After a classical training at the Vienna Conservatory, where he studied violin
and piano, his curiosity led him to try out a whole range of instruments,
especially as he didn't have a piano at home. After the Second World War and a
forced exile in Czechoslovakia, he travels to Munich one evening, and a moment
as magical as it was unexpected occurs when the JATP orchestra gives a
performance in the German city. Lester Young was on stage, and the still-young
J. Zawinul was in the audience. Until the end of the '50s, determined to become
a professional musician, he played all types ...