The Zawinul Syndicate - The Immigrants (1988) CD-Rip
Artist: The Zawinul Syndicate
Title: The Immigrants
Year Of Release: 1988
Label: Columbia #CK 40969
Genre: Jazz Fusion, World Fusion
Quality: EAC Rip -> FLAC (Img+Cue, Log) / MP3 CBR320
Total Time: 00:38:10
Total Size: 273 / 124 Mb (Full Scans)
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: The Immigrants
Year Of Release: 1988
Label: Columbia #CK 40969
Genre: Jazz Fusion, World Fusion
Quality: EAC Rip -> FLAC (Img+Cue, Log) / MP3 CBR320
Total Time: 00:38:10
Total Size: 273 / 124 Mb (Full Scans)
WebSite: Album Preview
Although Zawinul tried touring alone in the immediate wake of the breakup of Weather Report, he soon returned to a group format, first with Weather Update in 1986 and a couple of years later with the raffishly named Zawinul Syndicate. The multi-national Syndicate basically expands the Weather Report format into a sextet, with a rock guitar (Scott Henderson) replacing the sax, an extra percussionist on board to join WR's Alex Acuna, and more vocal support then ever – and if a Wayne Shorter-like melody line was needed, Zawinul would play it himself on his new Korg Pepe wind synthesizer. If anything, The Immigrants burrows even further into the world-music bloodstream than WR ever did, with vocals in Spanish and wordless syllables on top of Zawinul's one-chord Third World grooves. There is also a heavier pop emphasis (again nothing new for Zawinul), including a recomposition of "Mercy Mercy Mercy" called "No Mercy for Me," now an assertive paean to self-reliance that is soulfully sung by the Perri sisters. Some of the tunes and grooves fall short of Zawinul's irresistible best, but "King Hip" swaggers at a high level and "From Venice to Vienna" – another of Zawinul's nostalgic memoirs of Europe – lingers hauntingly at the album's close.
~ Richard S. Ginell, All Music
~ Richard S. Ginell, All Music
Track List:
01. March Of The Lost Children [04:19]
02. Criollo [04:24]
03. Shadow And Light [05:08]
04. King Hip [05:07]
05. No Mercy For Me (Mercy, Mercy, Mercy) [04:32]
06. The Devil Never Sleeps [05:08]
07. You Understand [04:55]
08. From Venice To Vienna [04:40]
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