Wazoo (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Zappa Wazoo
Type = Live album
Artist = Frank Zappa


Released = October 30, 2007
Recorded = Boston Music Hall,
September 24, 1972
Genre = Jazz fusion
Length = 51:35 (Disc 1)
44:30 (Disc 2)
Label = Vaulternative
Producer = Frank Zappa
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://wm01.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3vfpxzrhldje link]
Last album = "The Dub Room Special"
(2007)
This album = "Wazoo"
(2007)
Next album = "One Shot Deal"
(2008)

"Wazoo" is a live album by Frank Zappa, posthumously released on October 30, 2007.It is a 2-CD set consisting of the complete concert with "The Mothers of Invention/Hot Rats/Grand Wazoo" 20-piece big band at the Boston Music Hall 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 during a concert at the Rainbow Theater in London on December 10, 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" and on the 1978 studio album "Studio Tan". 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 of "" (2002) and "Buffalo" (2007).

The album cover features Dalí inspired surrealistic art. Several nuns create the shape of Frank Zappa's face (instead of 17th century french philosopher Voltaire's face in the original Dalí's painting) (see the paranoiac-critical method) .

Track listing

Disc one

# Intro Intros – 3:19
# The Grand Wazoo (Think It Over) – 17:21
# Approximate – 13:35
# Big Swifty – 11:49

Disc two

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

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

External links

* [http://www.zappa.com/ The Official Frank Zappa Site]
* [http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=17246/ Progarchives listing for Zappa Wazoo]