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The Immortals - The Greatest Artists of All Time: 71) Frank Zappa

By Trey Anastasio
August 14, 1998

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Zappa/Wazoo

The big brass band that Frank Zappa briefly took on the road in 1972, just before the release of his instrumental LP The Grand Wazoo, was an army of twenty out for serious business. "Nobody sings," Zappa wrote at the time. "Nobody dances. They just play music." They didn't do it often enough. This...

2007 RS: 4of 5 Stars

Civilization Phaze III

1994

Jazz From Hell

1986

Sheik Yerbouti

1979

Joe's Garage Acts I, II and III

1979

Zoot Allures

1976

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With more than 80 albums to his credit, composer/arranger/guitarist/bandleader Frank Zappa demonstrated a mastery of pop idioms ranging from jazz to rock of every conceivable variety, penned electronic and orchestral works, parlayed controversial satire, and testified in Congress against censorship. As astute an entrepreneur as he was a musician, he was impatient with any division between popular ...

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