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Frank-Zappa

Book Review: “Frank & Co” (Mr. Mother of Invention Speaks His Mind)

Frank Zappa didn’t like being interviewed, but he sure enjoyed having a chat.

By: Ed Symkus Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review, Rock Tagged: Ed Symkus, Frank & Co, Frank & Co – Conversations with Frank Zappa 1977-1993, Frank-Zappa

Book Review: “Freak Out! My Life with the Mothers of Invention” — Intimate Observations

Fans of Frank Zappa who want to know about Frank the man as well as Zappa the musical and political icon would be wise to seek out Freak Out!

By: Chelsea Spear Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Frank-Zappa, Freak Out! My Life with the Mothers of Invention, Pauline Barber.

Film Review: Remembrance of Things Zappa

Filmmaker Salvo Cuccia packs a lot into this tightly framed 2014 documentary on Frank Zappa.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: documentary, Dweezil Zappa, Frank-Zappa, Moon Unit Zappa, Salvo Cuccia, Scott McLennan, Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily

Fuse Concert Review: NEC Winds Play Mingus, Schuller, Babbitt (and More)

Charles Peltz leads the NEC Wind Ensemble

The five compositions and one de facto suite played at the NEC Winds and Winds Ensemble performance spoke with six different voices and carried six different messages.

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Jazz, Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Charles Mingus, Charles Peltz, Chris Brubeck, Dave Brubeck, Frank-Zappa, Gunther Schuller, Ken Schaphorst, Milton Babbitt, New England Conservatory, Sammy Nestico

Music Preview: Navigating the Headwaters of the Third Stream

Charles Mingus in 1976.

NEC is closed tonight but much of the repertoire on this program is also scheduled for a concert on March 6.

By: J. R. Carroll Filed Under: Classical Music, Fuse News, Jazz, Music, Preview Tagged: Charles Mingus, Darius Milhaud, Frank-Zappa, Gunther Schuller, Milton Babbitt, New England Conservatory, Third Stream

Book Review: Frank Zappa — A Jerk of Genius

Veteran British journalist Barry Miles pens the definitive biography of irreverent rocker Frank Zappa. Zappa by Barry Miles. Grove Press By Milo Miles Veteran British journalist and biographer Barry Miles, who has specialized in the Beatles and the Beats, treats Frank Zappa with the same corrosive irreverence the artist applied to every subject he discussed […]

By: Milo Miles Filed Under: Books, Music, Rock Tagged: Barry-Miles, Frank-Zappa, Milo Miles

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