Jazz from Hell
| Jazz from Hell | ||||
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| Released | November 1986 | |||
| Recorded | 1985–1986 | |||
| Studio | UMRK (Los Angeles) (except "St. Etienne": May 28, 1982 at Palais des Sports, Saint-Étienne, France) | |||
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| Length | 34:26 | |||
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| Producer | Frank Zappa | |||
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Jazz from Hell is an instrumental album whose selections were all composed and recorded by American musician Frank Zappa. It was released in November 1986, by Barking Pumpkin Records on vinyl and cassette, and in 1987 by Rykodisc on CD.
Jazz from Hell was Zappa's final studio album released in his lifetime; for the remaining seven years of his life, he would only release live concert albums, although the posthumous Civilization Phaze III (1994) was completed shortly before his death.
Zappa produced music videos for the songs "G-Spot Tornado" and "Night School". "G-Spot Tornado" features footage he shot in 1961 at a county fair, as well as some 1959 footage of Captain Beefheart and his family. "Night School" is a clay animation piece by Bruce Bickford.