WAZOO

3.5 stars. I wished I liked this more and my rating reflects my enjoyment level more than anything else. Zappa and his big band of what 20 musicians or so. Tons of horns which I'm not into. He did an eight night tour with this being the final one on September 24th 1972. And in Boston. There is a lot of noodling and you could call this Avant Jazz for the most part. A lot of difficult music which while impressive it just doesn't do much for me at all. Frank is in great form talking to the audience and sharing stuff. I've spent a lot of time with this one hoping it would grow on me but again this is a tough listen and I admit Avant Jazz is very much more miss than hit in my world. We get an hour and a half of music over two discs and this is not for the faint of heart.