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Review title: NOT YOUR USUAL ZAWINUL
Product review: If you like Big Band and Zawinul, then this one is for you. I happen to like Zawinul A LOT (been listening to him since his days with Miles, Cannonball, and Weather Report), but I am not much for Big Band. SO, this one is just not my "cup of tea" despite my fondness for Zawinul. Joe Z does best, in my opinion, in a small combo environment: Adderly, WR, Syndicate. The Big Band seemed like it was mostly studio pros who were good, not great, musicians (Zawinul usually played with the best), but collectively were just not "tight". Some of the band solos lasted waaaay too long - and Joe Z was too often buried in the background. I'd give this one a 1-star, except I recognize that it is my strong preference for Zawinul in his natural small-combo environmet that makes me disappointed with this recording. Zawinul was a virtuoso, a genius, an innovator and an original - I just prefer his music a-la-Zawinul, straight with no chaser, and this one is not.
