Frank Zappa 9/8 Objects and Pound for a Brown
"9/8 Objects" is one hell of a number: a four-meter reggae-ish drum pattern supports variety of contrapuntal lines played on cello, marimba, brass and woodwinds, several of them in 9/8 time signature which are played against the overall straight tempo. Mind-blowing! Very reminiscent of some hypnotic Eastern music. Shankar improvises on violin in this number. Late in his life, Frank Zappa hooked up with the small German avant-garde orchestra the Ensemble Modern for what are said to have been the most enjoyable encounters with an orchestra he had in his career. The combination resulted in the last album Zappa released during his life, The Yellow Shark. This album, issued seven years later by the Zappa Family Trust, chronicles some more of the sessions. "These are recordings from Frank Zappa's rehearsals with the Ensemble Modern in preparation for The Yellow Shark, writes Todd Yvega, who also served as a recordist on the project. In some cases, such as "Whitey (Prototype)," an early version of "Get Whitey," the tracks are actual run-throughs of material that would turn up on The Yellow Shark. Others find Zappa conducting the orchestra through improvisations. With his usual sense of humor, and with sympathetic classical musicians for once, he combines experimental music with other found sounds, including recitations by pianist Hermann Kretzschmar, who begins by reading the information from his library card and later in the album reads letters to the editor from Piercing Fans International Quarterly ("Keep up the great work. I don't know what to pierce next.") The juxtapositions of spoken word and orchestral sounds is reminiscent of Lumpy Gravy, while Kretzschmar's German accent recalls Theodore Bikel in 200 Motels. But the unusual percussion effects bespeak the continuing influence on Zappa of his early mentor Edgard Varhse, bringing these late recordings full circle to some of his first compositions. (www.zappa.com) ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide "atonal stuff is spiced up with humorous monologues and improvisation" Frank Zappa and The Ensemble Modern: Peter Rundel, Hilary Sturt, Thomas Fichter, Catherine Milliken, Wolfgang Stryi, Franck Ollu, William Formann, Uwe Dierksen, Daryl Smith, Ueli Wiget, Rumi Ogawa-Helferich, Detlef Tewes, Mathias Tacke, Friedemann Döhn, Dietmar Wiesner, Roland Diry, Veit Scholz, Stefan Dohr, Michael Gross, Michael Svoboda, Hermann Kretzschmar, Rainer Rsÿmer Andreas Bsÿttger Jürgen Ruck L. Shankar GERMAN LUNCH (edited) at the end of the video is available on Zappa's "you can't do that on stage anymore" Volume 5 German Lunch was recorded in 1969 Criteria Studios , Miami, Florida. Remixed @ Utility Muffin Research Kitchen underground freak out music includes the following Mothers of Invention Lowell george Jimmy carl black Roy estrada Bunk gardner Don preston Motorhead sherwood Ian underwood Arthur tripp Buzz gardner Frank zappa Steven Greer Dan Willis Tether with the aliens barking pumpkin records zappa family trust filiberto caponi arquato del Tronto Ascoli Piceno Italia creature of the night Timothy Good unclassified Lord Hill Norton GCB Gurabo Varginha pacaccini kwajalein alien base ufo utility muffin research kitchen bruce renton october 1993 collazo sun dog graham sheppard edwin vasquez
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