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Waka/Jawaka (also known as Waka/Jawaka — Hot Rats) is the fourth solo album by Frank Zappa, released in July 1972. The album is the jazz-influenced precursor to The Grand Wazoo (November 1972), and as the front cover indicates, a sequel of sorts to 1969's Hot Rats. According to Zappa, the title "is something that showed up on a ouija board at one time."[7]

Waka/Jawaka
Studio album by Frank Zappa
Released	July 5, 1972
Recorded	April 17–21 and May, 1972
Studio	Paramount Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz fusion[1] progressive rock[2] big band[2]
Length	36:08
Label	Bizarre/Reprise
Producer	Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa chronology
Just Another Band from L.A. (1972) Waka/Jawaka (1972) The Grand Wazoo (1972)
Frank Zappa (solo) chronology
Chunga's Revenge (1970) Waka/Jawaka (1972) Apostrophe (') (1974)
Audio sample
Sample of the album's title track file help

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Christgau's Record Guide	B[4]
Kerrang!	[5]
Rolling Stone	(favorable)[6]

Songs

"Big Swifty" is a jazz-fusion tune, similar to many of Zappa's pieces from the jazz period of his compositional timeline. It features many horns to achieve a thick brassy sound as well as room for improvisation and use of multiple time signatures. The tune initially alternates between ⁷
₈ and ³
₄ time signatures, soon settling on a ⁴
₄ swing feel for several extended solos. Known recorded live versions expanded rhythmic diversification to ¹¹
₈ and rubato parts (e.g. live in Texas, 1973).[8]

The track "It Just Might Be a One-Shot Deal" is a strange tale of hallucinations sung by Sal Marquez and Janet Ferguson (the "tough-minded" groupie in 200 Motels). Jeff Simmons' Hawaiian guitar sets up a dream-like, smooth quality, but with the words "but you should be diggin' it while it's happening cause it just might be a one-shot deal", though played in real time rather than achieved with a splice, it again sounds as if the music has started to run backwards.[9]

Critical reception

Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "With Sal Marquez playing 'many trumpets' all over 'Big Swifty,' there are times you could drop the needle and think you were listening to recent Miles Davis. That's certainly what Zappa's been doing. But where Davis is occasionally too loose, Zappa's always too tight—he seems to perceive only what is weird and alienating in his influences, never what is humane. Also, Sal Marquez doesn't play trumpet(s) as good as Miles."[4]

Reissues

It was reissued in a digitally remastered version on CD by Rykodisc in 1986 (with much digital reverb added and missing the back cover artwork) and in 1995 (restoring the rear cover, but with identical sound). In 2012, Universal Music released a CD containing a remastered version of the original vinyl mix.

Track listing

All songs written, composed and arranged by Frank Zappa.

Personnel

Musicians on the album

• Frank Zappa – guitar (all tracks, including acoustic guitar on track 3), percussion (1), electric bed springs (3), uncredited vocals (3)
• Sal Marquez – trumpets (all tracks), vocals (2, 3), chimes (1, 4), flugelhorn (4)
• Erroneous (Alex Dmochowski) – electric bass (all tracks), vocals (3), fuzz bass (4)
• Aynsley Dunbar – drums (all tracks), washboard (3), tambourine (3)
• Tony Duran – slide guitar (1, 2, 3), vocals (3)
• George Duke – ring-modulated & echoplexed electric piano (1), tack piano (2)
• Mike Altschul – baritone saxophone (2, 4), piccolo (2, 4), bass flute (4), bass clarinet (4), tenor sax (4)
• Kris Peterson – vocals (2, 4)
• Joel Peskin – tenor sax (2)
• Jeff Simmons – Hawaiian guitar (3), vocals (3)
• Sneaky Pete Kleinow – pedal steel guitar solo (3)
• Janet Ferguson – vocals (3)
• Don Preston – piano (4), Minimoog (4)
• Billy Byers – trombone (4), baritone horn (4)
• Ken Shroyer – trombone (4), baritone horn (4)

Production

• Producer: Frank Zappa
• Engineers: Marshall Brevitz, Kerry McNabb
• Mastering: Frank Zappa
• Supervisor: Marshall Brevitz
• Concept: Sal Marquez
• Creative consultant: Sal Marquez
• Design: Cal Schenkel
• Cover Design: Cal Schenkel
• Cover illustration: Marvin Mattelson
• Illustrations: Marvin Mattelson
• Photography: Philip Schartz
• Back cover: Philip Schwartz
• Packaging: Cal Schenkel
• Repackaging: Ferenc Dobronyi

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Year	Chart	Position
1972	Billboard 200	152

References

External links

• Release details

На других языках

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- [en] Waka/Jawaka

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[es] Waka/Jawaka

Waka/Jawaka es un álbum del músico y compositor Frank Zappa, lanzado al mercado en 1972. El álbum es el precursor de influencia jazzística de The Grand Wazoo.

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[ru] Waka/Jawaka

Waka/Jawaka (также известен под названием Waka/Jawaka — Hot Rats) — четвёртый сольный альбом Фрэнка Заппы, выпущенный в июле 1972 года. Выдержанный в джазовом стиле, альбом являлся предшественником The Grand Wazoo (выпущенного в ноябре того же 1972 года) и концептуальным продолжением альбома 1969 года — Hot Rats[6].

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