Waka/Jawaka (also known as Waka/Jawaka — Hot Rats) is the fourth solo album by Frank Zappa, released in July 1972. The album is the jazz-influenced precursor to The Grand Wazoo (November 1972), and as the front cover indicates, a sequel of sorts to 1969's Hot Rats. According to Zappa, the title "is something that showed up on a ouija board at one time."


00:00 - Big Swifty
17:22 - Your Mouth
20:34 - It Just Might Be a One-Shot Deal
24:51 - Waka/Jawaka

Musicians on the album

Frank Zappa – guitar (all tracks, including acoustic guitar on track 3), percussion (1), electric bed springs (3), uncredited vocals (3)
Sal Marquez – trumpets (all tracks), vocals (2, 3), chimes (1, 4), flugelhorn (4)
Erroneous (Alex Dmochowski) – electric bass (all tracks), vocals (3), fuzz bass (4)
Aynsley Dunbar – drums (all tracks), washboard (3), tambourine (3)
Tony Duran – slide guitar (1, 2, 3), vocals (3)
George Duke – ring-modulated & echoplexed electric piano (1), tack piano (2)
Mike Altschul – baritone saxophone (2, 4), piccolo (2, 4), bass flute (4), bass clarinet (4), tenor sax (4)
Kris Peterson – vocals (2, 4)
Joel Peskin – tenor sax (2)
Jeff Simmons – Hawaiian guitar (3), vocals (3)
Sneaky Pete Kleinow – pedal steel guitar solo (3)
Janet Ferguson – vocals (3)
Don Preston – piano (4), Minimoog (4)
Billy Byers – trombone (4), baritone horn (4)
Ken Shroyer – trombone (4), baritone horn (4)

Production

Producer: Frank Zappa
Engineers: Marshall Brevitz, Kerry McNabb
Mastering: Frank Zappa
Supervisor: Marshall Brevitz
Concept: Sal Marquez
Creative consultant: Sal Marquez
Design: Cal Schenkel
Cover Design: Cal Schenkel
Cover illustration: Marvin Mattelson
Illustrations: Marvin Mattelson
Photography: Philip Schartz
Back cover: Philip Schwartz
Packaging: Cal Schenkel
Repackaging: Ferenc Dobronyi

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