Frank Zappa's jazz legacy
Frank Zappa left a huge legacy of pioneering music
and outspoken opinions that has proved obliquely influential in shaping the
style and attitudes of generations of rock and jazz musicians, while often
upsetting their elders and certain establishment figures. Stuart Nicholson
re-evaluates Zappa's ...
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Repo Man
The now common commingling of rock, jazz, and classical
streams in American composition was pioneered by Frank Zappa (1940-1993).
A virtuoso guitarist, an indefatigable bandleader, a tenacious businessman, and
a maddening iconoclast, his prolific output ranges from hit pop singles (“Valley
Girl”) ...
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Dweezil Zappa & Steve Vai Share 'The
Guitar Lessons' Video
One of the perks of having Frank Zappa as your
father is getting to learn to play the guitar from a true master of the
instrument. While Frank was a truly talented axeman, when his son Dweezil Zappa
was 12-years-old, the elder Zappa enlisted the instructional assistance his
band's guitarist, the highly ...
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Frank Zappa is considered to be one of the most influential rock musicians of the late twentieth century. Between the start of his career in the late fifties and his death in 1993 he recorded and rele.. On September 19, 1985, Frank Zappa testified before the United States Senate Commerce, Technology, and Transportation committee, attacking the Parents Music Resource Center or PMRC, a music organizati.. |
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
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