ANOTHER TRIP TO ZAPPANALE - PART 8

Another trip to Zappanale – Part 8.

Sunday, July 21
“ Music Is The Best”

The third morning concert at the expo room was Inventionis Mater, the Italian duo / trio that had already performed at the festival ground on Saturday, with special guest Napoleon Murphy Brock.

Inventionis Mater has produced an excellent series of Frank Zappa tribute albums.
Albums that belong in every Frank Zappa music collection.
This concert, once again, proved that they are a top act. On album, but also live.

When we arrived at the Rennbahn / the festival around 13h30, German duo Phyt was playing at the mystery stage.
Sax & drums.
Loops & layers and a fine vibe.
It sounded really good.

Phyt, a YouTube video from two years ago:

Around 14h30 Big Band GveriLLas took the stage. This was a band that I really wanted to check out.
They're from Ljubljana and they don't have an album or a demo out.
When I asked them, they told me that they had recorded some material especially for YouTube.

Here's one of these YouTube vids:

And there original tunes were amazing.
Beautiful melodies, packed in a rich big band sound.

Here's the YouTube / studio version of '121.110':

Big Band GveriLLas, a name to remember.
Here's 'Sinister Footwear', a piece that they als performed during their Zappanale set.

The music continued with Fused Tio, the sax / guitar / drum trio from Lithuania.
Perfect festival music.

The final act of Zappanale #33 was Frank Out!, the German Frank Zappa tribute band.
I've seen these guys in concert a number of times already, and they always deliver.
Having Napoleon Murphy Brock (with whom they toured) as special guest was of course the icing on the cake.

 

In case you haven't seen it, here's Frank Out!'s contribution to the digital / on-line Zappanale that was held four years ago.

After their concert, Frank Out! stayed on the stage to support the final jam session, or Good-Bye session as it's called.
This can be messy and confusing, but the band (and Thomas Jung) did a great job here. Together with musicians from Inventionis Mater, Miserable Husos, Jeff Hollie, Pygmy Twylyte, and with Napoleon Murphy Brock, the expanded rock band soloed through some familiar Zappa tunes.

A very nice ending of an impressive edition of Zappanale.

I didn't even mention all the friends we saw and talked to, the friendly crew and organization, or the fine stuff that I bought or received.
What an amazing experience. Again.

Music IS the best.

Next edition, July 17 - 20, 2025.
See you there.