My People (Joe Zawinul album) explained

My People
Type:studio
Artist:Joe Zawinul
Cover:My People Joe Zawinul.jpg
Border:yes
Released:September 1996
Recorded:1992–1996
Genre:World music, jazz
Length:52:33
Label:Escapade Music
Producer:Ivan Zawinul, Joe Zawinul
Prev Title:Stories of the Danube
Prev Year:1996
Next Title:World Tour
Next Year:1998

My People is a studio album by Austrian-born jazz musician Joe Zawinul which was recorded and released in 1996.

Recording and music

The album was recorded in 1996. The music draws on several international influences. "The musical structures are linear, the rhythms full of intricacies welded to Zawinul's love affair with the groove, the synthesizer textures usually sparer than ever. There are vocals in several languages".

Reception

The AllMusic reviewer suggested that the album was more world music than jazz, and concluded: "Hear it; you purists may be jiggling along in spite of yourselves." The Penguin Guide to Jazz described it as "hugely disappointing", containing "a drab residue of common riffs, rhythms and disharmonies".

Track listing

  1. "Introduction to a Mighty Theme"
  2. "Waraya"
  3. "Bimoya"
  4. "You Want Some Tea, Grandpa?"
  5. "Slivovitz Trail"
  6. "Ochy-Bala/Pazyryk"
  7. "Orient Express"
  8. "Erdäpfee Blues (Potato Blues)"
  9. "Mi Gente"
  10. "In an Island Way"
  11. "Many Churches"

Personnel

Musicians

Production