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FRANK ZAPPA ~ WAZOO VAULTERNATIVE 20072 (Barcode: 824302007228) ~ JAPAN ~ Jazz-Rock Fusion Recorded: 1972 Released: 2007 This is the 82nd official release by iconic American guitarist / composer / bandleader / visionary Frank ZappaFind albums by this artist. It is an archival album recorded live on September 24, 1972 at Music Hall in Boston, MA. The 2CD album includes all the music played during the show that night, lasting together for over one and a half hour, all of which was previously unreleased. The album was released posthumously in 2007 as the third in the Vaulternative series of complete live concerts, which also includes “FZ:OZFind albums with this title”, “BuffaloFind albums with this title”, “Philly `76Find albums with this title”, “Hammersmith OdeonFind albums with this title”, “Carnegie HallFind albums with this title” and “Chicago `78Find albums with this title”. The music was compiled from several sources to reconstruct the show in its entirety. All the music was composed by Zappa. The lineup of the musicians playing in the band, which played this concert consists, in addition to Zappa on guitar and vocals of course, of guitarist Tony DuranFind albums by this artist, keyboardist Ian UnderwoodFind albums by this artist, bassist Dave ParlatoFind albums by this artist, drummer Jim GordonFind albums by this artist, percussionist Ruth UnderwoodFind albums by this artist, vibraphonist Tom RaneyFind albums by this artist, cellist Jerry KesslerFind albums by this artist and a twelve members brass section, altogether twenty musicians. The repertoire covers Zappa’s ambitious orchestral Jazz oriented works from “Waka / JawakaFind albums with this title”, “The Grand WazooFind albums with this title” and later “Studio TanFind albums with this title” albums. The music, as I have already stated repeatedly, is beyond categorization, being first and foremost the idiosyncratic creation of Zappa’s musical Genius. Of course every new piece of reissued vault material by Zappa expands the portrait of one of the paramount musical Geniuses of the 20th Century. I still label it as Jazz-Rock Fusion, as it embraces the wide perspective of these two genres. After all it is no less than one and a half hour of the best music money can buy, brilliantly recorded and carefully put together for you listening pleasure. Overall, this a superb and highly detailed document of the way Zappa created his masterpieces, and of course a testimony to his musical out of the box thinking and creativity. As far as concert recordings, this is an extraordinary example of Zappa’s ability to run a tight ship, perhaps tighter than any other. Despite the complexity of the material, Swiss watchmakers are using this music to synchronize their watches by.

Updated: 15/02/2022Posted: 15/02/2022

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