8:30 A Jazz Podcast - Episode #36 - Joe Zawinul

Josef Erich Zawinul (July 7 1932 - September 11, 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 Jazz Rock. He co-founded the group Weather Report. He pioneered the use of Electric Piano and Synthesizer and was named “Best Electric Keyboardist” twenty-eight times by the readers of Downbeat magazine.

Songs Include:

1. 8:30
2. In A Silent Way
3. Come Sunday
4. Patriots
5. East 12th Street Band
6. Mercy Mercy Mercy

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