75 (album)
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Live album by | ||||
Released | September 24, 2008 | |||
Recorded | July 7, 2007 and August 2, 2007 | |||
Venue | Lugano, Switzerland (July), Veszprém, Hungary (August) | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 93:00 | |||
Label | BHM, JVC | |||
Producer | Joachim Becker | |||
Joe Zawinul chronology | ||||
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75 is a
Overview
With the exception of one track, 75 was recorded during the Zawinul Syndicate's 7 July 2007 appearance at a festival in
Composition
75 opens with "Orient Express" from Zawinul's 1992
A combination of two Weather Report pieces "Fast City" and "Two Lines" opens disc two and features more scat singing by Kabongo.[2] Next, "Clario" features vocals by Alegre Corrêa.[3] Another melding of Weather Report tunes, "Badia" and "Boogie Woogie Waltz", follows and features Corrêa on Berimbau and Kabongo on vocals.[3] The next track is a recording of Kabongo leading the audience in a chorus of "Happy Birthday" directed at Zawinul.[3] "In a Silent Way", a duet between Shorter and Zawinul originally from Miles Davis's album of the same name, follows. The album closed with "Hymn", which seemed to one reviewer "as though [Zawinul] knew the end was near".[3][4]
Critical reception
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [5] |
The Times | [6] |
75 received a generally positive critical reception. Michael G. Nastos of
The BBC's Jon Lusk did not share the high opinions of other critics. He was "not mad about" vocalists Aziz Sahmaoui and Sabine Kabongo but found Alegre Corrêa "agreeable enough". He liked "In a Silent Way", calling it "beautifully serene" but wished there were other performances with similar "reflective moments".[8] The review in The Times by John Bungey was more positive. He noted that it was not a "generally sad affair, hard-to-take document" as are most final recordings of great artists, but instead "a compelling last testament of a mighty group and a fine human being".[6] Nick Coleman's review in The Independent was mixed; he wrote that the "tempos border on the frantic, phrases are spat, the will to trade licks is never less than testosteronal" but quipped that for "every sublime passage there's a butch one".[9] John Fordham of The Guardian contrasted the release to Zawinul's 2005 live album Vienna Nights. One difference he emphasized was "the typhoon drumming of Paco Sery and a battalion of percussionists [that] gives Zawinul the option of letting long stretches of the music simply groove". He also noted that there was no comparable track with the duet with Shorter on Vienna Nights.[10]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Introduction to Orient Express" (originally from My People) | Joe Zawinul | 3:10 |
2. | "Orient Express" (originally from My People) | Zawinul | 10:07 |
3. | "Madagascar" (originally from Night Passage) | Zawinul | 10:00 |
4. | "Scarlet Woman" (originally from Mysterious Traveller) | Alphonso Johnson, Wayne Shorter, Zawinul | 6:55 |
5. | "Zansa II" (originally from World Tour) | Paco Sery, Zawinul | 6:39 |
6. | "Cafe Andalusia" (originally from Faces & Places) | Zawinul | 8:52 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Fast City / Two Lines" (originally from Night Passage / Procession) | Zawinul | 12:37 |
2. | "Clario" | Alegre Corrêa | 5:45 |
3. | "Badia / Boogie Woogie Waltz" (originally from Tale Spinnin' / Sweetnighter) | Zawinul | 10:16 |
4. | "Happy Birthday" | Mildred J. Hill, Patty Hill | 1:39 |
5. | "In a Silent Way" (originally from In a Silent Way) | Zawinul | 14:20 |
6. | "Hymn" | Traditional | 3:30 |
Personnel
Musicians
- Joe Zawinul – keyboards, vocoder
- Alegre Corrêa – guitar, berimbau, vocals
- Linley Marthe – bass
- kalimba, vocals
- Abdelaziz Sahmaoui – percussion, vocals
- Jorge Bezerra – percussion, vocals
- Sabine Kabongo – percussion, vocals
- Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone on "In a Silent Way"
Production
- Joachim Becker – executive producer, producer, mixing
- Klaus Genuit – mixing
- Holger Keifel – portraits
- Knut Schotteldreier – cover design
- Matjaz Vrecko – photos
Credits adapted from AllMusic and album liner notes.[5][11]
Charts
75 reached a peak position of number eighteen on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart.[1]
Year | Chart | Peak position |
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2009 | Billboard's Top Jazz Albums | 18 |
Awards
The album won the
Release history
Date | Type | Title | Label | Catalog # |
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24 September 2008 | CD
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75 | JVC Compact Discs
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61575/6[5] |
24 October 2008 | 75th | BHM Productions | 4002-2[14] | |
24 February 2009 | 75 | Heads Up Records | 3162-25[15] |
References
- ^ a b "75: Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Archived from the original on 5 April 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ^ a b c d Wilkins, Woodrow (17 February 2009). "Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate 75". All About Jazz. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Milkowski, Bill (January–February 2009). "75 Joe Zawinul & the Zawinul Syndicate". JazzTimes. Archived from the original on 13 September 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ^ a b c Kelman, John (13 March 2009). "Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate 75". All About Jazz. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ^ All Media Guide. Archivedfrom the original on 4 April 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ^ from the original on 17 August 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ^ Karlovits, Bob (1 March 2009). "75 is a fitting testament to Zawinul's talent". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Tribune-Review Publishing Company. Archived from the original on 2009-03-02. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ^ Lusk, Jon (28 October 2008). "Review of Joe Zawinul – 75th". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 11 February 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- OCLC 185201487. Archived from the originalon 16 April 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ^ 75 - Joe Zawinul and the Zawinul Syndicate (CD insert). Heads Up International. 2008.
- ^ Barton, Chris (31 January 2010). "Familiar names dot jazz categories". The Victoria Advocate. Victoria, Texas. Archived from the original on 12 May 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ^ Levine, Doug (26 January 2010). "A Look at This Year's Grammy Award Jazz Nominees". Voice of America. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ^ "Joe Zawinul 75th". BHM Productions. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ^ "75 Joe Zawinul". Concord Music Group. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
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