Biography
Josef Erich Zawinul ( ZOV-in-əl; 7 July 1932 – 11 September 2007) was an Austrian jazz and jazz fusion keyboardist and composer. First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with Miles Davis and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, a musical genre that combined jazz with rock. He co-founded the groups Weather Report and The Zawinul Syndicate. He pioneered the use of electric piano and synthesizer, and was named "Best Electric Keyboardist" twenty-eight times by the readers of DownBeat magazine.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Bitches Brew
1970
In A Silent Way
1969
Liquid Swords
1995
Heavy Weather
1977
Roseland NYC Live
1998
Santana
1971
Black Sunday
1993
Labcabincalifornia
1995
Live-Evil
1971
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! - Live At "The Club"
1967
Cat
1976
Mysterious Traveller
1974
8:30
1979
Eastern Sounds
1962
Black Market
1976
Tale Spinnin'
1975
Sweetnighter
1973
Mr. Gone
1978
I Sing The Body Electric
1972
The Three Faces Of Yusef Lateef
1960
Night Passage
1980
Live At The Fillmore East (March 7, 1970): It's About That Time
2001
Know What I Mean?
1962
24 Nights
1991
Credited work
5,763 releases · 775 albums · active 1956–2026
- Performance · 18,462
- Other credits · 1,848
- Production · 864
- Engineering · 133
Studios: Devonshire Studios · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · The Music Room · Atlantic Studios