Zawinul (album)

Zawinul
Studio album by Joe Zawinul
Released	1971
Recorded	1970
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:45
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Joel Dorn
Joe Zawinul chronology
The Rise and Fall of the Third Stream (1968) Zawinul (1971) Di•a•lects (1986)

Zawinul is an album by jazz composer and pianist Joe Zawinul recorded in 1970 by Zawinul performing music for two electric pianos, flute, trumpet, soprano sax, two contra basses and percussion. The album reached number 17 in the Billboard Jazz album charts.^[1]

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".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Rolling Stone	(not rated)[3]

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

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

Chart performance

References