Joe Zawinul - My People

Title: My People Artist: Joe Zawinul Release Date: 1996 Re-Released On: 6/27/2006 Label: , Tone Center, Cream Records, Escapade Music Duration: 52:33 Album Type(s): lyrics/libretto UPCs: 026245404823, 765906365126, 718750365125, 760145924100 Genre: Jazz Styles: World Fusion, Soul Jazz, Fusion, Hard Bop, International Fusion Moods: Elegant, Lively, Passionate, Plaintive, Playful, Reflective, Smooth, Soothing, Sophisticated, Cerebral, Party/Celebratory Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Introduction to a Mighty Theme
2. Waraya
3. Bimoya
4. You Want Some Tea, Grandpa?
5. Slivovitz Trail
6. Ochy-Bala/Pazyryk [Live]
7. Orient Express
8. Erdäpfee Blues (Potato Blues)
9. Mi Gente
10. In an Island Way
11. Many Churches

Year Type Label Catalog # 2006 CD Tone Center 4048 1996 CD Cream Records 1996 CD Escapade Music 63651 ------ CD

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If one must indulge in categories, My People, featuring the Zawinul Syndicate and a United Nations coterie of guests, probably belongs on the vast world music shelf, the links to so-called jazz now so tenuous as to be nearly, but not quite, invisible. On the percolating "Slivovitz Trail," "Orient Express," "Many Churches," and the Caribbean-tinged cleverly titled "In an Island Way," the music does suggest earlier versions of the Syndicate, and Joe Zawinul's nostalgic evocations of Wayne Shorter on the Korg Pepe reach back even further. Otherwise, Zawinul is looking entirely toward ethnic cultures for musical sustenance. The musical structures are linear, the rhythms full of intricacies welded to Zawinul's love affair with the groove, the synthesizer textures usually sparer than ever. There are vocals in several languages by Zawinul's longtime colleague Salif Keita (for whom Zawinul produced a great album in 1991), Syndicate percussionist Arto Tuncboyaciyan, a throat vocal specialist from South Siberia named Bolot, Thania Sanchez, Zawinul himself, and several others. When translated, the lyrics speak of joy and unity among the cultures, and there isn't any doubt that Zawinul's bubbling music feeds the message of uplift. Hear it; you purists may be jiggling along in spite of yourselves. ~ Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide

Name Credits Alex Acuña Percussion Amit Chatterjee Guitar Arthur Rothstein Photography Arto Tuncboyaciyan Percussion, Drums, Soloist, Vocals Assitan Dembele Vocals (Background) Barron Claiborne Photography Bob Malach Sax (Tenor), Saxophone Burhan Öçal Soloist, Vocals Cheick Tidiane Seck Keyboards Christian Seitz Overdubs, Engineer Djene Doumbouya Vocals (Background) Dorothea Lange Photography Duke Ellington Soloist, Spoken Word, Voices Franz Schmuch Vocals (Background) Gary Poulson Guitar Hector "Rudy" Regalado Percussion Ivan Zawinul Programming, Vocal Arrangement, Engineer, Mixing, Drum Programming, Drum Editing, Producer Jack Delano Photography Joachim Becker Executive Producer Joe Zawinul Vocals, Synthesizer, Soloist, Producer, Keyboards, Guitar, Arranger, Bass, Guitar (Acoustic), Keyboard Bass, Programming Kenny OBrian Vocals (Background) Kevin Richard Percussion Lucho Avellaneda Vocals (Background) Matthew Garrison Bass Michael Mossman Piccolo Trumpet, Trumpet, Trombone Michito Sánchez Percussion Osmane Kouyake Guitar Paco Sery Drums, Kalimba, Percussion Paul Ericksen Engineer Philipp Rottensteiner Vocals (Background), ?, Musician Philippe Abadie Engineer Reinhard Grube ?, Vocals (Background) Reinhard Ziegerhofer Vocals (Background), ? Richard Bona Vocals, Soloist, Bass Robert Ponger Overdubs, Engineer Russ Lee Photography Salif Keita Soloist, Vocals Souleymanne Doumbia Percussion Tal Bergman Drums, Percussion, Hi Hat Ted Jensen Mastering Thania Sanchez Vocals, Soloist Trilok Gurtu Percussion