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Frank Zappa
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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
Bongo Fury 50th Anniversary Edition
By Frank Zappa
Label: Zappa Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: CD 1: Debra Kadabra; Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy; Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top; Poofter’s Froth Wyoming
Plans Ahead; 200 Years Old; Cucamonga; Advance Romance; Man With The Woman Head; Muffin Man; Carolina
Hard-Core Ecstasy (Long Version); Man With The Woman Head (Isolated Vocal); Muffin Man / A Little Green Rosetta
(Alternate Take); 200 Years Old (Long Version); Born To Suck (Vocal Session Snoop); Born To Suck
CD 2: 5-20-75 Show Start; “Put A Shirt On Man”; Apostrophe’; Stink-Foot; I’m Not Satisfied; Debra Kadabra; Carolina
Hard-Core Ecstasy; The Velvet Sunrise; Pound For A Brown – Part I; Pound For A Brown – Part II; Sleeping In A Jar
CD 3: “Enjoy The Steambath”; The Torture Never Stops (Original Version); Camarillo Brillo; Muffin Man; Advance
Romance; Montana; Duke’s Things; Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top; Poofter’s Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead;
Echidna’s Arf (Of You) / Terry’s Solo; The Ampeg Mini-Moog Controller Guitar Experiment; Willie The Pimp
CD 4: “Good Evening, Ladies And Gentlemen”; Apostrophe’; Stink-Foot; I’m Not Satisfied; Debra Kadabra; Carolina
Hard-Core Ecstasy; The Velvet Sunrise; Pound For A Brown – Part I; “We’ve Had A Bomb Threat”; Pound For A Brown
– Part II
CD 5: Advance Romance; Florentine Pogen; Montana; Camarillo Brillo; Muffin Man; Willie The Pimp; Claremont
Rehearsal; Poofter’s Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead; Portuguese Lunar Landing
Frank Zappa: Bongo Fury 50th Anniversary Edition
by Mario Calvitti
Le edizioni del cinquantesimo anniversario della discografia di Frank Zappa proseguono secondo l'ordine cronologico con il disco successivo ampiamente anticipato. Si tratta di Bongo Fury, ultima collaborazione tra il chitarrista e il suo amico dai tempi del liceo (anche se il rapporto non è sempre stato idilliaco) Don Van Vliet, meglio conosciuto come Captain Beefheart.
Lou Marini: A Solo Career Starting At The Age Of 80
by Mark McKergow
Saxophonist “Blue" Lou Marini came to the fore in the 1970s as a member of the Saturday Night Live Band and with The Blues Brothers on film, albums and stage. After a lifetime as an in-demand sideman (notably 26 years and counting with James Taylor), Lou has finally started to release albums under his own name, including Playtime (Hip ...
Frank Swart: This Is The One! (Raison D'êTre)
by Kyle Simpler
There is a common misconception that musical artists who release albums usually tour to promote them. While this may be true for the most part, there are exceptions. San Francisco-based bassist and composer Frank Swart is quick to point out that artists such as The Beatles were more focused on spending time in the studio creating albums than ...
Robert Corn-Revere: The Lawyer Who Plays Tuba And Pardoned Lenny Bruce
by Mike Jones
The man who won Lenny Bruce a pardon four decades after his death turns out to be a tuba player who came to jazz through Dave Brubeck. Robert Corn-Revere has spent more than 40 years as a First Amendment attorney, and on this episode he and Mike Jones trade the law for the record store: classic ...
Sexmob at Joe Henderson Lab
by Steven Roby
Sexmob Joe Henderson Lab San Francisco, California July 16, 2026 The opening night of a four-night, eight-show run can be an awkward proposition, especially when the band has just returned from an overseas tour. Before the first note at Thursday's performance in the Joe Henderson Lab, Steven Bernstein, Sexmob's founder and ...
Michael Mordecai: The Man Who Keeps Austin Jazz Moving
by Hank Hehmsoth
Michael Mordecai has spent decades inside the machinery of Austin jazz: on the bandstand, behind the phone, at the booking desk, in the contractor's chair and in the community rooms where musicians, venues and advocates try to keep the music visible. His work has never fit neatly into a single category. Mordecai is a trombonist, bandleader, ...
Frank Zappa: One Size Fits All 50th Anniversary Edition
by Mario Calvitti
Non si arresta il flusso di pubblicazioni che periodicamente arricchiscono la già strabordante discografia di Frank Zappa. A oltre 30 anni dalla sua prematura scomparsa continuano a emergere dagli apparentemente inesauribili archivi amorevolmente curati dal Vaultmeister Joe Travers materiali inediti di studio e live, a un ritmo di almeno tre-quattro uscite annue. Dopo l'interamente ...
Simon Hanes: Gargantua
by Mark Corroto
Two quotes come to mind in the wake of Simon Hanes' Gargantua. The first is from Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction: “Camera got them images / Camera got them all / Nothing's shocking... “ The second, often attributed to William S. Burroughs: “Nothing is true, everything is permitted." Taken together, they suggest a world where boundaries ...
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