Oh No! Not Jazz!!, by The Ed Palermo Big Band

Oh No! Not Jazz!!

by The Ed Palermo Big Band

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Nick Bradey good , indeed excellent, interpretations of classic Zappa , and superb original compositions.if you have any interest in the Zappa legacy do not neglect this .

Erik Duhs Nilsen Ed, you really understand FZs Universe!

Propeller Kuh oh my! do I love theses Zappa renditions! they are fresh, played with utmost fun and re-interprete them like they should nowadays.

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	1.	Inca Roads (feat. Napoleon Murphy Brock) 10:49
	2.	The Uncle Meat Variations 06:01
	3.	Little Umbrellas 04:45
	4.	The Dog Breath Variations 06:56
	5.	Chunga’s Revenge 05:34
	6.	Lumpy Gravy 04:50
	7.	The Black Page #2 05:48
	8.	America Drinks And Goes Home (feat. Mike James) 05:14
	9.	Moosh 06:12
	10.	Prelude To an Insult 03:48
	11.	Why Is the Doctor Barking? 05:49
	12.	Prelude To a Catastrophe 00:50
	13.	A Catastrophe (Is Just Around the Corner) 05:22
	14.	Let’s Reproduce 05:23
	15.	An Escape Nonetheless 09:06
	16.	Nostalgia Revisited (for Susan) 06:29
	17.	The Insult 09:58
	18.	Good Night, Everybody! God Love Ya! 05:29
	19.	She’s So Heavy 02:02

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"Palermo developed these charts during years of live shows with these musicians, and their mastery of the material shows in the performances, which turn on a dime yet feel fierce with spontaneous invention.... Palermo’s arrangements and these performances are precise, dedicated, raucous and incisive—just like Zappa himself."
– JazzTimes

The Ed Palermo Big Band is led by alto saxist and arranger Ed Palermo; he has had this big band with much of the same personnel for over 30 years, which is a hugely impressive feat in itself, and has had his band performing the music of Frank Zappa for 20 years.

The band is a 18 piece ensemble of five woodwind players, four trumpeters, three trombonists, two keyboardists, guitar, violin, bass and drum. There are a number of ensembles performing the music of Frank Zappa, who, 20 years after his death, is now recognized as one of the greatest American composers of the 20th century, but no one does it with the ease, skill and originality that Ed and his band do!

'Oh No! Not Jazz!!' consists of two albums of musical performances. The first album (tracks 1-8) further explores Ed's distinctive, big band interpretations of the music of Frank Zappa and for the most part, he concentrates here on Frank's initial burst of creative works from original Mothers Of Invention era of 1966-1970. In addition, two notable pieces are performed here. One of Frank's most loved works, Inca Roads, with a vocal by guest Napoleon Murphy Brock contrasts with one of his most 'notoriously difficult' works, The Black Page #2. All of the performances and arrangements of these great pieces are fun, musically witty and masterful. The second album (tracks 9-19) features Ed's own colorful compositions, which are here featured on a recording for the 1st time in over 25 years!

This double album shows that despite the financial and practical difficulties of running a large sized band, that the very fact that there are so many musical voices in a big band allows for showcasing arrangements better than any other vehicle. This is an exciting listen for fans of Frank Zappa and all adventurous rock and jazz music.

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released February 4, 2014

The Ed Palermo Big Band is
Ed Palermo: bandleader, arranger, composer, alto sax

Paul Adamy: electric bass, webmeister, godsend

Ray Marchica: drums, kindness

Bob Quaranta: acoustic piano + adorable twin daughters, one of which prefers dental surgery to the EPBB

Ted Kooshian: electrified keyboards, sparkplug management

Bruce McDaniel: guitar, vocals, aces in the brain game

Katie Jacoby: violin, perky youthfulness

Cliff Lyons: lead alto sax, clarinet, Troy, NY dregs of society

Phil Chester: 2nd alto sax, flute, piccolo, soprano sax, Texas swagger

Bill Straub: lead tenor sax, clarinet, soprano sax solo on “An Escape
Nonetheless,” five mouths to feed on a sax player's salary

Ben Kono: 2nd tenor sax, flute, oboe, devilish good looks but only by comparison to the rest of the EPBB

Barbara Cifelli: baritone sax, Eb mutant clarinet, bass clarinet, angelic good looks but only by comparison to Ben Kono

Charles Gordon: lead trombone, Jewish, but only in comparison to Ben Kono and Barbara Cifelli

Joe Fiedler: 2nd trombone, but much taller than the lead trombone player

Matt Ingman: bass trombone, babe-magnet tuba player

Ronnie Buttacavoli: lead trumpet, devout Catholic but not according to the nun he slapped as a child

John Hines: 2nd trumpet, at least he never hit a nun

Bonnie Buttacavoli: 3rd trumpet, cousin of the devout Catholic but refuses to confess to that transgression

Bonnie Hines: 4th trumpet, cousin of the 2nd trumpet player, confesses often but only of Ronnie Buttacavoli’s sins

Special Guests:
Napoleon Murphy Brock: vocals on “Inca Roads”

John Palermo: mandolin on “The Black Page,” “Dog Breath Variations,” “Inca Roads,” “Let's Reproduce,” “Lumpy Gravy” and “Prelude To a Catastrophe”

Gary Schreiner: accordion on “Chunga’s Revenge”

Mike James: vocals, complaints, and liver spots on “America Drinks” and “Good Night, Everybody”

Producer: Bruce McDaniel
Executive producer: The sax monster who gobbled up Katie Jacoby on the back cover of this CD. If I give you more royalties, can we have Katie back? Just puke her back up.

Recorded at Peaceful Waters Studio.
Engineer: Wayne Warnecke

Mixing, additional engineering, and mastering by Bruce McDaniel at Rock Ridge Recording.

Artwork by Nancy Palermo.
Photos: all selfies by the Ed Palermo Big Band.

Tracks #1-8:
Compositions by Frank Zappa.
Arranged by Ed Palermo

Tracks #9-19:
Compositions by Ed Palermo except:
“Moosh” (David Leone)
“She’s So Heavy” (Lennon & McCartney)
Arranged by Ed Palermo

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© 2014 Ed Palermo
(p) 2014 Cuneiform Records

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