Make a Jazz Noise Here

by Frank Zappa

Make a Jazz Noise Here cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 4 June 1991
  • Label: Barking Pumpkin
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 2:17:01
  • Community rating: 4.03/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Distilled from his final, massive world tour in 1988, this live double-album leans heavily into the band's virtuosic instrumental acrobatics and extended avant-garde jazz suites. Eschewing his frequent focus on pop satire, Zappa commands the incredibly versatile twelve-piece ensemble through mind-bending arrangements of Stravinsky and Bart贸k alongside complex originals.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, Fusion, improvisation, instrumental, complex, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Stinkfoot - Live, 1988 (7:39)
  2. When Yuppies Go To Hell - Live, 1988 (14:35)
  3. Fire And Chains - Live, 1988 (3:57)
  4. Let's Make The Water Turn Black - Live, 1988 (1:36)
  5. Harry, You're A Beast - Live, 1988 (0:47)
  6. The Orange County Lumber Truck - Live, 1988 (0:41)
  7. Oh No - Live, 1988 (4:43)
  8. Theme From Lumpy Gravy - Live, 1988 (1:11)
  9. Eat That Question - Live, 1988 (1:55)
  10. Black Napkins - Live, 1988 (6:56)
  11. Big Swifty - Live, 1988 (11:12)
  12. King Kong - Live, 1988 (13:04)
  13. Star Wars Won't Work - Live, 1988 (3:42)
  14. The Black Page (New Age Version) - Live, 1988 (6:46)
  15. T'Mershi Duween - Live, 1988 (1:42)
  16. Dupree's Paradise - Live, 1988 (8:34)
  17. City Of Tiny Lights - Live, 1988 (8:01)
  18. Royal March From "L'Histoire Du Soldat" - Live, 1988 (0:59)
  19. Theme From The Bartok Piano Concerto #3 - Live, 1988 (0:43)
  20. Sinister Footwear 2nd Movement - Live, 1988 (6:39)
  21. Stevie's Spanking - Live, 1988 (4:25)
  22. Alien Orifice - Live, 1988 (4:15)
  23. Cruisin' For Burgers - Live, 1988 (8:27)
  24. Advance Romance - Live, 1988 (7:43)
  25. Strictly Genteel - Live, 1988 (6:38)

Credits

  • Paul Carman - alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone
  • Kurt McGettrick - baritone saxophone, contrabass clarinet, arranged by [horns]
  • Chad Wackerman - drums, percussion [electronic]
  • Scott Thunes - electric bass, keyboards [mini moog], arranged by
  • Bobby Martin - keyboards, vocals
  • Ike Willis - rhythm guitar, synthesizer, vocals
  • Mike Keneally - rhythm guitar, synthesizer, vocals
  • Albert Wing - tenor saxophone

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