Di•a•lects
Occupation
- Keyboard, Vocals: Donald Fagen
- Improvised vocals: Bobby McFerrin
Di -a- lects is a published 1986 album keyboardist and composer Joe Zawinul. This album was his first solo album after the end of Weather Report.
Cover Text
In the Cover Text Zawinul wrote:
" The compositions on this CD are my impressions of many peoples and places that I have visited, their moods, their songs, their laughter, their dances, the sights and sounds of daily life as I have seen it or imagined, as I I toured around the world. Would not you like to take part in this global celebration. "
Title list
All songs were written by Joe Zawinul
Reception
On Allmusic Richard S. Ginell gave the maximum score for the album:
"If Joe Zawinul out to prove what did he did not need anymore Weather Report, he succeeded spectacularly in this virtual one- man show. Translation ... If Joe Zawinul would have to prove that he no longer needed Weather Report, we succeeded him spectacularly in this virtual one-man show. ... "
Other musicians
The voices were sung by:
- Carl Anderson
- Dee Dee Bellson
- Alfie Silas