Description
Brown Street is a music live recording by JOE ZAWINUL (1932-2007) (Jazz Rock/Fusion/Progressive Rock) released in 2006
In his 74th year, renowned keyboardist, prolific composer and venerable bandleader Joe Zawinul showed no signs of slowing down. A living legend whose most popular tunes - 'Mercy Mercy Mercy' with the Cannonball Adderley quintet, 'In A Silent Way' with Miles Davis, 'Birdland' with Weather Report - have been covered numerous times by a wide variety of artists from the pop and jazz worlds, Zawinul's music has indeed stood the test of time. The Austrian-born maestro continued to tour the world with his pan-global juggernaut, the Zawinul Syndicate, which celebrated its 20th year in 2007. He also realized a major triumph with Brown Street, his majestic collaboration with the 15-piece WDR Big Band Koln on Joe's own Birdjam label.
Recorded live on October 26, 2005 at Joe Zawinul's Birdland club in Vienna, this powerhouse project showcases Zawinul along with current Syndicate drummer Nathaniel Townsley, former Weather Report and Syndicate bassist Victor Bailey and former Weather Report drummer Alex Acuna on percussion in expanded, orchestral renditions of vintage Weather Report tunes and Zawinul compositions like 'Black Market', 'A Remark You Made', 'Night Passage' and 'Boogie Woogie Waltz.' All the music on this ambitious collaboration was adapted and arranged by Vince Mendoza, with the exception of 'Procession,' which was arranged by Joe himself. (Mendoza had previously worked up big band renditions of vintage Brecker Brothers material from the '70s in their live encounter with the WDR Big Band Koln, released in 2005 as Randy Brecker's Some Skunk Funk).
Zawinul explained that he had worked with the WDR Big Band on one previous occasion. 'We did a production over there in Koln in the late '80s. Again, it was all my music and it was a very successful collaboration. And then a couple of years ago Joachim Becker came up with the idea to maybe bring the WDR Big Band into my club to play this music and then do a little tour of Europe. And that's what we did last October.'
Track Listing
Disc 1:- Brown Street
- In A Silent Way
- Fast City
- Badia / Boogie Woogie Waltz
- Black Market
- March Of The Lost Children
- A Remark You Made
- Night Passage
- Procession
- Carnavalito
Additional Details
Label: INTUITION
Genre: Jazz
Run Time: 124:42 mins
Region: 0
Release Date: 09/12/25
UPC: 750447345027