A new Frank Zappa box set will commemorate two of the late artist's jazz-influenced albums, 1972's Waka/Jawaka and The Grand Wazoo, in conjunction with their 50th anniversaries. The Waka/Wazoo box set ...

Vaulternative Records will release Frank Zappa's 2-CD concert recording Wazoo on May 27, 2008, marking the first 2008 anniversary release exclusively from the Zappa Family Trust. The Trust - headed by ...

Frank Zappa didn't invent the word "wazoo" or proliferate its usage. However, he was the first to use it in an album and song title that, surprisingly, had no ...

5-DISC MULTI-FORMAT COLLECTION FEATURES UNRELEASED ALTERNATE TAKES OF NEARLY EVERY SONG FROM HIS CLASSIC JAZZ-INFLUENCED ALBUMS, WAKA/JAWAKA AND THEGRAND WAZOO, TO COMMEMORATE 50 TH ANNIVERSARY ...

This double-disc bit of live instrumental zaniness from Frank Zappa’s pinnacle years (it was recorded in Boston in 1972) features the guitarist’s 20-piece Grand Wazoo/Hot Rats/The Mothers of Invention ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Some have called the 1971 European tour of Frank Zappa and his band, ...

The big brass band that Frank Zappa briefly took on the road in 1972, just before the release of his instrumental LP The Grand Wazoo, was an army of twenty out for serious business. "Nobody sings," ...

In putting together his Zappa faves, Phish's skins flogger Jon Fishman sticks almost exclusively to '70s Frank with the exception of the Grand Wazoo's 1966 debut album, Freak Out. By Billboard Staff ...

Frank Zappa‘s estate has released material from the late composer, guitarist and singer‘s vault with such seasonal regularity over the past few years that it’s difficult to keep track of the ones that ...