Wazoo (album)

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Zappa Wazoo
Live album by Frank Zappa
Released	October 30, 2007
Recorded	1972
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	51:35 (Disc 1) 44:30 (Disc 2)
Label	Vaulternative
Producer	Frank Zappa
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The Dub Room Special (2007) Wazoo (2007) —

Wazoo is a live album by Frank Zappa, posthumously released in 2007. It is a 2-CD set consisting of a concert with "The Mothers of Invention/Hot Rats/Grand Wazoo" 20-piece big band in Boston on September 24, 1972. It is the last concert of a brief series of shows that marked Zappa's return to the stage after his forced temporary retirement from the touring scene due to the injuries he suffered from an assault at a concert in December 1971. The material showcases Zappa's endeavors into jazz-based music, and many of the compositions were featured on the 1972 studio albums The Grand Wazoo and Waka/Jawaka. Rehearsals leading to these albums and concerts are documented on Joe's Domage (2004), while Imaginary Diseases (2006) presents live recordings with a stripped-down version of the big band named "Petite Wazoo."

Wazoo is the third installment on the Vaulternative Records label that is dedicated to the posthumous release of complete Zappa concerts (following the releases FZ:OZ and Buffalo).

The album cover features surrealistic, Dalí inspired art. Several nuns create the shape of Frank Zappa's face (the paranoiac-critical method).

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc one 1.2 Disc two 2 Musicians 3 External Links

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

1. Intro Intros – 3:19 (2007)
2. The Grand Wazoo (Think It Over) – 17:21
3. Approximate – 13:35
4. Big Swifty – 11:49

[edit] Disc two

1. "Ulterior Motive" – 3:19 (2007)
2. The Adventures of Greggery Peccary – 32:37
   1. Movement I – 4:50
   2. Movement II – 9:07
   3. Movement III – 12:33
   4. Movement IV – The New Brown Clouds - 6:07
3. Penis Dimension – 3:35
4. Varient I Processional March – 3:28 (2007)

[edit] Musicians

The Mothers of Invention / Hot Rats / Grand Wazoo:

• Frank Zappa - guitar and white stick with cork handle
• Tony Duran - slide guitar
• Ian Underwood - piano and synthesizer
• Dave Parlato - bass
• Jerry Kessler - electric cello
• Jim Gordon - drums
• Mike Altshul - piccolo, bass clarinet and other winds
• Jay Migliori - flute, tenor sax and other winds
• Earl Dulmer - oboe, contrabass sarrusophone and other winds
• Ray Reed - clarinet, tenor sax and other winds
• Charles Owens - soprano sax, alto sax and other winds
• Joann McNab - basoon
• Malcolm McNab - trumpet in D
• Sal Marquez - trumpet in B^b
• Tom Malone - trumpet in B^b, also tuba
• Glen Ferris - trombone and euphonium
• Kenny Shroyer - trombone and baritone horn
• Bruce Fowler - trombone of the upper atmosphere
• Tom Raney - vibes and electric percussion
• Ruth Underwood - marimba and electric percussion

[edit] External Links

• The Official Frank Zappa Site
• Progarchives listing for Zappa Wazoo

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