With Understanding Comes Appreciation
Tony Williams' Emergency is flavored with post-bop and jazz-instrument elements, which pushed into new territory, creating dense, adventurous and unpredictable soundscapes; Miles Davis’ Silent Way is the signature of his electric era; nuanced with trumpet jazz and avant-garde, dig deep into the heart of the ethereal groove —dark, smoky, and ashen; while Frank Zappa’s Hot Rats is the album which fully fuses compositional sophistication of jazz with rock's down-and-dirty attitude.
While the three above are considered the seminal pinnacles of the music style, Zappa's masterpiece is the record which more clearly fused the genres, and officially opened this then-still-sterile ground in 1969.
If I had to sum up Zappa's career in one album, I think I would most likely have a heart attack first. However, this definitely has to be one of the contenders simply because it is one of the greatest and most influential albums of all time. Heck, it is my fav album of all time, to start off. Now that I've got your attention, let me share you some basic facts.