the mar vista philharmonic
The Mar Vista Philharmonic
2003/12/04 radio show "jazz on 3", bbc3 radio, uk
"Frank Zappa Anniversary Session"
"Jazz on 3" presented a specially recorded studio session from
some of the players that were instrumental in creating Zappa's music.
Commissioned by the BBC, the ex-zappa sidemen called themselves The Mar
Vista
Philharmonic.
Recorded in Los Angeles, November 7, 2003,
Broadcast on BBC3, December 4, 2003:
- The Mar Vista Philharmonic
- Vinnie Colaiuta: drums
- Tommy Mars: Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes, and vocals
- Arthur Barrow: bass guitar
- Walt Fowler: trumpet and flugel horn
- Bruce Fowler: trombone
- Albert Wing: tenor sax
- Kurt McGettrick: bass clarinet, baritone sax and flute
engineered by Bob Stone,
produced and mixed by Arthur Barrow
- 'Shut Up 'n' Make A Jazz Noise Here' =
Treacherous Cretins, Chunga's Revenge, Five-Five-Five, Inca Roads
(Frank Zappa)
- 'Sad Spangled Banner' - incl.'Soup 'N
Old Clothes' (Frank Zappa)
random notes
From: "Charles Ulrich”
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004
… the Mar Vista Philharmonic, named after the
neighborhood in which Arthur Barrow's studio is located
<http://pw1.netcom.com/~bigear/lotekstu.html>.
--Charles