Frank Zappa - Waka/Jawaka (1972) + The Grand Wazoo (1972) {2012 UMe Remaster}
Frank Zappa - Waka/Jawaka (1972) + The Grand Wazoo (1972) {2012 UMe Remaster}
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© 2012 UMe / ZFT | ZR 3848 / ZR 3849
Rock / Experimental Rock / Jazz Rock
When Frank Zappa found himself stuck in a wheelchair for most of the year 1972 (after a "fan" pushed him off the stage on December 10 of the previous year), he relieved his then-current band (including singers Flo & Eddie) of its duties and turned to studio work. One of the first things he tried was to write jazz fusion music scored for wider instrumentation than an average rock band. Waka/Jawaka was conceived in parallel to The Grand Wazoo, but with fewer players. The album, released in July 1972, is comprised of two extended instrumental pieces and two shorter songs. "Big Swifty," a theme-and-solos showcase, would become a live favorite, but the highlight came in the form of the orgiastic title track, recorded with ex-Mothers of Invention keyboardist Don Preston, trumpeter Sal Marquez, trombonists Bill Byers and Ken Shroyer, saxophonist Mike Altschul, bassist Erroneous, and drummer Aynsley Dunbar. The songs, never performed live, feel like filler material. Waka/Jawaka was Zappa's second solo album and is occasionally referred to as "Hot Rats II" (the handles of the faucets on the cover artwork show the words "hot" and "rats" instead of "hot" and "cold"). His writing and recording technique had matured a lot in very little time. The dirty blues jamming of the 1969 LP was replaced by clean, crisp jazz improvisations – no need to say this was also an abrupt change in style from the Mothers' 1969-1971 incarnation. But this album was only transitional: Zappa's big-band stylings would really flourish in The Grand Wazoo a few months later.
Frank Zappa - Waka/Jawaka (1972) + The Grand Wazoo (1972) {2012 UMe Remaster}
Frank Zappa - Waka/Jawaka (1972) [ZR 3848]
SOURCE: Original 1972 Analog Master
RELEASE DATE: 8/28/12
tracklist:
01. Big Swifty
02. Your Mouth
03. It Just Might Be A One-Shot Deal
04. Waka/Jawaka
Frank Zappa - Waka/Jawaka (1972) + The Grand Wazoo (1972) {2012 UMe Remaster}
Frank Zappa - Waka/Jawaka (1972) + The Grand Wazoo (1972) {2012 UMe Remaster}
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Frank Zappa / Waka-Jawaka {2012 Remaster}
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Frank Zappa / Waka-Jawaka {2012 Remaster}
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Frank Zappa - Waka/Jawaka (1972) + The Grand Wazoo (1972) {2012 UMe Remaster}
Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo (1972) [ZR 3849]
Like its immediate predecessor, Waka/Jawaka, The Grand Wazoo was a largely instrumental jazz rock album recorded during Frank Zappa's convalescence from injuries sustained after being pushed off a concert stage. While Zappa contributes some guitar solos and occasional vocals, the focus is more on his skills as a composer and arranger. Most of the five selections supposedly form a musical representation of a story told in the liner notes about two warring musical factions, but the bottom line is that, overall, the compositions here are more memorably melodic and consistently engaging than Waka/Jawaka. The instrumentation is somewhat unique in the Zappa catalog as well, with the band more of a chamber jazz orchestra than a compact rock unit; over 20 musicians and vocalists contribute to the record. While Hot Rats is still the peak of Zappa's jazz-rock fusion efforts, The Grand Wazoo comes close, and it's essential for anyone interested in Zappa's instrumental works.
SOURCE: Original 1972 Analog Master
RELEASE DATE: 8/28/12
tracklist:
01. The Grand Wazoo
02. For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitch-hikers)
03. Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus
04. Eat The Question
05. Blessed Relief
Frank Zappa - Waka/Jawaka (1972) + The Grand Wazoo (1972) {2012 UMe Remaster}
Frank Zappa - Waka/Jawaka (1972) + The Grand Wazoo (1972) {2012 UMe Remaster}
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Frank Zappa / The Grand Wazoo {2012 Remaster}
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EAC extraction logfile from 29. August 2012, 16:00
Frank Zappa / The Grand Wazoo {2012 Remaster}
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