Zawinul (album)

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Released 1971 Length 35:45 Release date 1971 Label Atlantic Records		Recorded 1970 Artist Joe Zawinul Producer Joel Dorn Genre Jazz

Studio Atlantic Studios, New York City Similar Joe Zawinul albums, Jazz albums

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Zawinul is an album by jazz composer and pianist Joe Zawinul recorded in 1970 by Zawinul performing music for two electric pianos, flute, trumpet, soprano saxophone, two contra basses and percussion. The album reached number 17 in the Billboard Jazz album charts.

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4 stars stating "Conceptually, sonically, this is really the first Weather Report album in all but name, confirming that Joe Zawinul was the primary creative engine behind the group from the beginning".

Track listing

All compositions by Joe Zawinul

"Doctor Honoris Causa" – 13:48
"In a Silent Way" – 4:51
"His Last Journey" – 4:36
"Double Image" – 10:32
"Arrival in New York" – 2:01

Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, N.Y

Personnel

Joe Zawinul – acoustic and electric piano

Herbie Hancock – electric piano

George Davis (tracks 1-3 & 5), Hubert Laws (track 4) – flute

Woody Shaw (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5), Jimmy Owens (track 3) – trumpet

Earl Turbinton (tracks 1-3 & 5), Wayne Shorter (track 4) – soprano saxophone

Miroslav Vitouš, Walter Booker – bass

Billy Hart, David Lee, Joe Chambers – percussion

Jack DeJohnette – melodica (track 3), percussion (track 4)

Technical

Gene Paul - recording engineer

Lew Hahn - recording and remixing engineer

Ed Freeman - cover design and photography

Songs

1Doctor Honoris Causa13:47
2In a Silent Way4:49
3His Last Journey4:36

References

Zawinul (album) Wikipedia

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