Member Since: 1/17/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/zappalowbudgetresearchkitchen
Band Members: Pete DiMosso @ soprano & tenor saxes, flute
Guido Soprano @ alto & baritone saxes, bass clarinet
Kubilai Khan @ guitar & flugelhorn
Dexter Greenberg @ guitar
Johnny Edgar Zim @ keyboards
Lou Serdozza @ keyboards
Frankie Figueroa @ electric bass
Tony Carbone @ drums
real guest musicians, so far:
Marquis de Sax @ soprano & tenor saxes
Tommy Marks @ keyboards
virtual guest musicians, so far:
the french guy "Bardo" from the Adventures of Asterix @ trumpet & lira
the roman guy "Tulius Detritus" also from the Adventures of Asterix @ unplugged electric viola da gamba
all excerpts recorded live direct to 2-track by Mike War
Influences: Zappa, Stravinsky, Varese, Ligeti, Bach, Jarrett, Metheny, John Scofield, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Django Bates, John Zorn, Zes Pereiras de Jazente and lots of other guys who go around forcing their will into unsuspected air molecules (with the occasional aid of unsuspected guys in bow ties that wish they were fishing), and also guys who don't, like John Cage and Morton Feldman, or even guys that do other kind of stuff and play clarinet in the spare time, like Allan Stewart Konigsberg
Sounds Like: Music by Frank Zappa arranged & performed by the Low Budget Research Kitchen
Type of Label: None