75 | ||||
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Released | September 24, 2008 | |||
Recorded | July 7, 2007 and August 2, 2007 | |||
Venue | Lugano, Switzerland (July), Veszprém, Hungary (August) | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 93:00 | |||
Label | BHM, JVC | |||
Producer | Joachim Becker | |||
Joe Zawinul chronology | ||||
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75 is a live album by Austrian-American jazz musician Joe Zawinul and his band the Zawinul Syndicate. It was recorded in 2007 at two performances in Switzerland and Hungary, among bandleader Joe Zawinul's final performances. The album was produced by Joachim Becker and originally released in 2008 by JVC Compact Discs, with the Zawinul Estate and Becker serving as executive producers. It was later released by BHM Productions and Heads Up International, the BHM release with the alternate title 75th. It peaked at number eighteen on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart and won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.[1] The album received a generally positive critical reception.