 | Frank Zappas Hot Licks & Funny Smells: Live at Moers Festival 2004 by Colin Towns
Buy new: $39.99 / Used from: $32.50 A brilliant, rippling, rocking, big-band, jazz-heavy live concert recording of some of FZ's best, and most obscure. Absolutely fantastic, in just about every way.
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![Frankly a Cappella: The Persuasions Sing Zappa [CD on Demand]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51E63B094DL._SL75_.jpg) | Frankly a Cappella: The Persuasions Sing Zappa [CD on Demand] by The Persuasions
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $7.71 Great stuff from the greats of American doo-wop. Great to sing along too, with the kids, even!
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 | King Kong: Jean Luc Ponty Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa by Jean-Luc Ponty
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $4.98 The John Coltrane of the violin expresses his personal affinity for FZ's genius. Excellent jazz.
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 | The Ed Palermo Big Band Plays the Music of Frank Zappa by Ed Palermo Big Band
Buy used from: $59.95 Big band takes on your favorites. Great idea, some gems, but somehow it comes off a little tinny, a little thin, not quite all there.
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 | Ensemble Ambrosius: The Zappa Album by Frank Zappa
Buy new: $20.98 / Used from: $15.85 Finland's Ensemble Ambrossius takes FZ baroque.
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 | Prophetic Attitude
Buy used from: $71.99 Classical interpretations from Le Concert Impromptu and Jean-Michel Bossini.
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 | Ear Mind I
Buy used from: $19.99 The Meridian Arts Emsemble provides six FZ tracks of the 16 on this fascinating album.
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 | Anxiety of Influence
Buy used from: $14.49 Better numbers here, with six of 13 tracks from FZ.
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 | Prime Meridian
Buy used from: $10.99 Another Meridian Arts Ensemble offering, even more all over the place than others, with 6 FZ tracks and 6 from Captain Beefheart as well.
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 | Omnibus Wind Ensemble: From Mozart To Zappa
Buy used from: $43.65 FZ's "Be-Bop Tango" finds itself among Mozart, Rossini, and other classical heavy hitters.
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 | David Tanenbaum
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $7.54 FZ's "Waltz for Guitar."
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 | 180 DEGREES FROM ORDINARY by MINNESOTA CONTEMPORARY E
Buy new: $22.98 / Used from: $4.10 FZ's "The Black Page."
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 | Citrons Doux
Buy new: $19.98 / Used from: $14.91 Good on him, Roland Dyens offers his "Homage to Frank Zappa, for Guitar."
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 | Pays Tribute to Frank Zappa (Hommage à Frank Zappa) by The Dangerous Kitchen
Ah, blessed relief, and all-FZ tribute album.
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 | Songs & Dances
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $6.00 More classical treatment, this time "Envelopes" and "The Dog Breath Variations."
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 | Special 20th Anniversary Celebration Disc
"Inca Roads" graces this classical label 20th anniversary compilation.
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 | California Screamin' by The Dixie Dregs
Buy used from: $7.89 The Dixie Dregs salute FZ through "Peaches En Regalia" with Dweezil on guitar.
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 | Eating the Astoria by Grandmothers
Buy used from: $7.77 Former Mothers salute the Grand Mother.
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 | Zappa's Universe by Zappa's Universe
Buy used from: $6.94 FZ alum Mike Keneally and friends play their faves.
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 | Mulm by The Muffin Men & Ike Willis
Buy used from: $29.95 Brother Ike joins the Muffin Men to record their faves.
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 | Au Sud de la Mandoline by Melonius Quartet
Buy new: $19.99 / Used from: $31.11 Ponty's favorite "King Kong" gets the mandolin quartet treatment.
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| Music by Frank Zappa
The Omnibus Wind Ensemble provides another all-FZ tribute.
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 | Ensemble Modern Plays Frank Zappa: Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions
Buy new: $8.98 / Used from: $6.21 Great stuff, especially "Peaches en Regalia" and "Greggary Peccary."
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 | Oh No! Just Another Frank Zappa Memorial Barbecue! by Le Bocal
Buy used from: $49.99 The Frenchies come up with a big, boss band, and some really nice arrangements.
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 | Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance by Ed Palermo Big Band
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $11.99 The latest Ed Palermo Big Band release, with some wonderfully divergent covers of FZ standards.
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