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I´M Using A Chicken To Measure It – A Tribute To Frank Zappa

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Balint

To celebrate the 70th birthday of Frank Zappa, Hunchentoot presents a group show featuring the work of Pit Noack, Stefan Roigk, Heidrun Schramm, Oliver Schmidt and Nicolas Wiese. All of whom are working with sound installation. Like Zappa they use … Continue reading →

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Frank Zappa’s Grand Wazoo EP, 1972

Posted on June 3, 2010 by urbangraffito

When Barry first emailed the link to the above excerpt from the bootleg EP of Frank Zappa and the Grand Wazoo Band‘s (mistakenly printed as Frank Zappa and the Petit Wazoo Orchestra on the front cover by the bootlegger) September … Continue reading →

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Little House I Used To Live In, Berlin ’78

Posted on August 16, 2009 by urbangraffito

One of the reasons Frank Zappa’s music has been so appealing to me throughout the years is because so many of his compositions like “Little House I Used To Live In” function as a canvas for his musical ideas (a … Continue reading →

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Eric Dolphy Quintet — Berlin ’61

Posted on June 29, 2009 by urbangraffito

A recent post made me think of another great innovator of free jazz, as well as third stream music: Eric Dolphy.

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