Frank Zappa

This day ( December 4, 1993), in  Los Angeles, California, died Frank Zappa, an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. Tracklist : w/ Ensemble Modern – The Yellow Shark (1992) . My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama . w/ Steve Vai – Stevie’S Spanking . The Decline Of The Music Business […]

‘Cruising with Ruben & the Jets’ by the Mothers of Invention is their fourth studio album released on December 2, 1968 by Bizarre And Verve Records. Track Listing : 1.Cheap Thrills (Frank Zappa) – 02:23 . 2.Love Of My Life (Frank Zappa, Ray Collins) – 03:10 . 3.How Could I Be Such A Fool (Frank […]

Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention’ is an album released as a protest against warning stickers on albums on November 21, 1985 by Barking Pumpkin. Track Listing : 1.We’Re Turning Again (Frank Zappa) – 04:55 . 2.Alien Orifice (Frank Zappa) – 04:03 . 3.Yo Cats (Frank Zappa, Tommy Mars) . 4.What’S New In Baltimore? […]

Frank Zappa’s ‘Jazz from Hell’ is an instrumental album released on November 15, 1986 by Barking Pumpkin. Track Listing : 1.Night School (Frank Zappa) – 04:47 . 2.The Beltway Bandits (Frank Zappa) – 03:25 . 3.While You Were Art Ii (Frank Zappa) – 07:17 . 4.Jazz From Hell (Frank Zappa) – 02:58 . 5.G-Spot Tornado […]

Frank Zappa’s ‘The Yellow Shark’ is an album of orchestral music composed by Zappa, performed by the Ensemble Modern and released on November 2, 1993 by Barking Pumpkin. Track Listing : 1.Intro (Frank Zappa) – 01:43 . 2.Dog Breath Variations (Frank Zappa) – 02:07 . 3.Uncle Meat (Frank Zappa) – 03:24 . 4.Outrage At Valdez […]

October 28, 1976 – you do not miss Frank Zappa promoting his brand new album “Zoot Allures” at the Mike Douglas Talk Show.

Frank Zappa’s ‘Zoot Allures’ is an album titled from the French expression ‘Zut alors!’ and released on October 20, 1976 by Warner Bros. Track Listing : 1.Wind Up Workin’ In A Gas Station (Frank Zappa) – 02:29 . 2.Black Napkins (Frank Zappa) – 04:15 . 3.The Torture Never Stops (Frank Zappa) – 09:45 . 4.Ms. […]

Frank Zappa’s ‘Them or Us’ is an album released on October 18, 1984 by Barking Pumpkin. Track Listing : 1.The Closer You Are (Earl Lewis, Morgan Bobby Robinson) – 02:55 . 2.In France (Frank Zappa) – 03:30 . 3.Ya Hozna (Frank Zappa) – 06:26 . 4.Sharleena (Frank Zappa) – 04:33 . 5.Sinister Footwear Ii (Frank […]

John Mayer, Jack White, Frank Zappa, Rory Gallagher, Joe Bonamassa, Bernie Marsden, Eilidh McKellar, Jonny Lang, Steve Cropper, Robert Cray, Dave Edmunds, Eric Gales, Steve Lukather, Nita Strauss, Jeff Beck, Jennifer Batten, Brian May, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai. They are the Guitar Virtuosi selected among the 290 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are […]

Frank Zappa’s ‘Broadway the Hard Way’ is a live album recorded during his 1988 and final world tour and released on October 14, 1988 by Barking Pumpkin. Track Listing : 1.Elvis Has Just Left The Building (Frank Zappa) – 02:24 . 2.Planet Of The Baritone Women (Frank Zappa) – 02:48 . 3.Any Kind Of Pain […]

October 13, 1978 – Frank Zappa gives a concert at Capitol Theatre in Passaic, NJ

October 12, 1980 – Frank Zappa gives a concert at Johnson Gym in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Donna Summer, Robert Palmer, Chaka Khan, David Bowie, Blondie, Mitch Ryder, Deep Purple, Frank Zappa, Fleetwood Mac, Billy Joel, Joni Mitchell, Genesis. They are the ’70s Throwback’ performers selected among the 277 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy! Tracklist 1 . Donna Summer – Spring Affair Lifted […]

Joe Satriani, Steve Morse, Frank Zappa, Jan Akkerman, Vlatko Stefanovski, Ritchie Blackmore, Steve Hackett, Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Peter Frampton, Robben Ford, Pat Martino . They are the Guitar Virtuosi selected among the 277 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy! Tracklist 1 . Joe Satriani […]

‘Bongo Fury’ by Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart is an album released on October 2, 1975 by Discreet. Track Listing : 1.Debra Kadabra (Frank Zappa) – 03:54 . 2.Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy (Frank Zappa) – 05:59 . 3.Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top (Don Van Vliet) – 02:51 . 4.Poofter’S Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead (Frank […]

This day (September 29, 1942), in Avranches, France, is born Jean-Luc Ponty, a French violinist and jazz composer.

Frank Zappa’s ‘You Are What You Is’ is a double album released on September 23, 1981 by Barking Pumpkin. Track Listing : 1.Teen-Age Wind (Frank Zappa) – 03:02 . 2.Harder Than Your Husband (Frank Zappa) – 02:28 . 3.Doreen (Frank Zappa) – 04:44 . 4.Goblin Girl (Frank Zappa) – 04:07 . 5.Theme From The 3Rd […]

The end of the Sixties and the beginning of the Seventies mark the real start of Jean-Luc Ponty‘s international stardom. Hooking up with 23 years old George Duke. Recording his own “King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa” album. Recording the “Open Strings” album in Germany with Philip Catherine and Joachim Kühn. […]

Frank Zappa’s ‘Joe’s Garage’ is a rock opera, originally released on September 17 and November 19, 1979 as two separate studio albums by Zappa Records. Track listing : 1.The Central Scrutinizer (Frank Zappa) – 03:28 . 2.Joe’s Garage (Frank Zappa) – 06:10 . 3.Catholic Girls (Frank Zappa) – 04:26 . 4.Crew Slut (Frank Zappa) – […]

September 17, 1992 – Frank Zappa is at Alte Oper in Frankfurt, Germany with the Ensemble Modern for the first performance of his orchestral composition “The Yellow Shark.” Due to illness, he will only conduct certain parts.