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The Grand Wazoo is a 1972 jazz fusion album by Frank Zappa. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21 1940 – December 4 1993 was an American Composer, Electric guitarist Record producer and Film director Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. A dash is a Punctuation mark It is longer than a Hyphen and is used differently A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other A big band is a type of Musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late Fusion or more specifically jazz fusion or jazz rock, is a Musical genre that merges Jazz with elements of other styles of music particularly Progressive rock (often shortened to " progressive " " prog " or " prog rock " is a form of Rock music that evolved In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Bizarre Records was a Record label formed for artists discovered by Frank Zappa and his business partner/manager Herb Cohen. Reprise Records is an American Record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra, which is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Yahoo! Music, owned by Yahoo!, is the provider of a variety of music services including Internet radio music videos news artist information and original programming Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21 1940 – December 4 1993 was an American Composer, Electric guitarist Record producer and Film director Waka/Jawaka is an album by Frank Zappa, released in 1972 The album is the jazz -influenced precursor to The Grand Wazoo, and Over-Nite Sensation is an Album by Frank Zappa, released in 1973 (see 1973 in music) Fusion or more specifically jazz fusion or jazz rock, is a Musical genre that merges Jazz with elements of other styles of music particularly Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21 1940 – December 4 1993 was an American Composer, Electric guitarist Record producer and Film director Composed and recorded during Zappa's period of convalescence following his assault in London, the album, along with its "twin brother" Waka/Jawaka, represent Zappa's foray into big band fusion, the logical progression from Hot Rats, which used a much smaller lineup. Waka/Jawaka is an album by Frank Zappa, released in 1972 The album is the jazz -influenced precursor to The Grand Wazoo, and A big band is a type of Musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late A fusion genre is a music genre which combines two or more genres Hot Rats is the second solo album by Frank Zappa. It was released in October 1969

1 Track listing
- 1.1 Vinyl release
  - 1.1.1 Side one
  - 1.1.2 Side two
- 1.2 CD release
2 Personnel
3 Production
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

Track listing

Vinyl release

All songs by Frank Zappa.

Side one

"For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitch-Hikers)" – 6:06
"The Grand Wazoo" – 13:20

Side two

"Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus" – 2:57
"Eat That Question" – 6:42
"Blessed Relief" – 8:00

CD release

All songs by Frank Zappa. Eat That Question is the 4 out of 5 from Frank Zappa in the album The Grand Wazoo.

"The Grand Wazoo" – 13:20
"For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitch-Hikers)" – 6:06
"Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus" – 2:57
"Eat That Question" – 6:42
"Blessed Relief" – 8:00

Personnel

Frank Zappa – guitar, percussion, vocals
Mike Altschul – woodwind
Billy Byers – trombone
Chunky (Lauren Wood)– vocals
Lee Clement – percussion
George Duke – keyboards, vocals
Earl Dumler – woodwind
Aynsley Dunbar – drums
Tony Duran – guitar, bottleneck guitar
Erroneous (Alex Dmochowski) – bass
Alan Estes – percussion
Janet Neville-Ferguson – vocals
Fred Jackson, Jr. Eat That Question is the 4 out of 5 from Frank Zappa in the album The Grand Wazoo. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The trombone is a Musical instrument in the brass family Like all brass instruments it is a lip-reed Aerophone: sound is produced when the player’s George Duke (born 12 January, 1946 in San Rafael California) is a piano and Synthesizer pioneer and singer Aynsley Thomas Dunbar (born 10 January 1946, in Liverpool, England) is a prolific English Drummer. A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells Slide guitar or bottleneck guitar is a particular method or technique for playing the Guitar. The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the – woodwind
Sal Marquez – bass, trumpet, vocals, brass
Joanne Caldwell McNabb – vocals, brass, woodwind
Malcolm McNabb – trombone, horn, trumpet in D
Janet Neville-Ferguson – vocals
Tony Ortega – woodwind
Joel Peskin – saxophone, woodwind
Don Preston – Mini Moog
Johnny Rotella – woodwind
Ken Shroyer – trombone, brass, contractor and spiritual guidance
Ernie Tack – brass
Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone, C Melody Saxophone (the "Mystery Horn") solo on "Cleetus Awreetus Awritus", woodwinds
Robert Zimmitti – percussion

Production

Producer: Frank Zappa
Engineer: Kerry McNabb
Arranger: Frank Zappa
Special assistance: Paul Hof
Photography: Ed Caraeff, Tony Esparza
Cover illustration: Cal Schenkel
Spiritual advisor: Kenny Shroyer
Contractor: Kenny Shroyer

References

External links

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