion reveal ...
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