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#REDIRECT [[The Grand Wazoo (Think It Over)]]
 
 
See also [[The Grand Wazoo (The Track)|notes about, and other versions of]], this song.
 
 
 
Recorded on [[72/09/24 Boston MA US Music Hall]].
 
 
 
===Players===
 
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*[[Frank Zappa]] (guitar and white stick with cork handle)
 
*[[Mike Altschul]] (piccolo, bass clarinet and other winds)
 
*[[Earle Dumler]] (oboe, contrabass sarrusophone and other winds)
 
*[[Tony Duran]] (slide guitar)
 
*[[Glenn Ferris]] (trombone and euphonium)
 
*[[Bruce Fowler]] (trombone of the upper atmosphere)
 
*[[Jim Gordon]] (electric drums)
 
*[[Jerry Kessler]] (electric cello)
 
*[[Tom Malone]] (trumpet in Bb and tuba)
 
*[[Sal Marquez]] (trumpet in Bb)
 
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*[[JoAnn Caldwell|Joann McNab]] (bassoon)
 
*[[Malcolm McNab]] (trumpet in D)
 
*[[Jay Migliori]] (flute, tenor sax and other winds)
 
*[[Charles Owens]] (soprano sax, alto sax and other winds)
 
*[[Dave Parlato]] (bass)
 
*[[Tom Raney]] (vibes and electric percussion)
 
*[[Ray Reed]] (clarinet, tenor sax and other winds)
 
*[[Ken Shroyer|Kenny Shroyer]] (trombone and baritone horn)
 
*[[Ian Underwood]] (piano and synthesizer)
 
*[[Ruth Underwood]] (marimba and electric percussion)
 
|}
 
 
 
===Included on===
 
*[[Zappa Wazoo]]
 
 
 
===Lyrics for this version===
 
[[Frank Zappa|FZ]]: Thank you<br>
 
Thank you very much<br>
 
 
 
Thank you very very very much<br>
 
 
 
I'd like to tell you a little bit about this... this here band, ok ? Here is the deal<br>
 
This band was put together for a very short period of time<br>
 
I think it was only 8 concerts, maybe 7, but I would have to count<br>
 
 
 
Anyway, this is the last time this band is gonna play together<br>
 
 
 
This is closing night in Boston<br>
 
 
 
However it is possible... shut up!<br>
 
It is possible<br>
 
 
 
Spectator: Where's Mark and Howie?<br>
 
 
 
FZ: They'll be around, they have their career<br>
 
 
 
Somebody: Bullshit<br>
 
 
 
FZ: Anyway, it's possible this band will appear, may be next year or something<br>
 
But this is the end of our tour here and we're going to err make an attempt to blow it all out for you in Boston<br>
 
 
 
Now...<br>
 
 
 
So that... so that you won't be misled about what we're going to do up here<br>
 
By having us start off with something that was oriented towards a boogie<br>
 
Most of the rest of the stuff that we do is a little bit more abstruse<br>
 
So I just wanted to break... break it to you easy<br>
 
Some of it is hard to tap your feets to<br>
 
Ok?<br>
 
Let me get my guitar in tune, we'll progress to something a little bit weirder<br>
 
 
 
Ok, the name of this piece is Approximate, just a minute<br>
 
 
 
Now, the way... the way this piece works is, the rhythm is in... in many instances specified for the instruments<br>
 
However the... the pitches that they play are left to their own err discretion<br>
 
So... at any one time there is a choice of a... about 20 different pitches being chosen all at the same time<br>
 
And the piece turns out different every time you play it<br>
 
 
 
This here's the Boston version<br>
 
 
 
Ok?<br>
 
 
 
One, two, three, four...<br>
 
 
 
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