The Lost Interview - Joe Zawinul – Taking us though the Album Faces and Places.
- S21E51
- 1:03:26
- September 17th 2021
Joe Zawinul release his album ‘Faces and Places’ in 2002 – I just had a spell on community radio at the time and managed to have a phone interview with Joe Zawinul and when through his album ‘Faces & Places’ - talking about the inspiration of each track - taking us through the album.
At the end of his world tour – The North sea Jazz festival – then 2 nights at the Hammersmith Apollo – Followed by 6 nights at The Famous Jazz Club Ronnie Scott’s Oct 14-19 – on the Last night Sat 19th 2002 Joe used that night to celebrate one of his 70th birthday nights and the Zawinul Syndicate was razor-sharp and trigger fast – and I had a front table seat.
Playlist
The Search
All About Simon
Introduction to Tower of Silence
Tower of Silence
The Spirit of Julian 'C' Adderley
Familiar to Me
Cafe Andalusia
Good Day
Barefoot Beauty
Rooftops of Vienna
Borges Buenos Aires Part 1
Borges Buenos Aires Part 2
Siseya
East 12th Street Band
Joe Zawinul - spoken vocals, keyboards, synthesizer;
Harry Kim - trumpet, flugelhorn;
Bobby Malach - tenor saxophone, winds
Lori Perry; Dean Brown - guitar
Richard Page – vocals
Maria João - vocals;
Amit Chatterjee - vocals, guitar
Zakir Hussain - tablas
Manolo Badrena - percussion
Alex Acuña - percussion
Nathaniel Townsley - drums
Etienne Mbappe - bass
Richard Bona – bass
Les Benedict - trombone
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