Joe Zawinul

Joe Zawinul & WDR Big Band - Leverkusener Jazztage

Zawinul is onstage with the WDR Big Band from Germany and a special international rhythm section. The music is a tribute to the pioneering 1970s fusion collective Weather Report, originally with Wayne Shorter on sax, Zawinul on keys, and later Jaco Pastorius on bass (among other personnel). Zawinul and the WDR play "Brown Street" and "Carnavalito." Arranger Vince Mendoza re-imagines this colorful, small-group music for Europe's longest-lived jazz orchestra. And they can play!

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Weather Report: Live in Offenbach 1978

Weather Report's landmark concert in Offenbach, Germany on September 28, 1978.

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Weather Report Live In Tokyo

Weather Report recorded live in Tokyo, Japan on September 27, 1984 - Joe Zawinul (keyboards) / Wayne Shorter (sax, tenor sax) / Victor Bailey (bass) / Mino Cinelu (percussion) / Omar Hakim (drums)

Weather Report: Live in Berlin

Weather Report live at the Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany, November 6, 1975. Program: Freezing Fire - Scarlet Woman - Mysterious Traveller - Badia/Boogie Woogie Waltz

Joe Zawinul: Weather Update

Join Joe Zawinul and his musician friends from Weather Update for an evening of experimental jazz fusion. A leader in his field, Zawinul has a unique style that infuses jazz with African, South American, rock, R&B, and gospel flavors. In a special performance with Weather Update members Victor Bailey, Peter Erskine, Robert Thomas Jr., and Steve Khan, Zawinul proves that the years have only strengthened his musical abilities. Total Running Time 90 Minutes

Joe Zawinul: A Musical Portrait

This film by director Mark Kidel about one of the world's leading makers of music programs features an illuminating documentary profile on one of the world's foremost jazz keyboard players and composers, along with an electric performance by the Zawinul Syndicate at the Point in Cardiff, Wales, 2004. Shot in an unusually intimate manner, the film communicates powerfully the immediate excitement of jazz as a no-holds-barred, risk-embracing adventure: the shooting and editing highlight the exceptional collective improvisation and musical dialog which characterize Zawinul's work. From a childhood in Vienna, to a move to the United States in 1958, Zawinul found success with the band Weather Report.

Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate: 75th

The quality of keyboardist/composer/bandleader Joe Zawinul's music remained unparalleled to the very end. This titan of the jazz world – whose innovative and genre-bending sensibilities gave rise to such visionary musical entities as Weather Report and the Zawinul Syndicate – took his final bow on September 11, 2007, at age 75 after a battle with cancer. Recorded in concert at a festival date in Lugano, Switzerland, on July 7, 2007, this aptly titled concert video is unwavering proof that Zawinul, like so many great artists, clearly saved some of his best work for last. This is a perfect companion piece to the 75 audio CD, which garnered a GRAMMY in 2010 for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.

Weather Report: Live at Montreux

Weather Report was founded in 1970 by musicians who had met while playing with Miles Davis. This Montreux Festival show from 1976 follows on from the release of their album "Black Market" but features the line-up that would release their most famous and successful album "Heavy Weather" in 1977. This line-up features Joe Zawinul (keyboards), Wayne Shorter (saxophones), Jaco Pastorius (bass), Alex Acuna (drums) and Manolo Badrena (percussion). Previously only available as a bootleg of a TV broadcast, this new DVD release is fully authorized and has been restored to its full length.