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Frank Zappa received a Grammy for Lifetime Achievement in this year's award ceremony in New York. A previous winner (for the album Jazz From Hell), Zappa's posthumous award received the largest cheer of the evening.
2007 August
Issue 142
Frank Zappa - Classic Albums: Apostrophe/Over-Nite
Sensation (review)
By ?, p 91
2012 Spring
Issue 203
Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of
Invention - Carnegie Hall (review)
By ?, pp 92-93
Are you tired of playing middle-of-the-road blues, rock or pop? Then let’s get adventurous and take things to extremes, says Milton Mermikides.
TRACK RECORD Head straight for ‘middle period’ Frank Zappa: Hot Rats (1970), Roxy & Elsewhere (1972), Overnite Sensation (1973), Apostrophe (1974), Zoot Allures (1976) and Studio Tan (1976). Also check out Steve Vai’s Flex-Able (1984) and Passion & Warfare (1990), Joe Satriani’s Surfing With The Alien (1989), and King Crimson’s Red (1974) and Discipline (1981). For pure experimental guitar, try anything by Derek Bailey, Henry Kaiser or Fred Frith.
Source: Vitaly Zaremba
Martin Cooper looks at the genre-blending style of a formidable musician and a unique guitarist: the Mother of Invention, Frank Zappa.
Martin Goulding continues his look at the Lydian mode. With its distinctive #4th degree it’s an airy and uplifting sound, known for its association with flight.
The Lydian mode is an airy and uplifting sound well used in the themes of film soundtracks and musicals including Westside Story (Maria) and Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (Anakin's Theme). The Lydian mode is also a sound commonly heard in the music of legendary composer and influential guitar icon Frank Zappa. Check out the title track taken from the 1981 release Shut Up 'N‘ Play Yer Guitar for Frank's characteristic use of the Lydian mode when improvising.
