Dammit! He was brilliant! What a waste... ;-(
His phrasing
have been echoing within my own playing. As I usually
want to
fight back influences I happen to pick up from other
musicians I
have never felt that way about Zawinul. Maybe because his
greatness did not draw on "ego" but rather expressing some
universal
musicality....?
Greetings from Sweden
Per
Boysen
www.boysen.se (Swedish)
www.looproom.com
(international)
I don't know, sure seems like he lived the "life" to me. Joe lived to be
75 (a LONG life for a great musician), was one of the best and most
influential contemporary afro inspired jazz musicians of all time. He has left
a legacy few will ever parallel. Sure seems to me like anything but
a "waste", more like a PERFECT musical life. No need to be sad here,
just grateful. Right?
Hendrix, SRV or Miles, now those were sad all too
early wastes of incredible talent. Joe on the other hand just
didn't seem like he wasted a minute to me.
thoughts?
My thoughts precisely. Perhaps in 100 years people will think
of someone who lived to 'only 75' in a different manner... If he'd let coke,
heroin or a certain ufo nut-cult get him, I'd say yes - but I didn't think Joe
Zawinul's joining that great band in the sky was a waste either, as he left us
with quite a lot to enjoy as if he'd never left.
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