Articles
Last updated: Jan 3, 2014 |
January 3, 2014 A concise biography of Josef Zawinul. |
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Joe Zawinul’s New Orleans Connection March 30, 2013 An exploration of Joe’s connection to Willie Tee and the New Orleans musicians who performed on the 1970 album Zawinul. |
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An Interview With Kristjan Järvi November 15, 2009 An interview with Kristjan Järvi, leader of the Absolute Ensemble, about the making of the album Absolute Zawinul. |
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September 11, 2008 Remembering my interviews with Joe Zawinul. |
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20 Years of the Zawinul Syndicate June 10, 2007 Joe looks back on two decades of the Zawinul Syndicate. |
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March 2004 Interview with Joe Zawinul March 29, 2004 Joe talks about the band, bootleg recordings, and his new Vienna club, Joe Zawinul’s Birdland. |
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Weather Update—Zawinul in Transition December 25, 2001 A brief look at Weather Update, Zawinul’s first post–Weather Report band. |
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Ken Burns’ Jazz—The Fusion Transcripts February 14, 2001
Any mention of fusion—let alone jazz after 1960—was sorely lacking in the PBS jazz documentary by Ken Burns. Ah, but the talking heads did have a thing or two |
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February 10, 2001 A review of Brian Glasser’s book, In A Silent Way, the first first English language book about Joe Zawinul’s career. |