100% pure and sure guitar solos from the ZAPPA man!. 3 CD's full of tantalizingly exquisite
improvised compositions, mostly culled from live performances during 1979-80. Backed by a
host of different bands and musicians, ZAPPA makes his instrument express stuff more
blasphemous than any mere words could ever convey. "Five-Five-Five" and "Hog Heaven"
draw his most brutal and metallic tones; "Ship Ahoy" puts ZAPPA's distorto-funk shuffle
over a cooking rhythm section. "Canarsie" lays ZAPPA's sinuous SG against bizarre rhythm
passages featuring Warren Cucurullo's sitar. "Treacherous Cretins" finds him soloing over a
reggae riff; "Variations on the Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression" lives up to its title
with the band aping a Latin percussive groove; "Beat It With Your Fist" is two minutes of
maximum-velocity metal. But there's also some prettier moments here, like the
reflective "Pink Napkins" and "Canard du Jour," an improvised duet with FZ on bouzouki
and Jean-Luc Ponty on violin. Well known guest musicians include Steve Vai, Peter Wolf,
Eddie Jobson and Terry Bozzio. These albums were originally released only by mail-order
and now have been all put together in one lovely CD package. Essential from the ZAPPA
vaults!
loserboy |4/5 |
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