Joe Zawinul, legendary jazz keyboardist, founder of pioneering fusion band Weather Report, and composer of one of my all time favorite tunes (Birdland) died today in an Austrian hospital. He was 75. During his career, Zawinul played on a number of seminal recordings, including the Miles Davis classics In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew.
His last performing band was the Zawinul Syndicate, with whom he had been on tour this year in Europe before seeking treatment for an undisclosed medical condition.
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