Frank Zappa's Hot Licks (And Funny Smells)
Colin Towns + NDR Bigband
live at moers festival
FRANK ZAPPA'S HOT LICKS
(AND FUNNY SMELLS)
Release Info
rad 2007-2
CD by "rent a dog"
"NDR under licence from: Provocateur Records 'Improvise not compromise'"
"Recorded live at Moers Festival, Germany May 31, 2004
Mobile studio Engineer Peter Witjes for NPS
Mixed at NDR Studios, Hamburg, Germany December 2004 by Toby Wood
Mastered at Finesplice, UK January 2005 by Ben Turner and Toby Wood"
Tracks
- Introduction & Anthem (02:05)
- Peaches En Regalia (04:31)
- Eat That Question (07:58)
- Let's Make The Water Turn Black (02:45)
- Watermelon In Easter Hay (07:35)
- Brown Shoes Don't Make It (02:21)
- Willie The Pimp (02:18)
- King Kong (01:49)
- A Pound For A Brown (On The Bus) (03:41)
- Waka Jawaka (06:13)
- Stevie's Spanking (03:46)
- Sinister Footwear - 2nd Mvt. (04:27)
- Little Umbrellas / Big Swifty (07:02)
- Black Napkins (02:32)
- Be-Bop Tango (00:52)
- G-Spot Tornado (05:22)
Players
CONDUCTOR/ARRANGER Colin Towns
TRUMPETS Lennart Axelsson, Ingolf Burkhardt, Claus Stötter, Reiner Winterschladen
TROMBONES Dan Gottshall, Sebastian Hofmann, Stefan Lottermann, Ingo Lahme (bass trombone, tuba)
SAXOPHONES Fiete Felsch (as, cl), Peter Bolte (as), Christof Lauer (ts), Lutz Büchner (ts), Frank Delle (bs, ss)
PIANO/KEYBOARDS Vlayslav Sendecki
GUITAR Stephan Diez
BASS Lucas Lindholm
PERCUSSION Marcio Doctor
DRUMS Ian Thomas
Background
Track 1 cites Let's Make The Water Turn Black; the anthem is Stars Spangled Banner. Track 13 cites Carmen.
NDR (Norddeutscher Rundfunk) is the Northern German Broadcasting station, located in Hamburg.
Conceptual Continuity
"Funny smells":
