Performer Notes

Personnel includes: Frank Zappa (vocals, guitar); Jim Haynes, Tommy Tedesco, Al Viola, Dennis Budimer (guitar); Ted Nash, John Rotella, Bunk Gardner, Gene Cipriano (woodwinds); Jimmy Zito (trumpet); Vincent De Rosa, Richard Parisi (French horn); Kenneth Shroyer (trombone); Paul Smith, Mike Lang, Pete Jolly (keyboards); John Balkin, Jimmy Bond, Lyle Ritts (bass); Johnny Guerin, Frankie Capp, Shelly Manne (drums); Emil Richards, Victor Feldman (percussion); Louie The Turkey, Spider, Pumpkin (background vocals).
Recorded in February 1967.
Personnel: Dennis Budimer, Jim Haynes, Al Viola, Tommy Tedesco , Tony Rizzi (guitar); Jerome Reisler, James Getzoff, William Kurasch, Harold Ayres, Leonard Selic, Joseph Saxon, Jerome Kessler, Joseph DiFiore, Alexander Koltun, Harold G. Remko, Tibor Zelig, Harry Hyams, Leonard Malarsky, Bernard Kundell, Raymond J. Kelly, Philip Goldberg, Arnold Belnick, Ralph Schaeffer, Jesse Ehrlich (strings); Jules Jacob, Don Christlieb, Gene Cipriano, John Rotella, Ted Nash, Bunk Gardner (flute, bass flute, piccolo, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, e flat clarinet, oboe, English horn, bassoon, contrabassoon, woodwinds, alto saxophone, bass saxophone); Jimmy Zito (trumpet); Arthur Maebe, Richard Parisi, Vincent DeRosa (French horn); Kenny Shroyer (trombone); Lincoln Mayorga, Michael Lang , Paul Smith , Pete Jolly (piano, celesta, harpsichord); Victor Feldman, Alan Estes, Gene Estes, Emil Richards (vibraphone, marimba, timbales, timpani, percussion, bell, gong); John Guerin, Shelly Manne, The Frankie Capp (drums).
Editor: Frank Zappa.
Arranger: Frank Zappa.
Was it that Zappa's music was so far ahead of its time, or was it just not what we thought a weirdo genius like him should be doing? Either way, since his death, his stature as a serious composer has grown. Lumpy Gravy missed most by a mile because it was the first of Zappa's 'challenging' orchestral pieces, and not what his audience had come to expect. Performed by the Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, it was a lengthy instrumental suite broken up by equally 'challenging' dialogue. On the back cover, Frank looks out and asks, 'is this phase 2 of We're Only In It For The Money?'. No, we don't think so.

Professional Reviews

Q (8/95, pp.150-151) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "A vibrant musique concrete collage spliced from bits of pop, Motorhead Sherwood's reminiscences of cars and girls, found sounds and exuberant avant-garde orchestral themes..."

Mojo (Publisher) (p.139) - "A lesson in how to deconstruct rock music...the equivalent of spinning through your radio dial and enjoying snatches of unconnected dialogue..."

Mojo (Publisher) (7/95, p.102) - "...a journey close to the centre of the Zappa mind. [LUMPY GRAVY] intercuts cheesy rock 'n' roll, orchestral avant-gardisms and snatches of demented babble from assorted Mothers of Invention and girlfriends..."

Mojo (Publisher) (p.50) - Ranked #23 in Mojo's "The 50 Most Out There Albums Of All Time" - "Apparently Frank's favourite, LUMPY GRAVY is certainly a masterpiece. Of sorts."

Album: Lumpy Gravy
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Lumpy Gravy Part One	More Info...	0:16
2)	Lumpy Gravy Part Two	More Info...	0:16

Album: Lumpy Gravy
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Lumpy Gravy Part One	More Info...	0:16
2)	Lumpy Gravy Part Two	More Info...	0:16