Monday, September 4, 2023

Zappa. Frank - The Grand Wazoo (1972)

The 13th album from this artist from USA.

Frank Zappa did the guitars, tambourine and vocals.

He had help from an army of guests who contributed percussion, drums, bass, guitars, woodwinds, keyboards, minimoog and vocals.

You never know which version of Frank Zappa is turning up when you put on a Frank Zappa album. Is it this nonsense pop version or is it the far more serious jazz persona of him you will spend some time with ?

In this case, we are talking about a jazz/fusion album. 

There is a lot of Miles Davis in this album. Bitches Brew also influenced Frank Zappa. 

The thirty-six minutes long album is full of woodwinds and they dominates the album. There are also some guitars, keyboards and vocals here.

A lot of musicians is adding their instruments and voices on some pretty good compositons. Some of them sounds a bit too cinematic and too big band jazz for my liking. 

The result is still a good album. It is one of the more "safe" Frank Zappa albums.

3 points



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