medjuck Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 "It'snot dead but it smells" or something like that? I think someone here used it as a signature. But I got into my car this morning and my iPod starts into the middle of a really good driving vibes solo and I can't recall what it's from. Turns out it's from Zappa live at the Capital Theater in 1978 from Wolfgang's Vault. Sure sounds like jazz to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 "it's not dead it just smells funny" ? maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Ptah Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 He says it during the song Bebop Tango on the Roxy and Elsewhere album. There is jazz on that album, such as a trombone solo by Bruce Fowler on the song Echidna's Arf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonnymax Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 Jazz isn't dead, it just smells funny. Ironically, Zappa is now both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarThrower Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 Tongue in cheek remark. Zappa listened to and played a lot of jazz, and he hired quite a few jazz musicians for his bands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 ... and he had George Duke play over the top bebop phrases in the piece where he uttered that sentence! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cih Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 Also he said something about how he used to regard jazz as just 'noodles'.. but then later - though he still regarded it as noodles - learned to tell good noodles from bad.. or something like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ayers Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 What does he know? Bring back Leonard Feather. Now there's a guy who could tap his toe and count to four. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertoart Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 What does he know? Bring back Leonard Feather. Now there's a guy who could tap his toe and count to four. Yeah Zappa could count real well, but for someone with such a dirty guitar sound he sure spawned a lot of antiseptic Fusion. And the awful Steve Vai Hair Metal -in complex time signatures genre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 Zappa's music stunk and, these days, so does he. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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