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Frank Vincent Zappa 1 ( Baltimore, Maryland; 21 de diciembre de 1940- Los Ángeles, California; 4 de diciembre de 1993) fue un compositor, guitarrista, cantante, productor discográfico y director de cine estadounidense.
- Anexo:Discografía de Frank Zappa
Discografía oficial del compositor estadounidense Frank...
- Anexo:Discografía de Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa (/ ˈ z æ p ə / ZAP-ə; December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader.
Discografía oficial del compositor estadounidense Frank Zappa. La lista incluye todos los álbumes acreditados a The Mothers of Invention y en solitario. Durante su vida, Zappa publicó 62 LPs.
This is a list of albums by Frank Zappa, including all those credited to the Mothers of Invention. During his lifetime, Zappa released 62 albums. Since 1994, the Zappa Family Trust has released 66 posthumous albums as of June 2024, making a total of 128 albums/album sets.
- Background
- Style and Influences
- Release
- Reception and Legacy
- Personnel
- Further Reading
After being released from his contractual obligations with Warner Bros. Records, Frank Zappa formed Zappa Records, a label distributed at that time by Phonogram Inc. He released the successful double album Sheik Yerbouti (1979, recorded 8/1977-2/1978), and began working on a series of songs for a follow-up album.: 370 The songs "Joe's Garage" and "...
Lyrical and story themes
The lyrical themes of Joe's Garage involve individualism, sexuality, and the danger of large government. The album is narrated by a government employee identifying himself as The Central Scrutinizer, who delivers a cautionary tale about Joe, a typical adolescent male who forms a band as the government prepares to criminalize music.: 150 The Central Scrutinizer explains that music leads to a "slippery slope" of drug use, disease, unusual sexual practices, prison, and eventually, insanity.: 150...
Music and performance
The music of Joe's Garage encompassed a variety of styles, including blues, jazz, doo wop, lounge, orchestral, rock, pop and reggae. "Catholic Girls" makes musical reference to Zappa's controversial song "Jewish Princess", as a sitar plays the melody of the earlier song during the fadeout of "Catholic Girls". "Crew Slut" is performed as a slow blues song, with slide guitar riffs and a harmonica solo.: 152–153 : 333 According to Kelly Fisher Lowe, the song is "more Rolling Stones or Aerosmith...
Joe's Garage was initially released in separate units, beginning with the single LP Act I in September 1979. For the album artwork, Zappa was photographed in blackface makeup, holding a mop for the car grease garage theme.: 381 The gatefold sleeve of Act I was designed by John Williams, and featured a collage, which included a naked Maya, vague tec...
AllMusic gave 3 out of 5 stars for the individual releases Act I and Acts II & III. William Ruhlmann wrote of Act I, "although his concern with government censorship would see a later flowering in his battles with the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), here he wasn't able to use it to fulfill a satisfying dramatic function." Ruhlmann also felt t...
Musicians
1. Frank Zappa – lead guitar, vocals 2. Warren Cuccurullo – rhythm guitar, vocals 3. Denny Walley – slide guitar, vocals 4. Ike Willis – lead vocals 5. Peter Wolf – keyboards 6. Tommy Mars – keyboards (Act 1) 7. Arthur Barrow – bass guitar, guitar(on "Joe's Garage"), vocals 8. Patrick O'Hearn – bass guitaron "Outside Now" and "He Used to Cut the Grass" 9. Ed Mann – percussion, vocals 10. Vinnie Colaiuta – drums, combustible vapors, optometric abandon 11. Jeff (Jeff Hollie) – tenor sax (all tr...
Cast
1. Frank Zappa– Central Scrutinizer, Larry, L. Ron Hoover, Father Riley and Buddy Jones 2. Ike Willis– Joe 3. Dale Bozzio– Mary 4. Denny Walley– Mrs. Borg 5. Al Malkin – Officer Butzis 6. Warren Cuccurullo and Ed Mann– Sy Borg 7. Terry Bozzio– Bald-Headed John 8. The Utility Muffin Research Kitchen Chorus – Al Malkin, Warren Cucurullo, Dale Bozzio, Geordie Hormel, Barbara Issak and most of the people who work at Village Recorders
Production staff
1. Ferenc Dobronyi – cover design 2. Steve Alsberg – project coordinator 3. Joe Chiccarelli– engineer, mixing, recording 4. Norman Seeff– photography, cover photo 5. John Williams – artwork 6. Steve Nye– remixing 7. Mick Glossop– remixing 8. Stan Ricker – mastering 9. Jack Hunt – mastering 10. Thomas Nordegg – assistant 11. Tom Cummings – assistant
Davis, Michael (February 1980). "Zappa Busy As Ever While Coming Out of Joe's Garage". Record Review.
Frank Zappa, American composer, guitarist, and satirist of the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s. One of the great polymaths of the rock era, he was an instinctive postmodernist who demolished the barriers and hierarchies separating ‘high’ and ‘low’ culture. Learn more about his music and his significance.
2 de abr. de 2014 · Guitarist and composer Frank Zappa made music from the 1960s to the 1980s. Learn about his life and career, including his jazz-rock fusion album Hot Rats , on Biography.com.
