Jazz From Hell

Label
Universal Music Group
Release date
18 Dec 2012
Running length
8 tracks
Running time
36:42

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Tracklist

    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Night School 4:51 12,980
2 The Beltway Bandits 3:26 10,049
3 While You Were Art II 7:19 8,808
4 Jazz From Hell 3:00 9,940
5 G-Spot Tornado 5:17 14,565
6 Damp Ankles 3:46 8,450
7 St. Etienne 6:27 8,457
8 Massaggio Galore 2:36 7,968

About this album

Zappa won a 1988 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance for this album.

All compositions were executed by Frank Zappa on the Synclavier DMS with the exception of “St. Etienne”, a guitar solo excerpted from a live performance of “Drowning Witch” from a concert in Saint-Étienne, France on Zappa’s 1982 tour.

For more information on the very influential Synclavier digital synthesizer, refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synclavier

Musicians

Frank Zappa – lead guitar, synclavier, keyboards, production
Ed Mann – percussion
Tommy Mars – keyboards
Bobby Martin – keyboards, saxophone
Scott Thunes – bass guitar, keyboards
Steve Vai – rhythm guitar
Chad Wackerman – drums
Ray White – rhythm guitar

Technical personnel
Greg Gorman – cover photo
Bob Rice – computer assistant
Bob Stone – engineering
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