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SO jealous! I never saw Weather Report but did see Zawinal at the Detroit Jazz Fest a few years ago, not the

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In Reply to: RE: 'JACO' documentary on Jaco Pastorius, a treasure trove of interviews and information from the best jazz musicians posted by Dr Phibes on October 14, 2017 at 01:17:20

same guy as when he was with Weather Report - understandably but still not my choice of music, kind of a hyper world music sound (if that makes sense)

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RE: SO jealous! I never saw Weather Report but did see Zawinal at the Detroit Jazz Fest a few years ago, not the - Dr Phibes 08:51:35 10/17/17 (1)
Phil - I guess I'm just "old" ha ha - nothing to be jealous about!
I totally understand the "few years" back reference. It's amazing how quickly time flies, especially when a concert is etched in ones mind.
I saw the Mahavishnu Orchestra Birds of Fire tour when I was in High School and that was over 40 years ago. I can still see McLaughlin clear as a bell... like it was yesterday.
Although Jaco's genius isn't present, I like the Alphonse Mouzon era of Weather Report too. Particularly Alphonse's bass line on Cucumber Slumber- it's an inventive lyrical hook I never tire of.
To me, on some Fusion stuff- the production and keyboard sounds don't age well, but it's still great music.
Have a great day- Jim

Edits: 10/17/17
- RE: SO jealous! I never saw Weather Report but did see Zawinal at the Detroit Jazz Fest a few years ago, not the - Nic S 08:54:21 10/25/17 (0)
  Very close, but the Bass player was Alphonso Johnson on Cucumber Slumber. Alphonse Mouzon was the Drummer on Weather Reports first album in 1971.
RE: SO jealous! I never saw Weather Report but did see Zawinal at the Detroit Jazz Fest a few years ago, not the - dwill123 18:09:29 10/16/17 (1)
Not sure what a "few" years means, Joe Zawinul has been dead for ten years. The Zawinul Syndicate did have a world music flavor to it not sure if I would use the word "hyper" to describe it. The Syndicate was similar in sound to Weather Report but with a more ethnic bend to it. There were also many variations to the actual group.
- The Zawinul Syndicate (Open in New Window)
- hard to believe it's been that long, I saw him just before he died, thanks - PhilJ 16:50:46 10/17/17 (0)
  I have heard many of the Zawinul albums my favorites being: The Rise & Fall of the Third Stream and Zawinul.
  The show in Detroit (which I admittedly only caught the 2nd half) was very fast paced, probably Zawinul pushing the bar once again.
  I did not mean to disparage him in any way.
  
  Edits: 10/17/17 10/17/17 10/17/17

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