Joe Zawinul - Brown Street
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Free Music Review: A fitting chronical of the music of Joe Zawinul
Hit: 5 Stars
Even if he had known that this would be his last recording,i don't think that Joe could have come up with a better tribute to the legacy of his music."In A Slient Way"is particularly beautiful, with a sensitive trumpet reading over the type of sophisticated but emotional arrangement what has always been a trademark for Zawinul. For me, this big band is making the concept of a big band fresh and vital again with all of the recent contemporary jazz recordings that they have done on the music of Pat Metheny, etc., and this record is yet another example of that. They are strong and tight and just doing Zawinul's music the way he might do it if HE played all the instruments himself - this is a really great record and a true chronical of the music of Joe Zawinul, I highly recommned it to any Weather Report / 70's "golden age" world - fusion fan.Free Music Review: Joe Zawinul is the Best
Hit: 5 Stars
This is a fitting tribute to the joyous musical mind of Joe Zawinul. His spirit and writing skills, as well as his mastery of the synthesizer, place him at the top of the jazz world, at least to this reviewer. He understands something about the joy and positive energy inherent in music, and he unlocks it in this CD...his songs take to a big band arrangement really well, especially a tune such as "Night Passage." I heard Zawinul perform at Jazz Alley in Seattle a few years ago, it was the best music I ever heard in this respected jazz club. He got the BEST synth sounds I've ever heard...a complete master. This CD is excellent and flat-out exciting.Free Music Review: big brass sound
Hit: 5 Stars
here's a big brassy sound, combining zawinul's electric piano and his tour bus visits to locations of world music in many ways similar to pharoah sanders' international musical excursions. as always with zawinul, there's lot of energy. paradoxically, not just in a silent way and black market, all of zawinul's music sounds familiar to the point of sounding alike while sounding different; this is personal style, without being redundant.
i've heard that listeners of rock don't like the music of zawinul and weather report. that's pretty high praise.
Free Music Review: Joe Zawinul - Brown Street
Hit: 5 Stars
The passing of Joe Zawinul was a great loss to all those who love jazz. Out of the never-ending musical vaults comes a wonderful compilation of old favorites with an excellent band to boot. Alex Acuna does an amazing job on percussion and Zawinul pulls out many of the phenomenal keyboards grooves that he is known for. I particularly liked the title track, Brown St. which originally came out with the 8:30 recording by Weather Report. This is a fantastic live album and I highly recommend it.Free Music Review: 21st Century Weather Report
Hit: 5 Stars
This big band rendition of the best of Zawinul, Shorter & Company is an essential "Weather update." As other reviewers have opined, those 70s synth sounds have not aged well despite the fact that JZ was the consummate synth player (akin to Garth Hudson with the Band). The horns arrangements are unified and add a fresh perspective to the WR standards. Would love to hear more peformances, but these two discs' worth are nothing short of amazing. Jazz is alive and well in the 21st Century.