terça-feira, 8 de fevereiro de 2011

Frank Zappa, Simplesmente a Lenda, o Mito, A Genialidade...O Senhor do ROCK!!!

Frank Vincent Zappa[1] (21 de Dezembro de 1940, Baltimore — 4 de Dezembro de 1993, Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles) foi um compositor, guitarrista, produtor de gravação e diretor de cinema. Em uma carreira de mais de trinta anos, a sua obra musical estendeu-se pelo rock, fusion, jazz, música eletrônica, música concreta e música clássica. Ele também dirigiu longas-metragens e videoclipes e desenhou capas de álbuns seus. Zappa produziu quase todos os seus 60 álbuns que lançou com a banda Mothers of Invention, grupo que o acompanhou por boa parte da carreira e teve sua formação mudada muitas vezes, e como artista solo.

Na adolescência, ele adquiriu um gosto por compositores de música de vanguarda baseada na percussão, como Edgard Varèse, e também pelo rhythm and blues dos anos 1950. Zappa começou a escrever música clássica no ensino médio, à mesma época em que tocava bateria em bandas de rhythm and blues - ele fez a troca para a guitarra posteriormente. Compositor e performista da sua própria música, com influências diversas, o seu trabalho é praticamente impossível de ser categorizado. O seu álbum de estreia com o Mothers of Invention, Freak Out!, combinava canções no formato convencional do rock and roll com improvisações coletivas e colagens de som realizadas em estúdio. Os seus últimos álbuns também continham essa abordagem eclética e experimental, independentemente de o formato fundamental ser rock, jazz ou clássica. Ele escreveu as letras de todas as suas canções, as quais - frequentemente humoristicamente - refletiam a sua visão iconoclástica dos processos sociais e políticos, estruturas e movimentos estabelecidos. Era um grande crítico do método de educação e da religiões, e um forte defensor da liberdade de expressão, da autodidática e da abolição da censura.

Zappa foi um artista altamente produtivo e prolífico e ganhou aclamação da crítica. Muitos de seus álbuns são considerados essenciais na história do rock do jazz. Ele é considerado um dos guitarristas mais originais de seu tempo. Ele também continua sendo uma grande influência para músicos e compositores. Alcançou algum sucesso musical, particularmente na Europa, e pela maior parte de sua carreira trabalhou como artista independente. Postumamente, Zappa foi incluído no Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, em 1995, e ganhou um prêmio Grammy, em 1997.

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Freak Out (1966)

1. Hungry Freaks, Daddy? (3:27)
2. I Ain't Got No Heart (2:30)
3. Who Are The Brain Police? (3:22)
4. Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder (3:31)
5. Motherly Love (2:45)
6. How Could I Be Such A Fool (2:12)
7. Wowie Zowie (2:45)
8. You Didn't Try To Call Me (3:17)
9. Any Way The Wind Blows (2:52)
10. I'm Not Satisfied (2:37)
11. You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here (3:37)
12. Trouble Every Day (6:16)
13. Help I'm A Rock (8:37)
14. The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet (12:17)

Frank Zappa / guitar, harmonica, arranger, composer, conductor, cymbals, tambourine, vocals, orchestra
Plas Johnson / saxophone
Jimmy Carl Black / percussion, drums
Ray Collins / guitar, harmonica, cymbals, sound effects, tambourine, vocals, finger cymbals
Gene Estes / percussion
Roy Estrada / bass, vocals, guitarron, soprano (vocal)
Elliot Ingber / guitar, guitar (rhythm)
Carol Kaye / bass
Ruth Komanofff / percussion
John Rotella / percussion

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967)

1. Plastic People (3:42)
2. The Duke of Prunes (2:13)
3. Amnesia Vivace (1:01)
4. The Duke regains his chops (1:50)
5. Call any vegatable (2:20)
6. Invocation and Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin (7:00)
7. Soft-Sell conclusion (1:40)
8. (Big leg Emma) (2:32)
9. (Why don'tcha do me right?) (2:37)
10. America drinks (1:53)
11. Status back baby (2:54)
12. Uncle Bernie's Farm (2:11)
13. Son of Suzy Creamcheese (1:34)
14. Brown shoes don't make it (7:30)
15. America drinks & goes home (2:46)

Frank Zappa / guitar, vocals
Ray Collins / vocals
Roy Estrada / bass
Don Preston / keyboards
Bunk Gardner / saxophone
Jimmy Carl Black / drums
Bill Mundi /drums

Frank Zappa - Lumpy Gravy (1967)

1. Lumpy Gravy Part One (15:48)
1. The Way I See It, Barry
2. Duodenum
3. Oh No
4. Bit Of Nostalgia
5. It's From Kansas
6. Bored Out 90 Over
7. Almost Chinese
8. Switching Girls
9. Oh No Again
10. At The Gas Station
11. Another Pickup
12. I Don't Know If I Can Go Through This Again

2. Lumpy Gravy Part Two (15:51)
1. Very Distraughtening
2. White Ugliness
3. Amen
4. Just One More Time
5. A Vicious Circle
6. King Kong
7. Drums Are Too Noisy
8. Kangaroos
9. Envelops The Bath Tub
10. Take Your Clothes Off

Frank Zappa / guitar, keyboards, vocals
Motörhead, Pumpkin, Ronnie / choir, chorus
Victor Feldman, Alan Estes / percussion, drums
Shelly Mann, Frank Cappe, John Guerin / drums
Ted Nash, Jules Jacob, Bunk Gardner, Donald Christlieb, Gene Cipriano / wind, woodwind
Paul Smith, Pete Jolly, Lincoln Mayorga, Michael Lang / piano, celeste, harpsichord, keyboards
Don Preston / bass, keyboards
Tony Rizzi, Al Viola, Eric Clapton, Dennis Budimir, Tommy Tedesco, Jimmy "Senyah" Haynes / guitar
Jimmy Carl Black / percussion, drums, choir, chorus
Dick Barber / vocals
Gene Estes, Emil Richards / percussion
Roy Estrada / bass, vocals
Larry Fanoga / vocals, choir, chorus
All Nite John / choir, chorus
Patrick O'Hearn / bass, wind
Richard Parissi / French horn
John Rotella / percussion, woodwind
Kenny Shroyer / trombone
Bob West, Jimmy Bond, John Balkin, Chuck Berghofer / bass
Vincent DeRosa, Arthur Maebe / horn, French horn
Jimmy Zito, James Zito / trumpet
Mike Lang / piano, electric harpsichord
Paul Smith / piano
Alexander Koltun, Ray Kelly, Joseph Saxon, Joseph DiFiore Jerome Kessler, Bernard Kundell, William Kurasch Leonard Malarsky, Ralph Schaeffer, Leonard Selic, Harry Hyams Jerome Reisler, Tibor Zelig Arnold Belnick, Harold Bemko, Jesse Ehrlich, James Getzoff, Philip Goldberg / strings

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Cruising With Ruben & The Jets (1968)

1. Cheap Thrills (2:39)
2. Love of My Life (3:08)
3. How Could I Be Such a Fool (3:34)
4. Deseri (2:08)
5. I'm Not Satisfied (4:08)
6. Jelly Roll Gum Drop (2:24)
7. Anything (3:05)
8. Later That Night (3:00)
9. You Didn't Try to Call Me (3:57)
10. Fountain of Love (3:22)
11. No. No. No. (2:15)
12. Any Way the Wind Blows (3:01)
13. Stuff Up the Cracks (4:36)

Frank Zappa / guitar, keyboards, sound effects, vocals, producer
Don Preston / bass, piano, keyboards
Jimmy Carl Black / guitar, percussion, drums
Ray Collins / guitar, vocals
Roy Estrada / bass, sound effects, vocals, voices
Bunk Gardner / saxophone
Jim Sherwood / guitar, vocals, wind
Motorhead Sherwood / saxophone (Baritone), tambourine
Art Tripp / guitar
Ian Underwood / guitar, piano, keyboards, saxophone, wind
Brian Gardner / saxophone

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - We're Only In It For The Money (1968)

1. Are You Hung Up? (1:24)
2. Who Needs The Peace Corps? (2:34)
3. Concentration Moon (2:22)
4. Mom & Dad (2:16)
5. Telephone Conversation (0:48)
6. Bow Tie Daddy (0:33)
7. Harry, You're A Beast (1:21)
8. What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (1:03)
9. Absolutley Free (3:24)
10. Flower Punk (3:03)
11. Hot Poop (0:23)
12. Nasal Retentive Calliope Music (2:02)
13. Let's Make The Water Turn Black (2:01)
14. The Idiot Bastard Son (3:18)
15. Lonely Little Girl (1:09)
16. Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance(1:32)
17. What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (Reprise) (1:02)
18. Mother People (2:26)
19. The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny (6:25)

Frank Zappa / vocals, guitar
Roy Estrada / bass, vocals
Don Preston / keyboards
Jimmy Carl Black / drums, vocals
Ian Underwood / winds, keyboards
Euclid James `Motorhead` Sherwood / winds
Billy Mundi / drums
Bunk Gardner / winds

Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (1969)

1. Peaches en Regalia (3:39)
2. Willie the Pimp (9:17)
3. Son of Mr. Green Genes (9:00)
4. Little Umbrellas (3:04)
5. The Gumbo Variations (16:57)
6. It Must Be A Camel (5:16)

Frank Zappa / guitar, octave bass and percussion

With:
Ian Underwood / keyboards and winds
Captain Beefheart / vocals
Sugar Cane Harris / violin
Jean-Luc Ponty / violin
John Guerin / drums
Paul Humphrey / drums
Ron Selico / drums
Maz Bennett / bass
Shuggy Otis / bass

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Burnt Weeny Sandwich (1969)

1. WPLJ (2:52)
2. Igor's Boogie, Phase One (0:36)
3. Overture to a Holiday in Berlin (1:27)
4. Theme from Burnt Weeny Sandwich (4:32)
5. Igor's Boogie, Phase Two (0:36)
6. Holiday in Berlin, Full Blown (6:24)
7. Aybe Sea (2:46)
8. Little House I Used to Live In (18:41)
9. Valarie (3:15)

Frank Zappa / organ, guitar, arranger, composer, keyboards, vocals, producer
Don Preston / bass, piano, keyboards
Jimmy Carl Black / percussion, drums
Lowell George / guitar
Roy Estrada / bass, vocals
Gabby Furggy / vocals
Bunk Gardner / horn, wind
Don "Sugarcane" Harris / violin, vocals
Jim Sherwood / guitar, vocals, wind
Art Tripp / drums
Ian Underwood / guitar, piano, keyboards, wind

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Mothermania (1969)

1. Brown Shoes Don't Make It
2. Mother People
3. The Duke Of Prunes
4. Call Any Vegetable
5. The Idiot Bastard Son
6. It Can't Happen Here
7. You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here
8. Who Are The Brain Police?
9. Plastic People
10. Hungry Freaks, Daddy
11. America Drinks And Goes Home

Don Preston / bass, keyboards
Jimmy Carl Black / percussion, drums
Roy Estrada / bass, vocals
Frank Zappa / guitar, keyboards, vocals
Bunk Gardner / wind
Elliot Ingber / guitar
Billy Mundi / drums, vocals
Jim Sherwood / guitar, vocals, wind
Art Tripp / drums
Ian Underwood / guitar, keyboards, wind

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Uncle Meat (1969)

Disc 1 Time: 57:21
1. Main Title Theme (1:56)
2. The Voice of Cheese (0:26)
3. Nine Types of Industrial Pollution (6:00)
4. Zolar Czakl (0:54)
5. Dog Breath, in the Year of the Plague (3:59)
6. The Legend of the Golden Arches (3:28)
7. Louie Louie (At the Royal Albert Hall) (2:19)
8. The Dog Breath Variations (1:48)
9. Sleeping in a Jar (0:50)
10. Our Bizarre Relationship (1:05)
11. The Uncle Meat Variations (4:46)
12. Electric Aunt Jemima (1:46)
13. Prelude to King Kong (3:38)
14. God Bless America (1:10)
15. A Pound for a Brown on the Bus (1:29)
16. Ian Underwood Whips It Out (5:05)
17. Mr. Green Genes (3:14)
18. We Can Shoot You (2:03)
19. If We'd All Been Living in California... (1:14)
20. The Air (2:57)
21. Project X (4:48)
22. Cruisin' for Burgers (2:18)

Disc 2 Time: 63:05
1. Uncle Meat Film Excerpt, Pt. 1 (37:34)
2. Tengo Na Minchia Tanta (3:46)
3. Uncle Meat Film Excerpt, Pt. 2 (3:50)
4. King Kong Itself [Played by the Mothers] (0:49)
5. King Kong II [Interpreted by Tom Dewild] (1:21)
6. King Kong III [Motorhead Explains It] (1:44)
7. King Kong IV [Gardner Varieties] (6:17)
8. King Kong V (0:34)
9. King Kong VI [Live at Miami Pop Festival] (7:24)

Frank Zappa / guitar, percussion, keyboards, vocals
Don Preston / bass, keyboards, electric piano
Jimmy Carl Black / comedy, percussion, drums, voices
Ray Collins / guitar, vocals
Aynsley Dunbar / guitar
Roy Estrada / basses, vocals
Bunk Gardner / clarinet, flute, bass clarinet, piccolo, saxes, wind
Ruth Komanofff / percussion, marimba
Billy Mundi / drums, vocals
Jim Sherwood / guitar, vocals, wind
Art Tripp / percussion, chimes, drums, marimba, xylophone, bells, tympani, vibraphone, wood block
Ian Underwood / organ, clarinet, flute, guitar, piano, celeste, harpsichord, keyboards, saxes, wind, electric organ
Ruth Underwood / percussion, keyboards
Nelly Walker / vocals
Euclid James Sherwood / tenor sax, tambourine, voices

Frank Zappa - Chunga's Revenge (1970)

1. Transylvania Boogie (5:01)
2. Road Ladies (4:10)
3. Twenty Small Cigars (2:17)
4. The Nancy & Mary Music (9:27)
5. Tell Me You Love Me (2:33)
6. Would You Go All The Way? (2:29)
7. Chunga's Revenge (6:15)
8. The Clap (1:23)
9. Rudy Wants To Buy Yez A... (2:44)
10. Sharleena (4:03)

Frank Zappa / guitars, vocals
Ian Underwood / piano, electric piano, organ, pipe organ, electric alto, sax with wah-wah pedal, tenor sax, rhythm guitar
George Duke / electric piano, organ, trombone, vocal drum imitations
Don Sugarcane Harris / organ
Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan / vocals
Jeff Simmons / bass, vocals
Max Bennett / bass
Aynsley Dunbar / drums, tambourine
John Guerin / drums