{"id":2059,"date":"2012-05-21T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2012-05-20T22:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torec.tomajazz.com\/?p=1910"},"modified":"2020-08-24T11:53:39","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T09:53:39","slug":"tomajazz-recomienda-un-disco-zappiano-wakajawaka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/tomajazz-recomienda-un-disco-zappiano-wakajawaka\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomajazz recomienda\u2026 un disco zappiano: Waka\/Jawaka (1972)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11212\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/wakawaka1.jpg\" alt=\"wakawaka1\" width=\"200\" height=\"199\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/wakawaka1.jpg 200w, https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/wakawaka1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/wakawaka1-55x55.jpg 55w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Waka\/Jawaka<\/em> suele considerarse como el pariente pobre o, al menos, un ensayo general previo a <em>The Grand Wazoo<\/em>, grabado un a\u00f1o m\u00e1s tarde, uno de los discos m\u00e1s reverenciados en la discograf\u00eda de <strong>Frank Zappa<\/strong>, con una <em>big band<\/em> plet\u00f3rica y fabulosos arreglos.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">La particularidad de <em>Waka\/Jawaka<\/em> es que suena como una <em>big band<\/em> cuando en realidad se trata de un combo (entre seis y nueve m\u00fasicos seg\u00fan los temas) multiplicado gracias a la t\u00e9cnica del <em>re-recording<\/em> y unos arreglos la mar de inteligentes. Aparte de los dos breves temas vocales, que en comparaci\u00f3n son m\u00e1s bien anecd\u00f3ticos, la \u201cchicha\u201d del disco est\u00e1 en los dos largos temas instrumentales que abren y cierran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">El primero, \u201cBig Swifty\u201d (un cl\u00e1sico del repertorio <em>zappiano<\/em>, del que existen varias grabaciones en directo), es una composici\u00f3n relativamente sencilla que permite el lucimiento de <strong>Sal Marquez<\/strong> a la(s) trompeta(s) y <strong>Zappa<\/strong> a la guitarra. Las armon\u00edas y sobre todo los arreglos de \u201cWaka\/Jawaka\u201d, que cierra el disco, son m\u00e1s complejos pese a mostrar una clara continuidad estil\u00edstica. Aqu\u00ed <strong>Don Preston<\/strong> a los teclados y <strong>Zappa<\/strong> de nuevo (que era el jefe, pero tambi\u00e9n un guitarrista fabuloso) se llevan la parte del le\u00f3n como solistas. Pero tal vez el verdadero protagonista sea la secci\u00f3n de vientos (formada por cuatro m\u00fasicos \u201cmultiplicados\u201d) para la que <strong>Zappa<\/strong> escribi\u00f3 uno de sus mejores arreglos en una muestra perfecta del jazz rock m\u00e1s inteligente y estimulante.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a9 Adolphus van Tenzing<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Waka\/Jawaka<\/em>, grabado en 1972, publicado por Zappa Records y distribuido por Ryko (RCD 10516).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waka\/Jawaka suele considerarse como el pariente pobre o, al menos, un ensayo general previo a The Grand Wazoo, grabado un a\u00f1o m\u00e1s tarde, uno de los discos m\u00e1s reverenciados en la discograf\u00eda de Frank Zappa, con una big band plet\u00f3rica y fabulosos arreglos. La particularidad de Waka\/Jawaka es que suena<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/tomajazz-recomienda-un-disco-zappiano-wakajawaka\/\">Contin\u00faa leyendo<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001004,"featured_media":51714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17860,1278,5,1038,1273],"tags":[1334,5366,12651,8717,7998,12696,13,12415,15295,8716,16099,77,16100,2381],"class_list":["entry","author-adolphus-van-tenzing","post-2059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-adolphus-van-tenzing","category-disco","category-grabaciones","category-contenidos","category-tomajazz-recomienda","tag-1334","tag-adolphus-van-tenzing","tag-cd","tag-don-preston","tag-frank-zappa","tag-grabaciones","tag-jazz","tag-jazz-en-espana","tag-jazz-en-espanol","tag-sal-marquez","tag-toma-jazz","tag-tomajazz","tag-tomajazz-toma-jazz","tag-zappa-records"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Frank-Zappa_Waka-Jawaka.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31002,"url":"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/365-razones-para-amar-el-jazz-un-tema-big-swifty-frank-zappa-168\/","url_meta":{"origin":2059,"position":0},"title":"365 razones para amar el jazz: un tema. 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