March 21, 2011

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Frank Zappa - The Gumbo Variations

Frank Zappa was über prolific. That’s part of the reason it has taken me this long to get to him. There is just so much to go through and every release is unique. Stylistically he was all over the place and nowhere at the same time. Hard to define. Also, for being a legend in pop history Zappa hasn’t gotten a whole lot of air time. So, a lot of the tunes were new to me when I first heard them (opposite effect of the Beatles). On top of it all, Zappa wasn’t the most selective person. In my opinion there is a lot of stuff that clouds the view to the true gems.

“The Gumbo Variations” is basically a 17 min white hot jam session. Bass guitar, sax and drums are off the hook. By the way, I don’t want to miss lead anyone. Anyone expecting the other tracks on this album to sound smilar to this will be surprised. Like I said; all over the place. Did I mention he was kind of crazy and a provocateur?

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