Austrian music stars deceased in Skin cancer
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Joe Zawinul
Joe Zawinul (July 7, 1932 Vienna-September 11, 2007 Vienna) also known as Joe Zawinful, Zawinul, Joe, Josef Zawinul or Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian composer, keyboard player, jazz pianist and pianist.
His discography includes: The Rise & Fall of the Third Stream / Money in the Pocket, Zawinul, Stories of the Danube, Dialects, Brown Street, Faces & Places, Di•a•lects, , The Rise & Fall of the Third Stream and My People. Genres he performed include Jazz fusion, World music, Jazz, Funk, Art music and Romantic music.
Joe Zawinul was best known as one of the founders of the jazz fusion band Weather Report. He started his career as a member of various Austrian jazz bands before moving to the US in 1959. In 1961, he joined Maynard Ferguson's big band and later played with Dinah Washington and Cannonball Adderley.
In 1970, Zawinul founded Weather Report with saxophonist Wayne Shorter. The band achieved worldwide success with albums such as "Heavy Weather" and "Black Market." Zawinul's use of electronic keyboards, such as the synthesizer, helped shape the sound of jazz fusion in the 1970s.
Aside from his work with Weather Report, Zawinul also recorded numerous solo albums and collaborated with musicians such as Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius, and Carlos Santana. He was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award in 2007, the year of his death.
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