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My People (Joe Zawinul Album)
''My People'' is a studio album by Austrian-born jazz musician Joe Zawinul which was recorded and released in 1996. Recording and music The album was recorded in 1996. The music draws on several international influences. "The musical structures are linear, the rhythms full of intricacies welded to Zawinul's love affair with the groove, the synthesizer textures usually sparer than ever. There are vocals in several languages". Reception The AllMusic reviewer suggested that the album was more world music than jazz, and concluded: "Hear it; you purists may be jiggling along in spite of yourselves." ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' described it as "hugely disappointing", containing "a drab residue of common riffs, rhythms and disharmonies". Track listing # "Introduction to a Mighty Theme" # "Waraya" # "Bimoya" # "You Want Some Tea, Grandpa?" # "Slivovitz Trail" # "Ochy-Bala/Pazyryk" # "Orient Express" # "Erdäpfee Blues (Potato Blues)" # "Mi Gente" # "In an Island Way" # "Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Zawinul
Josef Erich Zawinul ( '; 7 July 1932 – 11 September 2007) was an Austrian jazz and jazz fusion keyboardist and composer. First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with Miles Davis and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, a musical genre that combined jazz with rock. He co-founded the groups Weather Report and The Zawinul Syndicate. He pioneered the use of electric piano and synthesizer, and was named "Best Electric Keyboardist" twenty-eight times by the readers of ''DownBeat'' magazine. Biography Early life and career Zawinul grew up in Vienna, Austria. Accordion was his first instrument. When he was six or seven, he studied clarinet, violin, and piano at the Vienna Conservatory (Konservatorium Wien). During the 1950s he was a staff pianist for Polydor. He worked as a jazz musician with Hans Koller, Friedrich Gulda, Karl Drewo, and Fatty George. In 1959 he moved to the U.S. to attend Berklee College of Music, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
