And yes, I don't mean the discussion we have after we die on Zappa (we will be too worried then of what happens to our record collection, too busy haunting our heirs for mistreating it), I mean the discussion we can have now on Zappa's posthumous releases. I have to say that, despite being a Zappa freak, I have heard almost nothing of them. It's like I said to myself "you have like 30 Zappa records, that's enough, you have to listen to some other music too." Also the bulk of it was quiet intimidating for me.
Anyway, I have finally succumbed and I am exploring these days all this previously unreleased music. I have tons of questions and comments to make, so I hope that people in here can help me not to miss the truly essential stuff. By truly essential I mean either Zappa compositions of high quality that weren't issued before his death, or performances of already released music that bring out a different dimension to the known music.
I would like to start with Make A Jazz Noise Here which to my ears sounds simply stupendous. The band is tight as hell, the rock instruments blend harmonically with the brass onslaught, the recording is perfect. And Scott Thunes is a monster of grooviness on the bass, a defining factor on the final result. My only complaint is the cut down Eat That Question: those 2 minutes sound so much better than the studio version, that surely there had to be more of it.
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