"Peaches en Regalia" is an instrumentaljazz fusion composition by Frank Zappa. It was initially released on Zappa's album Hot Rats in 1969 and has been recorded many times since.
Other versions
Years later, in 1987, the piece was released as a CD single to promote Rykodisc's Zappa CD reissue campaign.[2] Zappa used the piece on many of his tours, often as either the opening or the encore of a show.[3][4]
"Peaches en Regalia" has been included in the "underground" version of The Real Book, despite being compositionally more complicated than typical jam session tunes. Having a song included in the book has been described as "the ultimate insider credential for a jazz composer".[5]
Don Miguel Vilanova (aka Botafogo), an Argentine blues musician, had a band in the late 1980s, inspired by the blues and specifically Zappa's song "Peaches en Regalia", the name of which was translated literally into the Spanish as "Durazno de Gala".[7]
Notes
^Ulrich, Charles (May 13, 2018). The Big Note: A Guide to the Recordings of Frank Zappa. New Star Books. ISBN1-554201-46-2.
