Jazz Articles about Joe Zawinul

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Joe Zawinul: The Rise And Fall Of The Third Stream

by John Sharpe
August 1, 1999

Originally released in 1967 on the obscure Vortex label, this CD finds Joe Zawinul at the tail end of his nine year association with Cannonball Adderley. Although Zawinul began his jazz career as a mainstream, hard bop pianist, he would evolve into a noted composer and a pioneer in the use of electronics, exotic sounds and world beat rhythms. The Rise And Fall Of The Third Stream is the beginning of a journey that would eventually lead to the formation ...

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Joe Zawinul and the Zawinul Syndicate: World Tour

by Ed Kopp
August 1, 1998

Joe Zawinul claims this is the best band he's assembled since Weather Report, and it's hard to argue the point. This iteration of the Zawinul Syndicate is an extremely captivating live band. I saw them perform last summer, and no exaggeration, it was one of the best concerts I've ever attended. World Tour is an incendiary two-disc recording culled from three gigs the Syndicate performed in Germany during 1997.

One of the founding fathers of electric jazz, Vienna native Zawinul ...