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Little Dots

Frank Zappa Format: Audio CD
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 209 ratings
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Track Listings

1 Cosmik Debris
2 Little Dots
3 Little Dots
4 Rollo
5 Kansas City Shuffle
6 Columbia, S.C
7 Columbia, S.C

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Little Dots is the sequel to 2005's Imaginary Diseases. It features additional hand-picked selections from the Maestro himself of the 10-piece "Petit Wazoo" tour of late 1972. Although FZ worked on this material during different time periods throughout the 70's and 80's, nothing was ever officially released. Now we get the chance to hear more from this horn-driven ensemble, featuring mammoth improvisations and unreleased compositions.

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  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.55 x 4.92 x 0.47 inches; 3.25 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Universal Music Group
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2016
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ August 23, 2016
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Universal Music Group
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01KVH1LZ4
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 209 ratings

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AndreasG
5.0 out of 5 stars Petit Wazoo, part II
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2017
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ZFT’s posthumous releases have varied quite a bit in their quality. A number of them have been crucial additions which filled in gaps in FZ’s career that were not previously covered by the albums Zappa released in his lifetime. One of the most notable gaps was the lack of any live material from the “Grand Wazoo” & “Petit Wazoo” tours of 1972. As on the studio albums of that year, “Waka Jawaka” and “Grand Wazoo”, the bands for these tours included some of the top jazz players in the Los Angeles area. This period, coming in the heels of Zappa’s long recovery from being thrown off stage by a deranged audience member in London, represents a unique phase of his career. Zappa would tour with big bands again in 1976 and 1988, but 1972 is as close to actual jazz as Zappa ever got.

The Petit Wazoo and Grand Wazoo tours were finally documented in the releases “Zappa Wazoo” and “Imaginary Diseases”, respectively. Both these albums are crucial for any serious Zappa freak. “Little Dots” presents more from the Petit Wazoo tour. The only piece in common on the two is “Rollo”, but here it is presented in a longer form, with vocals and other sections that are not, to my knowledge, found on any other release. Dedicated Zappa freaks like me appreciate “conception continuity” clues that show the development of a song or theme throughout Zappa’s career, and this album provides a few. The afore-mentioned vocals for “Rollo” is one. This version of “Rollo” also features a horn bit near the beginning that would be re-purposed the following year as the “reety awrighty he’s the zombie woof” bit on “Zombie Woof” on “Overnite Sensation”. The album starts with a work-in-progress early version of “Cosmik Debris”, in which some of the lyrics are different and the tempo is a bit slower. It’s not as effective as the final version, but it is interesting to hear the development. The rest of the album is a number of extended instrumental pieces, a lot of which sound fairly improvised. The highlight for me is “Columbia, SC”, which is a totally improvised that begins with a couple of players and works its way through all kinds of experimental passages, and even a bit of James Bond theme chord progression.

The sound quality, especially with the vocals, is a bit lacking but adequate. If you liked the studio albums and previous live releases from 1972, you will want to pick this one up as well. I would suggest picking up “Grand Wazoo”, “Imaginary Diseases”, and “Zappa Wazoo” up first, if you don’t already have them. In short, this is a welcome addition to the Zappa discography.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Frank
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2023
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Well worth the try, I think you will be amazed!
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Nigel burns nigbomb
5.0 out of 5 stars raw
Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2023
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tough and bluesy with a hard edge
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Ken Page
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the more essential newer releases.
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2021
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Cool follow up to Imaginary Diseases. This is one that the old schoolers who have just about everything can get and not feel like they’re buying something they “already have.”
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4.0 out of 5 stars A worthy addition for the hardcore Zappa fan
Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2016
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A worthy addition for the hardcore Zappa fan. Not the best recording quality, but the music is so awesome that you forget about the lower fidelity.
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J. D. Kelly
5.0 out of 5 stars 2 The audio quality is more than adequate and the soloing from Frank is very good. The highlight is an improvisation with the dr
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2016
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Little Dots, as you all know, is Imaginary Diseases, Pt. 2 The audio quality is more than adequate and the soloing from Frank is very good. The highlight is an improvisation with the drummer from Tim Buckley's band who filled in on a South Carolina date because regular drummer Jim Gordon and another band member got busted in the bathroom that night.
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DC 60
5.0 out of 5 stars Kosmik whoopee, another winner from the Zappa vault
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2017
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A mighty jammy shredfest by Frank Zappa and a tight, athletic and horned up band. Frank seems more joyful and loose than technical, for that I give this five snow-shoes. The material is among his best. Buy it and thank Frank and his family for getting this out. Honestly, it's really a petite monster.
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J-DIL
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this, except for the lyrics section to Rollo
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2017
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Loved this, except for the lyrics section to Rollo. The rest of Rollo is fantastic as is the guitar solo on Kansas City. The improvisation on Columbia is also great. The primordial version of Cosmic Debris is also interesting, having had the Apostrophe version for 30 years.
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Maurice
5.0 out of 5 stars Right On
Reviewed in Canada on April 6, 2024
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Spectacular.
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Silvestre
5.0 out of 5 stars Frank Zappa - Little Dots
Reviewed in Spain on April 9, 2024
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Precioso CD que contiene música del periodo o la formación que hemos dado en llamar “Petite Wazoo”.

Después del álbum “Grand Wazoo” y la gira correspondiente, de la que hay también escasos testimonios (ahora solo recuerdo “Wazoo”), Zappa se quedó con unos diez músicos. “Little Dots” corresponde a esta etapa, de la que también forman parte “Imaginary Diseases” y algunos discos de los sets “Waka/Wazoo” y “Over-Nite Sensation 50th aniversary”.

Tanto con la grande como con la menos numerosa orquesta, Zappa nos dejó muestras del mejor jazz-rock que se ha hecho.
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fabmen
5.0 out of 5 stars da avere per chi studia l'opera di Zappa
Reviewed in Italy on October 4, 2020
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Nel 1972 Zappa era convalescente dopo l'attentato subito al Rainbow theatre di Londra nel dicembre 1971. Costretto su una sedia a rotelle in quest'anno produsse il capolavoro "The grand wazoo" e "Waka Yawaka". Contrattò una big band di 20 musicisti (con sezione di 12 fiati) il Grand Wazoo con i migliori turnisti di Los Angeles (alcuni della famosa Wrecking crew della Capitol), tra questi formò anche un'orchestra ridotta a 10 musicisti (sezione di sei fiati) il Petit Wazoo e fece alcuni concerti in USA ed Europa in settembre con la grande orchestra ed in ottobre-dicembre in USA e Canada con il Petit Wazoo. E' musica con arrangiamenti interessantissimi del periodo "jazz" di Zappa. Little Dots (2016) è da avere perchè complementa "Imaginary deseases" pubblicato nel 2006 e documentano i concerti dal vivo del Petit Wazoo, mentre "Wazoo" del 2007 documenta i concerti dal vivo della grande orchestra. La musica del Petit Wazoo registrata in concerto presenta per la prima volta nuove composizioni. "Little Dots", "Cosmik Debris" (prima versione che precede il master pubblicato su APOSTROPHE nel 1974), " Rollo " può essere ascoltato nella sua forma iniziale e completa di tre movimenti. Ci sono anche improvvisazioni dell'orchestra ed un buon vecchio blues "Kansas City Shuffle".
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Andy C
5.0 out of 5 stars A Sticky Problem
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 31, 2020
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I’ve had two copies of the American pressing of this CD now and both have the same problem. I’m not sure if the glue in the digipack had dried properly when the CD was slid in at the plant, but when I tried to get the CD out on both occasions it was stuck. When I did finally get the CD out, there was a residue on both of them that wouldn’t clean off. A thin paper sleeve would have helped. I’m going to try a European pressed copy to see if the problem disappears.
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Frank 44
5.0 out of 5 stars Ebenbürtiger Nachfolger von "Imaginary Diseases"
Reviewed in Germany on June 16, 2017
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Die zweite Veröffentlichung mit Life-Aufnahmen des "Petite Wazoo"- Ensembles, einer 10-köpfigen Band mit fünf Blasinstrumenten, wobei mir "Little Dots" mindestens genauso gut gefällt wie "Imaginary Diseases", welches schon im Jahr 2006 erschienen ist.

Die Musik ist eine Mischung aus Progressive- und Jazzrock mit durchdachten Kompositionen und interessanten Melodien und besteht nicht nur aus Jamming und Improvisationen. Sind einige sehr gute Stücke dabei, die ich noch nicht kannte und die wohl auch noch nie veröffentlicht worden sind. Allein schon deswegen lohnt sich die Anschaffung der CD.

Angeblich befinden sich in einem unterirdischen Raum vor Zappa's Haus noch unzählige unveröffentlichte Aufnahmen. Da kann man ja gespannt sein.
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