Nubian sundance
(Zawinul)
Zawinul has described "Nubian Sundance" as "a
complete improvisation. The original cassette I
made is on the record, and we overdubbed on top of
it." He told journalist Conrad Silvert, "I ain't scared of
Beethoven or nobody when it comes to composing.
I wrote 'Nubian Sundance' in ten minutes, and it's a
smoker--every bassline, every statement was
originally improvised." Zawinul went on to describe
the piece at length: "It was originally a 22-page
score written down from my improvisation. I had just
moved to California, and my parents were visiting,
so it was a good time to compose. The music isn't
about Nubia, really--it's a wedding dance. You can
hear the man's voice calling Godinia, and later on
she calls him, Accru. And then you hear the people
cheering and applauding, that's like a toast, a
certain ritual. The moral of the story is that if you
meet the right person in your life, you always know
from the very beginning."
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