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A Very Zappa Halloween 2025

October 30, 2025October 30, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1978, Ahmet Zappa, Frank Zappa, George Duke, Halloween, Joe Travers, New York City, One Size Fits All, Palladium, Ruth Underwood, Tom Fowler

Two new box sets ring in Frank’s favorite holiday

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Funk Fusion Hip Hop jazz 

Kamasi Washington Crafts Jazz Boldly and Spiritually

May 25, 2024May 25, 2024 Jason Gross 0 Comments 2024, Cameron Graves, Fearless Movement, Flying Lotus, George Duke, Jazz, Kamasi Washington, Kendrick Lamar, Patrice Quinn, Ronald Brunner Jr., Ryan Adams, Snoop Dogg, Stanley Clarke, Stephen "Thundercat" Brunner, Twilight Singers, Young Records

A deep dive into his latest album, Fearless Movement 

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Rock Zappa 

How Frank Zappa Embraced the Mainstream with Apostrophe (‘)

March 29, 2024March 29, 2024 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1974, 50th anniversary, Apostrophe ('), Deep Purple, Discreet Records, Don't Eat the Yellow Snow, Frank Zappa, George Duke, Led Zeppelin, Ruth Underwood, The Mothers of Invention, Tony Duran

Looking back on the American composer’s most commercially successful LP

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Hip Hop jazz Soul 

Soul, Rhythm & Blues, Bebop and Hip-Hop: Back on the Block at 30

December 10, 2019March 14, 2023 T.A. Inskeep 1 Comment 1989, Back On The Block, Big Daddy Kane, Chaka Khan, George Benson, George Duke, Kool Moe Dee, Melle Mel, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, Siedah Garrett

Quincy Jones’s Grammy-laden 1989 album was an unqualified triumph 

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