Josef Erich Zawinul, R.I.P.
I’ve been trying to think of something pithy to say about one of my heroes, Joe Zawinul, who died from Merkel cell carcinoma on 11 September. This photo of him at work is from his official website. Words don’t really do it; his music speaks for him.So I will gift the first three people to email NZBC a New Zealand iTunes Store mp3 of a classic Zawinul composition: ‘A Remark You Made’, from Weather Report’s 1977 album Heavy Weather. Not only does it feature another of my heroes on bass, it also showcases Joe’s piano and synth. I wish you could hear ‘Cannon Ball’, the perfect tribute he composed for his former boss, Cannonball Adderley, but inexplicably the iTunes Store doesn’t have it.
In any case, Joe: Thanks for the memory.
posted by Chris Bell at 5:04 PM
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