Zappa Plays Zappa
Zappa Plays Zappa is the name of a concert tour and band led by Dweezil Zappa , the eldest son of the American composer and musician Frank Zappa . Zappa Plays Zappa is dedicated to the performance of Frank Zappa's music.
Concert tours
The band first appeared in 2005 with the show Zappa Plays Zappa - Tour de Frank in Europe, Canada and the United States. She presented a selection of rock pieces from the 1960s to 1980s. In addition to Dweezil Zappa as lead guitarist , the band consisted of young musicians and some of Frank Zappa's former companions, including Napoleon Murphy Brock (saxophone, flute and vocals). Drummer Terry Bozzio and guitarist Steve Vai appeared as guests . In parts of the show, audio and video presentations of Frank Zappa and his music were played, for example in the pieces Chunga's Revenge , Dumb All Over and Cosmik Debris .
After a break, the band performed again in the United States in autumn 2006, including Halloween on October 31 in New York . The 2006 show was released on DVD in 2008.
In July and August 2007, the band played on their North America show with the same core cast as in 2006. The band then performed in Europe in September and October before returning to the US, starting with another Halloween show in New York. Ray White was a guest singer and guitarist on this tour. The 2007 tour ended in Australia in early December and continued with a handful of performances in Japan in January 2008. Steve Vai appeared again as a guest on these shows. In the summer of 2008 a short tour in the same constellation through the USA and Canada followed.
On July 28, 2011 a new tour began with the Zappa-plays-Zappa project through the USA and England. Again with the core line-up from 2006, supplemented by two other musicians.
Musician
Musician on the 2005 tour
- Dweezil Zappa - guitar
- Aaron Arntz - trumpet & keyboard
- Scheila Gonzalez - saxophone , flute , keyboards , vocals
- Pete Griffin - electric bass
- Billy Hulting - marimba , percussion
- Jamie Kime - guitar
- Joe Travers - drums , vocals
Guests in most of the 2006 shows
- Napoleon Murphy Brock - vocals , saxophone & flute
- Terry Bozzio - drums , vocals
- Steve Vai - guitar
Guest in the shows in 2007 and 2008
Musicians on the 2011 tour
- Scheila Gonzalez saxophone, flute, keyboard & vocals
- Billy Hulting Marimba & Percussion
- Jamie Kime guitar
- Pete Griffin Bass
- Ben Thomas vocals
- Joe Travers drums and vocals
- Chris Norton keyboard & vocals
Web links
- Zappa Plays Zappa - Tour de Frank . Official website link with no content
Individual evidence
- ↑ November 17th, 2005 Zappa plays Zappa - Rockinberlin. Retrieved November 17, 2017 .
- ↑ Zappa Plays Zappa Videos . Archived from the original on July 7, 2007. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
- ↑ Zappa Plays Zappa - The Musicians . Archived from the original on April 29, 2007. Retrieved May 23, 2007.
- ↑ Zappa Plays Zappa - tour dates . Archived from the original on August 5, 2007. Retrieved August 13, 2007.