Joe Zawinul's magical Vienna Nights and his Zawinul Syndicate was recorded in his own jazz club in Vienna and shows that Joe Zawinul is the absolute master of combining jazz with world music. African, Indian and Latin rhythms are combined in a grandiose way with Eastern European folk music and jazz, with leading roles played by bassist Linley Marthe, whose Pastorius-like playing has no speed limit,
… singer Sabine Kabongo's percussive vocals, percussionist Manolo Badrena from Weather Report, drummer Nataniel Townsley who unperturbed the rhythm, the mechanical playing of guitarist Amit Chatterjee and the solo work of his colleague Scott Henderson. Vienna Nights shows that after all these years Joe Zawinul is still a musician who, in search of innovation, constantly broadens his horizons by bringing together the best of musical cultures from around the world. (AD)more
