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adriaan
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Posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 2:49 am:   Edit Post

Jazz Legend Joe Zawinul Dies at 75.
pas
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Posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 7:03 am:   Edit Post

Oh man, this makes me terribly sad. I saw Joe several times @ Blues Alley in D.C. - tiny room -most recently last November. I had a couple of opportunities to speak with him...what a nice guy.

A true keyboard innovator. However, in my mind, his greatest legacy will be his compositions. "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy"; "In a Silent Way", the ever-popular "Birdland".

Some of my favorites that I'll be cueing up today: "Dream Clock", "Speechless", the rather languid "Forlorn" and my personal favorite, the heartbreakingly beautiful ballad "A Remark You Made".

Thanks for all the great music Joe.

Jaco, your Maestro is finally home.
811952
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Posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 1:11 pm:   Edit Post

Ah crap. Inevitable, but not good. There aren't nearly enough like him.

I visited his house in Pasadena once, in the mid '80s, but never got the chance to meet him. :-(

John
2400wattman
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Posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 2:13 pm:   Edit Post

I was thinking about him and Wayne Shorter the other day as I was listening to a jazz station and the d.j. had played a Wayne Shorter tune from the early-mid '60's. Knew Joe was around that long but not Wayne, so that got me thinking about how old they are and how they're holding up these days.
"A Remark You Made " is a personal favorite of mine despite my wife calling Jaco's playing "stomach ache music". She of course does'nt get it. Too bad
God bless you Joe...
alembic_doctor
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Posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 2:23 pm:   Edit Post

I would just like to take this moment to thank my Dad for turning me onto Joe Zawinul and Weather Report when I was just a young lad learning to play bass. Thanks Dad.

Thank you Joe for playing with Jaco.

You are missed. I hope you and Jaco are trying to find an eternal drummer now.
hb3
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Posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 2:28 pm:   Edit Post

He lived in Pasadena?
davehouck
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Posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 8:39 pm:   Edit Post

I just heard about this. Zawinul was a wonderful musician.
88persuader
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Posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 8:45 pm:   Edit Post

I was lucky enough to see him with Weather Report during the "Heavy Weather" tour with Jaco on bass. Truly a life changing event! God bless him!
82daion
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Posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 11:39 pm:   Edit Post

I was worried when I heard he'd been in the hospital a little while back, but it was made out as nothing serious.

RIP, Joe.

You'll be missed.

(Message edited by 82Daion on September 12, 2007)
adriaan
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Posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 11:42 pm:   Edit Post

hb3, perhaps at the time - he lived in Vienna (Austria) for the past couple of years.
terryc
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Posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 - 2:25 am:   Edit Post

Oh damn,I have a BBC documentary on my Sky hard drive when he was in the UK in 2005, his playing was superb.
We cannot live forever but it is so sad when someone of such calibre leaves us.
The eternal drummer..Tony Williams is there.
Will be missed by so many
811952
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Posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 - 11:05 am:   Edit Post

I don't know if he owned the house, or if it was a record-company house he used when in town (there used to be lots of those). It was somewhat widely acknowledged as his house by the people I knew there at the time. It had a very nice view of the city, way up in the hills, and I was there to drop something off for Wayne Shorter, whom I didn't get to meet either.. :-(

John
hb3
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Posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 - 12:55 pm:   Edit Post

Oh really? Sounds like West Pasadena -- the nice part.
jacko
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Posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 - 2:52 pm:   Edit Post

Very sad news. Once I'm back from this business trip I'll be spinning some memories.

graeme

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