Jazz keyboardist & composer
Joe Zawinul
Austrian keyboardist, a founder of Weather Report, and the writer of Mercy, Mercy, Mercy and Birdland.
Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian jazz and jazz fusion keyboardist and composer. First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with Miles Davis and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, a musical genre that combined jazz with rock. He co-founded the groups Weather Report and The Zawinul Syndicate. He pioneered the use of electric piano and synthesizer, and was named "Best Electric Keyboardist" twenty-eight times by the readers of DownBeat magazine.
- Born
- 1932-07-07, Vienna, AustriaA Thursday
- Died
- 2007-09-11, Vienna, AustriaA Tuesday, aged 75
- At birth
- Sun in Cancer, Moon in Leo
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1932-07-07, Vienna, Austria · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Viennathe zone used then
Europe/ViennaThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 15°05′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 28°00′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Leo | 8°09′ | Direct |
| Venus | Cancer | 2°23′ | Retrograde |
| Mars | Gemini | 10°38′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 22°49′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 2°40′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aries | 23°11′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 5°53′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 21°31′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2007-09-11, Vienna, Austria · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Viennathe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 18°18′ | Direct |
| Moon | Virgo | 17°00′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 9°03′ | Direct |
| Venus | Leo | 16°44′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 21°10′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 11°47′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Virgo | 1°06′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Pisces | 16°38′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 19°53′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Sagittarius | 26°18′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Joe Zawinul was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.