The Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra was a group of Hollywood session musicians organized by Frank Zappa in 1967 to record music for his first solo album Lumpy Gravy.[1] Some of these musicians are thought to have worked together in various combinations under the leadership of Ken Shroyer as far back as 1959. However, it was Zappa who gave them the name several years later.[2] [3] Lumpy Gravy peaked at 159 on the Billboard 200 in 1968.[4]
In 1975, Zappa organized another group using the same name which involved a few of the same musicians. This group recorded music for his album Orchestral Favorites, released in 1979.[5]
| Musician credits | |
|---|---|
| Piano, Celeste Electric Harpsichord | |
| Mike Lang | |
| Paul Smith | |
| Drums | |
| Frankie Capp | |
| Johnny Guerin | |
| Shelly Manne | |
| Percussion | |
| Alan Estes | |
| Gene Estes | |
| Victor Feldman | |
| Emil Richards | |
| Woodwinds | |
| Don Christlieb | |
| Gene Cipriano | |
| Bunk Gardner | |
| Jules Jacob | |
| Ted Nash | |
| John Rotella | |
| French Horns | |
| Vincent DeRosa | |
| Arthur Maebe | |
| Richard Parisi | |
| Trumpet | |
| Jimmy Zito | |
| Trombone | |
| Kenneth Shroyer | |
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| Musician credits | |
|---|---|
| Guitars | |
| Dennis Budimir | |
| Jim Haynes | |
| Tony Rizzi | |
| Tommy Tedesco | |
| Al Viola | |
| Bass | |
| John Balkin | |
| Chuck Berghofer | |
| Jimmy Bond | |
| Lyle Ritts | |
| Bob West | |
| Strings | |
| Harold Ayres | |
| Arnold Belnick | |
| Harold G. Bemko | |
| Joseph DiFiore | |
| Jess Ehrlich | |
| James Getzoff | |
| Philip Goldberg | |
| Harry Hyams | |
| Raymond J. Kelly | |
| Jerome A. Kessler | |
| Alexander Koltun | |
| Bernard Kundell | |
| William Kurasch | |
| Leonard Malarsky | |
| Jerome J. Reisler | |
| Ralph Schaeffer | |
| Leonard Selic | |
| Tibor Zelig | |
| Source:[6] |