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For fans only! This colossal 7 hours and 18 minutes gathers all of the sessions Frank Zappa did for his Hot Rats album and offers a fascinating insight into every nook and cranny of the extraordinary musician’s brain, who sadly left us in 1993. Recorded in 1969 in Los Angeles, these sessions signalled the (temporary) end of The Mothers of Invention, even if Ian Underwood is still present here. Far from the stylistic patchwork of that strange group, the Hot Rats Zappa magnifies the fusion between rock and jazz, with five in six tracks being instrumental: there’s not much room for unnecessary noise. Don Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart takes to the mic alone on Willie the Pimp. Zappa allows all of his invited solo artists to fully express themselves, including violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, guitarist Lowell George and bassist Shuggie Otis (only 15 years old at the time!). This jazzy fusion keeps a certain narrative frame across the six volumes; extra-long jam sessions, endless solos, complicit dialogues between musicians, everything's in place to allow the listener to be transported to the Californian studio as a fly on the wall witnessing the conception of an album which would influence an entire generation. In the original album notes, Frank Zappa described this as a “film for your ears”. Interestingly, at the exact moment Hot Rats was being produced, another jazz-fusion album saw the light of day on the other side of the country, in New York: Bitches Brew by Miles Davis. © Marc Zisman/Qobuz
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Frank Zappa, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frank Zappa, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frank Zappa, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - John Balkin, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bunk Gardner, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Buzz Gardner, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Art Tripp III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Shuggie Otis, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Selico, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Shuggie Otis, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Selico, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Shuggie Otis, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don Harris, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Otis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Selico, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Shuggie Otis, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don Harris, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Otis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Selico, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Shuggie Otis, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Selico, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Shuggie Otis, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Selico, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Shuggie Otis, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Selico, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Shuggie Otis, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Selico, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Shuggie Otis, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Selico, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 2
Don Harris, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN GUERIN, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Max Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Harris, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN GUERIN, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Max Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Harris, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN GUERIN, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Max Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Harris, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN GUERIN, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Max Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Harris, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN GUERIN, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Max Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Harris, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN GUERIN, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Max Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Harris, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN GUERIN, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Max Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Harris, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN GUERIN, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Max Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Harris, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN GUERIN, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Max Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Harris, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN GUERIN, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Max Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Harris, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN GUERIN, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Max Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 3
JOHN GUERIN, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Max Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JOHN GUERIN, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Max Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JOHN GUERIN, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Max Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JOHN GUERIN, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Max Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JOHN GUERIN, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Max Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JOHN GUERIN, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Max Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JOHN GUERIN, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Max Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Harris, Violin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Don Preston, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Estrada, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - JImmy Black, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Harris, Violin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Don Preston, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Estrada, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - JImmy Black, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 4
Max Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Paul Humphrey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Underwood, Organ, Piano, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Max Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Humphrey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Underwood, Organ, Piano, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Max Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Humphrey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Underwood, Organ, Piano, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Max Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Humphrey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Underwood, Organ, Piano, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Max Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Humphrey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Underwood, Organ, Piano, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Shuggie Otis, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Selico, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JOHN GUERIN, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Max Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frank Zappa, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 5
Shuggie Otis, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Selico, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Harris, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN GUERIN, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Max Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Max Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Humphrey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Underwood, Organ, Piano, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frank Zappa, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frank Zappa, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Harris, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN GUERIN, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Max Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Zappa, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ian Underwood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frank Zappa, Producer, Spoken Word, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Peter Occhiogrosso, Narrator, Artist, Spoken Word, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frank Zappa, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frank Zappa, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frank Zappa, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
For fans only! This colossal 7 hours and 18 minutes gathers all of the sessions Frank Zappa did for his Hot Rats album and offers a fascinating insight into every nook and cranny of the extraordinary musician’s brain, who sadly left us in 1993. Recorded in 1969 in Los Angeles, these sessions signalled the (temporary) end of The Mothers of Invention, even if Ian Underwood is still present here. Far from the stylistic patchwork of that strange group, the Hot Rats Zappa magnifies the fusion between rock and jazz, with five in six tracks being instrumental: there’s not much room for unnecessary noise. Don Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart takes to the mic alone on Willie the Pimp. Zappa allows all of his invited solo artists to fully express themselves, including violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, guitarist Lowell George and bassist Shuggie Otis (only 15 years old at the time!). This jazzy fusion keeps a certain narrative frame across the six volumes; extra-long jam sessions, endless solos, complicit dialogues between musicians, everything's in place to allow the listener to be transported to the Californian studio as a fly on the wall witnessing the conception of an album which would influence an entire generation. In the original album notes, Frank Zappa described this as a “film for your ears”. Interestingly, at the exact moment Hot Rats was being produced, another jazz-fusion album saw the light of day on the other side of the country, in New York: Bitches Brew by Miles Davis. © Marc Zisman/Qobuz
About the album
- 6 disc(s) - 67 track(s)
- Total length: 07:18:35
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Frank Zappa
- Composer: Frank Zappa
- Label: Frank Zappa Catalog
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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