Peaches en Regalia
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"Peaches en Regalia" is an instrumental
jazz fusion
composition by Frank Zappa
. It was released on Zappa's album Hot Rats
in 1969 and has been recorded many times since. It was also released as a single in 1970, with "Little Umbrellas" as the B-side. Zappa used the piece on many of his tours, often as either the opening or the encore of a show.
"Peaches en Regalia" has been included in the "underground" version of The Real Book, despite being compositionally more complicated than typical jam session
tunes. Having a song included in the book has been described "the ultimate insider credential for a jazz composer".
The tune is used as instrumental background music on the BBC London radio programme presented by Danny Baker
. It was also the theme tune for the early 1970s BBC2 show One Man's Week.
A cover of the piece recorded by Zappa Plays Zappa
(including Zappa's son Dweezil
and former Zappa alumni Steve Vai
and Napoleon Murphy Brock
) won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance
in February 2009.
Instrumental
An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....
jazz fusion
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
composition by Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
. It was released on Zappa's album Hot Rats
Hot Rats
Hot Rats is the second solo album by Frank Zappa. It was released in October 1969. Five of the six songs are instrumental . It was Zappa's first recording project after the dissolution of the original Mothers of Invention...
in 1969 and has been recorded many times since. It was also released as a single in 1970, with "Little Umbrellas" as the B-side. Zappa used the piece on many of his tours, often as either the opening or the encore of a show.
"Peaches en Regalia" has been included in the "underground" version of The Real Book, despite being compositionally more complicated than typical jam session
Jam session
Jam sessions are often used by musicians to develop new material, find suitable arrangements, or simply as a social gathering and communal practice session. Jam sessions may be based upon existing songs or forms, may be loosely based on an agreed chord progression or chart suggested by one...
tunes. Having a song included in the book has been described "the ultimate insider credential for a jazz composer".
The tune is used as instrumental background music on the BBC London radio programme presented by Danny Baker
Danny Baker
Danny Baker is an English comedy writer, journalist, radio DJ and screenwriter. Since the late 1970s, he has worked for a wide range of publications and broadcasters including NME, LWT, the BBC, and Talk Radio....
. It was also the theme tune for the early 1970s BBC2 show One Man's Week.
A cover of the piece recorded by Zappa Plays Zappa
Zappa Plays Zappa
Zappa Plays Zappa is an American tribute act led by Dweezil Zappa, the eldest son of the late American composer and musician Frank Zappa, devoted to performing the music of Frank Zappa.- History :...
(including Zappa's son Dweezil
Dweezil Zappa
Dweezil Zappa is an American rock guitarist and occasional actor.-Early life:Zappa was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of musician Frank Zappa and Adelaide Gail Sloatman, who worked in business. He is the second of four siblings: his older sister, Moon, younger sister Diva and younger...
and former Zappa alumni Steve Vai
Steve Vai
Steven Siro "Steve" Vai is a three time Grammy Award-winning American guitarist, songwriter and producer who has sold over 15 million albums. Steve Vai is widely known as a flamboyant guitar virtuoso....
and Napoleon Murphy Brock
Napoleon Murphy Brock
Napoleon Murphy Brock is an American singer, saxophonist and flute player who is best known for his work with Frank Zappa in the 1970s, including the albums One Size Fits All, Roxy and Elsewhere, and Bongo Fury...
) won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance was an honor presented to recording artists for quality instrumental rock performances at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards...
in February 2009.
Personnel
- Frank ZappaFrank ZappaFrank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
— guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, octave bass. - Ian UnderwoodIan UnderwoodIan Robertson Underwood is a woodwind and keyboards player. He began his career by playing San Francisco Bay Area coffeehouses and bars with his improvisational group the Jazz Mice in the mid 1960s before he became a member of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention in 1967 for their third studio...
— keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
, clarinetClarinetThe clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed... - Shuggie OtisShuggie OtisShuggie Otis is an American singer-songwriter, recording artist, and multi-instrumentalist....
— bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Ron Selico — drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
By Zappa
| Year | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Hot Rats Hot Rats Hot Rats is the second solo album by Frank Zappa. It was released in October 1969. Five of the six songs are instrumental . It was Zappa's first recording project after the dissolution of the original Mothers of Invention... |
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| 1971 | Fillmore East, June 1971 | Live |
| 1981 | Tinsel Town Rebellion Tinsel Town Rebellion Tinseltown Rebellion is a double-album released by Frank Zappa in 1981. It was reissued on a single CD by Rykodisc in 1990. Complaints regarding the significantly inferior sound quality led to a remaster by Spencer Chrislu in 1998.The opening track, "Fine Girl" is a studio recording... |
Live as "Peaches III" |
| 1991 | Any Way the Wind Blows | Recorded live in 1979, released as part of the Beat the Boots Beat the Boots Beat the Boots is a collection of bootleg recordings by Frank Zappa which were originally distributed illegally but were released officially by Rhino Entertainment in 1991. The recordings were available as individual CDs and as an LP or cassette box set... series. |
| 1992 | Swiss Cheese / Fire! | Recorded live in 1971, released as part of the Beat the Boots II Beat the Boots II Beat the Boots II is a box set by Frank Zappa. It compiles bootleg recordings which were previously available illegally, and was released through Rhino Entertainment in 1992 as part of Zappa's campaign to dissuade his fans from buying illegal recordings of his concerts... series. |
| 2010 | Odeon Hammersmith | Recorded live in 1978 at the famous London venue. |
On tribute albums
| Year | Performer | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | The Muffin Men | Say Cheese & Thank You |
| 1994 | Riccardo Fassi Tankio | Plays the Music of Frank Zappa |
| 1995 | Harmonia | Harmonia Meets Zappa |
| 1996 | Omnibus Wind Ensemble | Music by Frank Zappa |
| 1997 | Ed Palermo | Ed Palermo Big Band Ed Palermo Big Band The Ed Palermo Big Band is a big band that has been active for nearly 30 years playing the compositions and arrangements of their leader and namesake Ed Palermo. They are best known for the arrangements of the music of Frank Zappa that Palermo has prepared for them... Plays the Music of Frank Zappa |
| 1999 | The Dangerous Kitchen | Pays Tribute to Frank Zappa |
| 2004 | Ensemble Modern Ensemble Modern Ensemble Modern is a chamber ensemble dedicated to the music of modern composers. Formed in 1980, the group is based in Frankfurt, Germany and made up variously of about twenty members from numerous countries.... |
Ensemble Modern Plays Frank Zappa |
| 2004 | The Muffin Men | Bakers Dozen |
| 2004 | Pollo Del Mar Pollo Del Mar Pollo Del Mar or Pollo DelMar , alternately known as "The Notorious P.D.M." or "The Glamazon," is a San Francisco-based American drag queen performer, personality, emcee, magazine cover girl and journalist. As columnist, blogger and celebrity interviewer, Del Mar contributes to a wide-array of... |
Lemme Take You to the Beach (Various artists) |
| 2005 | Colin Towns Colin Towns Colin Towns is an English composer, born 13 May 1948 in London, specialising in soundtracks for film, television and commercials. Learning piano as a child, by the age of 13 he was earning money playing at weddings and birthdays in his neighbourhood of the East End of London... |
Frank Zappa's Hot Licks |
Other versions
| Year | Performer | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Jon Poole Jon Poole Jon Poole is a British multi-instrumentalist singer and songwriter best known for his work as guitarist for Cardiacs and as bass player for The Wildhearts .Poole is the frontman and main performer of God Damn Whores, and has also worked with the... |
What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body? |
| 1995 | Meridian Arts Ensemble Meridian Arts Ensemble The Meridian Arts Ensemble is an American chamber music ensemble based in New York City, specializing in the performance of new works for brass and percussion.-History:The Meridian Arts Ensemble was founded in 1987... |
Prime Meridian |
| 2000 | Dixie Dregs Dixie Dregs The Dixie Dregs are an American band formed in the 1970s. Their mostly instrumental music fuses jazz, southern rock, bluegrass and classical forms in an often unique style.-Formation and early years:... |
California Screamin |
| 2000 | The Grandmothers | Eating the Astoria |
| 2006 | Dweezil Zappa Dweezil Zappa Dweezil Zappa is an American rock guitarist and occasional actor.-Early life:Zappa was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of musician Frank Zappa and Adelaide Gail Sloatman, who worked in business. He is the second of four siblings: his older sister, Moon, younger sister Diva and younger... |
Go with What You Know Go With What You Know Go With What You Know is a 2006 album by Dweezil Zappa. Among other tracks, the album features an alternate version of his father Frank Zappa's composition "Peaches en Regalia". The version, culled from a previously unreleased alternate edit of the Hot Rats version, features new overdubs by Dweezil... |
| 2006 | Daniele Sepe Daniele Sepe Daniele Sepe is an Italian musician, known internationally for interpreting protest songs from around the world.His first instrument was the flute, which he played at the San Pietro a Majella conservatoire... |
Suonarne 1 per educarne 100 |
| 2007 | Phish Phish Phish is an American rock band noted for its musical improvisation, extended jams, and exploration of music across genres. Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983 , the band's four members – Trey Anastasio , Mike Gordon , Jon Fishman , and Page McConnell Phish is an American rock band... |
Vegas 96 Vegas 96 Vegas 96 is a triple live album from the American jam band Phish, recorded live at the Aladdin Theatre in Las Vegas, Nevada, on December 6, 1996... |
| 2007 | The Roots The Roots The Roots is an American hip hop/neo soul band formed in 1987 by Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are famed for beginning with a jazzy, eclectic approach to hip hop which still includes live instrumentals... |
How I Got Over How I Got Over (album) How I Got Over is the ninth studio album by American hip hop band The Roots, released June 22, 2010 on Def Jam Recordings. Production for the album was primarily handled by band members Black Thought, Questlove, Dice Raw, and Rick Friedrich during 2008 to 2009... |
| 2009 | Les cris de Paris (a cappella) | Encores (alpha) |
| 2011 | Phish Phish Phish is an American rock band noted for its musical improvisation, extended jams, and exploration of music across genres. Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983 , the band's four members – Trey Anastasio , Mike Gordon , Jon Fishman , and Page McConnell Phish is an American rock band... |
2011/07/01 I Super Ball IX, NY |