Zappa - C/D

^^^ agreed, although all of them contain "wackiness" to some degree. I had never heard "What's New In Baltimore" before, that and "Watermelon..." are essentially jazz fusion not far removed from, say, Jeff Beck's Blow by Blow.

I'm a fan, if not a regular listener, of his orchestral writing, much of which WilliamC recommended, which would likely satisfy someone into Kronos Quartet (or Carl Stalling's cartoon scores.)

The Ensemble Modern released a cd with Zappa songs not everyone knows about and it´s pretty good called ´Greggery Peccary and Other Persuasions´.

'Orchestral Favorites', ´Sleep Dirt´ and ´Studio Tan' all contain 'serious´ music. The Zappa Family Trust just released ´Dance Me This´ but no reviews have surfaced yet.

i like jazz from hell

Very much enjoyed Hot Rats and was surprised by the warmth of it.

My Zappa listening is mostly a thing of the past, but I've never seen Dweezil, and setlists from the current tour look deep and interesting to me. Should I go?

I imagine it'd be a fun time and I'm sure he'd appreciate it.

I've never heard a single bad word about Dweezil's show

I'd like to see his show

Pretty classic in a random mix go from Zappa's "Call Any Vegetable" to the Ohio Players album track "Rooster Poot" - which sounds EXACTLY like something off a FZ record. Don't think that skit song had ever really purked up my ears in the couple times I checked out that Ohio Players album, but this listen was notable.