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 December
2003/January 2004
Issue 71 Broadway the hard way
Frank Zappa special, concept and research by Jon Newey,
8 pp
Ten years ago on 4 December 1993 guitarist/visionary Frank
Zappa finally left the building leaving behind 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. In this eight page special Stuart
Nicholson re-evaluates Zappa's jazz-oriented work and looks at
the ways in which he made his mark on improvised music, Duncan
Heining talks to Zappa's son Dweezil and many of the musicians
who played with or were influenced by Zappa, while Laurie Staff
dusts down his serious Zappa collection to guide you to the key
jazz-related discs of his huge body of recorded work. |
