Jazz legend Joe Zawinul dies at 75 - Democratic Underground

toddaa

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Tue Sep-11-07 11:54 AM
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Jazz legend Joe Zawinul dies at 75

Source: Associated Press

Joe Zawinul, who soared to fame as one of the creators of jazz fusion and performed and recorded with Miles Davis, died early Tuesday, a hospital official said. He was 75.

Zawinul had been hospitalized since last month. A spokeswoman for Vienna's Wilhelmina Clinic confirmed his death without giving details. His manager, Risa Zincke, said Zawinul suffered from a rare form of skin cancer, according to the Austria Press Agency.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070911/ap_on_en_mu/obit_zawinul

I'm listening to In a Silent Way right now.

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Magleetis

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Tue Sep-11-07 12:04 PM
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1. He was an

innovator. RIP

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Bicoastal

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Tue Sep-11-07 12:20 PM
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2. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy...

RIP Joe.

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truthisfreedom

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Tue Sep-11-07 12:47 PM
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3. I loved his work with Weather Report.

What a super-group. Now he and Jaco Pastorius are both gone. RIP, Joe. I'm listening to you now.

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MuseRider

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Tue Sep-11-07 12:48 PM
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4. This is too sad.

He was amazing. He created so much. Damn.

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0rganism

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Tue Sep-11-07 12:52 PM
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5. Another of the mighty ones, gone off to join the Great Jam Session in the sky

Pretty soon, the First Circle will have left us completely. :cry:

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KnuckleHead Bassist

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Tue Sep-11-07 01:27 PM
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6. Damn, Damn Damn

One of the truly creative people of the jazz and jazz fusion movement

Saw him and Jaco and Wayne Shorter w/ Weather Report in 1977....most incredible show I have ever seen

Truly sad

RIP Joe,,,we will miss you greatly

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PoiBoy

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Tue Sep-11-07 03:58 PM
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7. A truly great and gifted artist...

RIP Joe...

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KnuckleHead Bassist

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Tue Sep-11-07 08:37 PM
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8. You tube has

some nice footage of various stages of his career

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