Frank Zappa - Wazoo
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Artist: Frank ZappaEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Explicit Lyrics, Live
CD Release Date: 2008-12-08
Music Label: ZAPPA RECORDS
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Intro Intros 3:19
- The Grand Wazoo (Think It Over) 17:21
- Approximate 13:35
- Big Swifty 11:49
- Ulterior Motive 3:19
- The Adventures Of Greggery Peccary:Movement I 4:50
- Movement II 9:07
- Movement III 12:33
- Movement IV - The New Brown Clouds 6:07
- Penis Dimension 3:35
- Variant I Processional March 3:28
Music reviews of Wazoo
Music Review: Zappa's jazz big band live
Rating: 5 Stars
It's about time this CD became available on Amazon! Not all of the posthumous Zappa releases have necessarily been all that great, but this one is both excellent and crucial. Like Imaginary Diseases, this one fills in a gap in Zappa's discography. In 1972 FZ did a limited 12 concert tour with the big band, comprised of some of the top LA area jazz musicians, that recorded "Waka Jawaka" and "Grand Wazoo". This is as close as Zappa got to jazz.
2006's "Imaginary Diseases" (also highly recommended!) was a recording of the "Petit Wazoo" tour, which had a smaller brass & wind section. The full "Grand Wazoo" band only did 12 shows. This is a recording of the final concert in Boston.
Disc 1 inlcudes "Grand Wazoo" and "Big Swifty", the long songs from each of the two albums, plus "Aproximate", another long-format tune, which is more in the avant-guarde style. The band sections and solos are all excellent, and really give the peces a very different character than the originals. I consider the version of "Big Swifty" superior to the studio version.
Disc 2 includes a lengthy instrumental version of "Greggery Peccary", minus the narration. Though I love the narration on the studio version, it does overpower the music. This version allows you to focus on the instrumental music in a new light. It is stretched out to 32 minutes and, though there is a slow spot or two, is generally excellent. A very interesting cello solo is a highlight. It also includes an instrumental version of "Penis Dimension" from "200 Motels (!).
This is a very enjoyable album. I think this is the best new release since "Lather". Any fan of Zappa's instrumental music will want to get this one. If you like The Grand Wazoo" and Roxy & Elsewhere, you need this!
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Description of Wazoo
The last of a series of eight stunning live concerts of the 20-piece Mothers Of Invention/Hot Rats/Grand Wazoo under the baton of Frank Zappa and thoroughly described by him in the attendant booklet wherein he includes in the description, "A Grown Man Battles Natural Forces to Get the Right Tones from an E-Flat Contrabass Sarrusophone." Call one today.Alternative Rock CDs
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