Jazz / Soul-Jazz; Hard Bop
Recorded: May 26 - May 30, 2004 and September 21 - October 1st, 2004, Joe Zawinul's Birdland
Recorded over two weeks at Zawinul's own club 'Birdland' in Vienna it captures Zawinul's band in typically blistering form and features a host of great names as friends dropped by to help celebrate the club and the man himself. The recording features new versions of Zawinul classics plus some great new songs. This album is decicated to Dr. Thomas Klestil.
Disc 1: 51:35 min. Joe Zawinul - keyboards, vocoder Linley Marthe - bass Amit Chatterjee - guitar, vocals Sabine Kabongo - vocals, percussion Manolo Badrena - percussion, vocals Nathaniel Townsley - drums
Disc 2: 46:38 min. Joe Zawinul - keyboards, vocoder Linley Marthe - bass Alegre Correa - guitar Sabine Kabongo - vocals, percussion Karim Ziad - drums, percussion Aziz Sahmaoui - vocals, percussion Arto Tuncboyaciyan - percussion, vocals Scott Henderson - guitar Nathaniel Townsley - drums |