Joe Zawinul and Trilok Gurtu

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Joe Zawinul & Trilok Gurtu in Orient Express . Live in Frankfurt . Uploaded by "digimaton"




Josef Erich Zawinul (1932 – 2007) was an Austrian jazz keyboardist and composer.

First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with elements of rock and world music. Later, Zawinul co-founded the groups Weather Report and the world fusion music oriented Zawinul Syndicate. Additionally, he made pioneering use of electric piano and synthesizers. Zawinul won the "Best Keyboardist" award 30 times from American jazz magazine Down Beat's critics' poll. ( Wikipedia )

. . . " Joe Zawinul is deservedly renowned for his pioneering role in the Jazz world combining the elements of world music rock and jazz. In fact, many of the worldbeat sounds we take for granted today, simply wouldn't exist without his revolutionary compositions and performances with Miles Davis in the late 60s, Weather Report in the '70-'80s, and The Zawinul Syndicate in the '90s evolving into the year 2004. " ( " All About Jazz " )

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