Zawinul (album)

Zawinul is an album by jazz composer and pianist Joe Zawinul recorded in 1970 by Zawinul performing music for two electric pianos, flute, trumpet, soprano saxophone, two contra basses and percussion. The album reached number 17 in the Billboard Jazz album charts.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4 stars stating "Conceptually, sonically, this is really the first Weather Report album in all but name, confirming that Joe Zawinul was the primary creative engine behind the group from the beginning".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Rolling Stone	(not rated)^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Joe Zawinul

"Doctor Honoris Causa" – 13:48
"In a Silent Way" – 4:51
"His Last Journey" – 4:36
"Double Image" – 10:32
"Arrival in New York" – 2:01

Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, N.Y

Personnel

Joe Zawinul – acoustic and electric piano
Herbie Hancock – electric piano
George Davis (tracks 1-3 & 5), Hubert Laws (track 4) – flute
Woody Shaw (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5), Jimmy Owens (track 3) – trumpet
Earl Turbinton (tracks 1-3 & 5), Wayne Shorter (track 4) – soprano saxophone
Miroslav Vitouš, Walter Booker – bass
Billy Hart, David Lee, Joe Chambers – percussion
Jack DeJohnette – melodica (track 3), percussion (track 4)

Technical

Gene Paul - recording engineer
Lew Hahn - recording and remixing engineer
Ed Freeman - cover design and photogaphy

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
1971	Billboard Jazz Albums	17^[1]

References

1 2 "Zawinul - Joe Zawinul | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
1 2 Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed February 1, 2010.
↑ Bangs, Lester. "Joe Zawinul: Zawinul : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 213. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

Herbie Hancock

Discography

Studio albums	Takin' Off My Point of View Inventions and Dimensions Empyrean Isles Maiden Voyage Speak Like a Child The Prisoner Fat Albert Rotunda Mwandishi Crossings Sextant Head Hunters Thrust Man-Child Secrets Third Plane Herbie Hancock Trio Sunlight Directstep The Piano Feets, Don't Fail Me Now Monster Mr. Hands Magic Windows Herbie Hancock Trio Lite Me Up Quartet Future Shock Sound-System Village Life Perfect Machine A Tribute to Miles Dis Is da Drum The New Standard 1+1 Gershwin's World Future 2 Future Possibilities River: The Joni Letters The Imagine Project

Live albums	Hear, O Israel - A Prayer Ceremony in Jazz Dedication Flood V.S.O.P. The Quintet (V.S.O.P.) Tempest in the Colosseum (V.S.O.P.) An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert CoreaHancock Live Under the Sky (V.S.O.P.) Jazz Africa Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall Live: Detroit/Chicago

with Bob Brookmeyer	Bob Brookmeyer and Friends

with Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams	Out of this World (Pepper Adams Donald Byrd Quintet) Chant Royal Flush Free Form A New Perspective

with Miles Davis	Seven Steps to Heaven My Funny Valentine Four & More E.S.P. Miles Smiles Sorcerer Nefertiti Miles in the Sky Water Babies Filles de Kilimanjaro In a Silent Way Jack Johnson On the Corner Big Fun Get Up with It

with Jack DeJohnette, Pat Metheny and Dave Holland	Parallel Realities

with Joe Farrell	Moon Germs Penny Arcade Upon This Rock Night Dancing

with Freddie Hubbard	Hub-Tones Straight Life Red Clay

with Joe Zawinul	Zawinul

Compilations	Treasure Chest The Best of Herbie Hancock The Then and Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock The Essential Herbie Hancock

Soundtracks	Blow-Up Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert The Spook Who Sat by the Door Death Wish A Soldier's Story Round Midnight Action Jackson

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