~  ZAPPA  Frank  ~ 

 

U S A  -  rock progressif  -  **** 

 


Un compositeur capable de réconcilier des genres traditionnellement opposés,
un touche à tout de génie, chef d'orchestre dirigeant aussi bien groupe de rock, jazzmen, ou orchestre philharmonique. Sur " hot rats "  en mêlant jazz et rock,
en les habillant de thèmes solides et d'harmonies dont il a le secret,
Zappa  crée une nouvelle musique, inédite, écrite, très arrangée, fluidité impressionnante, brio instrumental, voici quelques cds pour découvrir  Zappa !
" sheik yerbouti " un album qui présente des bandes de concerts
considérablement retravaillées en studio, avec un souci constant de qualité,
Fascinant !!!
 

 

MUSICIENS

 
   -
 Frank  ZAPPA  -  guitares, percussions, harmonica,... chant -

  -  
Plas  JOHNSON  -  saxophone - ( 66 )
  -  
Jimmy  CARL BLACK  -  percussion, drums - ( 66 )
  -  
Ray  COLLINS  -  guitare, harmonica, cymbales, tambourin, chant - ( 66 )
  -  
Gene  ESTES  -  percussions - ( 66 )
  -  
Roy  ESTRADA  -  bass, vocals, guitarron, chant soprano - ( 66 )
  -  
Elliot  INGBER  -  guitare - ( 66 )
  -  
Carol  KAYE  -  basse - ( 66 )
  -  
Ruth  KOMANOFF  -  percussions - ( 66 )
  -  
John  ROTELLA  -  percussions - ( 66 )
  -
 Ian  UNDERWOOD  -  piano, orgue, clarinette, saxophone - ( 70 )
  -  
Captain  BEEFHEART  -  chant ( 2 ) - ( 70 )
  -  
Sugar Cane  HARRIS  -  violon ( 2 & 5 ) - ( 70 )
  -
 Jean-Luc  PONTY  -  violon ( 6 ) -  ( 70 )
  -
 John  GUERIN  -  batterie ( 2, 4 &6 ) - ( 70 )
  -  
Paul  HUMPHREY  -  batterie ( 3 & 5 ) - ( 70 )
  -  
Ron  SELICO  -  batterie ( 1 ) - ( 70 )
  -  
Max  BENNETT  -  basse ( 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 ) - ( 70 )
  -  
Shuggy  OTIS  -  basse ( 1 ) - ( 70 )
  -  
Bob  ZIMMITTI  -  percussions - ( 72 )
  -  
Alan  ESTES  -  percussions - ( 72 )
  -  
Don  PRESTON  -  mini-moog - ( 72 )
  -  
Toni  DURAN  -  guitare - ( 72 )
  -  
ERRONEOUS  -  basse - ( 72 )
  -  
Aynsley  DUNBAR  -  batterie - ( 72 )
  -  
George  DUKE  -  claviers - ( 72 )
  -  
Ken  SHROYER  - trombones - ( 72 )
  -  
Lee  Clement  -  percussions - ( 72 )
  -  
Ernie  Watts , Mike  Altschul , Joel  Peskin , Earl  Dumler ,
     
Tony  Ortega , Joanne Caldwell  McNabb , Johnny  Rotella ,
     
Fred  JACKSON  -  woodwinds - ( 72 )
  -  
Janet  Neville-Ferguson , Sal  Marquez  -  chant - ( 72 )
  -  
Sal  Marquez , Malcolm  McNabb , Bill  Byers ,
     
Ken Shroyer Ernie Tack  -  cuivres  -  ( 72 )
  -  
Ray WHITE  -  guitare rythmique, chant - ( 78 )
  -  
Eddie  JOBSON  -  claviers, violon, chant - ( 78 )
  -  
Terry  BOZZIO  -  batterie, chant - ( 78 )
  -  
Ruth  UNDERWOOD  -  percussions, synthétiseur - ( 78 )
  -  
Don  PARDO  -  chant - ( 78 )
  -  
David  SAMUELS  -  vibraphone - ( 78 )
  -  
Randy  BRECKER  -  trompette - ( 78 )
  -  
Michael  BRECKER  -  saxophone ténor, flûte - ( 78 )
  -  
Lou  MARINI  -  saxophone alto, flûte - ( 78 )
  -  
Ronnie  CUBER  -  saxophone baryton, clarinette - ( 78 )
  -  
Tom  MALONE  -  trombone, trompette, piccolo - ( 78 )
  -  
John  BERGAMO  -  percussion over-dub - ( 78 )
  -  
Ed  MANN  -  percussions over-dub - ( 78 )
  -  
Louanne  NEIL  -  osmotic harpe over-dub - ( 78 )
  -  Adrian  BELEW  -  guitare, chant - ( 79, DVD )
  -  
Tommy  MARS  -  claviers, chant - ( 79, DVD )
  -  
Peter  WOLF  -  claviers - ( 79, DVD )
  -  
Patrick  O'HEARN  -  basse, chant - ( 78, 79, DVD )
  -  
Terry  BOZZIO  -  batterie, chant - ( 79, DVD )
  -
 Ed  MANN  -  percussions - ( 79, DVD )
  -  
Roy  ESTRADA  -  chant - ( DVD 79, 04 )
  -  
David  OCKER  -  clarinette - ( 79 )
  -  
Napoleon  M. BROCK , Andre  LEWIS ,
  -  
Randy  THORNTON , Davey  MOIRE  -  chant - ( 79 )
  -  
Warren  CUCURULLO  -  guitare, chant - ( 79 Joe's )
  -  
Denny  WALLEY  -  slide guitar chant - ( 79 Joe's )
  -
 Ike  WILLIS  -  chant lead - ( 79 Joe's )
  -
 Peter  WOLF  -  claviers - ( 79 Joe's )
  -  
Tommy  MARS  -  claviers - ( 79 Joe's, DVD 82 )
  -  
Arthur  BARROW  -  basse - ( 79 Joe's )
  -
 Ed  MANN  -  percussions, chant - ( 79 Joe's )
  -  
Vinnie  COLAIUTA  -  batterie - ( 79 Joe's )
  -  
JEFF  -  saxophones - ( 79 Joe's )
  -  
Dale  BOZZIO  -  chant - ( 79 Joe's )
  -  
Al  MAMKIN  -  chant - ( 79 Joe's )
  -  
Craig  STEWARD  -  harmonica - ( 79 Joe's )
  -  
Patrick  O'HEARN  -  basse - ( Outside Now ) ( 79 Joe's )
   -  George  DUKE  -  claviers, chant ( 74 ) - ( DVD 82 )
  -
 Ruth  UNDERWOOD  -  percussions ( 74 ) - ( DVD 82 )
  -  
Chester  THOMPSON  - batterie ( 74 ) - ( DVD 82 )
  -  
Tom  FOWLER  -  basse ( 74 ) - ( DVD 82 )
  -  
Napoleon Murphy  BROCK  -  flûte, sax tenor, chant ( 74 ) - ( DVD 82 )
  -
 Steve  VAI  -  guitare, chant ( 81 ) - ( DVD 82 )
  -  
Ray  WHITE  -  guitare, chant ( 81 ) - ( DVD 82 )
  -
 Scott  THUNES  -  basse, chant ( 81 ) - ( DVD 82 )
  -  
Bobby  MARTIN  -  claviers, sax tenor, chant ( 81 ) - ( DVD 82 )
  -  
Chad  WACKERMAN  -  batterie ( 81 ) - ( DVD 82 )
  -  Ray  COLLINS  -  chant, tambourin, harmonica - ( 04 )
  -  
Henry  VESTINE  -  guitare - ( 04 )
  -  
Jimmy Carl  BLACK  -  batterie - ( 04 )
 

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freak out !     ( 1966 )

 titres : hungry freaks daddy?, I ain't got no heart,
             who are the brain police?,
             go cry on somebody  else's shoulder,
             motherly love, how could I be such a  fool,
             wowie zowie, you didn't try to call me,
             any way  the wind blows, I'm not satisfied,
             you're probably  wondering why I'm here,
             trouble every day, help I'm  a rock,
             the return of the son of monster magnet.

hot rats   ( 1970 )

 titres : peaches en regalia, willie the pimp,
             son or Mr. green genes,
             little umbrellas, the gumbo variations,
             it must be a camel.

200 motels       ( 1971 )

 cd 1 : semi-fraudulent/direct-from-Hollywood overture,            mystery roach, dance of the rock & roll interviewers,            this town is a sealed tuna sandwich (prologue),
           tuna fish promenade, dance of the just plain folks,
           this town is a sealed tuna sandwich (reprise),
           the sealed tuna bolero, lonesome cowboy burt, 
           touring can make you crazy, would you like a snack?,            redneck eats, centerville, she painted up her face,
           Janet's big dance number, half a dozen provocative            squats, mysterioso, shove it right in,
           Lucy's seduction of a bored violinist & postlude.

 cd 2 : I'm stealing the towels,dental hygiene dilemma,does this kind of life look interesting
         to you?, daddy daddy daddy, penis dimension, what will this evening bring me this morning,
         a nun suit painted on some old boxes, magic fingers, motorhead's midnight ranch,
         dew on the newts we got, the lad searches the night for his newts, the girl wants to fix him
         some broth, the girl's dream, little green scratchy sweaters & courduroy ponce,
         strictly genteel (the finale), coming soon!, the wide screen erupts, coming soon!,
         Frank Zappa's 200 motels, magic fingers.

the grand wazoo    ( 1972 )

 titres : for Calvin (and his next two hitch-hikers),
             the grand wazoo, cletus awreetus-awrightus,
             eat that question, blessed relief.
             (1995) : the grand wazoo,
             for Calvin (and his next two hitch-hikers),
             cletus awreetus-awrightus,
             eat that question, blessed relief.

apostrophe ( ' )      ( 1974 )

 titres : don't eat the yellow snow, nanook rubs It,
             st. Alfonzo's pancake breakfast, father o'blivion,
             cosmik debris, excentrifugal forz, apostrophe',
             uncle Remus, stink-foot.

Zappa in New York   ( 1978 )

 titres : titties & beer, cruisin’ for burgers,
             I promise not to come in your mouth,
             punky’s whips,
             honey don’t you want a man like me?,
             the Illinois enema bandit, I’m the slime,
             pound for a brown, manx needs women,
             the black page drum solo/black page #,
             big Leg Emma, sofa, black page #2,
             the torture never stops,
             the purple lagoon/approximate.

sheik yerbouti   ( 1979 )

 titres : I have been in you, flakes,
             broken hearts are for assholes,
             I'm so cute, jones crusher,
             what ever happened to all the fun in the world,
             rat tomago, wait a minute,
             bobby brown goes down, rubber shirt,
             the sheik yerbouti tango, baby snakes,
             tryin' to grow a chin, city of tiny lites, dancin' fool,              jewish princess, wild love, yo' mama.


Joe's garage

acts I , II & III

( 1979 )

 cd 1 : (Act I) the central scrutinizer, Joe's garage,
           catholic girls, crew slut, fembot in a wet t-shirt,
           on the bus, why does it hurt when I pee?,
           Lucille has messed my mind up, scrutinizer postlude.
           (act II) a token of my extreme, stick It out, sy borg.
 
cd 2 : dong work for yuda, keep it greasy, outside now,
           (act III) he used to cut the grass,
           packard goose, watermelon in easter hay,
           a little green Rosetta.

Joe's corsage     ( 2004 )

 titres : "pretty pat", motherly love, plastic people,              anyway the wind blows, I ain't got no heart,              "the phone call", my babe,
             wedding dress song/handsome cabin boy, hitch hike,
             I'm so happy I could cry,
             go cry on somebody else's shoulder,
             how could I be such a fool?,
             "we made our reputation doing it that way.."


baby snakes   ( 1979 )

~ D V D ~    ( 2005 )

 titres : The Palladium, NYC, NY, October 1977.
           baby snakes (sheik yerbouti), the revenge of the
           knick knack people (Läther), the poodle lecture,
           city of tiny lites, basement music #2(Quaudiophiliac),
           flakes (78), pound for a  brown, I have been in you,
           king kong, disco boy,  bobby brown, conehead,
           I'm so cute (Sheik Yerbouti), titties 'n beer,
           the black page #2, jones crusher,
           broken hearts are  for Assholes, punky's whips,
           dinah-moe humm,  camarillo brillo ,muffin man ,
           san ber'dino, black napkins .

the dub room special ! ( 1982 )

~ D V D ~       ( 2005 )

 titres : “Kim?” / the dog breath variations / uncle meat,              room service, nig biz, approximate,
             cosmik debris, cocaine decisions,
             “the massimo bassoli instant Italian lesson” /
             montana, “In case you didn’t know…” /
             tengo na minchia tanta, florentine pogen,
             Stevie’s spanking, stink foot, flakes,
             Inca roads, E.Z. meat, “huh-huh-huh”.
 
bonus : valley girl documentary, official discography,
              yes, and but als.

 

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