I ain’t scared of Beethoven or nobody when it comes to composing. - Joe Zawinul

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I ain’t scared of Beethoven or nobody when it comes to composing.

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About Joe Zawinul

Josef Erich Zawinul (7 July 1932 – 11 September 2007) was an Austrian pianist, keyboardist and composer. He was the co-founder of jazz fusion bands Weather Report and the Zawinul Syndicate.

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Alternative Names: Josef Erich Zawinul
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In the beginning let's say Weather Report was a joint thing. Then, after the second album there's no question about it, it became more and more my group. Wayne wanted it like that, but we were always 'partners in crime'. No Wayne, no Weather Report.

An instrument is not important. It is the way one plays that is important. Instruments don’t play by themselves. A piano is certainly not a better instrument than a synthesizer, but if a synthesizer is played like a piano, it becomes a very bad instrument. It doesn’t work. You can’t play a trumpet like a violin—it doesn’t go. That’s the problem—the players, not the instrument. Any instrument is a wonderful thing.

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To me, this is very boring music—most of it. It has nothing happening. Nothing is sticking. They’re playing music perfectly with wonderful intonation and technique, but it’s dangerous for jazz itself. I do wish these people all the best.

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