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Frank Zappa: Cheaper Than Cheep
by Mario Calvitti
Quando è comparso, l'annuncio del nuovo titolo di Frank Zappa pubblicato dalla Universal per conto dello Zappa Family Trust ha lasciato sorpresi i fans, che aspettavano l'edizione del 50° anniversario di One Size Fits All o Bongo Fury (possibilmente entrambi), pubblicati esattamente 50 anni fa. Invece è arrivato questo Cheaper than Cheep, inedito risalente al 1974, non solo inatteso ma anche completamente sconosciuto. Si tratta di uno special per la TV registrato in audio e video da Zappa, ...
Continue ReadingTower of Power: 50 Years of Funk and Soul
by John Pietaro
In the realm of power funk and jazz-rock, Tower of Power was an original voice, one carved from a unique place within an exceptionally heady moment. And this convergence of forces, clearly, has yet to cool some 53 years hence. Horns? They've carried up to six at a time, to hell with diminished door splits. A big band of scorching funk, Tower of Power traces its roots to 1968 Oakland, where it flourished in a thicket of sound ...
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Chester Thompson
Location: San Francisco
Instrument: Organ, Hammond B3
