Waka/Jawaka
Occupation
- Frank Zappa - acoustic and electric guitar, percussion, electric bed springs
- Tony Duran - slide guitar, vocal
- George Duke - piano
- Sal Marquez - trumpet, flugelhorn, glockenspiel ( musical instrument ), Chimes, Vocal
- Erroneous - E -Bass
- Aynsley Dunbar - drums, washboard, tambourine
- Chris Peterson - Vocal
- Joel Peskin - Tenor Saxophone
- Mike Altschul - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, bass flute, piccolo
- Jeff Simmons - Hawaiian Guitar, Vocals
- Sneaky Pete Kleinow - pedal steel guitar
- Janet Ferguson - Vocal
- Don Preston - piano, Moog Minimoog
- Billy Byers - trombone, baritone horn
- Ken Shroyer - trombone, baritone horn
Waka / Jawaka is a jazz-rock album by Frank Zappa from the year 1972.
Genesis
The album was after the disastrous European tour, first worked out in the whole area of the band in Montreux in flames and Zappa had been thrust on December 10, 1971 at a concert at London's Rainbow Theatre concert by a visitor to the orchestra pit. It Zappa was so badly injured that he had to spend nine months in a wheelchair. He had to cancel the tour and disband his previous band around the former lead singer of the Turtles, Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan ( " Happy Together "). He took the time to turn back to the composing and the Jazz Rock to the album Hot Rats (1969). The album Waka / Jawaka opened a new plant period, published in the new musicians, where they met again on the following albums, so jazz musicians, including trombonist Billy Byers. The album is of a long piece, Big Swifty, opened the resumes for some time incipient dialogue between Zappa and jazz pianist George Duke. From this point on Duke played in many recordings and tours to Zappa's side. Despite his injury Zappa is not on the tour idea. In 1972, he embarks on a tour with eight concerts, mainly in Europe. "
Stylistic classification
Waka / Jawaka is a jazz rock album, with arrangements and the use of overdubbing technique to the music great big bands refer.
Title list
Description of each title
Big Swifty ( album Waka / Jawaka ) is a long -scale piece with unusual rhythmic variations. The theme changes twice in fifths from 7/8 to 3/4-time and subsequently by 5/8 to 6/8-measure until finally reaches the chorus of 4/4-time.
Album Cover
The album is on the cover a drawing of Marvin Mattelsson that represents a sink with two taps, which are labeled with Hot and Council. It thus refers to the first jazz-rock album Zappa, Hot Rats, which was released in October 1969.
Album Cover Waka / Jawaka External links to copyrighted content.
- Front of the cover on zappa.com
Publications
In the U.S., the album was released on July 5, 1972 Bizarre Records, global distribution worried recapitulation. In December 1987, the album in the series The Old Masters was. On compact disc it appeared in America in January 1989 on Rykodisc in Europe at Zappa Records. In 1995, the CD was re-issued by Rykodisc.
Reception
Waka / Jawaka reached on the Billboard 200 chart space 152 The Anglist Kelly Fisher Lowe evaluates it as an "interesting design studio " and compare several reviewers, the album Bitches Brew by Miles Davis.