Tuesday, May 12, 2009

TRANK ZAPPA GRAPPA IN VARESE? - LIVE IN WAREMME


When I first heard the TZGIV demo in 2006, I was pleasantly surprised. I thought it was a nice little one-time-project. Who would have thought that this project would actually tour and would release a couple of albums...
November 2007, I saw TZGIV in concert in Baarle Nassau and I was really impressed. The band played a very varied set and there was a lot of room for improvisation.

One year later, the band performed (at least) two concerts where they performed a set of Zappa material. It's a part of the Waremme concert (2008/11/28) that surfaces on this album.

The choice of compositions is great:

  • Willie The Pimp
  • Mother People
  • The Gumbo Variations
  • Mom & Dad
  • Apostrophe (')
  • King Kong

The performance great to say the least. Four top musicians and the band has found a fine equilibrium between the beautiful themes and melody lines on one hand, and free and freaky improvisations on the other. I love it.

Essential !!

http://www.fazzulmusic.ch

2 comments:

  1. in http://www.fazzulmusic.ch you can download the same song. why?

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  2. I don't know why.
    Maybe so you could enjoy them :-)

    And if you want to hear the tracks in high quality, you can buy the album.

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