The giants of jazz

A giant of 20th century music died yesterday. Joe Zawinul of Weather Report, Miles great late sisties line-up, The Cannonball Adderley Band and the Zawinul Syndicate moved on. The brotherhood of jazz, so soon after the death of Max Roach loses another one of its greatest exponents. For those not in the know, Zawinul was the genius behind Miles Davis's 'In a Silent Way', the composer of the seminal 'Birdland' and to my mind, one of his greatest (and my favourite piece of his) 'Boogie-woogie Waltz' from 'Sweetnighter'. A true innovator and an endlessly fascinating innovator.