The Zawinul Syndicate live at Leverkusener Jazztage 2002

The Zawinul Syndicate:

Joe Zawinul, keyboards, vocals

Amit Chatterjee, guitar
Etienne M´Bappe, bass, vocals
Paco Sery, drums, kalimba, vocals
Manolo Badrena, percussion, vocals
Sabine Kabongo, vocals
Maria João, vocals

recorded live at Leverkusener Jazztage 2002, Germany, November, 2002

Tracklist:
1. East 12th Street Band
2. Zansa
3. Café Andalusia
4. Borges Buenos Aires

This edition of the Syndicate plays its own repertoire known from the albums "Faces & Places" and "Vienna Nights". BHM/ Bird Jam just released a new CD by Zawinul:

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The Zawinul Syndicate live at Leverkusener Jazztage 2001

The Zawinul Syndicate:

Joe Zawinul, keyboards, vocals

Amit Chatterjee, guitar
Etienne M´Bappe, bass, vocals
Paco Sery, drums, vocals
Lelo Nika, accordion
Otto Lechner, accordion

recorded live at Leverkusener Jazztage 2001, Germany, October 19, 2001

Tracklist:
1. Indescretions
2. Lelo Nika
3. Otto Lechner
4. Zansa II
5. Bimoya

This is a very special concert: Joe Zawinul revisiting his first instrument, the accordion he used to play - and prepare- during his childhood in Austria. In this concert he meets two true masters of the accordion: Lelo Nika from Serbia and his fellow Asutrian Otto Lechner.
The Zawinul Syndicate visited the North Sea Jazz Festival earlier the same year. I´ve got only one track of this concert, so I post it as a "bonus track". It´s "Borges Buenos Aires", feat. Joe Zawinul, keyboards, Maria João, vocals, Amit Chatterjee, guitar, Etienne M´Bappe, bass, vocals, Nathaniel Townsley, drums & Manolo Badrena, percussion.

Joe Zawinul Syndicate live at Stadtgarten Köln 1997

The Zawinul Syndicate:

Joe Zawinul, keyboards, vocals

Gary Poulson, guitar
Richard Bona, bass, vocals
Manolo Badrena, percussion, vocals
Paco Sery, drums, kalimba, vocals

recorded live at Stadtgarten Köln, Germany,March 11, 1997

Tracklist:
1. Introduction to a Mighty Theme
2. Waraya
3. Erdäpfe Blues
4. Carnavalito/ In an Island Way
5. Slivovitz Trail
6. Indescretions

This is a classic Syndicate line up you can hear also on the great recording "World Tour" with the incredible tight rhythm section Bona, Sery and Badrena.

Joe Zawinul Syndicate live at Stadtgarten Köln 1995

The Zawinul Syndicate:

Joe Zawinul, keyboards, vocals

Fareed Haque, guitar, sitar
Matthew Garrison, bass
Arto Tuncboyaciyan, percussion, vocals
Paco Sery, drums, kalimba, vocals

recorded live at Stadtgarten Köln, Germany, November 16, 1995

Tracklist:
1. Scarlet Woman (Zawinul/ Johnson)
2. Westafrican Traditional/ Armenian Traditional (Sery/Tuncboyaciyan)
3. Civilian Secret Police (Tuncboyaciyan/ Zawinul)
4. Introduction To a Mighty Theme
5. Waraya (S.Keita)
6. Doctor Honoris Causa (Zawinul)
7. Erdäpfe Blues (Zawinul)
8. Sultan (Orient Express) (Zawinul)

Zawinul calls this band an "Ausländerband" (band of aliens): Fareed Haque, the "sitar meister who practiced all his lifetime" is from Pakistan, Arto Tuncboyaciyan is from Armenia, Paco Sery from Ivory Coast, Matthew "Matteo" Garrison (the son of bass legend Jimmy Garrison) has an Italian mother and Zawinul himself is of course from Vienna...
This is the first concert of a Zawinul series I´ll post here...