Blue Whale

by Aynsley Dunbar

Blue Whale cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: February 1971
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 45:18
  • Community rating: 3.56/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following the dissolution of his Retaliation blues band, the renowned British drummer shifts focus toward sprawling, brass-augmented progressive rock. 'Blue Whale' features a heavily improvised, Frank Zappa-penned title track, showcasing complex, syncopated jazz-rock rhythms.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive, rhythmic, jamming

Tracklist

  1. Willing to Fight (6:39)
  2. Willie the Pimp (14:31)
  3. It's Your Turn (10:00)
  4. Days (5:50)
  5. Going Home (8:16)

Credits

  • Blue Whale - primary artist
  • Peter Friedberg - bass
  • Ivan Zagni - guitar
  • Roger Sutton - guitar
  • Tommy Eyre - piano, organ, Arranged By
  • Charles Greetham - saxophone
  • Edward Reay-Smith - trombone
  • Paul Williams - vocals, written-by, Lyrics By, Music By
  • Aynsley Dunbar - Primary Artist, Arranged By
  • Frank Zappa - Lyrics By, Music By

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