Ed Palermo Big Band - Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance *

Artist:

Palermo, Ed

UPC:

045775022529

Description:

Ed Palermo: Bill Straub (tenor saxophone); John Hines (trumpet); Joe Fiedler (trombone); Ted Kooshian (Kurzwell synthesizer); Paul Adamy (bass guitar); Phil Chester, Barbara Cifelli, Charles Gordon, Cliff Lyons, Ronnie Buttacavoli, Matt Ingman, Bob Quaranta, Ben Kono, Ray Marchica, Carl Restivo.
Personnel: Carl Restivo (vocals, guitar); Phil Chester (flute, piccolo, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Bill Straub (flute, clarinet, saxophone); Ben Kono (flute, tenor saxophone); Cliff Lyons (clarinet, alto saxophone); Barbara Cifelli (clarinet, baritone saxophone); Dave Riekenberg (tenor saxophone); Ronnie Buttacavoli (trumpet); Charles Gordon, Joe Fielder (trombone); Matt Ingman (bass trombone, tuba); Bob Quaranta (piano); Ted Kooshian (organ, Kurzwell synthesizer); Paul Adamy (electric bass); Ray Marchica (drums); Emedin Rivera (percussion).
Audio Mixer: Randy Friel.
Recording information: Showplace Recording, Dover, NJ (2005).
Illustrator: Nancy Palermo.
Photographer: Phil Chester.
From his Mothers of Invention days onward, Frank Zappa often used jazzy multi-part arrangements that in some ways could have been regarded as avant-garde extensions of the big-band style. Of course, there was a lot of non-jazz involved in what Zappa composed and performed, and even his jazziest outings had some outrageous touches that would be found in few if any big-band arrangements from any era. It`s to their credit, however, that the Ed Palermo Big Band recognize how adaptable some of Zappa`s works are to the big-band format. Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance puts eight of Zappa`s compositions, spanning the late `60s to the 1980s, into a big-band context. Using almost 20 musicians, it sticks almost wholly to an instrumental approach, though Carl Restivo adds some vocals to "Mom and Dad/Oh No." Albums such as these -- not quite a tribute record, but pretty close -- are hard to peg as to who they`ll appeal to; Zappa fans have the originals to compare these interpretations to, and big-band fans might find it too adventurous, or even strange. But the Ed Palermo Big Band achieve the difficult task of making Zappa`s music more accessible in a way, and certainly give it more of a jazzy big-band swing, without selling out. These versions won`t replace the originals as definitive statements, but they have a listenable breeziness that could work as an entry to the music for listeners who might be put off by the more jagged ugliness that Zappa was often wont to insert into his own renditions. ~ Richie Unterberger

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. RDNZL
2. Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
3. Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula
4. Pound for a Brown on the Bus
5. Sleep Dirt
6. Gumbo Variations
7. Mom and Dad/Oh No: Mom And Dad / Oh No
8. Moggio

Album Information

Release Date:

03/12/2009

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Label:

Cuneiform Records

Producer:

Carl Restivo; John Palermo

Catalog Number:

RUNE 225

Original Release Year:

2006

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

53 : 37

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