Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute

Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute
Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute
	Cover art designed by Matt Groening
Compilation album by Frank Zappa
Released	October 1996
Recorded	1974–1979
Genre	Progressive rock; art rock; hard rock; instrumental rock;
Length	54:04
Label	Barking Pumpkin
Producer	Dweezil Zappa
Frank Zappa chronology

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Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute is a posthumous album by Frank Zappa.

According to the liner notes, Frank's son Dweezil talked with his father shortly before Frank's death about the songs Frank had written that he would consider to be his "signature" tunes. These were "Zoot Allures", "Black Napkins" and "Watermelon in Easter Hay". The album compiles the original album versions of these three pieces, along with an alternate, live take of each, and the track "Merely a Blues in A". It was released by the Zappa Family Trust and is only available online from Barfko-Swill—the mail-order section on zappa.com.

This release is similar in style to works such as Guitar, Trance-Fusion, Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar and The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa.

The album cover is illustrated by Matt Groening.^[2]

Track listing[]

All tracks written, composed and arranged by Frank Zappa.

No.	Title	Recording date and location^[3]	Length
1.	"Black Napkins"	1975 11 22 Ljubljana YU	7:10
2.	"Black Napkins" (Zoot Allures album version)	1976 02 03 Osaka JP	4:15
3.	"Zoot Allures"	1976 02 05 Tokyo JP	15:45
4.	"Merely a Blues in A"	Paris in 1974	7:27
5.	"Zoot Allures" (Zoot Allures album version)		4:05
6.	"Watermelon in Easter Hay"	1978 02 24 Eppelheim DE	6:42
7.	"Watermelon in Easter Hay" (Joe's Garage album version)		8:42

Personnel[]

Frank Zappa – lead guitar, vocals
Norma Bell – vocals
Napoleon Murphy Brock – tenor saxophone, vocals
Adrian Belew – rhythm guitar
Warren Cuccurullo – rhythm guitar
George Duke – keyboards, vocals
André Lewis – keyboards, vocals
Tommy Mars – keyboards
Peter Wolf – keyboards
Arthur Barrow – bass
Roy Estrada – bass, vocals
Tom Fowler – bass
Patrick O'Hearn – bass
Dave Parlato – bass
Terry Bozzio – drums
Vinnie Colaiuta – drums-optometric abandon
Chester Thompson – drums
Ed Mann – percussion
Ruth Underwood – marimba
Lou Anne Neill – harp

References[]

^ Dryden, K. (2011). "Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute - Frank Zappa | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
^ http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/lyrics/FZ_Plays_The_Music_Of_FZ.html
^ https://www.zappateers.com/forums/topics/4157

External links[]

[1] Dryden, K. (2011). "Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute - Frank Zappa | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 22 July 2011.

[2] ttp://globalia.net/donlope/fz/lyrics/FZ_Plays_The_Music_Of_FZ.html

[3] ttps://www.zappateers.com/forums/topics/4157

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