MATS ÖBERG & NAPOLEON MURPHY BROCK - ZAPPA SPIELT FÜR BACH

• mats öberg & napoleon murphy brock: zappa spielt für bach
      (2022, cd, Germany, stiftung johann Sebastian)

July 13, 2022, Mats Öberg and Napoleon Murphy Brock performed at the St. Katharinenkirche in Hamburg, Germany.
The first set featured Mats solo on the grand piano, performing pieces from his “Frankful” album.
The second set saw Napoleon Murphy Brock joining Mats. The duo (also known as Colour Flash performed standards, including several Frank Zappa compositions.

 
The “Zappa Spielt Für Bach” album captured some of the highlights of this concert.
The setlist also included Lionel Hampton’s ‘Midnight Sun’, a piece from which Frank Zappa borrowed the marimba riff.
Post-production by Ralph Kessler.

Love it.
And not just because we were at this concert but because this is one amazing album.
It doesn't get much better that this...

Essential listening.

• Lumpy Gravy
• Läther (= I Promise Not To Come In Your Mouth)
• Zoot Allures
• Outside Now
• Toads Of The Short Forest / Inca Roads
• Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
• What’s The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?
• Oh No
• Son Of Orange County
• More Trouble Every Day
• Somewhere Over The Rainbow (H. Arlen)
• Midnight Sun (L. Hampton)
• Uncle Remus (George Duke, Frank Zappa)
• My Ship (K. Weill)
• Yo' Mama