Joe Zawinul
Also known as Josef Erich Zawinul
Austrian jazz keyboardist and composer (1932–2007)
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- Mauthausen...vom großen Sterben hören. CD. Chronicles form the ashes
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Josef Erich Zawinul (/ˈzɒvɪnəl/ ZOV-in-əl; 7 July 1932 – 11 September 2007) was an Austrian jazz and jazz fusion keyboardist and composer. First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with Miles Davis and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, a musical genre that combined jazz with rock. He co-founded the groups Weather Report and The Zawinul Syndicate. He pioneered the use of electric piano and synthesizer, and was named "Best Electric Keyboardist" twenty-eight times by the readers of DownBeat magazine.
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1932 births2007 deaths20th-century Austrian male musicians20th-century jazz composersAustrian jazz composersAustrian jazz keyboardistsAustrian male jazz composersAustrian Sinti peopleBerklee College of Music alumniBurials at the Vienna Central CemeteryCannonball Adderley Quintet membersDeaths from cancer in Austria