Joe Zawinul - Brown Street
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Free Music Review: Phenomenal
Hit: 5 Stars
If you're a Weather Report fan, you'll love this CD. All of the songs were done by Weather Report and written by Joe Zawinul, who is performing them with the WDR Big Band at his Birdland Club. It was a celebration of his 70th birthday. Man, these guys can really cook. The arrangements are well done by Vince Mendoza and the exception is "Procession", which is arranged by Joe. They don't take away from Joe's or Weather Report's sound at all, in this writer's opinion. You can still hear his keyboard mastery, along with special guests Victor Bailey, Alex Acuna and Nathaniel Townsley.
I recently saw an interview in which Joe raved about the first American bands that he heard: Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller. He said that their band's intonations were perfect. "Never made a mistake" he said. I wonder if Joe ever thought that one day his songs would be played by a band that fits that discription. The WDR Band is tight and treats his music beautifully. I recommend this CD highly and I'm glad that I own it as homage to a great musician and person.
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: Zawinul performing his Weather Report Tunes
Hit: 5 Stars
I am moved to write this review after hearing of Mr. Zawinul's death at 75 on Sept. 11 '07 while listening to KCSM. (They played a 4+ hour tribute to the man and his music from his days with Cannonball and Miles thru today.) He was quite the innovator as a keyboard player and composer.
This CD recorded at his Birdland club in Vienna on Oct. of 2005 with the WDR big band. At first I leary about getting this disc but after hearing it I had to grab a copy. As Zawinul wrote the arrangments are basicaly Weather Report arrangments transformed into a big band setting. The playing here is impecable. All the solos by the band and Joe are out of this world!!!
All of the tunes recorded here are his great tunes all recorded at one point by Weather Report. Most of these tunes he had not played since The band broke up. It's great to hear these tunes again in a new light. Get this one today.
Also check out Vienna Nights also recored at Birdland wiht the Syndicate at 2 dates in 2004.
Free Music Review: Big band a perfect fit
Hit: 4 Stars
Joe Zawinul and his core group meshes with the WDR big band to romp through his songs. I'm familiar with some of the Weather Report songs, but most of the songs were new to me. The overall mood, as you can probably tell from the samples, is peppy. The first song sets the mood, it's bouncy and swinging. This CD highlights that Joe Zawinul's keyboard may be able to play a lot of notes and make different sounds, but is no substitute for having a whole mess of horn players. A big band has more dynamics and power, and while fusion may be in jazz terms 180 degrees from big band music, in this case they have a lot in common. "In A Silent Way" focuses more on Zawinul in favor of using the band. "Fast City" is true to its name. In the fast songs, Victor Bailey plays dizzyingly fast bass lines. His tone cuts through the mix, so you can readily hear him whirling along. I think a song or two might have been better served by a slower, funkier bass line like the Jaco lines on "Black Market". There are 10 songs, and the total album length is 84 minutes, so it's barely a double CD, but the price is that of a single. This is one of the better jazz CD's of 2007 so far.
Free Music Review: Amen
Hit: 5 Stars
This is a signature album from a keyboardist who spans the time in which I have enjoyed JAZZ.