Joe Zawinul passed away this Tuesday. He was seventy-five.
Zawinul co-founded the fusion band Weather Report (with Wayne Shorter) and their album "Heavy Weather" is one of my favorite jazz albums of all time.
He was one of the first to include synthesizers in jazz recording, and worked with Cannonball Adderley and Miles Davis, among others.
His most famous song is "Birdland", which amazingly was a radio hit when it came out (people in the 70's knew some stuff, it seems).
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He played on Bitches Brew, which is easily my favorite Miles Davis album.
So sad.
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