http://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Frank_Zappa_Makes_A_Jazz_Noise&feed=atom&action=historyFrank Zappa Makes A Jazz Noise - Revision history2024-03-29T10:37:05ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.34.2http://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Frank_Zappa_Makes_A_Jazz_Noise&diff=54478&oldid=prevJason.Kreitzer at 15:41, 13 October 20212021-10-13T15:41:46Z<p></p>
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</table>Jason.Kreitzerhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Frank_Zappa_Makes_A_Jazz_Noise&diff=51793&oldid=prevJason.Kreitzer at 16:21, 14 September 20212021-09-14T16:21:22Z<p></p>
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</table>Jason.Kreitzerhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Frank_Zappa_Makes_A_Jazz_Noise&diff=51175&oldid=prevJason.Kreitzer at 19:02, 5 September 20212021-09-05T19:02:57Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"There's a piece on there called '[[When Yuppies Go To Hell]]' that's a heartwarming experience," Zappa smiles. "Then there's the arrangement of the [[L'Histoire Du Soldat|Royal March From "L'Histoire Du Soldat"]] by [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]] played faster than anybody has ever tried it before, along with the [[Theme From "The Bartok Piano Concerto"|main theme]] from the third [[Béla Bartók|Bartok]] piano concerto. The version of '[[Big Swifty]]' is pretty outstanding; in the middle, it features a contrapuntal section where one guy is playing '[[Carmen]]' and the other guy is playing the ''Prelude To Act 3 Of [[Lohengrin]].'' They're playing them together over a chromatic bass; it's kinda nice."</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"There's a piece on there called '[[When Yuppies Go To Hell]]' that's a heartwarming experience," Zappa smiles. "Then there's the arrangement of the [[L'Histoire Du Soldat|Royal March From "L'Histoire Du Soldat"]] by [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]] played faster than anybody has ever tried it before, along with the [[Theme From "The Bartok Piano Concerto"|main theme]] from the third [[Béla Bartók|Bartok]] piano concerto. The version of '[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Big Swifty (1988 - Munich)|</ins>Big Swifty]]' is pretty outstanding; in the middle, it features a contrapuntal section where one guy is playing '[[Carmen]]' and the other guy is playing the ''Prelude To Act 3 Of [[Lohengrin]].'' They're playing them together over a chromatic bass; it's kinda nice."</div></td></tr>
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</table>Jason.Kreitzerhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Frank_Zappa_Makes_A_Jazz_Noise&diff=49744&oldid=prevJason.Kreitzer at 14:28, 11 August 20212021-08-11T14:28:38Z<p></p>
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</table>Jason.Kreitzerhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Frank_Zappa_Makes_A_Jazz_Noise&diff=48025&oldid=prevJason.Kreitzer at 18:43, 30 July 20212021-07-30T18:43:41Z<p></p>
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</table>Jason.Kreitzerhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Frank_Zappa_Makes_A_Jazz_Noise&diff=47011&oldid=prevJason.Kreitzer at 01:51, 21 July 20212021-07-21T01:51:01Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Frank Zappa]] is both proud and pissed-off. His 1988 mad band has been history for more than three years now but he's been reliving the triumphs and frustrations of that band ever since. First, it was over a year at the mixing board, extracting, compiling, and combining the best material into three albums: ''[[Broadway The Hard Way]]'', ''[[The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life]]'', and the new ''[[Make A Jazz Noise Here]]'', as well as bits and pieces in the ongoing ''[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore]]'' series, which fuses performances from Frank's entire career. Since the band – which included drummer [[Chad Wackerman]], bassist [[Scott Thunes]], percussionist [[Ed Mann]], keyboardist [[Bobby Martin]], guitarist/vocalists [[Ike Willis]] and [[Mike Keneally]], trumpeter [[Walt Fowler]], trombonist [[Bruce Fowler]], and reedmen [[Paul Carman]], [[Albert Wing]] and [[Kurt McGettrick]], along with Frank on guitar, [[Synclavier]], and vocals – only played in Europe and in the northeast United States, Frank can take pride in the fact that many of its finest moments are finally available to his fans. At the same time, the eyebrows scowl and the shrugs turn a tad painful when he discusses the interpersonal problems that led to the premature breakup of the group, leaving Zappa $400,000 in the hole and refusing to put another band together unless someone else foots the bill.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Biography|</ins>Frank Zappa]] is both proud and pissed-off. His 1988 mad band has been history for more than three years now but he's been reliving the triumphs and frustrations of that band ever since. First, it was over a year at the mixing board, extracting, compiling, and combining the best material into three albums: ''[[Broadway The Hard Way]]'', ''[[The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life]]'', and the new ''[[Make A Jazz Noise Here]]'', as well as bits and pieces in the ongoing ''[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore]]'' series, which fuses performances from Frank's entire career. Since the band – which included drummer [[Chad Wackerman]], bassist [[Scott Thunes]], percussionist [[Ed Mann]], keyboardist [[Bobby Martin]], guitarist/vocalists [[Ike Willis]] and [[Mike Keneally]], trumpeter [[Walt Fowler]], trombonist [[Bruce Fowler]], and reedmen [[Paul Carman]], [[Albert Wing]] and [[Kurt McGettrick]], along with Frank on guitar, [[Synclavier]], and vocals – only played in Europe and in the northeast United States, Frank can take pride in the fact that many of its finest moments are finally available to his fans. At the same time, the eyebrows scowl and the shrugs turn a tad painful when he discusses the interpersonal problems that led to the premature breakup of the group, leaving Zappa $400,000 in the hole and refusing to put another band together unless someone else foots the bill.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Jason.Kreitzerhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Frank_Zappa_Makes_A_Jazz_Noise&diff=37123&oldid=prevMaroual at 19:56, 16 October 20112011-10-16T19:56:14Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Zappa has other ongoing projects, as well, in varying stages. A couple of spoken-word projects are now languishing on the back burner; closer to completion is an album called [[The Lost Episodes|Lost Episodes]], a compilation of unreleased studio performances dating from 1962 to 1984. The fourth volume of [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore]] should be out as you read this, with two more volumes to go. When I first meet him, however, he's typing into his [[Synclavier]], working on one of five hundred or so new pieces; he promises a follow-up to [[Jazz From Hell]] by the end of the year. He's made many modifications to his [[Synclavier]] since the [[Jazz From Hell]] sessions which should add more realism to his music.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Zappa has other ongoing projects, as well, in varying stages. A couple of spoken-word projects are now languishing on the back burner; closer to completion is an album called [[The Lost Episodes|Lost Episodes]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] [''[[wikipedia:Sic|sic]]''</ins>], a compilation of unreleased studio performances dating from 1962 to 1984. The fourth volume of [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore]] should be out as you read this, with two more volumes to go. When I first meet him, however, he's typing into his [[Synclavier]], working on one of five hundred or so new pieces; he promises a follow-up to [[Jazz From Hell]] by the end of the year. He's made many modifications to his [[Synclavier]] since the [[Jazz From Hell]] sessions which should add more realism to his music.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Maroualhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Frank_Zappa_Makes_A_Jazz_Noise&diff=37122&oldid=prevMaroual at 19:48, 16 October 20112011-10-16T19:48:49Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Zappa has other ongoing projects, as well, in varying stages. A couple of spoken-word projects are now languishing on the back burner; closer to completion is an album called [[The Lost Episodes]], a compilation of unreleased studio performances dating from 1962 to 1984. The fourth volume of [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore]] should be out as you read this, with two more volumes to go. When I first meet him, however, he's typing into his [[Synclavier]], working on one of five hundred or so new pieces; he promises a follow-up to [[Jazz From Hell]] by the end of the year. He's made many modifications to his [[Synclavier]] since the [[Jazz From Hell]] sessions which should add more realism to his music.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Zappa has other ongoing projects, as well, in varying stages. A couple of spoken-word projects are now languishing on the back burner; closer to completion is an album called [[The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Lost Episodes|</ins>Lost Episodes]], a compilation of unreleased studio performances dating from 1962 to 1984. The fourth volume of [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore]] should be out as you read this, with two more volumes to go. When I first meet him, however, he's typing into his [[Synclavier]], working on one of five hundred or so new pieces; he promises a follow-up to [[Jazz From Hell]] by the end of the year. He's made many modifications to his [[Synclavier]] since the [[Jazz From Hell]] sessions which should add more realism to his music.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"I bought a direct-to-disc system, 16 tracks, about an hour per track," he explains. "I've expanded the RAM, expanded the number of voices in the machine. In the real world, instruments don't just shut off after you've played a note; if you don't have enough RAM to hold your samples, then you have to use short samples or looped samples, which sound unrealistic. When you have more RAM space, you can use longer samples and because the ring-off is more natural, the things tend to sound better."</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"I bought a direct-to-disc system, 16 tracks, about an hour per track," he explains. "I've expanded the RAM, expanded the number of voices in the machine. In the real world, instruments don't just shut off after you've played a note; if you don't have enough RAM to hold your samples, then you have to use short samples or looped samples, which sound unrealistic. When you have more RAM space, you can use longer samples and because the ring-off is more natural, the things tend to sound better."</div></td></tr>
</table>Maroualhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Frank_Zappa_Makes_A_Jazz_Noise&diff=37119&oldid=prevSpider of Destiny at 13:29, 16 October 20112011-10-16T13:29:39Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When congratulated on the reggae-fied version of [[Maurice Ravel|Ravel]]'s "[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Bolero</del>]]", which features some amazing drum work from Wackerman, he just chuckles, "Well, that's a good example of a reggae waltz."</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When congratulated on the reggae-fied version of [[Maurice Ravel|Ravel]]'s "[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Boléro</ins>]]", which features some amazing drum work from Wackerman, he just chuckles, "Well, that's a good example of a reggae waltz."</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Zappa has other ongoing projects, as well, in varying stages. A couple of spoken-word projects are now languishing on the back burner; closer to completion is an album called [[The Lost Episodes]], a compilation of unreleased studio performances dating from 1962 to 1984. The fourth volume of [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore]] should be out as you read this, with two more volumes to go. When I first meet him, however, he's typing into his [[Synclavier]], working on one of five hundred or so new pieces; he promises a follow-up to [[Jazz From Hell]] by the end of the year. He's made many modifications to his [[Synclavier]] since the [[Jazz From Hell]] sessions which should add more realism to his music.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Zappa has other ongoing projects, as well, in varying stages. A couple of spoken-word projects are now languishing on the back burner; closer to completion is an album called [[The Lost Episodes]], a compilation of unreleased studio performances dating from 1962 to 1984. The fourth volume of [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore]] should be out as you read this, with two more volumes to go. When I first meet him, however, he's typing into his [[Synclavier]], working on one of five hundred or so new pieces; he promises a follow-up to [[Jazz From Hell]] by the end of the year. He's made many modifications to his [[Synclavier]] since the [[Jazz From Hell]] sessions which should add more realism to his music.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Frank has also been getting more involved with the classical world. September of 1990 saw performances of several Zappa pieces by the Lyon Opera Ballet and the Orchestre de l'Opera de Lyon in Lyon, [[France]]. But this pales beside the possibilities of an upcoming project.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Frank has also been getting more involved with the classical world. September of 1990 saw performances of several Zappa pieces by the Lyon Opera Ballet and the Orchestre de l'Opera de Lyon in Lyon, [[France]]. But this pales beside the possibilities of an upcoming project.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"The next thing that we're going to try is that I have an offer from the Frankfurt Festival in [[Germany]] for 1992, which, in part, is a celebration of [[John Cage]]'s 80th birthday. Cage is going to be there; [[Karlheinz Stockhausen|Stockhausen]] is going to be there; and they want me to be there with some of my music. One of the things I proposed to them is that they put the guys in this chamber ensemble called [[Ensemble <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Moderne</del>]] on a plane to L.A. for two weeks. I will train them, as I would my band, and build the piece for them."</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"The next thing that we're going to try is that I have an offer from the Frankfurt Festival in [[Germany]] for 1992, which, in part, is a celebration of [[John Cage]]'s 80th birthday. Cage is going to be there; [[Karlheinz Stockhausen|Stockhausen]] is going to be there; and they want me to be there with some of my music. One of the things I proposed to them is that they put the guys in this chamber ensemble called [[Ensemble <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Modern</ins>]] on a plane to L.A. for two weeks. I will train them, as I would my band, and build the piece for them."</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Congratulating him on finding a way to use his bandleading skills within the classical realm, he nods. "It also means that they're going to wind up with a piece of music written on paper, which they will then be able to play in concert over and over again. It'll be made just for them; it's like cutting them a suit of clothes. Another thing we'll have is a sampling session where I'll make samples of the whole ensemble and then use those samples in the composition, so they get to play against themselves."</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Congratulating him on finding a way to use his bandleading skills within the classical realm, he nods. "It also means that they're going to wind up with a piece of music written on paper, which they will then be able to play in concert over and over again. It'll be made just for them; it's like cutting them a suit of clothes. Another thing we'll have is a sampling session where I'll make samples of the whole ensemble and then use those samples in the composition, so they get to play against themselves."</div></td></tr>
</table>Spider of Destinyhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Frank_Zappa_Makes_A_Jazz_Noise&diff=37118&oldid=prevSpider of Destiny at 13:28, 16 October 20112011-10-16T13:28:57Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:Mark_Hanauer-Onyx.jpg|frame|Picture by Mark Hanauer/Onyx]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:Mark_Hanauer-Onyx.jpg|frame|Picture by Mark Hanauer/Onyx]]</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Frank Zappa]] is both proud and pissed-off. His 1988 mad band has been history for more than three years now but he's been reliving the triumphs and frustrations of that band ever since. First, it was over a year at the mixing board, extracting, compiling, and combining the best material into three albums: [[Broadway The Hard Way]], [[The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life]], and the new [[Make A Jazz Noise Here]], as well as bits and pieces in the ongoing [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore]] series, which fuses performances from Frank's entire career. Since the band – which included drummer [[Chad Wackerman]], bassist [[Scott Thunes]], percussionist [[Ed Mann]], keyboardist [[Bobby Martin]], guitarist/vocalists [[Ike Willis]] and [[Mike Keneally]], trumpeter [[Walt Fowler]], trombonist [[Bruce Fowler]], and reedmen [[Paul Carman]], [[Albert Wing]] and [[Kurt McGettrick]], along with Frank on guitar, [[Synclavier]], and vocals – only played in Europe and in the northeast United States, Frank can take pride in the fact that many of its finest moments are finally available to his fans. At the same time, the eyebrows scowl and the shrugs turn a tad painful when he discusses the interpersonal problems that led to the premature breakup of the group, leaving Zappa $400,000 in the hole and refusing to put another band together unless someone else foots the bill.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Frank Zappa]] is both proud and pissed-off. His 1988 mad band has been history for more than three years now but he's been reliving the triumphs and frustrations of that band ever since. First, it was over a year at the mixing board, extracting, compiling, and combining the best material into three albums: <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>[[Broadway The Hard Way]], [[The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life]],<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'' </ins>and the new <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>[[Make A Jazz Noise Here]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>, as well as bits and pieces in the ongoing <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'' </ins>series, which fuses performances from Frank's entire career. Since the band – which included drummer [[Chad Wackerman]], bassist [[Scott Thunes]], percussionist [[Ed Mann]], keyboardist [[Bobby Martin]], guitarist/vocalists [[Ike Willis]] and [[Mike Keneally]], trumpeter [[Walt Fowler]], trombonist [[Bruce Fowler]], and reedmen [[Paul Carman]], [[Albert Wing]] and [[Kurt McGettrick]], along with Frank on guitar, [[Synclavier]], and vocals – only played in Europe and in the northeast United States, Frank can take pride in the fact that many of its finest moments are finally available to his fans. At the same time, the eyebrows scowl and the shrugs turn a tad painful when he discusses the interpersonal problems that led to the premature breakup of the group, leaving Zappa $400,000 in the hole and refusing to put another band together unless someone else foots the bill.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"Most of the guys in the band decided they hated the bass player and refused to go on stage with him again," Frank sighs. "I didn't want to fire the bass player; I liked him. It put me in a position where if I had to replace someone, it meant going back into rehearsal, and rehearsals cost money. We had plenty of offers to do concerts in the U.S. that summer but they just wouldn't do it with Scott."</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"Most of the guys in the band decided they hated the bass player and refused to go on stage with him again," Frank sighs. "I didn't want to fire the bass player; I liked him. It put me in a position where if I had to replace someone, it meant going back into rehearsal, and rehearsals cost money. We had plenty of offers to do concerts in the U.S. that summer but they just wouldn't do it with Scott."</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>One of the unique things about this particular ensemble was the five-man horn section. For years, Frank contented himself with synthesized horn sounds, but for this band, he wanted the real thing. Horn arrangements were hammered together in rehearsal but the actual methodology ranged from Kurt McGettrick copying an orchestral score for "[[Strictly Genteel]]" to the band learning their parts to "The Untouchables" from a cassette of the TV theme played through the p. a. at a soundcheck. Reedman Paul Carman knew [[wikipedia:Jimmy Page|Jimmy Page]]'s guitar solo from [[Led Zeppelin]]'s immortal "[[Stairway To Heaven]]" by heart, so Frank had him teach it to the rest of the horns. Performed over a lively ska rhythm, it's one of ''The Best Band ...'s'' most humorous moments.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>One of the unique things about this particular ensemble was the five-man horn section. For years, Frank contented himself with synthesized horn sounds, but for this band, he wanted the real thing. Horn arrangements were hammered together in rehearsal but the actual methodology ranged from Kurt McGettrick copying an orchestral score for <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>"[[Strictly Genteel]]"<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'' </ins>to the band learning their parts to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>"<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>The Untouchables<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>"<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'' </ins>from a cassette of the TV theme played through the p. a. at a soundcheck. Reedman Paul Carman knew [[wikipedia:Jimmy Page|Jimmy Page]]'s guitar solo from [[Led Zeppelin]]'s immortal <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>"[[Stairway To Heaven]]"<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'' </ins>by heart, so Frank had him teach it to the rest of the horns. Performed over a lively ska rhythm, it's one of ''The Best Band ...'s'' most humorous moments.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If the horns are noticeable on <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">T</del>''<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">he </del>Best Band ...,'' they're even more so on ''Make A Jazz Noise Here,'' where they get to stretch out on instrumental versions of "[[Let's Make The Water Turn Black]]" and "[[Harry You're A Beast]]," among other delights.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If the horns are noticeable on ''<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The </ins>Best Band ...,'' they're even more so on ''Make A Jazz Noise Here,'' where they get to stretch out on instrumental versions of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>"[[Let's Make The Water Turn Black]]"<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'' </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>"[[Harry You're A Beast]],"<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'' </ins>among other delights.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"There's a piece on there called '[[When Yuppies Go To Hell]]' that's a heartwarming experience," Zappa smiles. "Then there's the arrangement of the [[Royal March From "L'Histoire Du Soldat"]] by [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]] played faster than anybody has ever tried it before, along with the [[Theme From "The Bartok Piano Concerto #3"|main theme]] from the third [[Béla Bartók|Bartok]] piano concerto. The version of '[[Big Swifty]]' is pretty outstanding; in the middle, it features a contrapuntal section where one guy is playing 'Carmen' and the other guy is playing the ''Prelude To Act 3 Of Lohengrin.'' They're playing them together over a chromatic bass; it's kinda nice."</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"There's a piece on there called '[[When Yuppies Go To Hell]]' that's a heartwarming experience," Zappa smiles. "Then there's the arrangement of the [[Royal March From "L'Histoire Du Soldat"]] by [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]] played faster than anybody has ever tried it before, along with the [[Theme From "The Bartok Piano Concerto #3"|main theme]] from the third [[Béla Bartók|Bartok]] piano concerto. The version of '[[Big Swifty]]' is pretty outstanding; in the middle, it features a contrapuntal section where one guy is playing '<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Carmen<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>' and the other guy is playing the ''Prelude To Act 3 Of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Lohengrin<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>.'' They're playing them together over a chromatic bass; it's kinda nice."</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Another of the surprises on ''The Best Band ...'' is the number of tunes using reggae or ska rhythms. But Frank assures me that this is no change.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Another of the surprises on ''The Best Band ...'' is the number of tunes using reggae or ska rhythms. But Frank assures me that this is no change.</div></td></tr>
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<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 19:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"No," he shakes his head, "most of the bands I've had since the early 1980's have been doing reggae; it's just that nobody ever wrote about it. There's two things we've done a lot of: reggaes and waltzes. Then sometimes, we've done reggae waltzes. We've done reggae in seven, reggae in 11; we play all kinds of reggae. One thing we were experimenting with on the '88 tour was mariachi rhythm, superimposing mariachi rhythm on top of reggae. We did that in several places."</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"No," he shakes his head, "most of the bands I've had since the early 1980's have been doing reggae; it's just that nobody ever wrote about it. There's two things we've done a lot of: reggaes and waltzes. Then sometimes, we've done reggae waltzes. We've done reggae in seven, reggae in 11; we play all kinds of reggae. One thing we were experimenting with on the '88 tour was mariachi rhythm, superimposing mariachi rhythm on top of reggae. We did that in several places."</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When congratulated on the reggae-fied version of [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wikipedia:</del>Maurice Ravel|Ravel]]'s "Bolero", which features some amazing drum work from Wackerman, he just chuckles, "Well, that's a good example of a reggae waltz."</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When congratulated on the reggae-fied version of [[Maurice Ravel|Ravel]]'s "<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Bolero<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>", which features some amazing drum work from Wackerman, he just chuckles, "Well, that's a good example of a reggae waltz."</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Zappa has other ongoing projects, as well, in varying stages. A couple of spoken-word projects are now languishing on the back burner; closer to completion is an album called Lost Episodes, a compilation of unreleased studio performances dating from 1962 to 1984. The fourth volume of [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore]] should be out as you read this, with two more volumes to go. When I first meet him, however, he's typing into his Synclavier, working on one of five hundred or so new pieces; he promises a follow-up to Jazz From Hell by the end of the year. He's made many modifications to his Synclavier since the [[Jazz From Hell]] sessions which should add more realism to his music.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Zappa has other ongoing projects, as well, in varying stages. A couple of spoken-word projects are now languishing on the back burner; closer to completion is an album called <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[The </ins>Lost Episodes<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, a compilation of unreleased studio performances dating from 1962 to 1984. The fourth volume of [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore]] should be out as you read this, with two more volumes to go. When I first meet him, however, he's typing into his <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Synclavier<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, working on one of five hundred or so new pieces; he promises a follow-up to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Jazz From Hell<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>by the end of the year. He's made many modifications to his <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Synclavier<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>since the [[Jazz From Hell]] sessions which should add more realism to his music.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"I bought a direct-to-disc system, 16 tracks, about an hour per track," he explains. "I've expanded the RAM, expanded the number of voices in the machine. In the real world, instruments don't just shut off after you've played a note; if you don't have enough RAM to hold your samples, then you have to use short samples or looped samples, which sound unrealistic. When you have more RAM space, you can use longer samples and because the ring-off is more natural, the things tend to sound better."</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"I bought a direct-to-disc system, 16 tracks, about an hour per track," he explains. "I've expanded the RAM, expanded the number of voices in the machine. In the real world, instruments don't just shut off after you've played a note; if you don't have enough RAM to hold your samples, then you have to use short samples or looped samples, which sound unrealistic. When you have more RAM space, you can use longer samples and because the ring-off is more natural, the things tend to sound better."</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Frank has also been getting more involved with the classical world. September of 1990 saw performances of several Zappa pieces by the Lyon Opera Ballet and the Orchestre de l'Opera de Lyon in Lyon, France. But this pales beside the possibilities of an upcoming project.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Frank has also been getting more involved with the classical world. September of 1990 saw performances of several Zappa pieces by the Lyon Opera Ballet and the Orchestre de l'Opera de Lyon in Lyon, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>France<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>. But this pales beside the possibilities of an upcoming project.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"The next thing that we're going to try is that I have an offer from the Frankfurt Festival in Germany for 1992, which, in part, is a celebration of John Cage's 80th birthday. Cage is going to be there; Stockhausen is going to be there; and they want me to be there with some of my music. One of the things I proposed to them is that they put the guys in this chamber ensemble called Ensemble Moderne on a plane to L.A. for two weeks. I will train them, as I would my band, and build the piece for them."</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"The next thing that we're going to try is that I have an offer from the Frankfurt Festival in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Germany<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>for 1992, which, in part, is a celebration of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>John Cage<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>'s 80th birthday. Cage is going to be there; <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Karlheinz </ins>Stockhausen<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|Stockhausen]] </ins>is going to be there; and they want me to be there with some of my music. One of the things I proposed to them is that they put the guys in this chamber ensemble called <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Ensemble Moderne<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>on a plane to L.A. for two weeks. I will train them, as I would my band, and build the piece for them."</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Congratulating him on finding a way to use his bandleading skills within the classical realm, he nods. "It also means that they're going to wind up with a piece of music written on paper, which they will then be able to play in concert over and over again. It'll be made just for them; it's like cutting them a suit of clothes. Another thing we'll have is a sampling session where I'll make samples of the whole ensemble and then use those samples in the composition, so they get to play against themselves."</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Congratulating him on finding a way to use his bandleading skills within the classical realm, he nods. "It also means that they're going to wind up with a piece of music written on paper, which they will then be able to play in concert over and over again. It'll be made just for them; it's like cutting them a suit of clothes. Another thing we'll have is a sampling session where I'll make samples of the whole ensemble and then use those samples in the composition, so they get to play against themselves."</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l42" >Line 42:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 42:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"Depends on who's doing the barbeque," Frank says with a smile. "I don't know; with that many live musicians around, I might go crazy. Somebody should throw one, though. What else happens in summer? You've got the 4th of July and then you've gotta wait till Memorial Day. So you've gotta get something in between there."</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"Depends on who's doing the barbeque," Frank says with a smile. "I don't know; with that many live musicians around, I might go crazy. Somebody should throw one, though. What else happens in summer? You've got the 4th of July and then you've gotta wait till Memorial Day. So you've gotta get something in between there."</div></td></tr>
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