Dweezil Zappa and his incredibly talented group of musicians (Zappa Plays Zappa) will be at UB Center for the Arts on Tuesday night, with a special performance. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of One Size Fits All, the final studio album from Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention. The band will be playing the album in its entirety and they’ll also be playing another 60-75 minutes of other material.
For any serious music fans this is a must see show. The music of Zappa was technical, wide ranging and far ahead of its time. Dweezil and the crew do a tremendous job in keeping the music alive and fresh. If these words from Dweezil don’t convince you to go:
One Size Fits All is one my favorite records for a number of reasons,” offers Dweezil. “The material on the record has incredible arrangements and instrumentation. It features a great non-traditional orchestral rock sound on songs like ‘Inca Roads.’ There are extremely difficult interlude passages to perform in that song and the intervallic vocal melody with speedy phrasing is also quite difficult. Besides the complexity of the arrangement the song also allows for beautiful improvisation. It is a hallmark of my father’s writing style, which allows the music to become unique in front of each live audience who witnesses it. I am looking forward to playing this album in its entirety because of these challenges but also because the album contains many of my favorite songs. ‘Andy’, ‘Florentine Pogen,’ Po-Jama People’ ‘Sofa’ and ‘San ‘Berndino.’”
UB Center for the Arts | Tuesday 3/31/15
Maybe some live clips of the band will help sway your decision: