The Black Page
The Black Page | |
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Artista | Frank Zappa |
Autore/i | Frank Zappa |
Genere | Fusion |
Esecuzioni notevoli |
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Data | 1976 |
The Black Page è una composizione musicale di Frank Zappa, nota per essere particolarmente difficile da eseguire.
Il titolo (in italiano "la pagina nera") è dovuto al fatto che la partitura presenta una incredibile concentrazione di segni musicali (note, punti eccetera).
Il brano fu concepito come assolo di batteria e percussioni per il batterista Terry Bozzio. Fu successivamente arrangiato in alcune differenti versioni con melodia e accordi.
In seguito Vinnie Colaiuta fu in grado di eseguire "The Black Page" a memoria durante la sua audizione per entrare nel gruppo di Zappa.
Nell'album dal vivo Zappa in New York, Zappa parla di "statistical density" (densità statistica) del brano[1].
Con il suo linguaggio originale Zappa intendeva descrivere la complessità ritmica del brano, con uso estensivo di gruppi irregolari molto elaborati, il tutto però incluso in una cornice "regolare" di un metro in 4/4[2].
Note
- ^ (EN) Trascrizione dei testi del live Zappa in New York Archiviato il 13 aprile 2009 in Internet Archive.
- ^ (EN) Analisi della ritmica dei brani di Zappa, con trascrizioni e MIDI
Collegamenti esterni
- (EN) Intervista di Vinnie Colaiuta (Modern Drummer, 1982), su vinniecolaiuta.com. URL consultato il 19 aprile 2014 (archiviato dall'url originale il 5 maggio 2014).
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Album studio | Freak Out! · Absolutely Free · We're Only in It for the Money · Lumpy Gravy · Cruising with Ruben & the Jets · Uncle Meat · Hot Rats · Burnt Weeny Sandwich · Weasels Ripped My Flesh · Chunga's Revenge · 200 Motels · Waka/Jawaka · The Grand Wazoo · Over-Nite Sensation · Apostrophe (') · One Size Fits All · Bongo Fury · Zoot Allures · Studio Tan · Sleep Dirt · Sheik Yerbouti · Orchestral Favorites · Joe's Garage · You Are What You Is · Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch · The Man from Utopia · Baby Snakes · London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 1 · Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger · Them or Us · Thing-Fish · Francesco Zappa · Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention · Jazz from Hell · London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 2 · Guitar · The Yellow Shark |
Album dal vivo | Fillmore East - June 1971 · Just Another Band from L.A. · Roxy & Elsewhere · Zappa in New York · Tinseltown Rebellion · Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar · Does Humor Belong in Music? · You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 · You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 · Broadway the Hard Way · You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 · The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life · Make a Jazz Noise Here · You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 · You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5 · You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 · Playground Psychotics · Ahead of Their Time |
Raccolte | Mothermania · The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa · Strictly Commercial · Strictly Genteel · Cucamonga · Cheap Thrills · Son of Cheep Thrills · Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute · Have I Offended Someone? · Quaudiophiliac · The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle · Understanding America · ZAPPAtite · Zappa/Erie |
Cofanetti | The Old Masters Box One · The Old Masters Box Two · The Old Masters Box Three · Beat the Boots · Beat the Boots II · The MOFO Project/Object · Halloween 77: The Palladium, NYC · The Roxy Performances · Zappa in New York 40th Anniversary · Halloween 73 · The Hot Rats Sessions · The Mothers 1970 · Halloween 81 · 200 Motels: 50th Anniversary Edition · The Mothers 1971 |
Album postumi | Civilization Phaze III · The Lost Episodes · Läther · Mystery Disc · Everything Is Healing Nicely · FZ:OZ · Halloween · Joe's Corsage · Joe's Domage · Joe's XMASage · Imaginary Diseases · Trance-Fusion · Buffalo · The Dub Room Special! · Wazoo · One Shot Deal · Joe's Menage · Lumpy Money · Philly '76 · Greasy Love Songs · Congress Shall Make No Law... · Hammersmith Odeon · Feeding the Monkies at Ma Maison · Carnegie Hall · Road Tapes, Venue #1 · Finer Moments · Baby Snakes: The Compleat Soundtrack · Road Tapes, Venue #2 · A Token of His Extreme (Soundtrack) · Joe's Camouflage · Roxy by Proxy · Dance Me This · Road Tapes, Venue #3 · The Crux of The Biscuit · Frank Zappa for President · Meat Light · Little Dots · Chicago '78 · Halloween 77: October 31, 1977 – The Palladium, NYC · Halloween 73 Highlights · Halloween 81 (Highlights From The Palladium, New York City) · ZAPPA - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack · Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show |
Singoli (elenco parziale) | How Could I Be Such a Fool? · Trouble Comin' Every Day · Why Don't You Do Me Right · Lonely Little Girl · Tears Began to Fall · Big Leg Emma · Peaches en Regalia · My Guitar · I'm the Slime · Montana · Don't Eat the Yellow Snow · Du Bist Mein Sofa · Disco Boy · I Don't Wanna Get Drafted · Bobby Brown Goes Down · Dancin' Fool · Joe's Garage · Love of My Life · Goblin Girl · Valley Girl · The Man from Utopia Meets Mary Lou · Cocaine Decisions · Baby Take Your Teeth Out · In France · The Girl in the Magnesium Dress · Sexual Harassment in the Workplace |
Etichette discografiche | Zappa Records · DiscReet Records · Barking Pumpkin Records · Bizarre Records · Straight Records |
Filmografia | 200 Motels · Baby Snakes · The Dub Room Special · Video from Hell · Does Humor Belong in Music? · The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels · The Amazing Mr. Bickford · Uncle Meat · The Torture Never Stops · Summer 82: When Zappa Came to Sicily · Roxy the Movie |
Famiglia Zappa | Lala Sloatman · Gail Zappa · Moon Zappa · Dweezil Zappa · Ahmet Zappa · Diva Zappa |
Voci correlate | Captain Beefheart · The Mothers of Invention · Utility Muffin Research Kitchen · Zappa Family Trust · Edgar Varèse · Asteroide 3834 Zappafrank · Zappa Plays Zappa · King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa · Cal Schenkel · Studio Z · The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet · Inca Roads · Willie the Pimp · The Black Page · Swiss Cheese/Fire! |