the mar vista philharmonic

November 7, 2003, a bunch of ex-Zappa bandmembers performed a Frank Zappa tribute, commisioned by the BBC radio. It got broadcast on 2003/12/04.
These musicians called themselves The Mar Vista Philharmonic and they gathered in Arthur Barrow's studio every now and then, since the early ninetees.

In 2009, Zonic Entertainment released a recording of a 2002 jam.

The Mar Vista Philharmonic
2003/12/04 radio show "jazz on 3", bbc3 radio, uk

• The Mar Vista Philharmonic
  • Vinnie Colaiuta: drums
  • Tommy Mars: Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes, and vocals
  • Arthur Barrow: bass guitar
  • Walt Fowler: trumpet and flugel horn
  • Bruce Fowler: trombone
  • Albert Wing: tenor sax
  • Kurt McGettrick: bass clarinet, baritone sax and flute
    
    engineered by Bob Stone, produced and mixed by Arthur Barrow

1. 'Shut Up 'n' Make A Jazz Noise Here' = Treacherous Cretins, Chunga's Revenge, Five-Five-Five, Inca Roads (Frank Zappa)
2. 'Sad Spangled Banner' - incl.'Soup 'N Old Clothes' (Frank Zappa)

random notes

From: "Charles Ulrich”
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004

… the Mar Vista Philharmonic, named after the neighborhood in which Arthur Barrow's studio is located
<http://pw1.netcom.com/~bigear/lotekstu.html>.

--Charles