I picked up the new reissue of Zawinul’s 1986 solo album, Dialects, anxious to read the new liner notes penned by Joe himself, as promised by Sony on their web site and on the label accompanying the CD. Turns out that Joe didn’t write the liner notes. Well, Joe is quoted for a sentence or two, explaining that Dialects is his favorite album. The liner notes were written by Bill Milkowski—a fine writer, but not Joe. Oh well…