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Frank Zappa

Born:

Frank Vincent Zappa was born on 21 December 1940, in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. His parents were second-generation Sicilian Greeks, the family had arabian and french origins too. His father played "strolling crooner" guitar. At the age of 12 Frank, who had relocated to California with his family, became interested in drums, learning orchestral percussion at summer school in Monterey. In high school he had some more harmony training because he was an unruly senior, and was given permission to take some harmony classes "to occupy his mind with". In fact, he found the training very boring. The first time he had any of his music performed was at Mount St

Album

Funky Nothingness

Label: Zappa Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: CD 1: Funky Nothingness - The Album

Funky Nothingness; Tommy/Vincent Duo I; Love Will Make Your Mind Go Wild; I'm a Rollin' Stone; Chunga's Revenge (Basement Version); Basement Jam; Work With Me Annie / Annie Had a Baby; Tommy/Vincent Duo II; Sharleena (1970 Record Plant Mix); Khaki Sack; Twinkle Tits.

CD 2: Zappa/Hot Rats ’70 Session Masters and Bonus Nothingness

Chunga’s Revenge; Love Will Make Your Mind Go Wild (Take 4); Transylvania Boogie (Unedited Master); Sharleena (Unedited Master); Work with Me Annie/Annie Had a Baby (Alternate Edit); Twinkle Tits (Take 1, False Start); Twinkle Tits (Take 2).

CD 3: Zappa/Hot Rats ’70 Session Masters and Bonus Nothingness

The Clap (Unedited Master-Part I); The Clap (Unedited Master-Part II); Tommy/Vincent Duo (Unedited Master); Chunga’s Revenge (Take 8); Halos and Arrows; Moldred; Fast Funky Nothingness.

Article: Extended Analysis

Funky Nothingness

Read "Funky Nothingness" reviewed by Mario Calvitti


A quasi trent'anni dalla scomparsa e dopo il passaggio dell'intero catalogo alla Universal, prosegue al ritmo di quattro titoli all'anno la pubblicazione di album inediti di Frank Zappa. Dopo l'uscita di Mudd Club/Munich 1980, album francamente non imprescindibile a meno di essere appassionati del periodo centrato sull'album Sheik Yerbouti, ma comunque gratificato da numerosi eccellenti assoli ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Todd Sickafoose, Stewart Copeland, Amaury Faye, Mick Rossi & More

Read "Todd Sickafoose, Stewart Copeland, Amaury Faye, Mick Rossi & More" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


The much awaited return of Todd Sickafoose graces our playlist together with other gems ranging from the gorgeous to the adventurous, with a couple of surprising contributions from musicians whose relationship with jazz has been notoriously... ambivalent, Frank Zappa and Stewart Copeland.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Recent Releases From Stan Sulzmann, Ferdinando Romano, Sam Dickinson, & More

Read "Recent Releases From Stan Sulzmann, Ferdinando Romano, Sam Dickinson, & More" reviewed by Bob Osborne


On this show we feature new and recent releases from Stan Sulzmann, Ferdinando Romano, Sam Dickinson, Itamar Borochov, Christine Jensen, Orrin Evans, Frank Zappa, Alabaster DePlume, Alan Skidmore, and, Paul Dunmall with Olie Brice. Playlist Show Intro 00:00 Stan Sulzmann “Flying Scots" from On Loan With Gratitude (Jazz In Britain) 00:48 Ferdinando Romano “La ...

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Article: Album Review

Peter Lewis: Imagination

Read "Imagination" reviewed by Doug Collette


Peter Lewis' songs are among the most distinctive entries in the body of work by that great but woefully unsung San Francisco band of the '60s, Moby Grape. “Sittin' By The Window" and “Changes, Circles Spinning" illustrate his unique fingerpicking guitar style, the circular nature of which sounds as effortless as the slightly breathy phrasing of ...

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Article: Album Review

Frank Zappa: Funky Nothingness

Read "Funky Nothingness" reviewed by Ken Dryden


Long after his death at the age of 52 in December 1993, Frank Zappa remains one of the most fascinating musicians and composers of his generation. Zappa was a rare individual who was equally skilled playing and writing in a number of different genres and styles, Funky Nothingness represents the brief era of a band which ...

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Article: Live Review

Club d'Elf At Foam Brewers

Read "Club d'Elf At Foam Brewers" reviewed by Doug Collette


Club d'Elf Foam Brewers Burlington, Vermont June 3, 2023 Less than a week before the formal commencement of Burlington Vermont's Discover Jazz Festival, Club d'Elf set the bar high for the fortieth anniversary celebration of that annual event. Currently in the ongoing process of recognizing a significant milestone of its own--a ...

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News: Recording

Frank Zappa's Incredibly Rare Recordings, Believed To Have Been Planned For A Potential Sequel To His Iconic 'Hot Rats' Album, Have Been Unearthed From The Vault And Compiled As New Collection, 'Funky Nothingness'

Frank Zappa's Incredibly Rare Recordings, Believed To Have Been Planned For A Potential Sequel To His Iconic 'Hot Rats' Album, Have Been Unearthed From The Vault And Compiled As New Collection, 'Funky Nothingness'

FEATURES 25 UNRELEASED AND RARE TRACKS AND MORE THAN THREE AND A HALF HOURS OF NEVER-BEFORE-HEARD COMPOSITIONS, COVERS, AND JAMS FROM 1970 WITH CORE GROUP OF AYNSLEY DUNBAR, DON “SUGARCANE” HARRIS, IAN UNDERWOOD, AND MAX BENNETT In 1969, after The Mothers of Invention disbanded, Frank Zappa released his groundbreaking solo debut, Hot Rats. Fusing jazz and ...

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Article: Interview

Michel Levasseur Leaves the Building

Read "Michel Levasseur Leaves the Building" reviewed by Mike Chamberlain


The run-up to this year's 39th edition of the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville (FIMAV, or Victo) has been anything but routine. First, it was announced in December that the City of Victoriaville had rescinded the festival's contract for the use of the Colisée des Bois-Francs arena as one of the festival's two main ...


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