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Zawinul
Studio album by Joe Zawinul
Released	May 1971
Recorded	August 6 – October 28, 1970
Studio	Atlantic Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz fusion, hard bop, soul jazz
Length	35:45
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Joel Dorn
Joe Zawinul chronology
The Rise and Fall of the Third Stream (1968) Zawinul (1971) Weather Report (1971)

Zawinul is the third studio album by jazz composer and pianist Joe Zawinul recorded in 1970 by Zawinul performing music arranged for two electric pianos, flute, trumpet, soprano saxophone, two contrabasses, and percussion. The album reached number 17 in the Billboard Jazz album charts.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "Conceptually, sonically, this is really the first Weather Report album in all but name, confirming that Joe Zawinul was the primary creative engine behind the group from the beginning".

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Rolling Stone	(not rated)
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

Track listing

All compositions by Joe Zawinul

1. "Doctor Honoris Causa" – 13:48
2. "In a Silent Way" – 4:51
3. "His Last Journey" – 4:36
4. "Double Image" – 10:32
5. "Arrival in New York" – 2:01

• Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, N.Y

Personnel

Musicians

• Joe Zawinul – acoustic and electric piano
• Herbie Hancock – electric piano
• George Davis – flute (tracks 1–3 & 5)
• Hubert Laws – flute (track 4)
• Woody Shaw – trumpet (tracks 1–2, 4–5)
• Jimmy Owens – trumpet (track 3)
• Earl Turbinton – soprano saxophone (tracks 1–3 & 5)
• Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone (track 4)
• Miroslav Vitouš – bass
• Walter Booker – bass
• Billy Hart – percussion
• David Lee – percussion
• Joe Chambers – percussion
• Jack DeJohnette – melodica (track 3), percussion (track 4)

Pruduction

• Gene Paul – recording engineer
• Lew Hahn – recording and remixing engineer
• Ed Freeman – cover design and photography

Chart performance

See also

• In a Silent Way (1969) – "In a Silent Way"
• The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions (1998) – "Double Image"

References

1. ^ "Zawinul - Joe Zawinul | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
2. ^ Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed February 1, 2010.
3. Bangs, Lester. "Joe Zawinul: Zawinul : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 213. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1539. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

• 1971 albums
• Atlantic Records albums
• Albums produced by Joel Dorn
• Joe Zawinul albums