Talk:Joe Zawinul
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Anyone know what is the deal w/ this guy and those hats he always wears? He's been rocking that look for a long time.
Was Joe Zawinul born as "Josef Erich" or "Josef Erich Zawinul"? Erich sounds like a first/middle name. -Joshk 09:54, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
such as Bob Moog's minimoog Zawinul never used the Moog synthesisers - he didnt like them, as they didnt give a very flexible sound. I remember reading this in an interview, but i've forgotten where. FWIW the interview with SOS (http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jun03/articles/joezawinul.asp) goes over his equipment in a lot of detail and Moogs are never mentioned.
I have to say the secondary article (with the misspelt Zawinal) sounds more like opinion than fact. The phrase 'A fact which seems to elude the majority of the listening public' for example - surely whether the guy is as good as the weathe report firstly subjective, and secondly for the listening public to decide for itself. I would say that though, I'm a Jaco fan.
[edit] Hancock and Minimoog?
The wikipedia article says unlike Hancock, Zawinul didn't care for the minimoog. While it's true that Zawinul didn't go for the Moog, actually Hancock didn't either, as far as I know. He used the Arp Odyssey (a stripped down synth compared to the 2600, more on a par with the functionality of the Minimoog) on the album Headhunters. Corea on the other hand definitely used the Minimoog. My guess is that he transitioned over from the Odyssey in the mid 70's. There' a 1974 clip of him with RTF where his keyboard stack is on Odyssey sitting on top of his Rhodes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZiq4fY8uew). Other videos show a bigger rig with 2 keyboards stacks in an L configuration. They show the mini on top of his Rhodes, and he seems to be doing most of his soloing on it. Blueminute 10:45, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Biggest commercial success?
The article states that Zawinul's biggest commercial success came with "Birdland". But "Birdland" was not a pop Top 40 hit, while "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" not only hit #11 for Cannonball Adderly, but the cover version by the Buckinghams hit #5 later that year. So I would think "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" would be his biggest commercial success. --Metropolitan90 05:49, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] 11 Sep 2007
The German page has already reported him dead, but I can't find any news about that, and I'm not going to add anything until the news is confirmed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.99.200.51 (talk) 07:04, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
I am afraid the news is true. Another legend gone Paul210 07:18, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
>>>Gone, but never forgotten. RIP Joe, and thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.67.104.4 (talk) 14:16, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
I love you forever Joe Lipsticked Pig 08:49, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
