Joe Zawinul in rehearsal 1985 Raw Footage

Joe Zawinulrecorded summer 1985; raw tapeno edits. In the summer of 1985, I was working at a television network as a photographer, editor. For one segment of a multipart series on jazz music, I was fortunate to spend a day with Joe Zawinul, shooting his rehearsal and interviewing him about his long career. I saved some of the tape and decided to post it for his fan s enjoyment. Unfortunately, the tape of his main interview is lost. But what remains is interesting. Joe Zawinul was and remains a master musician. He was also a very nice guy. After the shoot was finished, his wife served us all some gumbo and Joe brought out a bottle of Slivovitz, which we finished. After that, the real stories began What a great day that was The edited version of this piece is here: