Joe Zawinul

• 4 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

With THE RISE & FALL OF THE THIRD STREAM, Zawinul draws equally from European classical music and from the gospel and blues roots of jazz, achieving a virtually perfect balance of the cerebral and the earthy. The instrumentation is unique, as the keyboard/horns/bass/drums band is joined by a string quartet oddly capable of conveying a strong blues feeling. Jimmy Owens contributes sterling trumpet work, and William Fischer (better known as a "classical" composer) plays stark, probing tenor saxophone. If you appreciate both classical music and the blues, the excellent RISE & FALL is for you.

PERSONNEL:

• Joe Zawinul - piano, electric piano
• William Fischer - tenor saxophone
• Jimmy Owens - trumpet
• Richard Davis- double bass
• Alfred Brown - viola
• Selwart Clarke - viola
• Theodore Israel - viola
• Kermit Moore - cello
• Roy McCurdy - drums
• Freddie Waits - drums
• Warren Smith - percussion

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Baptismal
• A2. Soul of a Village (Pt. 1-2)
• A3. Lord, Lord, Lord

• SIDE B
• B1. From Vienna, With Love
• B2. Fifth Canto
• B3. Concerto, Retitled