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Title: Just when you thought you had a handle on Zappa
Review: One of the many things I loved about our late, lamented Frank was his unpredictable versatility. Just when you thought you had a handle on what he was doing, he released an album like "Lumpy Gravy", "Cruisin' With Ruben and the Jets", or this one.This is Zappa's jazz big band album and man, is it amazing! French horns, tubas and all kinds of brass pop out of the recording at you along with the usual "Abnuceals Emuukha Electronic Orchestra" type of approach.I saw this band (which featured jazzman George Duke)in Chicago and they were amazing, although Frank was bemoaning the fact that they were'nt much on the "crazy stage antics" side of the equation. I sure wish I could go back and relive that episode from the non-rock side of Zappa."Eat that question" and "For Calvin's Next Two Hitch-hikers" are top ten Zappa compositions, in my book.
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