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Faces & Places is a jazz album by Joe Zawinul, released in 2002 on ESC Records. This album was nominated to Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.

Reception

“The basis for this production entails an array of rather predictable worldbeat-style discourses consisting of shifting percussion vamps, North African modalities, and quaint Austrian folk melodies. There are some touching moments to complement a few rousing opuses. Overall, there are some compelling musical events to coincide with what appears to be a hodgepodge of contrasting notions stitched together.” – Glenn Astarita/AllMusic.

Track listing
“The Search” (Zawinul)
“All About Simon” (Zawinul, Mbappe)
“Introduction to Tower of Silence” (Zawinul, Chatterjee) – live rec. autumn 2000
“Tower of Silence” (Zawinul)
“The Spirit of Julian “C” Adderley” (Zawinul)
“Familiar to Me” (Zawinul, Lang, Page)
“Café Andalusia” (A Day in Tunisia)
“Good Day” (Zawinul)
“Barefoot Beauty” (Zawinul)
“Rooftops of Vienna” (Zawinul)
“Borges Buenos Aires, Pt. 1” (Zawinul)
“Borges Buenos Aires, Pt. 2” (Zawinul) – live rec. summer 2001
“Siseya” (Zawinul, Mbappe) – live rec. summer 2001
“East 12th Street Band” (Zawinul)

Personnel
Joe Zawinul – spoken vocals, keyboards, synthesizer
Harry Kim – trumpet, flugelhorn
Bob Malach – tenor saxophone, winds
Dean Brown – guitar
Amit Chatterjee – guitar, vocals
Zakir Hussain – tablas
Manolo Badrena – percussion
Alex Acuña – percussion
Nathaniel Townsley – drums
Etienne Mbappe – bass
Richard Bona – bass
Les Benedict – trombone (erroneously listed as “Lester”)
Richard Page – vocals
Maria João – vocals
Lori Perry – vocals

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Released: August 2002
Recorded: autumn 2000 – March 2002
Label: ESC Records
Producer: Paco Sery, Ivan Zawinul, Joe Zawinul