Trance-Fusion

Infobox Album |
Name = Trance-Fusion
Type = Live album
Artist = Frank Zappa


Released = October 24, 2006
Recorded = 1977—1988
Genre = Instrumental rock
Length =
Label = Zappa Records
Producer =
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:cqq8b5z4fsqs link]
Last album = "Imaginary Diseases"
(2006)
This album = "Trance-Fusion"
(2006)
Next album = "The MOFO Project/Object"
(2006)

"Trance-Fusion" is the name of an album of guitar solos completed by Frank Zappa shortly before his death, but not released until 2006. [ [http://www.rykodistribution.com/download.php?filename=99&dir=docs&ext=pdf#search=%22%22October%2024%2C%202006%22%20zappa%20-%22zappa%20plays%20zappa%22%22 Upcoming Releases - October 24, 2006 @ rykodistribution.com] ] The album had previously been announced for release in 1999 [ [http://groups.google.se/group/alt.fan.frank-zappa/msg/83009a04d8e620fc "Re: 'Trans fuzion' and 'Dance me this'"] , Bossk (R), alt.fan.frank-zappa, Usenet, 26 April 2000] ] and 2003 [ [http://www.zappa.com/cheezoid/whatsnew/FAQ/index.php Zappa.com FAQ] ] , and again announced in 2005 in relation to the Zappa Plays Zappa tour. It had previously been only available through bootlegs. [Info about the "Trance-Fusion" bootleg can be found at the [http://www.lukpac.org/~handmade/patio/bootlegs/counterfeits.html#trancefusiondemos Zappa Patio] ]

Track listing

#Chunga's Revenge
#*"Performed at Wembley Arena, London, UK: April 19, 1988. Features Dweezil Zappa"
#Bowling On Charen
#*"Guitar solo from "Wild Love", performed at The Palladium, NYC: October 28, 1977 (early show)"
#*"Originally called "The Squirm" "
#Good Lobna
#*"Guitar solo from "Let's Move To Cleveland", performed at Orpheum Theater, Memphis, Tennessee: December 4, 1984"
#*"Refers to an episode of "The Simpsons": "New Kid on the Block," in which Bart says this line. Series creator Matt Groening is a Zappa fan."
#A Cold Dark Matter
#*"Guitar solo from "Inca Roads", performed at Memorial Hall, Allentown, Pennsylvania: March 19, 1988"
#*"Refers to cold dark matter, a term from cosmology and particle physics."
#Butter Or Cannons
#*"Guitar solo from "Let's Move To Cleveland", performed at The Pier, NYC: August 25, 1984"
#Ask Dr. Stupid
#*"Guitar solo from "Easy Meat", performed at Rhein-Neckarhalle, Eppelheim, Germany: March 21, 1979"
#*"Refers to a reccurring segment from "The Ren and Stimpy Show". Series creator John Kricfalusi is also a Zappa fan, and Zappa provided the voice of "The Pope" on one episode of the series."
#Scratch & Sniff
#*"Guitar solo from "City Of Tiny Lights", performed at Brighton Centre, Brighton, UK: April 16, 1988"
#Trance-Fusion
#*"Guitar solo from "Marque-Son's Chicken", performed at Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Germany: May 24, 1988"
#Gorgo
#*"Guitar solo from "The Torture Never Stops", performed at Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm: May 1, 1988"
#*"May refer to the 1961 science fiction film (Zappa is known to be a fan of monster movies), or Gorgonzola, the Zappa family's cat."
#Diplodocus
#*"Guitar solo from "King Kong", performed at Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island: October 26, 1984"
#Soul Polka
#*"Guitar solo from "Oh No", performed at Memorial Hall, Allentown, Pennsylvania: March 19, 1988"
#For Giuseppe Franco
#*"Guitar solo from "Hot-Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel", performed at Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington: December 17, 1984 (late show)"
#After Dinner Smoker
#*"Guitar solo from "The Torture Never Stops", performed at Palasport, Genoa, Italy: June 9, 1988"
#Light is all that matters
#*"Guitar solo from "Let's Move To Cleveland",performed at Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington December 17, 1984 (late show)"
#Finding Higgs' Boson
#*"Guitar solo from "Hot-Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel", performed at Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria: May 8, 1988"
#*"Refers to the "Higgs Boson", a hypothetical massive scalar elementary particle predicted to exist by the Standard Model of particle physics.
#Bavarian Sunset
#*"Guitar solo from post-"I Am The Walrus" jam, performed at Rudi-Sedlmeyer Sporthalle, Munich, Germany: May 9, 1988"

Personnel

*Frank Zappa – guitar, all tracks
*Dweezil Zappa – guitar on tracks 1 and 16
*Mike Keneally – rhythm guitar and keyboards on tracks 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, and 16
*Bobby Martin – keyboards on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16
*Ed Mann – percussion on tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, and 16
*Walt Fowler – trumpet, flugelhorn and keyboards on tracks 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, and 16
*Bruce Fowler – trombone on tracks 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, and 16
*Paul Carmen – alto, soprano, and baritone saxophone on tracks 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, and 16
*Albert Wing – tenor saxophone on tracks 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, and 16
*Kurt McGettrick – baritone, bass saxophone and contrabass clarinet on tracks 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, and 16
*Scott Thunes – bass and mini-Moog on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16
*Chad Wackerman – drums and percussion on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16
*Ray White – rhythm guitar on tracks 3, 5, 10, 12, and 14
*Ike Willis – rhythm guitar on tracks 3, 5, 10, 12, and 14
*Allan Zavod – keyboards on tracks 3, 5, 10, 12, and 14
*Warren Cuccurullo – rhythm guitar on track 6
*Denny Walley – slide guitar on track 6
*Tommy Mars – keyboards on tracks 2 and 6
*Peter Wolf – keyboards on tracks 2 and 6
*Vinnie Colaiuta – drums on track 6
*Adrian Belew – rhythm guitar on track 2
*Patrick O'Hearn – bass on track 2
*Terry Bozzio – drums on track 2

Notes

External links

* [http://www.zappa.com/flash/trance-fusion/ "Trance-Fusion" at Zappa.com]

References

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