Joe Zawinul: Groove Gangster

IT'S A BRIGHT, sunny Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles and Joe Zawinul is motioning towards the Pacific Ocean far below the patio of his hillside Malibu home. He's describing the image that prompted him to compose a track called 'Patriots' from the upcoming Zawinul Syndicate album, Lost Tribes. It's an image far removed from the blue sea and white sand twinkling along the shore. As a trawler made its way across the horizon, Zawinul took a sip of water and spoke in Austrian-accented English.