In a rare 1984 interview, Frank Zappa spoke about improvisation, spontaneity, and his process of creating guitar solos.

the last album credited to ‘Frank Zappa And The Mothers of Invention’ features a settled lineup, as well as two guest slots from the legendary Johnny “Guitar” Watson. Napoleon Murphy Brock ...

Zappa has an eye for weird and wonderful instruments, and this heavily modded example – which began life as a Roxy SG – might ...

UCR attempts to make sense of this knotty catalog in the list of Frank Zappa Albums Ranked below. Records include those made as a solo artist, with the Mothers, as the leader of classical and ...

On Thursday (April 3), the current members of the beloved band announced the launch of Feat Fest 2025, a three-day festival ...

Soul Freak Symphony album review by Glenn Astarita, published on April 1, 2025. Find thousands jazz reviews at All About Jazz ...

Sheer paradise for musos. Alias Frank’s answer to Santana’s Samba Pa Ti. Against a slow, minimal backing, Zappa simply shut up and played his guitar, a landmark solo that finds him at his most pure ...

Frank Zappa’s name isn’t featured on the front of 1967’s Absolutely Free, The Mothers Of Invention’s second album. But, as his looming mustachioed face on the cover hints, the disc would ...