Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute

Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute
Greatest hits album by Frank Zappa
Released	October 1996
Recorded	1974–1979
Genre	Progressive rock, art rock, hard rock, instrumental rock
Length	54:04
Label	Barking Pumpkin
Producer	Dweezil Zappa
Frank Zappa chronology
The Lost Episodes (1996) Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute (1996) Have I Offended Someone? (1997)

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Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute is a posthumous album by Frank Zappa.

According to the liner notes, Frank's son Dweezil talked with his father shortly before Frank's death about the songs Frank had written that he would consider to be his "signature" tunes. These were "Zoot Allures", "Black Napkins" and "Watermelon in Easter Hay". The album compiles the original album versions of these three pieces, along with an alternate, live take of each, and the track "Merely a Blues in A", a blues improvisation recorded in Paris in 1974. It was released by The Zappa Family Trust and is only available online from Barfko-Swill—the mail-order section on zappa.com.

Similar albums: Guitar, Trance-Fusion, Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar, The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa.

Track listing

All tracks by Frank Zappa.

1. "Black Napkins" – 7:10
2. "Black Napkins" (Zoot Allures album version) – 4:15
3. "Zoot Allures" – 15:45
4. "Merely a Blues in A" – 7:27
5. "Zoot Allures" (Zoot Allures album version) – 4:05
6. "Watermelon in Easter Hay" – 6:42
7. "Watermelon in Easter Hay" (Joe's Garage album version) – 8:42

Personnel

• Frank Zappa – lead guitar, vocals
• Terry Bozzio – drums
• Napoleon Murphy Brock – tenor saxophone, vocals
• Norma Bell – vocals
• André Lewis – keyboards, vocals
• Roy Estrada – bass guitar, vocals
• Chester Thompson – drums
• Tom Fowler – bass guitar
• George Duke – keyboards, vocals
• Dave Parlato – bass guitar
• Ruth Underwood – marimba
• Lou Anne Neill – harp
• Patrick O'Hearn – bass guitar
• Tommy Mars – keyboards
• Ed Mann – percussion
• Adrian Belew – rhythm guitar
• Vinnie Colaiuta – drums-optometric abandon
• Arthur Barrow – bass
• Peter Wolf – keyboards
• Warren Cuccurullo – rhythm guitar

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