Peaches en regalia frank zappa biography
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Peaches en Regalia
1969 composition by Frank Zappa
"Peaches en Regalia" is an instrumentaljazz fusion composition by Frank Zappa. It was initially released on Zappa's album Hot Rats in 1969 and has been recorded many times since.
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[edit]Years later, in 1987, the piece was released as a CD single to promote Rykodisc's Zappa CD reissue campaign.[2] Zappa used the piece on many of his tours, often as either the opening or the encore of a show.[3][4]
"Peaches en Regalia" has been included in the "underground" version of The Real Book, despite being compositionally more complicated than typical jam session tunes. Having a song included in the book has been described as "the ultimate insider credential for a jazz composer".[5]
The tune is used as instrumental background music on the BBC London radio programme presented by Danny Baker, as well as the Elis James and John Robins show on BBC Radio 5 Live. It was also the theme tune for the early 1970s BBC2 show One Man's Week.[citation needed]
A recording of the piece by Zappa Plays Zappa (including Zappa's son Dweezil and former Zappa alumni Steve Vai and Napoleon Murphy Brock), won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in February 2
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Frank Zappa
Peaches En Regalia(Rykodisc CD3 1001)
I get more fascinated with CD3s the more I think about them. I still think they're a great idea, more than ten years after they've gone obsolete. Tiny little CD's that hold a little bit of music, just like 45s. You can keep them separate from your regular collection, just like 45s. They need an adaptor, just like 45s. You know, if punk kids were really punk, they'd put out CD3s rather than 7-inch's. I may have to put a revival in action – retro marketing from the CD era, which we're still in. I'm a genius!
Um, okay, so the disc. Peaches En Regalia is a three-track sampler of Frank Zappa put out by Ryko during the first wave of their CD reissuing of Zappa's catalog back in '87. It features three of Zappa's more innocuous tracks, and is sort of misleading in representing Zappa as kind of a smooth-jazz pioneer. "Peaches En Regalia," from Hot Rats, is fusion a la Mahavishnu Orchestra with shades of ELP (before both groups, I think). Tuneful, catchy fusion. "I'm Not Satisfied" is a doo-wop send-up/homage from Cruising With Ruben & the Jets that sounds very straightforward even though it's got the expected "bent" feeling below the surface. "Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up," from Joe's Garage, is a reggae-tinged