[FA Worldmusic] surge of diplomacy

[Marco Werman]

The Democrats keep playing to the center, still not realizing that it's
wiser to stake out a unique political territory characterized by
humanity than it is to compete with the Republicans.  You might say I'm
smoking crack, but imagine how quickly the dust would settle in Iraq --
how the entire middle east would pitch in -- if the US were to send in
one million unarmed volunteers to rebuild the country.

-----Original Message-----
From: fa-worldmusic-bounces+marco.werman=bbc.co.uk at folk.org
[mailto:fa-worldmusic-bounces+marco.werman=bbc.co.uk at folk.org] On Behalf
Of Dmitri Vietze
Sent: 14 September 2007 12:41
To: fa-worldmusic at folk.org
Subject: [FA Worldmusic] surge of diplomacy

> The world could use musical 'peacekeepers'...

I keep wondering when the Democrats are gonna realize that what we need
in the "Middle East" is a surge of diplomacy. Put a hundurd million
bucks into that and see what happens. Send over 30,000 conflict
resolution experts, cross-cultural diplomats, and musical activists and
see what happens. Never been done before. I still think the USA faces a
major PR problem and the globally-minded music field could help a lot.

Much respect,

Dmitri Vietze
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dore Stein" <tangentsradio at gmail.com>
To: <marco.werman at bbc.co.uk>
Cc: <fa-worldmusic at folk.org>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: [FA Worldmusic] Joe Zawinul Tribute


> On 9/14/07, Marco Werman <marco.werman at bbc.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> Wow!  Thanks for the list Dore.  Reads like a musical UN!
>
>
>
> Hey Marco
>
>
>
> The world could use musical 'peacekeepers'...
>
>
>
> Back in the '60's the biggest names in jazz were sponsored by the U.S.

> State
> Department on world tours. In 1960 Herbie Mann traveled to 15 African
> countries which resulted in the "Common Ground" album featuring
Babatunde
> Olatunje. In 1963 Duke and his Orchestra toured Sri Lanka, Egypt,
India,
> Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Iran, and Turkey - which was
commemorated
> by the "Far East Suite". It should have been labeled the Near or
Middle
> Eastern Suite but what the hay.
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: fa-worldmusic-bounces+marco.werman=bbc.co.uk at folk.org
>> [mailto:fa-worldmusic-bounces+marco.werman=bbc.co.uk at folk.org] On
Behalf
>> Of Dore Stein
>> Sent: 14 September 2007 10:21
>> To: Yusuf Gandhi
>> Cc: fa-worldmusic at folk.org
>> Subject: Re: [FA Worldmusic] Joe Zawinul Tribute
>>
>> Joe found top talent from everywhere to play with him starting with
>> Weather Report and throughout his career.
>>
>> Zawinul's 1996 "My People" is a prime example.
>>
>> His Core Band on the recording was The Zawinul Syndicate:
>>
>> Paco Sery (Ivory Coast)
>>
>> Matthew Garrison (USA/Italy)
>>
>> Gary Poulson (USA)
>>
>> Arto Tuncboyaciyan (Anatolia)
>>
>> Guest Vocal Soloists were:
>>
>> Salif Keita (Mali)
>>
>> Thania Sanchez (Venezuela)
>>
>> Burhan Ocal  (Turkey)
>>
>> Richarad Bona (Cameroon)
>>
>> Bolot (Altai Mountains/South Siberia)
>>
>> Duke Ellington (sampled spoken word)
>>
>> Musicians:
>>
>> Alex Acuna (Peru- former Weather Report member)
>>
>> Trilok Gurtu (India)
>>
>> Rudy Regaldo (Venezuela)
>>
>> Michito Sanchez (Cuba/USA)
>>
>> Souleyman Doumbia (Mali)
>>
>> Tal Bergmann (Israel)
>>
>> Amit Chaterjee (India)
>>
>> Osmane Kouyake (Mali)
>>
>> Cheick Tidane Seck (Mali)
>>
>> Bobby Malach (USA/Poland)
>>
>> Djene Doumbouya (Guinea)
>>
>> Assitan Dembele (Ivory Coast)
>>
>> Beto Sabala (Peru)
>>
>> Kenny O'Braian (Venezuela)
>>
>> Lucho Avelleneda (Peru)
>>
>> Mike Mossman (USA)
>>
>>
>> On 9/14/07, Yusuf Gandhi <Yusuf at fourquartersent.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > I think Joe Zawinul supported and performed with musicians from
almost
>>
>> > every corner of the world, not just Africa, so it would be
>> > inappropriate to narrow it down to a couple of names. However, he
was
>> > not a publicity hound, so many people did not realize the impact he
>> > had on music and musicians around the world.
>> >
>> > Yusuf Gandhi
>> > President
>> > Four Quarters Entertainment, Inc.
>> > 555 8th Avenue, Suite #1803
>> > New York, NY 10018
>> > Tel: 212 564 8855
>> > Fax: 212 564 8865
>> > E: yusuf at fourquartersent.com
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: fa-worldmusic-bounces+yusuf=fourquartersent.com at folk.org
>> > [mailto:fa-worldmusic-bounces+yusuf=fourquartersent.com at folk.org]
On
>> > Behalf Of Marco Werman
>> > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 8:38 AM
>> > To: Dore Stein; angel at worldmusiccentral.org
>> > Cc: fa-worldmusic at folk.org
>> > Subject: Re: [FA Worldmusic] Joe Zawinul Tribute
>> >
>> > Let's not forget either Zawinul's recent support of two African
>> > artists in particular, Salif Keita and Richard Bona.
>> > Marco Werman
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: fa-worldmusic-bounces+marco.werman=bbc.co.uk at folk.org
>> > [mailto:fa-worldmusic-bounces+marco.werman=bbc.co.uk at folk.org] On
>> > Behalf Of Dore Stein
>> > Sent: 13 September 2007 19:00
>> > To: angel at worldmusiccentral.org
>> > Cc: fa-worldmusic at folk.org
>> > Subject: Re: [FA Worldmusic] Joe Zawinul Tribute
>> >
>> > When news of Zawinul's passing hit, I sent this tribute to my radio
>> > email list. I think it's worth sharing.
>> >
>> > peace,
>> >
>> > Dore Stein
>> > tangents.com
>> >
>> >
>> > It is with stunned sadness that I pass the news that Joe Zawinul
died
>> > this morning of a rare form of skin cancer.
>> >
>> > There will be a Tangents tribute on Sept 22 from 9p-midnight (91.7,
>> > kalw.org ).
>> >
>> > In the pantheon of 'Tangential' artists, Joe shares the top spot
with
>> > a select few. He was an innovator, compositional genius and
>> > cross-pollinating pioneer.
>> >
>> > He led the most important world jazz fusion group of all time:
Weather
>>
>> > Report. Of all the jazz fusion bands that arose from the Miles
Davis
>> > personnel of the late 60's/early 70's, Weather Report led by Joe
and
>> > Wayne Shorter (and eventually included Jaco Pastorius) stands the
test
>>
>> > of time better than any other. I say with all due respect to John
>> > McLauglin's Mahavishnu Orchestra, Chick Corea's Return to Forever,
>> > Tony William's Lifetime and Herbie Hancock's Headhunters.
>> >
>> > Joe Zawinul wrote my favorite song: "In A Silent Way" which he
>> > contributed to the Miles album of the same name.
>> >
>> > He recorded on five Miles Davis albums including the ground
breaking
>> > "Bitches Brew" recording.
>> >
>> > Here's a short excerpt about Miles from a 1997 Anil Prasad
interview:
>> > innerviews.org/inner/zawinul.html
>> >
>> > Anil: How did Miles influence your life?
>> >
>> > Joe: I wouldn't say that he influenced my life.
>> >
>> > Anil: Many point to the work you did with Miles in the late '60s as
>> > the music that most significantly impacted your musical evolution.
>> >
>> > Joe: It is the other way around, frankly speaking. I think he got
more
>>
>> > from me than I got from him in that respect.
>> >
>> >
>> > Joe also revolutionized the use of electronics in jazz. No one
could
>> > make a synthesizer or keyboard sound warm and organic like Joe.
Listen
>>
>> > to "Peace" from his 1986 "Dialects" solo cd. It is solo synth that
is
>> > emotive and moving.
>> >
>> > Here's another excerpt from the aforementioned interview:
>> >
>> > "...we had some funny backlash from people who said we were selling
>> > out because we were using electronic instruments. It's such idiocy.
>> > It's ridiculous that someone could place that much importance on
the
>> > instrument to be that great. 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."
>> >
>> > Zawinul grew up playing Roma (Gypsy) tunes and studying classical
>> > music in Vienna (his birthplace). After seeing the film "Stormy
>> > Weather" some
>> > 24 times, he got hooked on jazz. He won a scholarship to the
Berklee
>> > School of Music and emigrated to the States in 1959. He joined
Maynard
>>
>> > Ferguson's band and then became a fixture with Cannonball Adderley
and
>>
>> > stayed until 1970. As part of Adderley's group, Zawinul wrote the
>> > classic "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" which hit number 11 on the Billboard
pop
>>
>> > charts in 1967
>> >
>> > I interviewed Joe around 1986. It was like talking to the Muhammed
Ali
>>
>> > of jazz. Joe, after all, was also a boxer and talked the talk, and
>> > walked the walk. He was a straight talker and let you know how good
he
>>
>> > was. But he always backed it up and was as entertaining in person
as
>> > he was on stage.
>> >
>> > Here is a vintage Zawinul excerpt again from
>> > innerviews.org/inner/zawinul.html:
>> >
>> > "...people find out so late. You know HipHop? What is HipHop? I
>> > invented the beat of HipHop! In 1970, I invented it and no drummer
>> > could play it and I did this album with Weather Report called
>> > Sweetnighter that has a track called "125th Street Congress." It
has
>> > the original HipHop beat and I have about 50 recordings of rap and
>> > HipHop groups using a sample of the original song. Many other
things I
>>
>> > did in the 60s I'm not complaining about it, but since we're
talking
>> > about it, I might as well tell you a lot of people got credit for
it,
>> which is alright with me.
>> > But it's a fact I did this stuff so many years ago. What is called
>> > world music today I started the damn thing!"
>> >
>> > Zawinul, along with other pioneering cross-pollinating artists like
>> > John McLaughlin, Don Cherry, etc. increasingly explored other music
>> > cultures and integrated these influences into their music. Joe
>> > especially loved African music. He produced Salif Keita's "Amen"
>> > recording. Sabine Kabongo (former Zap Mama), Richard Bona, Cheick
>> > Tidiane Seck, Souleyman Doumbia, Etienne Mbappe, Pape Abdou Seck
(from
>>
>> > Wock), among others, all recorded and/or performed with Zawinul.
He
>> > also worked on a Mahotella Queens album. (not sure which one -
anyone
>> > know?)
>> >
>> > I'll leave you with a final interview excerpt where Zawinul answers
a
>> > question about his own mortality: innerviews.org/inner/zawinul.html
>> >
>> > Anil Prasad: "Do you ever think about your own mortality?"
>> >
>> > Joe Zawinul: "I'm not afraid of death. The reason could be that I
grew
>>
>> > up in an environment in which I was always exposed to death every
day
>> > for years. Experiencing bomb attacks in the night and day and
actual
>> > war in your country is very different than watching a war from 1000
>> > miles away from your home. We had the war right there in my house.
The
>>
>> > Russians came in and many of my friends died, so this type of life
>> > prepares you for death. An 11 or 12 year-old kid in America will
play
>> > with a rubber duck, whereas I used to bury people dead soldiers and
>> > all that. When I was 12, I used to steal horses from the Russian
>> > wagons and kill them for food. I ploughed fields with Oxen. That
was
>> > my life. The kids were the men. I was trained for the military I
was a
>> bazooka man.
>> > But going back to mortality, I felt when the war was over,
everything
>> > was easy, but I went through some very hard times in America too. I
>> > was the only white guy to play with black bands in the South during
>> > segregation. I often had to sit in the bottom of the car when we
drove
>>
>> > through certain parts of the South. Those kinds of things never
phased
>>
>> > me I wanted to play music with the best and I could play on that
level
>>
>> > with the best."
>> >
>> > Heaven just got a hell of a musician.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 9/12/07, Angel Romero <aromero at ibiblio.org > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Very sad news for the music world.
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/article.php/jazz_prodigy_joe_zawinul_
>> > di
>> > es_at
>> > _75
>> > >
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