Joe Zawinul
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Josef Erich Zawinul 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 beco
Zawinul in 2007
Zawinul with Weather Report in Toronto, 1977 Photo: Jean-Luc Ourlin
The Zawinul Syndicate, live in Freiburg, 28 March 2007
Joe Zawinul's grave in Vienna Central Cemetery, Vienna
Weather Report
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Weather Report was an American jazz fusion band active from 1970 to 1986. The band was founded in 1970 by Austrian keyboardist Joe Zawinul, American saxophonist Wayne Shorter, Czech bassist Miroslav V
Joe Zawinul
…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…
Weather Report live June 11, 1981
Weather Report in Argentina. L to R: Shorter, Erskine, Zawinul, and Pastorius
Pastorius, reaching to accentuate his bass guitar sound with harmonics
L-R: Zawinul, Pastorius, Shorter