Jazz from Hell is a Grammy Award–winning instrumental album from Frank Zappa. It was released in 1986 by Barking Pumpkin Records (vinyl) and by Rykodisc (CD).
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.
Although this is an instrumental album, there is an unconfirmed report that the Fred Meyer chain of stores sold Jazz from Hell in their Music Market department featuring an RIAA Parental Advisory sticker.
This could have been the result of Zappa's feud with the PMRC, an objection to the use of the word "hell" in the album title, or in reference to the track "G-Spot Tornado", describing the sexual area in human anatomy commonly known as the G-Spot.
Friday, September 20, 2013
There's an instrumental jazz album with absolutely no lyrics that still has a parental advisory sticker!
Jazz from Hell is a Grammy Award–winning instrumental album from Frank Zappa. It was released in 1986 by Barking Pumpkin Records (vinyl) and by Rykodisc (CD).
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.
Although this is an instrumental album, there is an unconfirmed report that the Fred Meyer chain of stores sold Jazz from Hell in their Music Market department featuring an RIAA Parental Advisory sticker.
This could have been the result of Zappa's feud with the PMRC, an objection to the use of the word "hell" in the album title, or in reference to the track "G-Spot Tornado", describing the sexual area in human anatomy commonly known as the G-Spot.
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