CYRIL CYRIL - LE PETIT BONHOMME ORANGE

' Le Petit Bonhomme Orange'
(the little orange guy)

by Cyril Cyril

Out on the Bongo Joe record label.

This deserves to become a hit single !

The video over at the Bongo Joe Bandcamp page is animated. Check that out as well.

https://cyrilcyrilband.bandcamp.com/album/le-petit-bonhomme-orange-le-gros-hit

AN ED PALERMO UPDATE

A message from Ed Palermo

Sunday night, I brought my sextet to The Falcon (Marlboro, NY) and had a blast. Bruce McDaniel, Ted Kooshian, Bob Quaranta, Paul Adamy and Ray Marchica brought the house down. Call me Mr. Lucky. Thank you, Kevin Cavanaugh for the pic!

The set list:
MARCH 15, 2026
EDDY’S CHEMISTRY SET

DOGTOWN-Kamaal Williams (British DJ)
BIG SWIFTY (Zappa)
WHAT’S NEW IN BALTIMORE? (Zappa)
TWENTY SMALL CIGARS (Zappa)
MR.SOUL (Buffalo Springfield)
BIG SWIFTY reprise (Zappa)
FLESH FOR FANTASY (Billy Idol)
OH NO (Zappa)
TOADS OF THE SHORT FOREST (Zappa)
JITTERBUG WALTZ (Fats Waller)
TOADS OF THE SHORT FOREST reprise

AGAIN-part two (David Sancious)
FRED (Allan Holdsworth)
ZOOT ALLURES (Zappa)
THIRD WORLD MAN (Steely Dan)
SNAKE OIL (Tony Williams)
DON’T BOTHER ME (Beatles)
NARDIS (Miles Davis)
CINNAMON GIRL (Neil Young)
JOSIE INTRO (Fagan)
ECHIDNA’S ARF (Zappa)
WE ARE NOT ALONE (Zappa)

(encore)

NEVER-NEVERLAND (Todd Rundgren/Peter Pan)
GLAD (Traffic)

HUUN-HUUR-TU

Tuvan throatsingers Huun-Huur-Tu participated in the Frank Zappa Margarita Nights.
Check out Rip Rens's article for more info.
https://www.riprense.com/zappa_drinks.htm

To my surprise, I recently found out that Huun-Huur-Tu's 1993 "60 Horses In My Herd" album included a piece that the band had recorded in honor of Frank Zappa, who loves this song.
The piece in question was entitled: 'Ching Söörtükchülerining Yryzy' (Song Of The Caravan Drivers).

The album got re-released (both on CD and on LP) in 1996, with different artwork.

-- info: Andreas Rausch (on Facebook)

HANS ANNELLSSON - SINISTER FOOTWEAR

I've mentioned this essential new release by Hans Annellsson a little while ago already, and in the meantime I've also received the (beautifully produced) CD.
Great !!

Here's some additional info, from GlassOnyon PR

Hans Annellsson Releases New Cover of Frank Zappa’s “Sinister Footwear”

Hans Annellsson, one part of the prog duo The Vegetarians, has recorded a complete cover version of Frank Zappa's orchestral composition 'Sinister Footwear'. This new version has been arranged for keyboards, bass, drums, guitar, violin, woodwinds & mallets. This recording was produced and performed by Hans Annellsson with Andreas Hagman (violin) & Viktor Enebjörn (drums). The new recording released on March 1, 2026 on Bandcamp, and is available as a digital download or as a numbered limited edition CD.

The complete version of Sinister Footwear, which had its world premiere at Zellerbach Auditorium, Berkeley, California on June 15, 1984, has never been officially released by Frank Zappa.

Most of the instruments on this new version were recorded in Annellsson's studio during the second half of 2025. The drums were recorded by Viktor Enebjörn in his studio, and the violin was recorded at Studio Loftet, Malmö, Sweden by Janne Brovall. The mixing and mastering was also done at Studio Loftet by Hans Annellsson & Janne Brovall.

The story of the music:

00:00 JAKE, WHO DESIGNS IT
01:06 SOMEPLACE IN NEW JERSEY WHERE THEY MAKE THEM
02:55 ILLEGAL ALIENS ON A LUNCHBREAK
03:35 AT THE CATERING TRUCK
04:15 JAKE EATS A MOLDED JELLO SALAD
05:16 JAKE'S SECRETARY
05:55 ILLEGAL ALIENS WORK SLOWER IN THE AFTERNOON
06:06 JAKE'S SECRETARY READS HER MAGAZINE
06:22 ILLEGAL ALIENS WANT TO GO HOME
06:30 JAKE'S SECRETARY EATS COTTAGE CHEESE
06:41 UGLY SHOES ON THE ASSEMBLY LINE
07:51 WHAT YOU THINK YOU LOOK LIKE WHILE YOU'RE WEARING THEM
09:11 SOMETIMES THEY MAKE YOU WALK FUNNY
09:48 OTHER PEOPLE PRETEND NOT TO NOTICE
12:08 SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO TAKE THEM OFF FOR A MINUTE
12:28 THEN YOU PUT THEM BACK ON BECAUSE YOU THINK THEY LOOK SO GOOD ON YOU
13:18 CHILDREN CAN ALSO HAVE UGLY SHOES
15:03 THE FOOT DOCTOR SAYS YOU MIGHT NEED AN OPERATION
15:30 BUT YOU'RE GONNA WEAR THEM ANYWAY
16:04 VARIOUS NEW POSTURES
16:42 EVERYBODY HAS A PAIR SOMEWHERE
18:19 A PLACE YOU CAN GO WHEN YOU GOT THEM ON

Hans Annellsson
Musician/Composer from Sweden. One part of the Swedish-American Prog duo The Vegetarians with John Tabacco. Has released music on his label Annellssongs since 1989. Has his own studio where the majority of the music is recorded. Got permission from Frank Zappa to release one of Frank’s compositions in Swedish, Penisens Storlek, (Penis Dimension) 1993. Performed with The Vegetarians at the Zappanale Festival in Bad Doberman, Germany in 2011. Has worked with Morgan Ågren & Mats Öberg (Mats&Morgan Band), Gustaf Hielm (Meshugga), Napoleon Murphy Brock (Frank Zappa & George Duke) & John Tabacco.

Andreas Hagman
Violinist from Sweden with an interest in contemporary & avant-garde music. A member of the Opera Orchestra in Malmö, Sweden.

Viktor Enebjörn
Freelancing drummer from Sweden. Also supporting himself as a drum teacher.


To purchase digitally or on CD: https://hansannellsson.bandcamp.com/album/sinister-footwear

MARCH 2026 CUNEIFORM RECORDS UPDATE

2 NEW RELEASES COMING OUT MARCH 27, 2026:

JANEL LEPPIN – SLOWLY MELTING
CINEMATIC INSTRUMENTAL / POST-GENRE / CONTEMPORY COMPOSITION / POST-ROCK / POST-JAZZ / INDIE ART / FUZZTONE
Cellist & composer Janel Leppin's 2nd solo album of genre-defying music [USA]
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JANEL LEPPIN / ENSEMBLE VOLCANIC ASH - PLUTO IN AQUARIUS
AVANT JAZZ / CONEMPORARY COMPOSITION / IMPROVISATION
Third release by composer / cellist Janel Leppin's Ensemble Volcanic Ash, a jazz ensemble featuring Washington DC avant jazz stars Brian Settles, Anthony Pirog, Luke Stewart, Larry Ferguson [USA]  

THE STINKFOOT ORCHESTRA FEATURING N. M. BROCK IN CONCERT IN SAN DIEGO ON APRIL 19

TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND - - - WILLIE THE PIMP (F. ZAPPA)

Tedeschi Trucks Band - Willie the Pimp (Zappa Cover) - Beacon Theater 3/13/26

For more info:
https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/derek-trucks-plays-jerry-garcias-tiger-beacon-theatre-3-13-26/

THE GRANDMOTHES - THE WEASELS SESSIONS '93

• The Grandmothers: The Weasels Sessions '93
      (2026, download / streaming, --, digital music platforms / muffin records productions)

Featuring Jimmy Carl Black, Don Preston, Bunk Gardner, Roland St Germain, Linda Valdmots, Ener Bladezipper and Sandro Oliva !

1. Progress
2. The Quartet
3. Prelude to the Eric Dolphy Memorial BBQ (Live)
4. I Can't Breath
5. '59 Chevrolet
6. Chest Pain
7. The Austin Chronicle
8. Lady Queen Bee
9. Primal Jazz (Live)
10. Soft Construction with Sharp Interlude (Live)
11. Be All You Can Be
12. Silicone Hump
13. Where Were You (Live)
14. King of My Castle
15. Transitions
16. What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body (Excerpt)
17. My Car
18. Idiot
19. Do You Think My Pants Are Too Tight (Live)
20. Let the Good Times Roll
21. The Eternal Question (Live)
22. Trouble Every Day (Live)
23. Plastic People (Live)
24. Primorial (Hingshammer Version)

Excellent news !!
Check out your digital music platforms for this release !!

ANGINE DE POITRINE

Experimental duo Angine de Poitrine is on Bandcamp.
Their second album will be out in April.

And, yes, that strange guitar sound is coming from a microtonal guitar.

Interesting detail: their first album was also made available on LP.

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MCCOY TYNER - PRELUDE AND SONATA

• McCoy Tyner: Prelude And Sonata
      (1995, cd, Europe, milestone)

Just look at that tracklist:

1. Prelude in E minor Op. 28, no. 4 (F. Chopin)
2. Loss of love (H. Mancini - B. Merrill)
3. Contemplation (McCoy Tyner)
4. For all we know (F. Coots - S. Lewis)
5. I will wait for you (M. Legrand - J. Demy - N. Gimbel)
6. Soul eyes (M. Waldron)
7. Smile (C. Chaplin)
8. Good morning heartache (I. Higginbotham - E. Drake - D. Fisher)
9. Piano sonata no. 8 in C minor (L. Van Beethoven)

"Prelude And Sonata" is a beautiful, lyrical modern jazz album.
It got released in 1995 but it still sounds fresh and crispy today.

McCoy Tyner on piano, Antonio Hart Bass on alto sax, Christian McBride on bass, and Marvin 'Smitty' Smith on drums, plus guest Joshua Redman on tenor sax on three of the tracks.

Here's the quintet's take on Henry Mancini's melancholic 'Loss Of Love' :

-- info & more: Danny Mathys