| Author | Message | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1602 Registered: 6-2002 |
Jazz Legend Joe Zawinul Dies at 75. | ||
| pas
Member Username: pas Post Number: 92 Registered: 3-2003 |
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
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 1132 Registered: 10-2003 |
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
Senior Member Username: 2400wattman Post Number: 456 Registered: 11-2005 |
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
Advanced Member Username: alembic_doctor Post Number: 333 Registered: 8-2002 |
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
Advanced Member Username: hb3 Post Number: 253 Registered: 2-2005 |
He lived in Pasadena? | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 5505 Registered: 5-2002 |
I just heard about this. Zawinul was a wonderful musician. | ||
| 88persuader
Advanced Member Username: 88persuader Post Number: 324 Registered: 5-2004 |
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
Member Username: 82daion Post Number: 90 Registered: 5-2005 |
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
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1603 Registered: 6-2002 |
hb3, perhaps at the time - he lived in Vienna (Austria) for the past couple of years. | ||
| terryc
Advanced Member Username: terryc Post Number: 267 Registered: 11-2004 |
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
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 1133 Registered: 10-2003 |
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
Advanced Member Username: hb3 Post Number: 254 Registered: 2-2005 |
Oh really? Sounds like West Pasadena -- the nice part. | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 1330 Registered: 10-2002 |
Very sad news. Once I'm back from this business trip I'll be spinning some memories. graeme |
