Product ReviewsZappa and Jazz: Did it really smell funny, Frank? by Geoff Wills (Paperback, 2015)

Jazz Noise Made Here

Frank Zappa famously said: "Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny." Author Geoff Willis points out that, if anything, Zappa was in self denial. His work is choc full of jazz - you simply can't deny it. So what was Frank's beef? Apparently, as a young man and jazz fan, he was snubbed by Miles Davis after a concert in southern California circa 1962. Oddly, he seemed to carry this resentment for the rest of his life. Willis remarks that if Zappa had met any other jazz greats from the day, he wouldn't have been treated so poorly and, ergo, his public disdain for jazz wouldn't have manifested itself in the way it did. As a hard core Zappa fan, all I can say is this is one hell of an entertaining and well researched book. Read full review...

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