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The Zawinul Syndicate has a new drummer. His name is Stephane Galland. For more
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We have updated our concerts section with new
concerts! 10th
of October, 2002 New
scheduled concerts have been added to our live concerts section. Give
them a look! THE
WEATHER REPORT "LIVE & UNRELEASED" ALBUM HAS BEEN
RELEASED The
new live Weather Report album has been released. You can see the
track titles and listen to some samples on the Sony
Music website. 4th
of September, 2002 A
special concert will take place to celebrate the 70th birthday of Joe
Zawinul. The concert will be carried out in Germany, at the
Leverkussener jazz festival, next 7th of November. A lot of special
guests will participate to this event: Victor Bailey, Alex Acuna,
Scott Kinsey, WDR Big Band, Vince Mendoza, Etienne Mbappé,
Paco Sery, Amit Chatterjee, Manolo Badrena, Maria Joao and Sabine
Kabongo. JOE
ZAWINUL GUEST OF THE I.M.T. MUSIC SCHOOL IN MADRID Joe
Zawinul will be the special guest of a Modern Music School in Madrid,
next 9th of September. ZAWINUL
SYNDICATE'S LIVE CONCERT ON FRENCH TELEVISION A
Zawinul Syndicate's live concert will be broadcasted next 23rd of
September on French television M6 TV. 13th
of August, 2002 We
thank Mrs. Ingrid Fuehrer of Residenz Verlag, who sent us information
about a new book, the first official Joe Zawinul biography, that has
been published only in German language at this moment. Gunther
Baumann, Joe Zawinul. A biography The
book
Zawinul
is not only a music-maker but also a gifted speaker. For this reason,
the book is conceived as a dialogue. The chapters follow no strict
pattern, but are multi-layered. Thus this richly illustrated volume
shows not only Zawinul as the world sees him, but rather Zawinul as
he sees the world. An artist's portrait, then, as has never before
been written in the field of jazz. The
author Gunther
Baumann was born in Cologne in 1952 and has lived in Vienna since
1968. He began his career as a journalist in Vienna in 1970, with the
Viennese newspaper Die Presse. In 1979 he founded the music &
hi-fi magazine VOX, of which the first title story was devoted to Joe
Zawinul and his band "Weather Report". Since 1982, Baumann has been
critic and arts editor of the Kurier newspaper. For
more information: Ingrid
Fuehrer MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE WEATHER REPORT "LIVE AND UNRELEASED" DOUBLE
CD The
Sony WR "Live & Unreleased" double CD is
being released in these weeks. Date:
November 27, 1975, The New Victoria Theater, London Freezing
Fire 9:17 Date:
September 10, 1977, The Rainbow, London Teen
Town 6:30 Date:
November 30, 1977, Grand Rapids, Michigan Portrait
Of Tracy 5:57 Date:
November 28, 1978, Phoenix, Arizona River
People 6:57 Date:
July 12, 1980, The Complex, Santa Monica, California Fast
City 6:49 Date:
July 13, 1980, The Complex, Santa Monica, California Night
Passage 5:53 Date:
June 3, 1983, Hammersmith Odeon, London Plaza
Real 7:04 7th
of July, 2002 The
last Zawinul's album will be released in Europe next 16th of
September. 23rd
of June, 2002 We
just updated the Joe Zawinul concerts schedule for the current year.
See our tour
dates section
for more info. THE
ITALIAN TOUR OF WAYNE SHORTER QUARTET Wayne
Shorter will be in tour in Italy very soon. This is the concert
schedule: WAYNE
SHORTER ACOUSTIC QUARTET ITALIAN
DATES JOE
ZAWINUL IS CARRYING OUT HIS EUROPEAN TOUR We
received three very nice articles from our friends; these articles
are focused on Joe Zawinul concerts, we are very happy to publish
them in their integral form. 26th
of April, 2002 The
release of the latest Joe Zawinul album has been postponed to early
September. NEW
ZAWINUL SYNDICATE TOUR DATES We
have a lot of new tour dates of the Zawinul Syndicate. Three new tour
dates in Italy. 24th
of February, 2002 A
great tribute concert for Jaco will be held at "The
Melkweg",
Amsterdam (Holland), next 24th of March. The programme includes
Victor Bailey, Julius and Felix Pastorius, Michel Hatzigeorgiou, a 50
bassists orchestra, led by Victor, playing Portrait of Tracy, and the
incomparable New Cool Collective big band, performing Jaco tunes. We
also updated our live
concerts section
with new tour dates. 17th
of February, 2002 It
seems that the Zawinul Syndicate will be in tour also in Norway on
May 24. See our concerts
section
for more info. 7th
of February, 2002 We
just added some new tour dates of next Zawinul tour. See our
concerts
section
for more info. 2nd
of February, 2002 Our
friend Anil Prasad sent us some news about the new Weather Report CD
set. This is the text of the message he sent us: 26th
of January, 2002 Really
good news for Zawinul supporters. The great Paco Sery will be the
Zawinul Syndicate's drummer during next tours (Spring/Summer 2002).
He has been defined "The greatest drummer i played anywhere, anytime"
by Zawinul. Sery will be with the band also in Vicenza (20th of May);
the concert will be carried out in the Sala Palladio - Ente Fiera
(Vicenza Jazz Festival).
The
discussed Bill Milkowski book has been published in Italian
Language. THE
PUBLICATION OF NEW ZAWINUL'S ALBUM IS IMMINENT The
latest Zawinul album will be probably released during next month of
March. AVAILABLE
ON THE INTERNET A FINGERPICKING VERSION OF "BIRDLAND" Our
friend Giuliano sent us this interesting link: http://www.fingerpicking.net/Trascrizioni/Trascrizioni.htm January
11th of 2002 Joe
Zawinul will be on tour in Vicenza, Italy, next 20th of May. December
20th, 2001 Joe
Zawinul is recording his new album that will be entitled "Faces
& Places". The major recording work is being carried out in
the private Zawinul studios in Malibu. A recording session has been
realized also in the German studios of ESC Records in Bonn, with
the participation of Paco Sery, Maria Joao, Etienne M'Bappe and
Sabine Kabongo. The new album will feature also Victor Bailey,
Richard Bona, Alex Acuna and many other musicians. September
10th, 2001 I
received a very interesting article by Craig Thomas who is a dear
friend of Brian Glasser, the author of the first Zawinul's biography.
It's related to what Joe said about him in my last
interview
of July 1st.
I'm happy to publish it, in my opinion, to know different points of
view is always good! September
7th, 2001 There
are very interesting tours scheduled for next months. Also Joe
Zawinul, Victor Bailey and Richard Bona will release their new albums
very soon. We give you some information about upcoming european
tours. For the details you can visit the Emmeci
Srl
website. VICTOR
BAILEY GROUP BENNIE
MAUPIN - sax An
european tour is planned for October/November 2001. The new Victor
Bailey's album, "That's Right", will be released on Semptember 21st.
For more info go to the Escapade
Records
website. RICHARD
BONA GROUP Richard
Bona will be on tour in Italy probably next November. His new album,
"Reverence", will be released by Sony/Columbia next month of
September. Also Richard Bona is now the percussionist/vocalist of the
Pat
Metheny Group. JOE
ZAWINUL SYNDICATE "70th ANNIVERSARY TOUR" JOE
ZAWINUL - keyboards Joe
Zawinul will be on tour in Europe with the same band of his last
tour, Spring 2002. In the same period ESC Records will release his
new CD. August
28th, 2001 AZ-IZ
Music Productions launched the official Victor Bailey website, and
renewed the official Zawinul's site completely. Both the websites are
now built on Macromedia Flash technology. August
9th, 2001 We
posted two new exceptional articles: exclusive interviews with
Joe
Zawinul
and Victor
Bailey. July
13th, 2001 The
european Fall 2001 tour of the Zawinul Syndicate has been cancelled.
We'll see again the band in Europe probably on March/April of 2002 in
a new tour. COMING
SOON... We
had the honor to interview again Mr. Joe Zawinul before his concert
in Rome on July 1st of this year. It's a very interesting interview,
you'll be able to read it on this site very soon. May
30, 2001 There
are some new Zawinul Syndicate's tour dates planned for next summer,
to read the details go to our
concerts
page. BOBBY
MCFERRIN IS RECORDING A NEW SOLO ALBUM Bobby
McFerrin is recording a new solo album with the BlueNote label,
featuring Richard Bona at the bass and Omar Hakim as drummer. The
album will be focused on acoustic jazz with some original McFerrin's
compositions. May
26, 2001 We
have the honor to publish an interview that has been released us by
Alex Acuna. May
21, 2001 Just
noticed that Matthew Garrison (the former Zawinul Syndicate
bassplayer) will be on tour in Europe with Cindy Blackman (May and
June) and then with Herbie Hancock (months of June and July). The
collaboration with Herbie Hancock will continue in a Japanese tour
(August 2001).You can read the complete concerts schedule on the
Garrison official website at: http://www.garrisonjazz.com/SCHEDULE%202.html May
2, 2001 We
received the first confirmed dates of the Zawinul european tour -
Fall 2001. April
30, 2001 The
Zawinul Syndicate will be probably on tour also next Fall
(October/November 2001), in the same period of the new album
announced release. The lineup will be the same of the Summer
tour. PACO
SERY RELEASED A NEW ALBUM Paco
Sery released a new solo album with the Blue Note recording label.
The title is "Voyages" and it's a great work. Zawinul Fans will not
be disappointed. This is NOT a Zawinul album, but there are plenty of
bits, pieces and influences to keep you happy. You will notice the
influence from his time in the Syndicate, even a couple of familiar
samples buried in there. April
29, 2001 We
have a lot of new european tour dates of the Zawinul Syndicate. CHAT
SESSIONS We
had a fantastic chat session last April 18, with Ingrid Pastorius and
Michiel Borstlap who were with us. Absolutely funny and interesting!!
Next chat session is planned for Wed May 16, please check the
chat
section
of our site!! THE
COMPLETE IN A SILENT WAY SESSIONS WILL BE RE-RELEASED Sony
Music will re-release a three-CD set containing the complete Miles
Davis In A Silent Way sessions next month of September. For more info
go to the sonymusic
site. March
28, 2001 We
received the first confirmed italian tour date of the Zawinul
Syndicate for the current year: March
26, 2001 We
planned a date for the next zawinulfans chat session. The chat
activity is a formidable opportunity to have a "live" contact with
other Joe Zawinul fans from all over the World. March
21, 2001 We
found an interesting Zawinul Syndicate concert on the Internet. You
can listen to it with a realAudio
player. March
15, 2001 We
received informations about new Zawinul Syndicate tour dates in
Europe (Finland, Holland, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Spain and
Austria) for the current year. March
7, 2001 We
launched two new sections of our site. In the
Polls
section, you can give us your personal opinion about some topics, and
you can see the polls results. In the
Chat
section, you can chat online with the other Joe Zawinul fans!!
March
5, 2001 Karim
Ziad, the algerian drummer who was part of the Zawinul Syndicate has
a brand new release of his own thing. The album is called "Ifrikya"
and released by the german label ACT. This is (again) an attempt to
seduce us non african with a warm and boiling multiethnic music and
at the same time a call (again ?) for all africans to stand together.
A sharp comment of his: "Even if I'm white I am an African. I'm a
Berber and my whiteness comes from Africa, not Europe". This splendid
record has many people featured and here is part of the appearing
guests. Alain Debiossat (sax) and the martiniquan bassist Michel
Alibo, both from Sixun. Nguyên Lê, the francovietnamese
guitarist from Ultramarine. The bosnian pianist Bojan Zulfikarpasic,
here also presenting one of his tunes. The blind french keyboardist
Jean-Philippe Rykiel who has among others worked a lot with the
malian griot Salif Keita (remember his album produced by Z ?). A
young bass player from Mauritius islands. Some gnaoua musicians on
typical instruments like the gumbri but also as singers. Karim Ziad
plays of course the drums but also percussion, guitar and as lead
vocalist on 4 tracks. Total playing time is 51:10. JOE
ZAWINUL CONCERT IN IRELAND We
received information about another Joe Zawinul concert booked for the
next month of October in Cork, Ireland. For more info, please see our
concerts
section. February
27, 2001 We
want to thank our friend Pierre Tassone who sent us more info about
the new bassplayer of the Zawinul Syndicate for the next European
Tour. Ultramarine: Etienne
Mbappé: Cameroun Sixun: Jean-Pierre
Como: France WHO
LOVES YOU? A TRIBUTE TO JACO PASTORIUS The
Concord Jazz label released a tribute to Jaco Pastorius that features
a lot of excellent and famous musicians. The CD contains six
Pastorius compositions and a Joe Zawinul tune. KEN
BURNS JAZZ: THE STORY OF AMERICAN MUSIC Columbia/Legacy
and Verve released an album that is a reissue of the most famous
tunes of the 20th Century. It's very nice to find on it also a Joe
Zawinul tune, "Birdland". Joe Zawinul appears on this prestigeous
recording with the most famous musicians on the past Century, such as
Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday and Charlie Parker. You
can find more info on the All-Music
Guide archive. SCOTT
HENDERSON ITALIAN TOUR DATES - SPRING 2001 SCOTT
HENDERSON BLUES BAND SCOTT
HENDERSON CHITARRA 28
MARZO ROMA BIG MAMA CLUB February
20, 2001 We
received information about some Zawinul confirmed tour dates for the
current year. MATTHEW
GARRISON INTERVIEWED ON INNERVIEWS.ORG Now
you can read a detailed interview to Matthew Garrison on the
Innerviews
website. Thanks
to: Anil Prasad (Innerviews.org) NEW
ARTICLE ABOUT THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN JOE ZAWINUL AND MILES
DAVIS Our
great friend Stefano
Lazzerini
sent us a
fantastic
article
about the collaboration between Joe Zawinul and Miles Davis. The
article is in Italian only, if you want to help us in traslating it,
please let
us know!! February
16, 2001 The
"Biba Band" is a group of well-known italian musicians who like to
play Weather Report music. Thanks
to: La
Cicalona
(www.faveromane.org) February
10, 2001 Thanks
to Sanctuary Publishing, we have the opportunity to show you some
extracts of the first Joe Zawinul biography, "In
A Silent Way"
by Brian Glasser, that will be released the next 23 of February. Thanks
to: NEW
CONCERT ON INTERNET BROADCAST Our
friend and great sax player,
Rich
Lamanna,
gives us the possibility to have a 53 minutes-long concert as
realaudio broadcast on our site. It's the inauguration concert of the
album "Introspective", played by "The Last Word", the group that
features Alex Acuna, Kenwood Dennard and Othello Molineaux, all
musicians involved in the Jaco Pastorius and/or Weather Report
adventure. Courtesy
of Rich
Lamanna January
19, 2001 We
have the honour to have Alphonso Johnson as guest on our site. Thanks
to: Embamba
Music Productions NEW
SCORES AND LYRICS SECTION A
new
section of our site
where you can find some music sheets. If you have something to send
us, please do it! NEW
JOE ZAWINUL SCREENSAVER AND BACKGROUNDS You
can download from our site a Joe Zawinul screensaver and two
backgrounds. Courtesy
of: it.keyboardplayers.net January
04, 2001 We
publish some more information about the Zawinul biography,
"In
A Silent Way",
that will be published the next month of February. IN
A SILENT WAY: JOE ZAWINUL Pub
date: February 2001 Format:
Hardback, Royal SYNOPSIS
Joe
Zawinul is acknowledged as the only European to transform the face of
jazz. AUTHOR
NOTES London
based Brian Glasser is an experienced jazz writer and journalist who
has contributed to Time Out, The Guardian, The Independent, The
European, Q, Mojo and many major jazz magazines. Brian has
interviewed Joe extensively over the years, gaining remarkable
insight into the man's life and music.. PUBLICITY
Author
tour planned for next year KEY
SALES POINTS *
a visionary and humanitarian, he is Austrian ambassador to 16 African
countries * internationally recognised as one of the most significant
musicians of the millennium * credited with inventing the hip-hop
beat (check out '125th Street Congress' on his 1970 album
Sweetnighter) * This is the first biography of this remarkable man
and will appeal to anyone with an interest in jazz and music in
general. For
more info please contact: Thanks
to: WWW.JACOPASTORIUS.COM
IS ONLINE The
official Jaco Pastorius site, www.jacopastorius.com,
is finally online. This site is mantained by the Jaco's sons, John,
Mary, Julius and Felix, and it's of course one of the most important
Jaco's sources on the Internet. December
1st, 2000 We
received "fresh" informations about the Zawinul Syndicate
band's composition for the next european tour (2001): We
are waiting for more news about the confirmed tour
dates. Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl) NEW
ARTICLES AND REVIEWS 1.
The
first solo album of Matthew
Garrison
(Courtesy of Matt Garrison) ALEX
ACUNA LAUNCHES HIS OFFICIAL WEBSITE Visit
it at: www.alexacuna.net RICH
LAMANNA LAUNCHES HIS OFFICIAL WEBSITE Visit
it at: www.richlamanna.com Info
courtesy of Rich Lamanna November
14, 2000 We
added some interesting articles and review. Only one in
English, sorry! October
27, 2000 The
former Weather Report percussionist, now engaged with the
Zawinul Syndicate Australian tour, Manolo Badrena, will
launch his official website in the next weeks. We'll keep
you informed! October
19, 2000 Our
Joe Zawinul interview has been published by the italian jazz
online magazine CiaoJazz. WAYNE
SHORTER IS RECORDING HIS NEW ALBUM Wayne
Shorter is recording his new album, that will be released at
the beginning of next year. The CD will contain also some
songs of 11th and 12th century, and Shorter will play with
important musicians as Danilo Perez, Brian Blade and Terri
Lynne Carrington. Shorter is now touring in the U.S. with
Herbie Hancock. SCOTT
HENDERSON/GARY WILLIS "TRIBAL TECH" EUROPEAN
TOUR Scott
Henderson, who played with the Zawinul Syndicate in 1994-95,
is beginning the european tour of his "Tribal Tech" group.
Here you can find the confirmed dates: EUROPEAN
TOUR - FALL 2000 For
more info: EMMECI Srl October
16, 2000 Matthew
Garrison, the former Zawinul Syndicate's bassplayer,
released his first solo CD, entitled with his name, the last
October 15 (yesterday) at "Bass Day" in Manhattan,
N.Y.C. Informations
courtesy of Matthew Garrison October
12, 2000 The
official Jaco Pastorius website, www.jacopastorius.com,
will be launched at the end of this year (beginning of
next), due to the re-release of the first Jaco's album,
"Portrait of Jaco", planned for the next December 1st. This
album (a double-CD) will contain material recorded before
1976. October
11, 2000 Hi
all friends, please don't worry for the Zawinul's illness...
!! :-) WE
ARE CHANGING OUR WEB-ADDRESS !! Dear
Reader/Partner, October
4, 2000 We
received the information that Joe Zawinul is currently ill,
so he cancelled the concerts scheduled at Catalina
Bar & Grill
in Los Angeles, from 3 to 8 of this month. The concerts will
be performed probably at the end of this month. READ
MORE ABOUT THE "NOTTE DELLA TARANTA" [ITALIAN
ONLY!] The
Internet site KWMusica
published more articles about the participation of Joe
Zawinul to the "Notte della Taranta" festival. To read the
articles (only in Italian) click
here. September
21, 2000 A
very important notice for all the Zawinul supporters:
AZ-IZ
Music Entertainment,
the discographic label directed by Anthony Zawinul, recently
launched the Zawinul's official website. September
15, 2000 On
the website "All
about Malta"
you can find a review and some photos of the Zawinul's
concert that carried out in Malta the last July 22. Thanks
to: Michael Pleban August
28, 2000 The
Zawinul Special Project, with the exceptional participation
of the vocalist Maria Joao, will be in concert also at
Merano, Italy, the next September 1st. Click
HERE
to see the complete tour schedule. Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl) August
25, 2000 Joe
Zawinul directed a local orchestra in Melpignano, Italy, the
past days. This project was called "La Notte della Taranta"
and it was dedicated to traditional italian music styles,
like the "Tarantella" and the "Pizzico". NEW
PHOTOS OF THE ZAWINUL'S CONCERT IN ROME (JULY
18) Our
friend Alessia
sent us some more photos of the Rome's concert. August
11, 2000 As
announced by the AZ-IZ
website, the Zawinul Syndicate will be in concert in
September (dates to be announced) at the Blue
Note
in New York. We can hope that it will be a new live Internet
broadcast of the concert. August
7, 2000 Dear
readers and friends, the last July 18 we had the honour to
interview Mr. Zawinul before his concert in Rome. Now you
can see on this website
a
complete report of this
event. August
5, 2000 There
is another italian date of the Zawinul Special Project:
L'Aquila, August 25, Scalinata S. Bernardino. Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl) July
12, 2000 Now
you can read a review of the recent Zawinul Syndicate
concert in Milano, written by our friend Fulvio
Panizzari.
The review is actually only in Italian language, sorry ! July
03, 2000 The
Zawinul Special Project, that will feature Richard Bona at
the bass, Manolo Badrena at percussion and Lelo Nika on
accordion, will be in concert also in Spoleto (PG), Italy,
the next August 26. June
29, 2000 We
want to thank our great friend Thomas
Kober,
who sent us a brief report of the Zawinul's concert in
Worgl, Austria, June 27: I've
attended yesterday's concert of the Zawinul Syndicate and I
don't know what to think about it yet. This, of course is
not a review, just a tiny story about that show. You
can also read a review (in Italian language) of the
Zawinul's
concert in Lienz, Austria, June
24. June
23, 2000 The
Zawinul Syndicate is beginning its european tour. The first
concert will be carried out in Lienz, Austria, the next June
24, at the Stadsalle, Sudtiroler Platz (near the Hauptplatz)
at 8:00 PM. That place can contain approximately 700
persons. NEW
MICHIEL BORSTLAP'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE Our
friend Michiel Borstlap, the author of the "Body
Acoustic"
project, is launching his new official website. ITALIAN
ARTICLES ABOUT JASON MILES AND RICH LAMANNA The
italian jazz online magazine, "CiaoJazz",
recently published some articles about the Jason Miles
album, "Celebrating
the music of Weather Report",
and the Rich Lamanna "Introspective"
CD [Only in Italian]. RELEASE
DATE OF THE ZAWINUL'S BIOGRAPHY The
release of the Joe Zawinul's authorized biography,
"In
A Silent Way",
has been delayed to February 2001. BUY
ONLINE THE ZAWINUL'S MAUTHAUSEN CD
June
19, 2000 We
have the honour to have Mrs. Ingrid Pastorius as guest on
our website. To read her interview,
click
here. June
12, 2000 Some
news about the Zawinul's italian tour of this
year: IMPORTANT
NOTE: June
12, 2000 The
Jaco's family launched a new official website, dedicated to
"the greatest bassplayer of the World". The site is now
under construction, but some of its pages are already
available. The site's address is: ZAWINUL'S
CONCERT IN ARENZANO (GE) NOT CONFIRMED The
Zawinul Syndicate's concert in Arenzano (GE), August 1st,
was not confirmed. Click
Here
to see the complete concert's schedule. NEW JAY
BECKENSTEIN'S RELEASE FEATURING "BLACK
MARKET" New
Jay Beckenstein's release, Eye
Contact,
features the Zawinul's composition "Black Market". The track
includes Jason Miles as co-producer, Marcus Miller at the
bass and Omar Hakim at the drums. June
05, 2000 Now
you can find on our website a review of the new Michiel
Borstlap's album, recordered live with the participation of
Jimmy Haslip (Yellowjackets). May
30, 2000 Az-Iz
Music Productions has recently updated his web site and
added more informations about the upcoming new documentary
dedicated to the Zawinul Syndicate. May
29, 2000 We
received informations about more european Zawinul's tour
dates: Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl) May
26, 2000 The
Zawinul Syndicate will play in Malta the next July 22, in a
place to be announced. Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl) May
17, 2000 The
Zawinul Syndicate will be in Mantova (Italy, in a place to
be defined) the next July 20. The concert the concert
previously previewed at Minori (SA) is postponed to the
successive day (July 21). Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl) May
16, 2000 The
Zawinul Syndicate will play this year in Milano (Italy), the
next July 11, at the "Palavobis", during the "Liberation
Fest". Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl) May
10, 2000 You
can find on this site a review of the Zawinul Syndicate
performance in S. Francisco, May 6th and 7th, 2000. This
review has been realized by our friend Andy
Forward. May
05, 2000 Zawinul
Syndicate Zawinul
Special Project May
02, 2000 May
10, 2000 See
the complete tour schedule at our
Live
Concerts Page. Checkout
new very nice article by John Bisset, "I
played football with Weather
Report". April
26, 2000 You
can now find on our website a detailed review of the new
exciting Rich Lamanna's project, featuring Alex Acuna,
Kenwood Dennard and Othello Molineaux: April
13, 2000 The
announced Az-Iz documentary, "Two years with the Zawinul
Syndicate", will be released at the end of June / beginning
of July. Thanks
to: Robi Colangelo (Az-Iz
Records International). April
09, 2000 Michiel
Borstlap Body Acoustic Group April
08, 2000 June
24, 2000 Potete
trovare tutte le date dei concerti dal vivo nella nostra
sezione
concerti. April
07, 2000 We
received informations from the Zawinul's
booking agency for Italy and
Scandinavia
about some confirmed Zawinul's italian tour dates: March
27, 2000 1)
The NY sax player and composer, Rich Lamanna, will release
his new CD, "Introspective", the next April 21st. The album
will be presented at the
Van Dyck Restaurant
on Friday, April 21st. There will be two shows at 7:00PM and
9:30PM. 2)
The New Zawinul's album, realized in collaboration with
Frank Hoffmann, should be released in Europe the next 15th
April. The album should be inspired
to the Mauthausen concentration
camp. 3)
The Zawinul's biography, written by Brian Glasser, has been
annonuced and the publication of the book is imminent. You
can find more informations on the Sanctuary
Publishing
web site. The title of the book is "In
A Silent Way". March
22, 2000 09/17/00
MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL MONTEREY CA USA WAYNE
SHORTER + HERBIE HANCOCK DUO CONFIRMED TOUR
DATES: 10/12/00
JOHN HARMS CENTER FOR THE ARTS ENGLEWOOD NJ USA RICHARD
BONA GROUP - CONFIRMED TOUR DATES: 04/26/00
BAM CAFE BROOKLYN NY USA Click
HERE
for more informations about the Richard Bona's last album,
"Scenes From My Life". March
14, 2000 The
next Thursday, March 16, the italian channel RAISAT will
show the Jaco Pastorius's concert in Montreal (Canada),
1982, at the 07.00PM, 11.00PM and 03.00AM (italian
time). Thanks
to: Vincenzo Martorella We
received informations from the Zawinul's
booking agency for Italy and
Scandinavia
about the composition of the Zawinul Syndicate's band for
the next summer tour. The band will be composed as
follows: March
06, 2000 INTERESTING LINKS: February
19, 2000 1)
Victor Bailey Group - Confirmed Tour Dates: APRIL
01 - CAPE TOWN (South Africa), NORTHSEA FESTIVAL AT CAPE
TOWN for
more informations : http://www.ejn.it/emmeci 2)
New album "Celebrating the Music of Weather Report." 3)
More interesting Links: February
04, 2000 1)
Richard Bona official website LATEST
NEWS Az-Iz
films is producing a new video about the Zawinul Syndicate's
world tours 1998 & 1999. The video will be ready in the
next March. You can find more informations at: January
27, 2000 -
The guitarist Gary Poulson will be replaced by
Amit
Chatterjee
in the next Syndicate's european tour, because Gary should
stay by his family. -
Confirmed tour dates: -
Telarc
label will release a new CD, "Celebrating the music of
Weather Report", in the next month. We'll publish a detailed
review of the disc. January
23, 2000 -
Joe Zawinul will appear in German Television: -
The Zawinul Syndicate will be in tour with Victor Bailey as
bassplayer, for all the summer tour. The group will have
another bass player only for the S.Francisco concert. January
18, 2000 -
Joe Zawinul's confirmed tour dates: Feb.
20, 2000 April
28, 2000 May
5, 2000 -
Zawinul's European Tour 2000: The
Zawinul Syndicate will be in tour in Europe From June 23 to
July 18-20, 2000 The band would have a new bass-player,
because Victor Bailey will be in tour with his own band in
the same period. The band probably will perform some
concerts in Austria (May) and in Australia (October). -
(Thanks to Peter Basler). -
Joe Zawinul will release a new album in the next months, in
collaboration with Franck Hoffman, only for
Europe. "OLD" NEWS (From 1999 to 2002):
The first Zawinul's tour dates have been
scheduled for next year.
30th
of May, 2003
The Zawinul Syndicate has a new drummer. His name is Stephane Galland. For more
informations about him, see the following pages:
We have updated our concerts section with new
concerts! 10th
of October, 2002 New
scheduled concerts have been added to our live concerts section. Give
them a look! THE
WEATHER REPORT "LIVE & UNRELEASED" ALBUM HAS BEEN
RELEASED The
new live Weather Report album has been released. You can see the
track titles and listen to some samples on the Sony
Music website. 4th
of September, 2002 A
special concert will take place to celebrate the 70th birthday of Joe
Zawinul. The concert will be carried out in Germany, at the
Leverkussener jazz festival, next 7th of November. A lot of special
guests will participate to this event: Victor Bailey, Alex Acuna,
Scott Kinsey, WDR Big Band, Vince Mendoza, Etienne Mbappé,
Paco Sery, Amit Chatterjee, Manolo Badrena, Maria Joao and Sabine
Kabongo. JOE
ZAWINUL GUEST OF THE I.M.T. MUSIC SCHOOL IN MADRID Joe
Zawinul will be the special guest of a Modern Music School in Madrid,
next 9th of September. ZAWINUL
SYNDICATE'S LIVE CONCERT ON FRENCH TELEVISION A
Zawinul Syndicate's live concert will be broadcasted next 23rd of
September on French television M6 TV. 13th
of August, 2002 We
thank Mrs. Ingrid Fuehrer of Residenz Verlag, who sent us information
about a new book, the first official Joe Zawinul biography, that has
been published only in German language at this moment. Gunther
Baumann, Joe Zawinul. A biography The
book
Zawinul
is not only a music-maker but also a gifted speaker. For this reason,
the book is conceived as a dialogue. The chapters follow no strict
pattern, but are multi-layered. Thus this richly illustrated volume
shows not only Zawinul as the world sees him, but rather Zawinul as
he sees the world. An artist's portrait, then, as has never before
been written in the field of jazz. The
author Gunther
Baumann was born in Cologne in 1952 and has lived in Vienna since
1968. He began his career as a journalist in Vienna in 1970, with the
Viennese newspaper Die Presse. In 1979 he founded the music &
hi-fi magazine VOX, of which the first title story was devoted to Joe
Zawinul and his band "Weather Report". Since 1982, Baumann has been
critic and arts editor of the Kurier newspaper. For
more information: Ingrid
Fuehrer MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE WEATHER REPORT "LIVE AND UNRELEASED" DOUBLE
CD The
Sony WR "Live & Unreleased" double CD is
being released in these weeks. Date:
November 27, 1975, The New Victoria Theater, London Freezing
Fire 9:17 Date:
September 10, 1977, The Rainbow, London Teen
Town 6:30 Date:
November 30, 1977, Grand Rapids, Michigan Portrait
Of Tracy 5:57 Date:
November 28, 1978, Phoenix, Arizona River
People 6:57 Date:
July 12, 1980, The Complex, Santa Monica, California Fast
City 6:49 Date:
July 13, 1980, The Complex, Santa Monica, California Night
Passage 5:53 Date:
June 3, 1983, Hammersmith Odeon, London Plaza
Real 7:04 7th
of July, 2002 The
last Zawinul's album will be released in Europe next 16th of
September. 23rd
of June, 2002 We
just updated the Joe Zawinul concerts schedule for the current year.
See our tour
dates section
for more info. THE
ITALIAN TOUR OF WAYNE SHORTER QUARTET Wayne
Shorter will be in tour in Italy very soon. This is the concert
schedule: WAYNE
SHORTER ACOUSTIC QUARTET ITALIAN
DATES JOE
ZAWINUL IS CARRYING OUT HIS EUROPEAN TOUR We
received three very nice articles from our friends; these articles
are focused on Joe Zawinul concerts, we are very happy to publish
them in their integral form. 26th
of April, 2002 The
release of the latest Joe Zawinul album has been postponed to early
September. NEW
ZAWINUL SYNDICATE TOUR DATES We
have a lot of new tour dates of the Zawinul Syndicate. Three new tour
dates in Italy. 24th
of February, 2002 A
great tribute concert for Jaco will be held at "The
Melkweg",
Amsterdam (Holland), next 24th of March. The programme includes
Victor Bailey, Julius and Felix Pastorius, Michel Hatzigeorgiou, a 50
bassists orchestra, led by Victor, playing Portrait of Tracy, and the
incomparable New Cool Collective big band, performing Jaco tunes. We
also updated our live
concerts section
with new tour dates. 17th
of February, 2002 It
seems that the Zawinul Syndicate will be in tour also in Norway on
May 24. See our concerts
section
for more info. 7th
of February, 2002 We
just added some new tour dates of next Zawinul tour. See our
concerts
section
for more info. 2nd
of February, 2002 Our
friend Anil Prasad sent us some news about the new Weather Report CD
set. This is the text of the message he sent us: 26th
of January, 2002 Really
good news for Zawinul supporters. The great Paco Sery will be the
Zawinul Syndicate's drummer during next tours (Spring/Summer 2002).
He has been defined "The greatest drummer i played anywhere, anytime"
by Zawinul. Sery will be with the band also in Vicenza (20th of May);
the concert will be carried out in the Sala Palladio - Ente Fiera
(Vicenza Jazz Festival).
The
discussed Bill Milkowski book has been published in Italian
Language. THE
PUBLICATION OF NEW ZAWINUL'S ALBUM IS IMMINENT The
latest Zawinul album will be probably released during next month of
March. AVAILABLE
ON THE INTERNET A FINGERPICKING VERSION OF "BIRDLAND" Our
friend Giuliano sent us this interesting link: http://www.fingerpicking.net/Trascrizioni/Trascrizioni.htm January
11th of 2002 Joe
Zawinul will be on tour in Vicenza, Italy, next 20th of May. December
20th, 2001 Joe
Zawinul is recording his new album that will be entitled "Faces
& Places". The major recording work is being carried out in
the private Zawinul studios in Malibu. A recording session has been
realized also in the German studios of ESC Records in Bonn, with
the participation of Paco Sery, Maria Joao, Etienne M'Bappe and
Sabine Kabongo. The new album will feature also Victor Bailey,
Richard Bona, Alex Acuna and many other musicians. September
10th, 2001 I
received a very interesting article by Craig Thomas who is a dear
friend of Brian Glasser, the author of the first Zawinul's biography.
It's related to what Joe said about him in my last
interview
of July 1st.
I'm happy to publish it, in my opinion, to know different points of
view is always good! September
7th, 2001 There
are very interesting tours scheduled for next months. Also Joe
Zawinul, Victor Bailey and Richard Bona will release their new albums
very soon. We give you some information about upcoming european
tours. For the details you can visit the Emmeci
Srl
website. VICTOR
BAILEY GROUP BENNIE
MAUPIN - sax An
european tour is planned for October/November 2001. The new Victor
Bailey's album, "That's Right", will be released on Semptember 21st.
For more info go to the Escapade
Records
website. RICHARD
BONA GROUP Richard
Bona will be on tour in Italy probably next November. His new album,
"Reverence", will be released by Sony/Columbia next month of
September. Also Richard Bona is now the percussionist/vocalist of the
Pat
Metheny Group. JOE
ZAWINUL SYNDICATE "70th ANNIVERSARY TOUR" JOE
ZAWINUL - keyboards Joe
Zawinul will be on tour in Europe with the same band of his last
tour, Spring 2002. In the same period ESC Records will release his
new CD. August
28th, 2001 AZ-IZ
Music Productions launched the official Victor Bailey website, and
renewed the official Zawinul's site completely. Both the websites are
now built on Macromedia Flash technology. August
9th, 2001 We
posted two new exceptional articles: exclusive interviews with
Joe
Zawinul
and Victor
Bailey. July
13th, 2001 The
european Fall 2001 tour of the Zawinul Syndicate has been cancelled.
We'll see again the band in Europe probably on March/April of 2002 in
a new tour. COMING
SOON... We
had the honor to interview again Mr. Joe Zawinul before his concert
in Rome on July 1st of this year. It's a very interesting interview,
you'll be able to read it on this site very soon. May
30, 2001 There
are some new Zawinul Syndicate's tour dates planned for next summer,
to read the details go to our
concerts
page. BOBBY
MCFERRIN IS RECORDING A NEW SOLO ALBUM Bobby
McFerrin is recording a new solo album with the BlueNote label,
featuring Richard Bona at the bass and Omar Hakim as drummer. The
album will be focused on acoustic jazz with some original McFerrin's
compositions. May
26, 2001 We
have the honor to publish an interview that has been released us by
Alex Acuna. May
21, 2001 Just
noticed that Matthew Garrison (the former Zawinul Syndicate
bassplayer) will be on tour in Europe with Cindy Blackman (May and
June) and then with Herbie Hancock (months of June and July). The
collaboration with Herbie Hancock will continue in a Japanese tour
(August 2001).You can read the complete concerts schedule on the
Garrison official website at: http://www.garrisonjazz.com/SCHEDULE%202.html May
2, 2001 We
received the first confirmed dates of the Zawinul european tour -
Fall 2001. April
30, 2001 The
Zawinul Syndicate will be probably on tour also next Fall
(October/November 2001), in the same period of the new album
announced release. The lineup will be the same of the Summer
tour. PACO
SERY RELEASED A NEW ALBUM Paco
Sery released a new solo album with the Blue Note recording label.
The title is "Voyages" and it's a great work. Zawinul Fans will not
be disappointed. This is NOT a Zawinul album, but there are plenty of
bits, pieces and influences to keep you happy. You will notice the
influence from his time in the Syndicate, even a couple of familiar
samples buried in there. April
29, 2001 We
have a lot of new european tour dates of the Zawinul Syndicate. CHAT
SESSIONS We
had a fantastic chat session last April 18, with Ingrid Pastorius and
Michiel Borstlap who were with us. Absolutely funny and interesting!!
Next chat session is planned for Wed May 16, please check the
chat
section
of our site!! THE
COMPLETE IN A SILENT WAY SESSIONS WILL BE RE-RELEASED Sony
Music will re-release a three-CD set containing the complete Miles
Davis In A Silent Way sessions next month of September. For more info
go to the sonymusic
site. March
28, 2001 We
received the first confirmed italian tour date of the Zawinul
Syndicate for the current year: March
26, 2001 We
planned a date for the next zawinulfans chat session. The chat
activity is a formidable opportunity to have a "live" contact with
other Joe Zawinul fans from all over the World. March
21, 2001 We
found an interesting Zawinul Syndicate concert on the Internet. You
can listen to it with a realAudio
player. March
15, 2001 We
received informations about new Zawinul Syndicate tour dates in
Europe (Finland, Holland, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Spain and
Austria) for the current year. March
7, 2001 We
launched two new sections of our site. In the
Polls
section, you can give us your personal opinion about some topics, and
you can see the polls results. In the
Chat
section, you can chat online with the other Joe Zawinul fans!!
March
5, 2001 Karim
Ziad, the algerian drummer who was part of the Zawinul Syndicate has
a brand new release of his own thing. The album is called "Ifrikya"
and released by the german label ACT. This is (again) an attempt to
seduce us non african with a warm and boiling multiethnic music and
at the same time a call (again ?) for all africans to stand together.
A sharp comment of his: "Even if I'm white I am an African. I'm a
Berber and my whiteness comes from Africa, not Europe". This splendid
record has many people featured and here is part of the appearing
guests. Alain Debiossat (sax) and the martiniquan bassist Michel
Alibo, both from Sixun. Nguyên Lê, the francovietnamese
guitarist from Ultramarine. The bosnian pianist Bojan Zulfikarpasic,
here also presenting one of his tunes. The blind french keyboardist
Jean-Philippe Rykiel who has among others worked a lot with the
malian griot Salif Keita (remember his album produced by Z ?). A
young bass player from Mauritius islands. Some gnaoua musicians on
typical instruments like the gumbri but also as singers. Karim Ziad
plays of course the drums but also percussion, guitar and as lead
vocalist on 4 tracks. Total playing time is 51:10. JOE
ZAWINUL CONCERT IN IRELAND We
received information about another Joe Zawinul concert booked for the
next month of October in Cork, Ireland. For more info, please see our
concerts
section. February
27, 2001 We
want to thank our friend Pierre Tassone who sent us more info about
the new bassplayer of the Zawinul Syndicate for the next European
Tour. Ultramarine: Etienne
Mbappé: Cameroun Sixun: Jean-Pierre
Como: France WHO
LOVES YOU? A TRIBUTE TO JACO PASTORIUS The
Concord Jazz label released a tribute to Jaco Pastorius that features
a lot of excellent and famous musicians. The CD contains six
Pastorius compositions and a Joe Zawinul tune. KEN
BURNS JAZZ: THE STORY OF AMERICAN MUSIC Columbia/Legacy
and Verve released an album that is a reissue of the most famous
tunes of the 20th Century. It's very nice to find on it also a Joe
Zawinul tune, "Birdland". Joe Zawinul appears on this prestigeous
recording with the most famous musicians on the past Century, such as
Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday and Charlie Parker. You
can find more info on the All-Music
Guide archive. SCOTT
HENDERSON ITALIAN TOUR DATES - SPRING 2001 SCOTT
HENDERSON BLUES BAND SCOTT
HENDERSON CHITARRA 28
MARZO ROMA BIG MAMA CLUB February
20, 2001 We
received information about some Zawinul confirmed tour dates for the
current year. MATTHEW
GARRISON INTERVIEWED ON INNERVIEWS.ORG Now
you can read a detailed interview to Matthew Garrison on the
Innerviews
website. Thanks
to: Anil Prasad (Innerviews.org) NEW
ARTICLE ABOUT THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN JOE ZAWINUL AND MILES
DAVIS Our
great friend Stefano
Lazzerini
sent us a
fantastic
article
about the collaboration between Joe Zawinul and Miles Davis. The
article is in Italian only, if you want to help us in traslating it,
please let
us know!! February
16, 2001 The
"Biba Band" is a group of well-known italian musicians who like to
play Weather Report music. Thanks
to: La
Cicalona
(www.faveromane.org) February
10, 2001 Thanks
to Sanctuary Publishing, we have the opportunity to show you some
extracts of the first Joe Zawinul biography, "In
A Silent Way"
by Brian Glasser, that will be released the next 23 of February. Thanks
to: NEW
CONCERT ON INTERNET BROADCAST Our
friend and great sax player,
Rich
Lamanna,
gives us the possibility to have a 53 minutes-long concert as
realaudio broadcast on our site. It's the inauguration concert of the
album "Introspective", played by "The Last Word", the group that
features Alex Acuna, Kenwood Dennard and Othello Molineaux, all
musicians involved in the Jaco Pastorius and/or Weather Report
adventure. Courtesy
of Rich
Lamanna January
19, 2001 We
have the honour to have Alphonso Johnson as guest on our site. Thanks
to: Embamba
Music Productions NEW
SCORES AND LYRICS SECTION A
new
section of our site
where you can find some music sheets. If you have something to send
us, please do it! NEW
JOE ZAWINUL SCREENSAVER AND BACKGROUNDS You
can download from our site a Joe Zawinul screensaver and two
backgrounds. Courtesy
of: it.keyboardplayers.net January
04, 2001 We
publish some more information about the Zawinul biography,
"In
A Silent Way",
that will be published the next month of February. IN
A SILENT WAY: JOE ZAWINUL Pub
date: February 2001 Format:
Hardback, Royal SYNOPSIS
Joe
Zawinul is acknowledged as the only European to transform the face of
jazz. AUTHOR
NOTES London
based Brian Glasser is an experienced jazz writer and journalist who
has contributed to Time Out, The Guardian, The Independent, The
European, Q, Mojo and many major jazz magazines. Brian has
interviewed Joe extensively over the years, gaining remarkable
insight into the man's life and music.. PUBLICITY
Author
tour planned for next year KEY
SALES POINTS *
a visionary and humanitarian, he is Austrian ambassador to 16 African
countries * internationally recognised as one of the most significant
musicians of the millennium * credited with inventing the hip-hop
beat (check out '125th Street Congress' on his 1970 album
Sweetnighter) * This is the first biography of this remarkable man
and will appeal to anyone with an interest in jazz and music in
general. For
more info please contact: Thanks
to: WWW.JACOPASTORIUS.COM
IS ONLINE The
official Jaco Pastorius site, www.jacopastorius.com,
is finally online. This site is mantained by the Jaco's sons, John,
Mary, Julius and Felix, and it's of course one of the most important
Jaco's sources on the Internet. December
1st, 2000 We
received "fresh" informations about the Zawinul Syndicate
band's composition for the next european tour (2001): We
are waiting for more news about the confirmed tour
dates. Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl) NEW
ARTICLES AND REVIEWS 1.
The
first solo album of Matthew
Garrison
(Courtesy of Matt Garrison) ALEX
ACUNA LAUNCHES HIS OFFICIAL WEBSITE Visit
it at: www.alexacuna.net RICH
LAMANNA LAUNCHES HIS OFFICIAL WEBSITE Visit
it at: www.richlamanna.com Info
courtesy of Rich Lamanna November
14, 2000 We
added some interesting articles and review. Only one in
English, sorry! October
27, 2000 The
former Weather Report percussionist, now engaged with the
Zawinul Syndicate Australian tour, Manolo Badrena, will
launch his official website in the next weeks. We'll keep
you informed! October
19, 2000 Our
Joe Zawinul interview has been published by the italian jazz
online magazine CiaoJazz. WAYNE
SHORTER IS RECORDING HIS NEW ALBUM Wayne
Shorter is recording his new album, that will be released at
the beginning of next year. The CD will contain also some
songs of 11th and 12th century, and Shorter will play with
important musicians as Danilo Perez, Brian Blade and Terri
Lynne Carrington. Shorter is now touring in the U.S. with
Herbie Hancock. SCOTT
HENDERSON/GARY WILLIS "TRIBAL TECH" EUROPEAN
TOUR Scott
Henderson, who played with the Zawinul Syndicate in 1994-95,
is beginning the european tour of his "Tribal Tech" group.
Here you can find the confirmed dates: EUROPEAN
TOUR - FALL 2000 For
more info: EMMECI Srl October
16, 2000 Matthew
Garrison, the former Zawinul Syndicate's bassplayer,
released his first solo CD, entitled with his name, the last
October 15 (yesterday) at "Bass Day" in Manhattan,
N.Y.C. Informations
courtesy of Matthew Garrison October
12, 2000 The
official Jaco Pastorius website, www.jacopastorius.com,
will be launched at the end of this year (beginning of
next), due to the re-release of the first Jaco's album,
"Portrait of Jaco", planned for the next December 1st. This
album (a double-CD) will contain material recorded before
1976. October
11, 2000 Hi
all friends, please don't worry for the Zawinul's illness...
!! :-) WE
ARE CHANGING OUR WEB-ADDRESS !! Dear
Reader/Partner, October
4, 2000 We
received the information that Joe Zawinul is currently ill,
so he cancelled the concerts scheduled at Catalina
Bar & Grill
in Los Angeles, from 3 to 8 of this month. The concerts will
be performed probably at the end of this month. READ
MORE ABOUT THE "NOTTE DELLA TARANTA" [ITALIAN
ONLY!] The
Internet site KWMusica
published more articles about the participation of Joe
Zawinul to the "Notte della Taranta" festival. To read the
articles (only in Italian) click
here. September
21, 2000 A
very important notice for all the Zawinul supporters:
AZ-IZ
Music Entertainment,
the discographic label directed by Anthony Zawinul, recently
launched the Zawinul's official website. September
15, 2000 On
the website "All
about Malta"
you can find a review and some photos of the Zawinul's
concert that carried out in Malta the last July 22. Thanks
to: Michael Pleban August
28, 2000 The
Zawinul Special Project, with the exceptional participation
of the vocalist Maria Joao, will be in concert also at
Merano, Italy, the next September 1st. Click
HERE
to see the complete tour schedule. Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl) August
25, 2000 Joe
Zawinul directed a local orchestra in Melpignano, Italy, the
past days. This project was called "La Notte della Taranta"
and it was dedicated to traditional italian music styles,
like the "Tarantella" and the "Pizzico". NEW
PHOTOS OF THE ZAWINUL'S CONCERT IN ROME (JULY
18) Our
friend Alessia
sent us some more photos of the Rome's concert. August
11, 2000 As
announced by the AZ-IZ
website, the Zawinul Syndicate will be in concert in
September (dates to be announced) at the Blue
Note
in New York. We can hope that it will be a new live Internet
broadcast of the concert. August
7, 2000 Dear
readers and friends, the last July 18 we had the honour to
interview Mr. Zawinul before his concert in Rome. Now you
can see on this website
a
complete report of this
event. August
5, 2000 There
is another italian date of the Zawinul Special Project:
L'Aquila, August 25, Scalinata S. Bernardino. Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl) July
12, 2000 Now
you can read a review of the recent Zawinul Syndicate
concert in Milano, written by our friend Fulvio
Panizzari.
The review is actually only in Italian language, sorry ! July
03, 2000 The
Zawinul Special Project, that will feature Richard Bona at
the bass, Manolo Badrena at percussion and Lelo Nika on
accordion, will be in concert also in Spoleto (PG), Italy,
the next August 26. June
29, 2000 We
want to thank our great friend Thomas
Kober,
who sent us a brief report of the Zawinul's concert in
Worgl, Austria, June 27: I've
attended yesterday's concert of the Zawinul Syndicate and I
don't know what to think about it yet. This, of course is
not a review, just a tiny story about that show. You
can also read a review (in Italian language) of the
Zawinul's
concert in Lienz, Austria, June
24. June
23, 2000 The
Zawinul Syndicate is beginning its european tour. The first
concert will be carried out in Lienz, Austria, the next June
24, at the Stadsalle, Sudtiroler Platz (near the Hauptplatz)
at 8:00 PM. That place can contain approximately 700
persons. NEW
MICHIEL BORSTLAP'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE Our
friend Michiel Borstlap, the author of the "Body
Acoustic"
project, is launching his new official website. ITALIAN
ARTICLES ABOUT JASON MILES AND RICH LAMANNA The
italian jazz online magazine, "CiaoJazz",
recently published some articles about the Jason Miles
album, "Celebrating
the music of Weather Report",
and the Rich Lamanna "Introspective"
CD [Only in Italian]. RELEASE
DATE OF THE ZAWINUL'S BIOGRAPHY The
release of the Joe Zawinul's authorized biography,
"In
A Silent Way",
has been delayed to February 2001. BUY
ONLINE THE ZAWINUL'S MAUTHAUSEN CD June
19, 2000 We
have the honour to have Mrs. Ingrid Pastorius as guest on
our website. To read her interview,
click
here. June
12, 2000 Some
news about the Zawinul's italian tour of this
year: IMPORTANT
NOTE: June
12, 2000 The
Jaco's family launched a new official website, dedicated to
"the greatest bassplayer of the World". The site is now
under construction, but some of its pages are already
available. The site's address is: ZAWINUL'S
CONCERT IN ARENZANO (GE) NOT CONFIRMED The
Zawinul Syndicate's concert in Arenzano (GE), August 1st,
was not confirmed. Click
Here
to see the complete concert's schedule. NEW JAY
BECKENSTEIN'S RELEASE FEATURING "BLACK
MARKET" New
Jay Beckenstein's release, Eye
Contact,
features the Zawinul's composition "Black Market". The track
includes Jason Miles as co-producer, Marcus Miller at the
bass and Omar Hakim at the drums. June
05, 2000 Now
you can find on our website a review of the new Michiel
Borstlap's album, recordered live with the participation of
Jimmy Haslip (Yellowjackets). May
30, 2000 Az-Iz
Music Productions has recently updated his web site and
added more informations about the upcoming new documentary
dedicated to the Zawinul Syndicate. May
29, 2000 We
received informations about more european Zawinul's tour
dates: Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl) May
26, 2000 The
Zawinul Syndicate will play in Malta the next July 22, in a
place to be announced. Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl) May
17, 2000 The
Zawinul Syndicate will be in Mantova (Italy, in a place to
be defined) the next July 20. The concert the concert
previously previewed at Minori (SA) is postponed to the
successive day (July 21). Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl) May
16, 2000 The
Zawinul Syndicate will play this year in Milano (Italy), the
next July 11, at the "Palavobis", during the "Liberation
Fest". Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl) May
10, 2000 You
can find on this site a review of the Zawinul Syndicate
performance in S. Francisco, May 6th and 7th, 2000. This
review has been realized by our friend Andy
Forward. May
05, 2000 Zawinul
Syndicate Zawinul
Special Project May
02, 2000 May
10, 2000 See
the complete tour schedule at our
Live
Concerts Page. Checkout
new very nice article by John Bisset, "I
played football with Weather
Report". April
26, 2000 You
can now find on our website a detailed review of the new
exciting Rich Lamanna's project, featuring Alex Acuna,
Kenwood Dennard and Othello Molineaux: April
13, 2000 The
announced Az-Iz documentary, "Two years with the Zawinul
Syndicate", will be released at the end of June / beginning
of July. Thanks
to: Robi Colangelo (Az-Iz
Records International). April
09, 2000 Michiel
Borstlap Body Acoustic Group April
08, 2000 June
24, 2000 Potete
trovare tutte le date dei concerti dal vivo nella nostra
sezione
concerti. April
07, 2000 We
received informations from the Zawinul's
booking agency for Italy and
Scandinavia
about some confirmed Zawinul's italian tour dates: March
27, 2000 1)
The NY sax player and composer, Rich Lamanna, will release
his new CD, "Introspective", the next April 21st. The album
will be presented at the
Van Dyck Restaurant
on Friday, April 21st. There will be two shows at 7:00PM and
9:30PM. 2)
The New Zawinul's album, realized in collaboration with
Frank Hoffmann, should be released in Europe the next 15th
April. The album should be inspired
to the Mauthausen concentration
camp. 3)
The Zawinul's biography, written by Brian Glasser, has been
annonuced and the publication of the book is imminent. You
can find more informations on the Sanctuary
Publishing
web site. The title of the book is "In
A Silent Way". March
22, 2000 09/17/00
MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL MONTEREY CA USA WAYNE
SHORTER + HERBIE HANCOCK DUO CONFIRMED TOUR
DATES: 10/12/00
JOHN HARMS CENTER FOR THE ARTS ENGLEWOOD NJ USA RICHARD
BONA GROUP - CONFIRMED TOUR DATES: 04/26/00
BAM CAFE BROOKLYN NY USA Click
HERE
for more informations about the Richard Bona's last album,
"Scenes From My Life". March
14, 2000 The
next Thursday, March 16, the italian channel RAISAT will
show the Jaco Pastorius's concert in Montreal (Canada),
1982, at the 07.00PM, 11.00PM and 03.00AM (italian
time). Thanks
to: Vincenzo Martorella We
received informations from the Zawinul's
booking agency for Italy and
Scandinavia
about the composition of the Zawinul Syndicate's band for
the next summer tour. The band will be composed as
follows: March
06, 2000 INTERESTING LINKS: February
19, 2000 1)
Victor Bailey Group - Confirmed Tour Dates: APRIL
01 - CAPE TOWN (South Africa), NORTHSEA FESTIVAL AT CAPE
TOWN for
more informations : http://www.ejn.it/emmeci 2)
New album "Celebrating the Music of Weather Report." 3)
More interesting Links:
Clicca qui per la versione italiana di
questa pagina
30th
of May, 2003
NEW DRUMMER FOR THE ZAWINUL SYNDICATE + SUMMER EUROPEAN TOUR 2003
http://www.greetingsfrommercury.com/stephane.php
http://www.jazzfrance.com/jazzartists/asp/showmusician.asp?NMus=2692&Lang=FR
NEW ZAWINUL SYNDICATE CONCERTS IN HOLLAND AND ITALY
SPECIAL CELEBRATION OF JOE ZAWINUL'S 70th BIRTHDAY
For more information, see the Leverkussener
jazz festival official website.
For more information you can contact Mr. Andres
Serna Lopez.
(Zawinul Syndicate live in Vienne, France, 2002).
THE FIRST OFFICIAL JOE ZAWINUL BIOGRAPHY PUBLISHED IN GERMAN
LANGUAGE
We publish also some additional information, please check the
official
Residenz Verlag website
for more details and if you want to buy the book.
240 pp, numerous colour illustrations, bound
Residenz Verlag
The
British journalist Brian Glasser has called Joe Zawinul "the most
important European in the history of jazz". On 7 July 2002, the
Viennese pianist, composer and band-leader, who has lived since 1959
in the USA, celebrates his 70th birthday - an ideal occasion to
review his life and his great career. This book is based on the
various stages of Zawinul's development. His childhood in the Vienna
of dictatorship and World War II. His decision to turn his talent as
a pianist to jazz rather than to classical music. His first successes
in Austria with Fatty George and with the Austrian All Stars. Then
his spectacular career in the USA: at 27, having entered the country
on a student visa, he played his way into the top league of American
jazz within only a few weeks. In the 1960s, Zawinul was pianist in
the most successful jazz ensemble of the time, the Cannonball
Adderley Quintet, for whom he wrote the world-hit Mercy, Mercy. He
was engaged by the great Miles Davis for epoch-making albums such as
Bitches Brew. The legendary group "Weather Report" started in 1970,
and continued for 15 years to set new standards.
Foreign Rights
Residenz Verlag
Gaisbergstr. 6
A - 5025 Salzburg
phone: +43-662-641986-28
fax: +43-662-64 35 48
email: ingrid.fuehrer@oebv.co.at
www.residenzverlag.at
For
more information see the Curt Bianchi's Zawinul
Online
website
As you probably know, the CDs contain "precious" unreleased Weather
Report live performances.
We publish some details about the tunes:
Musicians: Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Alphonso Johnson, Chester
Thompson, Alex Acuna
Cucumber Slumber 11:39
Man In The Green Shirt 10:48
Cigano 3:58
Directions/Dr.Honoris Causa 8:37
Musicians: Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Alex Acuna,
Manolo Badrena
Black Market 9:26
Rumba Mama 1:06
Musicians: Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Alex Acuna,
Manolo Badrena
Elegant People 5:07
Musicians: Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Peter
Erskine
In A Silent Way/Waterfall 5:46
Musicians: Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Peter
Erskine
Musicians: Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Peter
Erskine
Port Of Entry 8:08
Musicians: Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter,Victor Bailey, Omar Hakim, Jose
Rossy
Where The Moon Goes 12:04
Two Lines 8:15
THE NEW JOE ZAWINUL'S ALBUM IS BEING RELEASED ON 16th OF
SEPTEMBER
On the ESC-Records
website
you can find a detailed review of it, and you can also listen to some
audio clips.
We are only waiting for it! In the meantime, we wish Mr. Zawinul a
very happy birthday for his 70th anniversary!
JOE ZAWINUL CONCERTS SCHEDULE UPDATED
Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl)
Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl)
WAYNE SHORTER - sax
DANILO PEREZ - piano
JOHN PATITUCCI - bass
BRIAN BLADE - drums
JUNE 25 - VERONA (Italy), TEATRO ROMANO (VERONA JAZZ FESTIVAL)
JUNE 26 - UDINE (Italy), TEATRO NUOVO GIOVANNI DA UDINE (UDINE JAZZ
FEST)
JULY 01 - TORINO (Italy), CORTILE TEATRO REGIO (TORINO JAZZ FEST)
JULY 17 - PERUGIA (Italy), TEATRO TURRENO (UMBRIA JAZZ)
JULY 18 - ROMA (Italy), TESTACCIO VILLAGE
JULY 19 - VERBANIA (Italy), PIAZZA GARIBALDI (LAGO MAGGIORE JAZZ
FEST)
JULY 20 - PESCARA (Italy), TEATRO MONUMENTO G.D'ANNUNZIO (PESCARA
JAZZ)
THREE BRIEF NICE ARTICLES
Joe
Zawinul a Vicenza
- By Floriano
Sortani
[Italian Language]
Joe
Zawinul in Amsterdam
- By Dick
Koster
Joe
Zawinul in Berlin
- By Rolf
Langhans
RELEASE OF LAST ZAWINUL ALBUM POSTPONED
Thanks
to: Peter
Hartmann
The album is now in the mixing phase and Joe is working hardly on
it.
To have more information, please go to the ESC Records
website.
Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl)
To read the whole concerts schedule, go to our
live
concerts page.
A TRIBUTE TO JACO PASTORIUS
Thanks
to: Jeroen
Jansen
See the
Melkweg's official website
for more info.
ZAWINUL SYNDICATE IN NORWAY
Thanks
to: Terje
Larsen
NEW TOUR DATES IN U.S.A. AND HOLLAND
Thanks
to: Dick
Koster
NEWS ABOUT THE LONG-WAITED WEATHER REPORT UNISSUED RECORDING FROM
SONY
Thanks
to: Anil
Prasad
Hal Miller, the gentleman penning the liner notes for the forthcoming
U.S. Weather Report reissues, recently got in touch with me. It
appears things are on the move with Sony USA. Here's what he had to
say:
There will be Sony Legacy re-releases of "Mysterious Traveler","Tale
Spinnin'",& "Black Market" this spring. In addition, a "best of
Weather Report" will be released. None of these contain any new
material just improved mixes. Negotiations with Joe Zawinul are on
process right now and will probably result in a box set of previously
unreleased studio as well as live concert recordings. In the last
week, Joe Z. has come up with a batch of excellent Jaco-era tapes and
there is now some discussion about a special Jaco w/Weather Report
release in addition to the other stuff planned. 2002 will be a
bonanza year for Weather Report fans. Good news indeed.
PACO SERY WILL BE THE DRUMMER OF ZAWINUL SYNDICATE DURING NEXT
TOUR
Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl)
THE
BILL MILKOWSKI'S JACO PASTORIUS BIOGRAPHY HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN
ITALIAN LANGUAGE.
Thanks
to: Fabio
Di Biagio
See more details in the
Italian
Language News Section.
Thanks
to: Marco
Della Rocca
See more info in our previous
update.
Thanks
to: Giuliano
Guarnieri
FIRST ITALIAN DATES OF THE ZAWINUL SYNDICATE
Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl)
See our concerts
page
for more info.
UPCOMING NEW ZAWINUL ALBUM
The release is planned for the month of March 2002. Zawinul plans to
be on tour for the promotion of his most recent work in Spring,
Summer and Fall 2002.
We'll give you more information as soon as possible.
ABOUT BRIAN GLASSER'S BOOK...
Many thanks to Craig.
Click
here to read the article.
UPCOMING TOURS - FALL 2001 / SPRING 2002
JIM BEARD - keyboards
VICTOR BAILEY - el.bass
OMAR HAKIM - drums
AMIT CHATTERJEE - guitar, vocals
ETIENNE M'BAPPE - el.bass
MANOLO BADRENA - percussions, vocals
NATHANIEL TOWNSLEY - drums
VICTOR BAILEY LAUNCHES HIS OFFICIAL WEBSITE
JOE ZAWINUL OFFICIAL WEBSITE RENEWED
To start your navigation, click HERE.
NEW EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS TO JOE ZAWINUL AND VICTOR BAILEY
Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl)
and Victor Bailey
You MUST read them!!! ;-)
ZAWINUL SYNDICATE'S FALL 2001 TOUR CANCELLED
Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl)
and Peter Basler (Basi
Tours)
You can see our
live
concerts page
for details about the tour dates.
Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl)
and Victor Bailey
Also we had a fantastic live chat session with Victor Bailey on the
chatroom of our site last 17th of June. You can
read
the transcription of this chat
session
by now, but we'll publish also an interview with Victor in the next
days.
NEW TOUR DATES OF THE ZAWINUL SYNDICATE
Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl)
For more info see the BlueNote
website.
WE INTERVIEWED ALEX ACUNA !
To read the interview, click
HERE.
MATTHEW GARRISON EUROPEAN AND JAPANESE TOURS
CONFIRMED DATES OF THE ZAWINUL TOUR - FALL 2001
Thanks
to: Peter
Basler (Basi Tours)
To see all the dates go to our
concerts
section.
EUROPEAN TOURS FALL 2001
At the same time also Richard Bona will be on tour with his own
group. Bona will release a new CD in September 2001 with
Sony/Columbia Records.
For more info visit the website of Emmeci
Srl.
Thanks
to: Jon
Sinigaglia
To see more info click
here.
NEW TOUR DATES
Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl)
Please check our
concerts
section.
Thanks
to: Stefano
Lazzerini
FIRST ZAWINUL SYNDICATE ITALIAN TOUR DATE FOR 2001
Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl)
Brescia, July 15. To read the entire concert schedule, go to our
concerts
section.
FIRST ZAWINULFANS CHAT SESSION PLANNED
To have more info, visit our
chat
page.
NEW ZAWINUL SYNDICATE INTERNET BROADCAST
For more info, visit our
live
concerts section.
NEW ZAWINUL SYNDICATE EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl)
For more info, see our
tour
dates section.
NEW SECTIONS OF OUR SITE
KARIM ZIAD RELEASED A SOLO ALBUM
Thanks
to: Pierre
Tassone
Since Music By Mail (my mail order) is distributing ACT products you
are more than welcome to contact
me
privately if interested. ACT records are attractively priced. And the
music is great !
Karim Ziad was previously guesting on Nguyên Lê's album
"Maghreb & Friends" (ACT 9261-2). This time he returned the
politeness by inviting the guitarist.
Thanks
to: Peter
Basler
INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW ZAWINUL SYNDICATE BASSPLAYER
Thanks
to: Pierre
Tassone
His name is
Etienne M'Bappé and he's from Cameroun. He played with
the "Ultramarine", a fusion/world music band that released 3 records:
Ultramarine (1985), Dé (1989) and E Si Mala (1991). Etienne
Mbappé was also playing in the ONJ (the stately financed jazz
big band Orchestre National De Jazz) in 1989. He has been featured as
a sideman in many bands including some of Jean-Pierre Como's
recordings. Ultramarine was an incredible ethnic/fusion band
featuring an african rhythm section. The drummer Mokhtar Samba has
played with the Zawinul Syndicate at some time or did some
replacements. But Ultramarine also called for a fantastic
pianist/composer from the Antilles: Mario Canonge. And should it not
be enough their guitarist is the now well known franco-vietnamese
musician Nguyên Lê (a lot of records on german ACT
label). Only the sax player Pierre-Olivier Govin is french ! Such a
multicultural reunion produced an extremely varied music. The other
thing to say is that another band was at the same time (mid 80's)
using the same receipt and perhaps got a better exposure and success.
This band was (or still is) Sixun. Led by keyboardist Jean-Pierre
Como and featuring real good musicians like guitarist Louis Winsberg
or saxophonist Alain Debiossat this band was like Ultramarine driven
by a fantastic and powerful rhythm section with cultural african
roots: Michel Alibo on bass and of course Paco Sery on drums.
Jean-Pierre Como produced also 2-3 solo albums and so did Winsberg.
Como never hided that Weather Report and especially Joe Zawinul was a
major influence on their music and you can hear it in the music too.
Sixun put up 5 or 6 records to this date. Both groups are highly
recommanded and I would draw your attention on the following.
Ultramarine has a stronger ethnic background than Sixun. Sixun
basically uses the african rhythms in the music as a strong rhythm
impact but Ultramarine integrates the ethnic elements in the
compositional structure + the rhythmic section. And those are Africa,
Antilles, Asia: a very rich scope indeed. Sixun is closer to a
western approach of music only integrating ethnic elements as a
driving force.
A curiosity: this guy plays with gloves!! (See the photo above, by
jazzvalley.com).
The following is the composition of these bands:
Mokhtar Samba: Morocco and Senegal
Nguyên Lê: Franco-Vietnamese
Pierre-Olivier Govin: French
Mario Canonge: Martinique
Bago: Antilles
Alain Debiossat: France
Louis Winsberg: France
Michel Alibo: Antilles
Paco Sery: Ivory Coast (and called by many The pygmean drummer)
Jaco Largent & Frank Arnaud: probably Antilles
Thanks
to: Stefano
Lazzerini
If you want you can read a review
on allaboutjazz.com.
Thanks
to: Stefano
Lazzerini
Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl)
JOHN HUMPHREY BASSO EL.
KIRK COVINGTON BATTERIA/VOCE
29 MARZO PONDERANO (BI) BABYLONIA CLUB
30 MARZO ROVERETO (TN) TEATRO ROSMINI
31 MARZO FORLI’ CLUB MEDITERRANEA
01 APRILE SAN BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO (AP) BITCHES BREW JAZZ
CLUB
JOE ZAWINUL TOUR DATES 2001
To read more, go to our
concerts
section.
by Stefano Lazzerini, Italian only
INTERVIEW TO "FASO" OF THE "BIBA BAND"
We have an
interesting article
about it, in Italian only, at this moment (sorry!).
REVIEW OF THE JOE ZAWINUL AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY
To read the review,
click
here.
Chris Bradford (Sanctuary
Publishing)
RICH LAMANNA AND THE LAST WORD LIVE AT THE VAN DYCK, N.Y., APRIL
2000
To listen to the concert,
click
here.
WE INTERVIEWED ALPHONSO JOHNSON !!
Click
here to read the interview.
Click HERE
to download the screensaver.
Click HERE
to download the Background 1 (800x600 pixel screen resolution).
Click HERE
to download the Background 2 (1024x768 pixel screen
resolution).
INFORMATION ABOUT THE UPCOMING ZAWINUL OFFICIAL
BIOGRAPHY
Brian Glasser
ISBN: 1 86074 246 7
UK Price: £15
US Price: $22
Photos: 16 pg b/w photo section Dimensions: 210 x 148mm/8.2" x
5.9"
Extent: 350pp
Rights: World, all language
AI last updated: 22/8/00
He pioneered the incorporation of international rhythms and new
electronic tonalities into a music form, loosely known as fusion and
is even credited with inventing the hip-hop beat.
Born in 1933, son of an Austrian peasant, Zawinul ploughed fields
with oxen until he discovered jazz, age 11. By the time he was 30 he
had worked with heroes like Ben Webster and Dinah Washington, and was
composing and playing piano for one of the most popular outfits in
the US, the Cannonball Adderley group.
In 1969 he played a crucial role in one of Miles Davis's most
controversial changes of musical direction, composing the title track
to Miles' album - In A Silent Way.
In 1970 he left Miles to join sax genius Wayne Shorter and form
Weather Report, a band which sold in excess of 6 million records
world wide, had a major pop hit with 'Birdland' and topped the jazz
polls for 16 years.
This, the first biography of Joe, is published at the height of his
career. A creative genius, artistically free with a rare vision and a
man of remarkable humanitarianism (he is Austrian ambassador to
sixteen African countries), even people with only a passing interest
in jazz will find his life story fascinating.
extensive media coverage in national press and music magazines
tour promotion link-ins
co-op available
Chris Bradford
Sales & Marketing
Sanctuary Publishing
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8749 9171
email: chris.bradford@sanctuarygroup.com
Chris Bradford (Sanctuary
Publishing)
Visit it!!
THE ZAWINUL SYNDICATE LINEUP - EUROPEAN TOUR
2001
Joe Zawinul - Keyboards, vocals
Maria Joao - vocals
Etienne M'Bappe - bass
Amit Chatterjee - guitar
Manolo Badrena - percussion
Nathaniel Townsley - drums
2.
New
article of the italian music expert Vincenzo
Martorella
(Italian Only)
NEW ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
Do you want to help us in the English/Italian translation?
Please let
us know!
1 - Review of the Zawinul's concert in Melbourne, Australia,
by Nick Anchen [English
Version]
2 - Review of the JZ Special Project concert in Maratea,
Italy, by Marco Della Rocca [Italian
Only]
3 - New interesting article and Zawinul interview by Fabio
Di Biagio [Italian
Only]
MANOLO BADRENA IS LAUNCHING HIS OFFICIAL
WEBSITE
Source:
The
Zawinul Syndicate Official Website
OUR INTERVIEW TO JOE ZAWINUL PUBLISHED BY THE CIAOJAZZ
INTERNET MAGAZINE
Check it out! :-)
Source:
www.ciaojazz.com
SCOTT HENDERSON/GARY WILLIS "TRIBAL TECH"
OCTOBER 19 LEVERKUSEN GERMANY
OCTOBER 20 BERLIN GERMANY
OCTOBER 22 MUNICH GERMANY
OCTOBER 23 GRONINGEN HOLLAND
OCTOBER 24 AMSTERDAM HOLLAND
OCTOBER 25 HELLENDOORN HOLLAND
OCTOBER 26 SWIDNIK POLAND
OCTOBER 27 STOCKHOLM SWEDEN
OCTOBER 28 STOCKHOLM SWEDEN
OCTOBER 29 GOTEBORG SWEDEN
OCTOBER 31 ROMA ITALY
NOVEMBER 01 ROMA ITALY
NOVEMBER 02 PONDERANO ITALY
NOVEMBER 03 SCHAFFHAUSEN SWITZERLAND
NOVEMBER 04 TRONDHEIM NORWAY
NOVEMBER 05 BERGEN NORWAY
NOVEMBER 06 ASCHAFFENBURGGERMANY
NOVEMBER 07 INNSBRUCK AUSTRIA
NOVEMBER 08 WIEN AUSTRIA
NOVEMBER 09 AALEN GERMANY
NOVEMBER 10 FORLI' ITALY
NOVEMBER 12 CORTEMAGGIORE ITALY
NOVEMBER 15 BARCELONA SPAIN
NOVEMBER 17 GALAPAGAR SPAIN
MATTHEW GARRISON RELEASED HIS FIRST SOLO
ALBUM
The album has influences from the Garrison's previous
experiences with Joe Zawinul, Steve Coleman and others, and
it features some musicians who played with Zawinul Syndicate
as Arto Tuncboyacian (percussion) and Amit Chatterjee (sitar
and vocals).
If you want more info, you can see a review
of the album
or connect to the official
Matthew Garrison website.
THE JACO PASTORIUS OFFICIAL WEBSITE WILL BE LAUNCHED
SOON
If you need more info, you can visit the message board of
the official
Jaco Pastorius family
website.
ABOUT THE JOE'S ILLNESS...
Fortunately, there are not serious problems, only a little
allergic crisis. Joe is getting well, and he will be ready
for the Australian tour. So, our best wishes to the great
man!!
in order to improve our work and our service, we decided to
modify our Web-address.
This modification will allow us to have more flexibility in
the choice of the Web-Hosting service that we'll use in the
future.
During the next months, you'll be able to reach our site
using both the old address and the new address. After a
period of 6-8 months, you'll need to use the new address to
find the updated site.
So, we ask you to update your bookmarks as soon as
possible!
If you linked our site on your site, please update your page
with our new address:
http://go.to/zawinul
or:
http://zawinul.go.to
We hope that you'll help us in improving our Zawinul
website.
If you need more info, please contact us at:
jzawinul@yahoo.it
.
Thank you so much,
all the best.
M. Piretti - The Joe Zawinul Italian Fansite
JOE ZAWINUL CANCELLED HIS LOS ANGELES TOUR
We wish that Joe will get well very very soon.
AZ-IZ LAUNCHES THE OFFICIAL JOE ZAWINUL WEBSITE
!!
It will be a precious point of reference for all of us! The
site's address is: http://www.zawinulsyndicate.com
.
REVIEW OF THE ZAWINUL'S CONCERT IN MALTA, JULY
22.
To read the review, click
here.
NEW ITALIAN DATE OF THE ZAWINUL SPECIAL
PROJECT
JOE ZAWINUL AND THE "NOTTE DELLA TARANTA"
The newspaper "La Repubblica" published two articles about
this topic, to read, click below:
Article
1 (August 23)
Article
2 (August 25)
We'll try to translate them in English...
To see them,
CLICK
HERE.
THE ZAWINUL SYNDICATE IN CONCERT AT THE BLUENOTE
(N.Y.)
SPECIAL: JOE ZAWINUL INTERVIEW !
We also added an article written by our friend
Stefano
Lazzerini,
and a review of the Weather Report
Sweetnighter
album.
NEW DATE OF THE ZAWINUL SPECIAL PROJECT
For the complete tour schedule, please go to our
Tour
Dates Section.
REVIEW OF THE ZAWINUL'S CONCERT IN MILANO, ITALY, JULY
11.
Click
Here to see the review.
NEW TOUR DATE OF THE ZAWINUL SPECIAL PROJECT
You can see the complete Zawinul's tour schedule at our
Live
Concerts section.
Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl)
JOE ZAWINUL'S TOUR IN AUSTRIA
Location: Wörgl/Tyrol/Austria, 27th of june 2000
Lineup: Amit Chatterjee, guit (who was with the Syndicate
some years ago before); Nathaniel Townsley III, dr; Victor
Bailey, b; Manolo Badrena, perc; Josef Zawinul, keyb.
The band started over half an hour late, Victor Bailey
entered the stage on crutches and was playing sitting on a
chair for the whole two sets, cool that he played even
though! Some moments I enjoyed (they put a smile on my
face), when they played Fast city, Continuum, quotes from
doctor honoris causa, Scarlet woman, Badia. Do I live in the
past? Maybe.
In regards to the sound, all I can say is that Badrena could
hardly be heard most of the show while Zawinul was pretty
loud.
Like I said before, I don't know what to think about the
concert. The audience was sitting on chairs like the famous
guys at Madame Tussaud's. Nobody was moving. Let's say it
didn't really happen, in my opinion - other Tyroleans might
not share my opinion. After the show I purchased the "Two
years with the Syndicate" video and was quite surprised when
I found out that it was Anthony Zawinul selling me the tape.
Anthony is a very friendly person by the way, he even let me
go backstage to have two LPs signed (are these LPs going to
be eBay items? - NO! I felt very uncomfortable to go
backstage). It was nice to see Z drinking Schnaps.
Greetings from Austria, Thomas.
JOE ZAWINUL BEGINS HIS EUROPEAN TOUR
We hope that we'll be able to publish on our site a review
of this event.
You can find the complete schedule of Zawinul's concerts in
our Live
Concerts page.
Thanks
to: Roberto.
The site is almost ready, you can view it at:
www.michielborstlap.com.
Source:
Curt Bianchi's Zawinul
Online
website
It's
possible to buy through the Internet the new Zawinul's
release, "Mauthausen", created in collaboration with Frank
Hoffmann and inspired to the Mauthausen concentration camp.
You can buy the CD on Amazon.de,
at the following address:
http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004SYXD/028-6278694-3467723
AN INTERVIEW WITH INGRID PASTORIUS
JOE ZAWINUL ITALIAN TOUR - JULY AND AUGUST
2000
These info are courtesy of Emmeci
Srl
for the Joe Zawinul Unofficial Italian Fansite. The
unauthorized reproduction is not appreciated.
Thanks to: Gea Marotta
NEW JACO PASTORIUS FAMILY OFFICIAL WEBSITE
http://www.jacop.net
Source:
Curt Bianchi's Zawinul
Online
website
THE NEW MICHIEL BORSTLAP'S ALBUM, "LIVELINE"
To read more, go to the
Reviews
section
of our site.
AZ-IZ UPDATED WEBSITE
You can see more info about the documentary by going to the
following URL:
http://www.az-iz.com/documentary.htm
or you can contact Az-Iz at: info@az-iz.com
ZAWINUL SYNDICATE LIVE CONCERT DATES
JULY 06 CIPRO
JULY 07 PARIS
JULY 08 COUCHES
JULY 09 GEXTO (Spain)
We want to remember you that you can see all the confirmed
tour dates at our
live
concerts page.
THE ZAWINUL SYNDICATE LIVE IN MALTA
We want to remember you that you can see all the confirmed
tour dates at our
live
concerts page.
ZAWINUL SYNDICATE ITALIAN TOUR DATES - UPDATE
We want to remember you that you can see all the confirmed
tour dates at our
live
concerts page.
NEW CONFIRMED ITALIAN TOUR DATE
We want to remember you that you can see all the confirmed
tour dates at our
live
concerts page.
REVIEWS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO ZAWINUL'S LIVE
PERFORMANCE
CLICK
HERE TO READ THE CONCERT'S
REVIEW.
You can also find another detailed concert's review on the
Curt
Bianchi's Zawinul Online
website.
NEW JOE ZAWINUL CONFIRMED ITALIAN TOUR DATES
!!
July 20, 2000
Minori (near Amalfi, Salerno) - Open Theathre, Lungomare - h
09.30pm
Joe Zawinul - keyboards/vocals, Maria Joao - vocals, Lelo
Nika - accordion, to be announced - percussion
August 14, 2000
Maratea (PZ) - Parco Tarantini - Piazza Europa - h
10.00pm
Zawinul Syndicate's tour dates in South
America:
Zawinul Syndicate, Teatro Melico Salazar, San Jose de Costa
Rica, Costa Rica
May 12, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, La Trastienda, Buenos Aires,
Argentina
May 13, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, La Trastienda, Buenos Aires,
Argentina
May 14, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, La Trastienda, Buenos Aires,
Argentina
May 15, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, Hyatt Hotel Ballroom, Santiago de Chile,
Chile
May 16, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, Municipal Theatre, Bahia Blanca,
Brasil
May 17, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, Radison Hotel, Montevideo, Uruguay
May 19, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, Salon Naiguata, Caracas, Venezuela
May 20, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, TBA, Valencia, Venezuela
RICH LAMANNA'S WR AND PASTORIUS INSPIRED NEW
PROJECT
http://www.freeweb.org/musica/zawinul/reviews/eng/lamanna.htm
NEWS ABOUT NEW AZ-IZ ZAWINUL SYNDICATE
VIDEO
It will be possible to purchase the video (duration: 75
min.) through the Az-Iz
website.
There will be a limited Special edition that will be
released on VHS.
People interested in purchasing this Film should contact
Az-iz Films Production at:
az-iz@planet.it
with the following information: Name, Address, City, State,
Postal Code, Country, e-mail Address.
NEW ON THIS WEBSITE:
Live in Mannheim, Germany, March 24, 2000
Entire concert available in realAudio format: click
HERE
(Courtesy of
Michiel
Borstlap)
JOE ZAWINUL EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
Zawinul Syndicate, Lienz,Stadtsaal/Austria
June 25, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, Graz, Orpheum, Austria
June 27, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, Wörgl, Open Air/Austria
June 28, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, Grieskirchen,Sporthall/Austria
June 29, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, Dornbirn, Spielboden/Austria
July 1st, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, Tabarka Jazzfestival/Tunesia
July 3rd, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, Tbilisi,Philharmonie/Georgia
July 12, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, Finkenstein,Burgruine/Austria
You can find all the tour dates in our
concerts
section.
JOE ZAWINUL ITALIAN TOUR DATES
JULY 16
CORMONS (GORIZIA)
PIAZZA XXIV MAGGIO
H 21.00
JULY 18
ROMA
VILLA CELIMONTANA FESTIVAL JAZZ DI ROMA
ORE 22.00
LATEST NEWS
Rich's latest group 'The Last Word' is a
Jaco Pastorius and Weather Report inspired afro-latin
project
featuring Alex Acuna on percussion (Weather Report),
Kenwood
Dennard on drums (Miles Davis, Sting, Jaco Pastorius),
Othello
Molineaux on steel drums (Santana, Herbie Hancock), Otmaro
Ruiz
on piano (Dianne Reeves) and Chuck D'Aloia on guitar (Nick
Brignola).
Rich a graduate of the Berklee College of Music, he has
directed orchestras in the Caribbean, the US and South
America and
performed with the Contemporary Orchestra of Peru and
with
Brazilian guitarist Ricardo Silveira and Jay Azzalino (Spiro
Gyra).
You can have more informations at: http://home.earthlink.net/~richlamanna/
WAYNE SHORTER CONFIRMED TOUR DATES:
10/12/00 JOHN HARMS CENTER ENGLEWOOD NJ USA
10/13/00 SANDERS THEATRE / HARVARD UNIVERSITY CAMBRIDGE MA
USA
10/14/00 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLV. / IRVINE AUDITORIUM
PHILADELPHIA PA USA
10/13/00 SANDERS THEATRE CAMBRIDGE MA USA
11/09/00 STATE THEATRE NEW BRUNSWICK NJ USA
11/10/00 COLLEGE OF DUPAGE ARTS CENTER GLEN ELLEN IL USA
11/11/00 MICHIGAN THEATRE ANN ARBOR MI USA
04/27/00 BAM CAFE BROOKLYN NY USA
05/05/00 PALACE OF FINE ARTS SAN FRANCISCO CA USA
05/08/00 ST LUCIA FESTIVAL ST LUCIA ST LUCIA
05/11/00 ST LUCIA FESTIVAL ST LUCIA ST LUCIA
05/13/00 ST LUCIA FESTIVAL ST LUCIA ST LUCIA
06/17/00 HOLLYWOOD BOWL HOLLYWOOD CA USA
06/23/00 JOHN HARMS CENTER FOR THE ARTS ENGLEWOOD NJ USA
06/25/00 WOLFTRAP JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL VIENNA VA
USA
06/28/00 LEGENDS ON DOUGLAS VICTORIA CANADA
06/29/00 COMMODORE BALLROOM VANCOUVER CANADA
06/30/00 QUINCY'S CALGARY CANADA
07/01/00 WESTON BALLROOM EDMONTON CANADA
07/02/00 ESSBOROUGH GARDENS SASKATOON CANADA
09/15/00 MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL MONTEREY CA USA
You can find more informations at: http://www.raisat.rai.it
Joe Zawinul - keyboards
Victor Bailey - bass
Amit Chatterjee - guitar
Manolo Badrena - percussion
Nathaniel
Townsley
- drums
Only for few dates in the next August, a "Zawinul Special
Project" will be available and composed as follows:
Joe Zawinul - keyboards/vocals
Maria Joao - vocals
Lelo Nika - accordion
To be announced - percussion
Moreover, the Victor Bailey Group will be again in tour in
Europe, in October and November (the dates are still
undefined).
Thanks to: Gea Marotta
Joe Zawinul Italian Fan Site
LATEST NEWS
1) We received confirmation from the Zawinul's
booking agency for Italy and
Scandinavia
that in the next european tour the Zawinul Syndicate group
will be composed as follows:
Joe Zawinul - keyboards
Victor Bailey - bass
Manolo Badrena - percussion
Amit Chatterjee - guitar
Kharim Ziad - drums
Guests: Maria Joao - Lelo Nika
(Thanks to: Gea Marotta)
2) This month, our website features a complete review about
the Michiel Borstlap's album, "Body Acoustic - Acoustic
Interpretations of Weather Report:
http://www.freeweb.org/musica/zawinul/articles/borstlap-e.htm
1) A beautiful website about Jaco Pastorius:
http://www.straschil.com/postom/jaco.htm
2) A rich collection of Jazz links:
http://www.freeweb.org/musica/jazzyland/jazzlink.htm
Joe Zawinul Italian Fan Site
LATEST NEWS
VICTOR BAILEY - bass
KENNY GARRETT - sax
JIM BEARD - keyboards
DAVE FIUCZYNSKI - guitar
DENNIS CHAMBERS - drums
APRIL 04 - DORNBIRN (Austria), SPIELBODEN
APRIL 05 - VIENNA (Austria), REIGEN
APRIL 06 - LJUBLIANA (Slovenia), TV STUDIO
APRIL 07 - PRAHA (Cek Republic), LUCERNA MUSIC BAR
APRIL 08 - MINDEN (Germany), JAZZ CLUB MINDEN
APRIL 09 - UTRECHT (Holland)
APRIL 10 - INNSBRUCK (Austria), TREIBHAUS
APRIL 11 - BASEL (Switzerland), ATLANTIS
APRIL 12 - MUNICH (Germany), BAYERISCHER HOF
APRIL 13 - STOCKHOLM (Sweden), FASHING JAZZCLUB
APRIL 14 - STOCKHOLM (Sweden), FASHING JAZZCLUB
APRIL 15 - VOSS (Norway), VOSSA JAZZ FESTIVAL
APRIL 17 - RUSSELSHEIM (Germany), ADAM OPEL AG WEKSHALLE
APRIL 18 - KARLSRUHE (Germany), JUBEZ
APRIL 19 - INGOLSTADT (Germany), BURGERTREFF
APRIL 20 - PARIS (France), NEW MORNING
APRIL 21 - BERINGEN (Belgium), PROVINCIAAL CENTRUM VOOR
MUZIEK
APRIL 22 - BERLIN (Germany), QUASIMODO CLUB
APRIL 23 - VEJLE (Denmark), JIVE
APRIL 25 - KÖLN (Germany), STADTGARTEN
APRIL 26 - KÖLN (Germany), STADTGARTEN
APRIL 27 - TALLIN (Estonia), TALLIN JAZZ FESTIVAL
APRIL 28 - ESPOO (Finland), ESPOO JAZZ FESTIVAL
APRIL 29 - ESPOO (Finland), ESPOO JAZZ FESTIVAL
You can have more informations and order the CD at the
following address:
http://www.towerrecords.com/product.asp?pfid=1821004
The album will be released in USA the next February
22.
a) Italian Jazz Musicians (our site included in Links
section):
http://www.ijm.it
b) Jaco Pastorius Mailing List:
http://www.onelist.com/community/JacoPastorius
Joe Zawinul Italian Fan Site
Interesting Links of the Month
http://www.richardbona.com
2) Webiste about Amit Chatterjee, the band's guitarist
for the year-2000 tour.
http://www.templestreetmusic.com/abio.html
3) New website about the Weather Report
http://go.to/weather-report
4) Wayne Shorter's complete discography http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/2151/index.html
5) Emmeci booking agency. Informations about italian
Zawinul's tour dates: http://www.ejn.it/emmeci
6) New Weather Report's concert on the internet:
http://www.freeweb.org/musica/zawinul/concerts.htm
http://www.az-iz.com/az-iznews.html
Feb 20, 2000
Feb 21, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, Hong Kong Cultural Centre Wanchai, Hong
Kong
Apr 28, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, Denton Art & Jazz Festival, Denton,
Texas
May 5, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, Royce Hall, Los Angeles
May 6, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, Palace of Fine Arts Theater, San
Francisco
May 7, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, Palace of Fine Arts Theater, San
Francisco
Thanks to: Peter Basler.
1) february 13 on WDR (German Television) Rockpalast
;Weather Report
2) february 26 on WDR Rockpalast; Joe Zawinul, interview,
live and more
(Thanks to Dick Koster).
Thanks to Peter Basler !!
Zawinul Syndicate, Cultural Concert Hall, Hong
Kong
Zawinul Syndicate, Palace of Fine Arts Theater, San
Francisco
Zawinul Syndicate, Royce Hall, Los Angeles
For more information just visit our concerts section.
NEW DRUMMER FOR THE ZAWINUL SYNDICATE + SUMMER EUROPEAN TOUR 2003
http://www.greetingsfrommercury.com/stephane.php
http://www.jazzfrance.com/jazzartists/asp/showmusician.asp?NMus=2692&Lang=FR
NEW ZAWINUL SYNDICATE CONCERTS IN HOLLAND AND ITALY
SPECIAL CELEBRATION OF JOE ZAWINUL'S 70th BIRTHDAY
For more information, see the Leverkussener
jazz festival official website.
For more information you can contact Mr. Andres
Serna Lopez.
(Zawinul Syndicate live in Vienne, France, 2002).
THE FIRST OFFICIAL JOE ZAWINUL BIOGRAPHY PUBLISHED IN GERMAN
LANGUAGE
We publish also some additional information, please check the
official
Residenz Verlag website
for more details and if you want to buy the book.
240 pp, numerous colour illustrations, bound
Residenz VerlagThe
British journalist Brian Glasser has called Joe Zawinul "the most
important European in the history of jazz". On 7 July 2002, the
Viennese pianist, composer and band-leader, who has lived since 1959
in the USA, celebrates his 70th birthday - an ideal occasion to
review his life and his great career. This book is based on the
various stages of Zawinul's development. His childhood in the Vienna
of dictatorship and World War II. His decision to turn his talent as
a pianist to jazz rather than to classical music. His first successes
in Austria with Fatty George and with the Austrian All Stars. Then
his spectacular career in the USA: at 27, having entered the country
on a student visa, he played his way into the top league of American
jazz within only a few weeks. In the 1960s, Zawinul was pianist in
the most successful jazz ensemble of the time, the Cannonball
Adderley Quintet, for whom he wrote the world-hit Mercy, Mercy. He
was engaged by the great Miles Davis for epoch-making albums such as
Bitches Brew. The legendary group "Weather Report" started in 1970,
and continued for 15 years to set new standards.
Foreign Rights
Residenz Verlag
Gaisbergstr. 6
A - 5025 Salzburg
phone: +43-662-641986-28
fax: +43-662-64 35 48
email: ingrid.fuehrer@oebv.co.at
www.residenzverlag.at
For
more information see the Curt Bianchi's Zawinul
Online
website
As you probably know, the CDs contain "precious" unreleased Weather
Report live performances.
We publish some details about the tunes:
Musicians: Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Alphonso Johnson, Chester
Thompson, Alex Acuna
Cucumber Slumber 11:39
Man In The Green Shirt 10:48
Cigano 3:58
Directions/Dr.Honoris Causa 8:37
Musicians: Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Alex Acuna,
Manolo Badrena
Black Market 9:26
Rumba Mama 1:06
Musicians: Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Alex Acuna,
Manolo Badrena
Elegant People 5:07
Musicians: Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Peter
Erskine
In A Silent Way/Waterfall 5:46
Musicians: Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Peter
Erskine
Musicians: Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Peter
Erskine
Port Of Entry 8:08
Musicians: Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter,Victor Bailey, Omar Hakim, Jose
Rossy
Where The Moon Goes 12:04
Two Lines 8:15
THE NEW JOE ZAWINUL'S ALBUM IS BEING RELEASED ON 16th OF
SEPTEMBER
On the ESC-Records
website
you can find a detailed review of it, and you can also listen to some
audio clips.
We are only waiting for it! In the meantime, we wish Mr. Zawinul a
very happy birthday for his 70th anniversary!
JOE ZAWINUL CONCERTS SCHEDULE UPDATED
Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl)
Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl)
WAYNE SHORTER - sax
DANILO PEREZ - piano
JOHN PATITUCCI - bass
BRIAN BLADE - drums
JUNE 25 - VERONA (Italy), TEATRO ROMANO (VERONA JAZZ FESTIVAL)
JUNE 26 - UDINE (Italy), TEATRO NUOVO GIOVANNI DA UDINE (UDINE JAZZ
FEST)
JULY 01 - TORINO (Italy), CORTILE TEATRO REGIO (TORINO JAZZ FEST)
JULY 17 - PERUGIA (Italy), TEATRO TURRENO (UMBRIA JAZZ)
JULY 18 - ROMA (Italy), TESTACCIO VILLAGE
JULY 19 - VERBANIA (Italy), PIAZZA GARIBALDI (LAGO MAGGIORE JAZZ
FEST)
JULY 20 - PESCARA (Italy), TEATRO MONUMENTO G.D'ANNUNZIO (PESCARA
JAZZ)
THREE BRIEF NICE ARTICLES
Joe
Zawinul a Vicenza
- By Floriano
Sortani
[Italian Language]
Joe
Zawinul in Amsterdam
- By Dick
Koster
Joe
Zawinul in Berlin
- By Rolf
Langhans
RELEASE OF LAST ZAWINUL ALBUM POSTPONED
Thanks
to: Peter
Hartmann
The album is now in the mixing phase and Joe is working hardly on
it.
To have more information, please go to the ESC Records
website.
Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl)
To read the whole concerts schedule, go to our
live
concerts page.
A TRIBUTE TO JACO PASTORIUS
Thanks
to: Jeroen
Jansen
See the
Melkweg's official website
for more info.
ZAWINUL SYNDICATE IN NORWAY
Thanks
to: Terje
Larsen
NEW TOUR DATES IN U.S.A. AND HOLLAND
Thanks
to: Dick
Koster
NEWS ABOUT THE LONG-WAITED WEATHER REPORT UNISSUED RECORDING FROM
SONY
Thanks
to: Anil
Prasad
Hal Miller, the gentleman penning the liner notes for the forthcoming
U.S. Weather Report reissues, recently got in touch with me. It
appears things are on the move with Sony USA. Here's what he had to
say:
There will be Sony Legacy re-releases of "Mysterious Traveler","Tale
Spinnin'",& "Black Market" this spring. In addition, a "best of
Weather Report" will be released. None of these contain any new
material just improved mixes. Negotiations with Joe Zawinul are on
process right now and will probably result in a box set of previously
unreleased studio as well as live concert recordings. In the last
week, Joe Z. has come up with a batch of excellent Jaco-era tapes and
there is now some discussion about a special Jaco w/Weather Report
release in addition to the other stuff planned. 2002 will be a
bonanza year for Weather Report fans. Good news indeed.
PACO SERY WILL BE THE DRUMMER OF ZAWINUL SYNDICATE DURING NEXT
TOUR
Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl)THE
BILL MILKOWSKI'S JACO PASTORIUS BIOGRAPHY HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN
ITALIAN LANGUAGE.
Thanks
to: Fabio
Di Biagio
See more details in the
Italian
Language News Section.
Thanks
to: Marco
Della Rocca
See more info in our previous
update.
Thanks
to: Giuliano
Guarnieri
FIRST ITALIAN DATES OF THE ZAWINUL SYNDICATE
Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl)
See our concerts
page
for more info.
UPCOMING NEW ZAWINUL ALBUM
The release is planned for the month of March 2002. Zawinul plans to
be on tour for the promotion of his most recent work in Spring,
Summer and Fall 2002.
We'll give you more information as soon as possible.
ABOUT BRIAN GLASSER'S BOOK...
Many thanks to Craig.
Click
here to read the article.
UPCOMING TOURS - FALL 2001 / SPRING 2002
JIM BEARD - keyboards
VICTOR BAILEY - el.bass
OMAR HAKIM - drums
AMIT CHATTERJEE - guitar, vocals
ETIENNE M'BAPPE - el.bass
MANOLO BADRENA - percussions, vocals
NATHANIEL TOWNSLEY - drums
VICTOR BAILEY LAUNCHES HIS OFFICIAL WEBSITE
JOE ZAWINUL OFFICIAL WEBSITE RENEWED
To start your navigation, click HERE.
NEW EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS TO JOE ZAWINUL AND VICTOR BAILEY
Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl)
and Victor Bailey
You MUST read them!!! ;-)
ZAWINUL SYNDICATE'S FALL 2001 TOUR CANCELLED
Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl)
and Peter Basler (Basi
Tours)
You can see our
live
concerts page
for details about the tour dates.
Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl)
and Victor Bailey
Also we had a fantastic live chat session with Victor Bailey on the
chatroom of our site last 17th of June. You can
read
the transcription of this chat
session
by now, but we'll publish also an interview with Victor in the next
days.
NEW TOUR DATES OF THE ZAWINUL SYNDICATE
Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl)
For more info see the BlueNote
website.
WE INTERVIEWED ALEX ACUNA !
To read the interview, click
HERE.
MATTHEW GARRISON EUROPEAN AND JAPANESE TOURS
CONFIRMED DATES OF THE ZAWINUL TOUR - FALL 2001
Thanks
to: Peter
Basler (Basi Tours)
To see all the dates go to our
concerts
section.
EUROPEAN TOURS FALL 2001
At the same time also Richard Bona will be on tour with his own
group. Bona will release a new CD in September 2001 with
Sony/Columbia Records.
For more info visit the website of Emmeci
Srl.
Thanks
to: Jon
Sinigaglia
To see more info click
here.
NEW TOUR DATES
Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl)
Please check our
concerts
section.
Thanks
to: Stefano
Lazzerini
FIRST ZAWINUL SYNDICATE ITALIAN TOUR DATE FOR 2001
Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl)
Brescia, July 15. To read the entire concert schedule, go to our
concerts
section.
FIRST ZAWINULFANS CHAT SESSION PLANNED
To have more info, visit our
chat
page.
NEW ZAWINUL SYNDICATE INTERNET BROADCAST
For more info, visit our
live
concerts section.
NEW ZAWINUL SYNDICATE EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl)
For more info, see our
tour
dates section.
NEW SECTIONS OF OUR SITE
KARIM ZIAD RELEASED A SOLO ALBUM
Thanks
to: Pierre
Tassone
Since Music By Mail (my mail order) is distributing ACT products you
are more than welcome to contact
me
privately if interested. ACT records are attractively priced. And the
music is great !
Karim Ziad was previously guesting on Nguyên Lê's album
"Maghreb & Friends" (ACT 9261-2). This time he returned the
politeness by inviting the guitarist.
Thanks
to: Peter
Basler
INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW ZAWINUL SYNDICATE BASSPLAYER
Thanks
to: Pierre
Tassone
His name is
Etienne M'Bappé and he's from Cameroun. He played with
the "Ultramarine", a fusion/world music band that released 3 records:
Ultramarine (1985), Dé (1989) and E Si Mala (1991). Etienne
Mbappé was also playing in the ONJ (the stately financed jazz
big band Orchestre National De Jazz) in 1989. He has been featured as
a sideman in many bands including some of Jean-Pierre Como's
recordings. Ultramarine was an incredible ethnic/fusion band
featuring an african rhythm section. The drummer Mokhtar Samba has
played with the Zawinul Syndicate at some time or did some
replacements. But Ultramarine also called for a fantastic
pianist/composer from the Antilles: Mario Canonge. And should it not
be enough their guitarist is the now well known franco-vietnamese
musician Nguyên Lê (a lot of records on german ACT
label). Only the sax player Pierre-Olivier Govin is french ! Such a
multicultural reunion produced an extremely varied music. The other
thing to say is that another band was at the same time (mid 80's)
using the same receipt and perhaps got a better exposure and success.
This band was (or still is) Sixun. Led by keyboardist Jean-Pierre
Como and featuring real good musicians like guitarist Louis Winsberg
or saxophonist Alain Debiossat this band was like Ultramarine driven
by a fantastic and powerful rhythm section with cultural african
roots: Michel Alibo on bass and of course Paco Sery on drums.
Jean-Pierre Como produced also 2-3 solo albums and so did Winsberg.
Como never hided that Weather Report and especially Joe Zawinul was a
major influence on their music and you can hear it in the music too.
Sixun put up 5 or 6 records to this date. Both groups are highly
recommanded and I would draw your attention on the following.
Ultramarine has a stronger ethnic background than Sixun. Sixun
basically uses the african rhythms in the music as a strong rhythm
impact but Ultramarine integrates the ethnic elements in the
compositional structure + the rhythmic section. And those are Africa,
Antilles, Asia: a very rich scope indeed. Sixun is closer to a
western approach of music only integrating ethnic elements as a
driving force.
A curiosity: this guy plays with gloves!! (See the photo above, by
jazzvalley.com).
The following is the composition of these bands:
Mokhtar Samba: Morocco and Senegal
Nguyên Lê: Franco-Vietnamese
Pierre-Olivier Govin: French
Mario Canonge: Martinique
Bago: Antilles
Alain Debiossat: France
Louis Winsberg: France
Michel Alibo: Antilles
Paco Sery: Ivory Coast (and called by many The pygmean drummer)
Jaco Largent & Frank Arnaud: probably Antilles
Thanks
to: Stefano
Lazzerini
If you want you can read a review
on allaboutjazz.com.
Thanks
to: Stefano
Lazzerini
Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl)
JOHN HUMPHREY BASSO EL.
KIRK COVINGTON BATTERIA/VOCE
29 MARZO PONDERANO (BI) BABYLONIA CLUB
30 MARZO ROVERETO (TN) TEATRO ROSMINI
31 MARZO FORLI’ CLUB MEDITERRANEA
01 APRILE SAN BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO (AP) BITCHES BREW JAZZ
CLUB
JOE ZAWINUL TOUR DATES 2001
To read more, go to our
concerts
section.
by Stefano Lazzerini, Italian only
INTERVIEW TO "FASO" OF THE "BIBA BAND"
We have an
interesting article
about it, in Italian only, at this moment (sorry!).
REVIEW OF THE JOE ZAWINUL AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY
To read the review,
click
here.
Chris Bradford (Sanctuary
Publishing)
RICH LAMANNA AND THE LAST WORD LIVE AT THE VAN DYCK, N.Y., APRIL
2000
To listen to the concert,
click
here.
WE INTERVIEWED ALPHONSO JOHNSON !!
Click
here to read the interview.
Click HERE
to download the screensaver.
Click HERE
to download the Background 1 (800x600 pixel screen resolution).
Click HERE
to download the Background 2 (1024x768 pixel screen
resolution).
INFORMATION ABOUT THE UPCOMING ZAWINUL OFFICIAL
BIOGRAPHY
Brian Glasser
ISBN: 1 86074 246 7
UK Price: £15
US Price: $22
Photos: 16 pg b/w photo section Dimensions: 210 x 148mm/8.2" x
5.9"
Extent: 350pp
Rights: World, all language
AI last updated: 22/8/00
He pioneered the incorporation of international rhythms and new
electronic tonalities into a music form, loosely known as fusion and
is even credited with inventing the hip-hop beat.
Born in 1933, son of an Austrian peasant, Zawinul ploughed fields
with oxen until he discovered jazz, age 11. By the time he was 30 he
had worked with heroes like Ben Webster and Dinah Washington, and was
composing and playing piano for one of the most popular outfits in
the US, the Cannonball Adderley group.
In 1969 he played a crucial role in one of Miles Davis's most
controversial changes of musical direction, composing the title track
to Miles' album - In A Silent Way.
In 1970 he left Miles to join sax genius Wayne Shorter and form
Weather Report, a band which sold in excess of 6 million records
world wide, had a major pop hit with 'Birdland' and topped the jazz
polls for 16 years.
This, the first biography of Joe, is published at the height of his
career. A creative genius, artistically free with a rare vision and a
man of remarkable humanitarianism (he is Austrian ambassador to
sixteen African countries), even people with only a passing interest
in jazz will find his life story fascinating.
extensive media coverage in national press and music magazines
tour promotion link-ins
co-op available
Chris Bradford
Sales & Marketing
Sanctuary Publishing
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8749 9171
email: chris.bradford@sanctuarygroup.com
Chris Bradford (Sanctuary
Publishing)
Visit it!!
THE ZAWINUL SYNDICATE LINEUP - EUROPEAN TOUR
2001
Joe Zawinul - Keyboards, vocals
Maria Joao - vocals
Etienne M'Bappe - bass
Amit Chatterjee - guitar
Manolo Badrena - percussion
Nathaniel Townsley - drums
2.
New
article of the italian music expert Vincenzo
Martorella
(Italian Only)
NEW ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
Do you want to help us in the English/Italian translation?
Please let
us know!
1 - Review of the Zawinul's concert in Melbourne, Australia,
by Nick Anchen [English
Version]
2 - Review of the JZ Special Project concert in Maratea,
Italy, by Marco Della Rocca [Italian
Only]
3 - New interesting article and Zawinul interview by Fabio
Di Biagio [Italian
Only]
MANOLO BADRENA IS LAUNCHING HIS OFFICIAL
WEBSITE
Source:
The
Zawinul Syndicate Official Website
OUR INTERVIEW TO JOE ZAWINUL PUBLISHED BY THE CIAOJAZZ
INTERNET MAGAZINE
Check it out! :-)
Source:
www.ciaojazz.com
SCOTT HENDERSON/GARY WILLIS "TRIBAL TECH"
OCTOBER 19 LEVERKUSEN GERMANY
OCTOBER 20 BERLIN GERMANY
OCTOBER 22 MUNICH GERMANY
OCTOBER 23 GRONINGEN HOLLAND
OCTOBER 24 AMSTERDAM HOLLAND
OCTOBER 25 HELLENDOORN HOLLAND
OCTOBER 26 SWIDNIK POLAND
OCTOBER 27 STOCKHOLM SWEDEN
OCTOBER 28 STOCKHOLM SWEDEN
OCTOBER 29 GOTEBORG SWEDEN
OCTOBER 31 ROMA ITALY
NOVEMBER 01 ROMA ITALY
NOVEMBER 02 PONDERANO ITALY
NOVEMBER 03 SCHAFFHAUSEN SWITZERLAND
NOVEMBER 04 TRONDHEIM NORWAY
NOVEMBER 05 BERGEN NORWAY
NOVEMBER 06 ASCHAFFENBURGGERMANY
NOVEMBER 07 INNSBRUCK AUSTRIA
NOVEMBER 08 WIEN AUSTRIA
NOVEMBER 09 AALEN GERMANY
NOVEMBER 10 FORLI' ITALY
NOVEMBER 12 CORTEMAGGIORE ITALY
NOVEMBER 15 BARCELONA SPAIN
NOVEMBER 17 GALAPAGAR SPAIN
MATTHEW GARRISON RELEASED HIS FIRST SOLO
ALBUM
The album has influences from the Garrison's previous
experiences with Joe Zawinul, Steve Coleman and others, and
it features some musicians who played with Zawinul Syndicate
as Arto Tuncboyacian (percussion) and Amit Chatterjee (sitar
and vocals).
If you want more info, you can see a review
of the album
or connect to the official
Matthew Garrison website.
THE JACO PASTORIUS OFFICIAL WEBSITE WILL BE LAUNCHED
SOON
If you need more info, you can visit the message board of
the official
Jaco Pastorius family
website.
ABOUT THE JOE'S ILLNESS...
Fortunately, there are not serious problems, only a little
allergic crisis. Joe is getting well, and he will be ready
for the Australian tour. So, our best wishes to the great
man!!
in order to improve our work and our service, we decided to
modify our Web-address.
This modification will allow us to have more flexibility in
the choice of the Web-Hosting service that we'll use in the
future.
During the next months, you'll be able to reach our site
using both the old address and the new address. After a
period of 6-8 months, you'll need to use the new address to
find the updated site.
So, we ask you to update your bookmarks as soon as
possible!
If you linked our site on your site, please update your page
with our new address:
http://go.to/zawinul
or:
http://zawinul.go.to
We hope that you'll help us in improving our Zawinul
website.
If you need more info, please contact us at:
jzawinul@yahoo.it
.
Thank you so much,
all the best.
M. Piretti - The Joe Zawinul Italian Fansite
JOE ZAWINUL CANCELLED HIS LOS ANGELES TOUR
We wish that Joe will get well very very soon.
AZ-IZ LAUNCHES THE OFFICIAL JOE ZAWINUL WEBSITE
!!
It will be a precious point of reference for all of us! The
site's address is: http://www.zawinulsyndicate.com
.
REVIEW OF THE ZAWINUL'S CONCERT IN MALTA, JULY
22.
To read the review, click
here.
NEW ITALIAN DATE OF THE ZAWINUL SPECIAL
PROJECT
JOE ZAWINUL AND THE "NOTTE DELLA TARANTA"
The newspaper "La Repubblica" published two articles about
this topic, to read, click below:
Article
1 (August 23)
Article
2 (August 25)
We'll try to translate them in English...
To see them,
CLICK
HERE.
THE ZAWINUL SYNDICATE IN CONCERT AT THE BLUENOTE
(N.Y.)
SPECIAL: JOE ZAWINUL INTERVIEW !
We also added an article written by our friend
Stefano
Lazzerini,
and a review of the Weather Report
Sweetnighter
album.
NEW DATE OF THE ZAWINUL SPECIAL PROJECT
For the complete tour schedule, please go to our
Tour
Dates Section.
REVIEW OF THE ZAWINUL'S CONCERT IN MILANO, ITALY, JULY
11.
Click
Here to see the review.
NEW TOUR DATE OF THE ZAWINUL SPECIAL PROJECT
You can see the complete Zawinul's tour schedule at our
Live
Concerts section.
Thanks
to: Gea Marotta (Emmeci
Srl)
JOE ZAWINUL'S TOUR IN AUSTRIA
Location: Wörgl/Tyrol/Austria, 27th of june 2000
Lineup: Amit Chatterjee, guit (who was with the Syndicate
some years ago before); Nathaniel Townsley III, dr; Victor
Bailey, b; Manolo Badrena, perc; Josef Zawinul, keyb.
The band started over half an hour late, Victor Bailey
entered the stage on crutches and was playing sitting on a
chair for the whole two sets, cool that he played even
though! Some moments I enjoyed (they put a smile on my
face), when they played Fast city, Continuum, quotes from
doctor honoris causa, Scarlet woman, Badia. Do I live in the
past? Maybe.
In regards to the sound, all I can say is that Badrena could
hardly be heard most of the show while Zawinul was pretty
loud.
Like I said before, I don't know what to think about the
concert. The audience was sitting on chairs like the famous
guys at Madame Tussaud's. Nobody was moving. Let's say it
didn't really happen, in my opinion - other Tyroleans might
not share my opinion. After the show I purchased the "Two
years with the Syndicate" video and was quite surprised when
I found out that it was Anthony Zawinul selling me the tape.
Anthony is a very friendly person by the way, he even let me
go backstage to have two LPs signed (are these LPs going to
be eBay items? - NO! I felt very uncomfortable to go
backstage). It was nice to see Z drinking Schnaps.
Greetings from Austria, Thomas.
JOE ZAWINUL BEGINS HIS EUROPEAN TOUR
We hope that we'll be able to publish on our site a review
of this event.
You can find the complete schedule of Zawinul's concerts in
our Live
Concerts page.
Thanks
to: Roberto.
The site is almost ready, you can view it at:
www.michielborstlap.com.
Source:
Curt Bianchi's Zawinul
Online
websiteIt's
possible to buy through the Internet the new Zawinul's
release, "Mauthausen", created in collaboration with Frank
Hoffmann and inspired to the Mauthausen concentration camp.
You can buy the CD on Amazon.de,
at the following address:
http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004SYXD/028-6278694-3467723
AN INTERVIEW WITH INGRID PASTORIUS
JOE ZAWINUL ITALIAN TOUR - JULY AND AUGUST
2000
These info are courtesy of Emmeci
Srl
for the Joe Zawinul Unofficial Italian Fansite. The
unauthorized reproduction is not appreciated.
Thanks to: Gea Marotta
NEW JACO PASTORIUS FAMILY OFFICIAL WEBSITE
http://www.jacop.net
Source:
Curt Bianchi's Zawinul
Online
website
THE NEW MICHIEL BORSTLAP'S ALBUM, "LIVELINE"
To read more, go to the
Reviews
section
of our site.
AZ-IZ UPDATED WEBSITE
You can see more info about the documentary by going to the
following URL:
http://www.az-iz.com/documentary.htm
or you can contact Az-Iz at: info@az-iz.com
ZAWINUL SYNDICATE LIVE CONCERT DATES
JULY 06 CIPRO
JULY 07 PARIS
JULY 08 COUCHES
JULY 09 GEXTO (Spain)
We want to remember you that you can see all the confirmed
tour dates at our
live
concerts page.
THE ZAWINUL SYNDICATE LIVE IN MALTA
We want to remember you that you can see all the confirmed
tour dates at our
live
concerts page.
ZAWINUL SYNDICATE ITALIAN TOUR DATES - UPDATE
We want to remember you that you can see all the confirmed
tour dates at our
live
concerts page.
NEW CONFIRMED ITALIAN TOUR DATE
We want to remember you that you can see all the confirmed
tour dates at our
live
concerts page.
REVIEWS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO ZAWINUL'S LIVE
PERFORMANCE
CLICK
HERE TO READ THE CONCERT'S
REVIEW.
You can also find another detailed concert's review on the
Curt
Bianchi's Zawinul Online
website.
NEW JOE ZAWINUL CONFIRMED ITALIAN TOUR DATES
!!
July 20, 2000
Minori (near Amalfi, Salerno) - Open Theathre, Lungomare - h
09.30pm
Joe Zawinul - keyboards/vocals, Maria Joao - vocals, Lelo
Nika - accordion, to be announced - percussion
August 14, 2000
Maratea (PZ) - Parco Tarantini - Piazza Europa - h
10.00pm
Zawinul Syndicate's tour dates in South
America:
Zawinul Syndicate, Teatro Melico Salazar, San Jose de Costa
Rica, Costa Rica
May 12, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, La Trastienda, Buenos Aires,
Argentina
May 13, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, La Trastienda, Buenos Aires,
Argentina
May 14, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, La Trastienda, Buenos Aires,
Argentina
May 15, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, Hyatt Hotel Ballroom, Santiago de Chile,
Chile
May 16, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, Municipal Theatre, Bahia Blanca,
Brasil
May 17, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, Radison Hotel, Montevideo, Uruguay
May 19, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, Salon Naiguata, Caracas, Venezuela
May 20, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, TBA, Valencia, Venezuela
RICH LAMANNA'S WR AND PASTORIUS INSPIRED NEW
PROJECT
http://www.freeweb.org/musica/zawinul/reviews/eng/lamanna.htm
NEWS ABOUT NEW AZ-IZ ZAWINUL SYNDICATE
VIDEO
It will be possible to purchase the video (duration: 75
min.) through the Az-Iz
website.
There will be a limited Special edition that will be
released on VHS.
People interested in purchasing this Film should contact
Az-iz Films Production at:
az-iz@planet.it
with the following information: Name, Address, City, State,
Postal Code, Country, e-mail Address.
NEW ON THIS WEBSITE:
Live in Mannheim, Germany, March 24, 2000
Entire concert available in realAudio format: click
HERE
(Courtesy of
Michiel
Borstlap)
JOE ZAWINUL EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
Zawinul Syndicate, Lienz,Stadtsaal/Austria
June 25, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, Graz, Orpheum, Austria
June 27, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, Wörgl, Open Air/Austria
June 28, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, Grieskirchen,Sporthall/Austria
June 29, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, Dornbirn, Spielboden/Austria
July 1st, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, Tabarka Jazzfestival/Tunesia
July 3rd, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, Tbilisi,Philharmonie/Georgia
July 12, 2000
Zawinul Syndicate, Finkenstein,Burgruine/Austria
You can find all the tour dates in our
concerts
section.
JOE ZAWINUL ITALIAN TOUR DATES
JULY 16
CORMONS (GORIZIA)
PIAZZA XXIV MAGGIO
H 21.00
JULY 18
ROMA
VILLA CELIMONTANA FESTIVAL JAZZ DI ROMA
ORE 22.00
LATEST NEWS
Rich's latest group 'The Last Word' is a
Jaco Pastorius and Weather Report inspired afro-latin
project
featuring Alex Acuna on percussion (Weather Report),
Kenwood
Dennard on drums (Miles Davis, Sting, Jaco Pastorius),
Othello
Molineaux on steel drums (Santana, Herbie Hancock), Otmaro
Ruiz
on piano (Dianne Reeves) and Chuck D'Aloia on guitar (Nick
Brignola).
Rich a graduate of the Berklee College of Music, he has
directed orchestras in the Caribbean, the US and South
America and
performed with the Contemporary Orchestra of Peru and
with
Brazilian guitarist Ricardo Silveira and Jay Azzalino (Spiro
Gyra).
You can have more informations at: http://home.earthlink.net/~richlamanna/
WAYNE SHORTER CONFIRMED TOUR DATES:
10/12/00 JOHN HARMS CENTER ENGLEWOOD NJ USA
10/13/00 SANDERS THEATRE / HARVARD UNIVERSITY CAMBRIDGE MA
USA
10/14/00 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLV. / IRVINE AUDITORIUM
PHILADELPHIA PA USA
10/13/00 SANDERS THEATRE CAMBRIDGE MA USA
11/09/00 STATE THEATRE NEW BRUNSWICK NJ USA
11/10/00 COLLEGE OF DUPAGE ARTS CENTER GLEN ELLEN IL USA
11/11/00 MICHIGAN THEATRE ANN ARBOR MI USA
04/27/00 BAM CAFE BROOKLYN NY USA
05/05/00 PALACE OF FINE ARTS SAN FRANCISCO CA USA
05/08/00 ST LUCIA FESTIVAL ST LUCIA ST LUCIA
05/11/00 ST LUCIA FESTIVAL ST LUCIA ST LUCIA
05/13/00 ST LUCIA FESTIVAL ST LUCIA ST LUCIA
06/17/00 HOLLYWOOD BOWL HOLLYWOOD CA USA
06/23/00 JOHN HARMS CENTER FOR THE ARTS ENGLEWOOD NJ USA
06/25/00 WOLFTRAP JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL VIENNA VA
USA
06/28/00 LEGENDS ON DOUGLAS VICTORIA CANADA
06/29/00 COMMODORE BALLROOM VANCOUVER CANADA
06/30/00 QUINCY'S CALGARY CANADA
07/01/00 WESTON BALLROOM EDMONTON CANADA
07/02/00 ESSBOROUGH GARDENS SASKATOON CANADA
09/15/00 MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL MONTEREY CA USA
You can find more informations at: http://www.raisat.rai.it
Joe Zawinul - keyboards
Victor Bailey - bass
Amit Chatterjee - guitar
Manolo Badrena - percussion
Nathaniel
Townsley
- drums
Only for few dates in the next August, a "Zawinul Special
Project" will be available and composed as follows:
Joe Zawinul - keyboards/vocals
Maria Joao - vocals
Lelo Nika - accordion
To be announced - percussion
Moreover, the Victor Bailey Group will be again in tour in
Europe, in October and November (the dates are still
undefined).
Thanks to: Gea Marotta
Joe Zawinul Italian Fan Site
LATEST NEWS
1) We received confirmation from the Zawinul's
booking agency for Italy and
Scandinavia
that in the next european tour the Zawinul Syndicate group
will be composed as follows:
Joe Zawinul - keyboards
Victor Bailey - bass
Manolo Badrena - percussion
Amit Chatterjee - guitar
Kharim Ziad - drums
Guests: Maria Joao - Lelo Nika
(Thanks to: Gea Marotta)
2) This month, our website features a complete review about
the Michiel Borstlap's album, "Body Acoustic - Acoustic
Interpretations of Weather Report:
http://www.freeweb.org/musica/zawinul/articles/borstlap-e.htm
1) A beautiful website about Jaco Pastorius:
http://www.straschil.com/postom/jaco.htm
2) A rich collection of Jazz links:
http://www.freeweb.org/musica/jazzyland/jazzlink.htm
Joe Zawinul Italian Fan Site
LATEST NEWS
VICTOR BAILEY - bass
KENNY GARRETT - sax
JIM BEARD - keyboards
DAVE FIUCZYNSKI - guitar
DENNIS CHAMBERS - drums
APRIL 04 - DORNBIRN (Austria), SPIELBODEN
APRIL 05 - VIENNA (Austria), REIGEN
APRIL 06 - LJUBLIANA (Slovenia), TV STUDIO
APRIL 07 - PRAHA (Cek Republic), LUCERNA MUSIC BAR
APRIL 08 - MINDEN (Germany), JAZZ CLUB MINDEN
APRIL 09 - UTRECHT (Holland)
APRIL 10 - INNSBRUCK (Austria), TREIBHAUS
APRIL 11 - BASEL (Switzerland), ATLANTIS
APRIL 12 - MUNICH (Germany), BAYERISCHER HOF
APRIL 13 - STOCKHOLM (Sweden), FASHING JAZZCLUB
APRIL 14 - STOCKHOLM (Sweden), FASHING JAZZCLUB
APRIL 15 - VOSS (Norway), VOSSA JAZZ FESTIVAL
APRIL 17 - RUSSELSHEIM (Germany), ADAM OPEL AG WEKSHALLE
APRIL 18 - KARLSRUHE (Germany), JUBEZ
APRIL 19 - INGOLSTADT (Germany), BURGERTREFF
APRIL 20 - PARIS (France), NEW MORNING
APRIL 21 - BERINGEN (Belgium), PROVINCIAAL CENTRUM VOOR
MUZIEK
APRIL 22 - BERLIN (Germany), QUASIMODO CLUB
APRIL 23 - VEJLE (Denmark), JIVE
APRIL 25 - KÖLN (Germany), STADTGARTEN
APRIL 26 - KÖLN (Germany), STADTGARTEN
APRIL 27 - TALLIN (Estonia), TALLIN JAZZ FESTIVAL
APRIL 28 - ESPOO (Finland), ESPOO JAZZ FESTIVAL
APRIL 29 - ESPOO (Finland), ESPOO JAZZ FESTIVAL
You can have more informations and order the CD at the
following address:
http://www.towerrecords.com/product.asp?pfid=1821004
The album will be released in USA the next February
22.
a) Italian Jazz Musicians (our site included in Links
section):
http://www.ijm.it
b) Jaco Pastorius Mailing List:
http://www.onelist.com/community/JacoPastorius
