OSSI DURI AND IKE WILLIS

Performing an Ike Willis original, 'The Doctor Is In'.
Recorded live on April 2011 in Rivoli (TO) Italy

ED PALERMO SAYS "HAPPY HOLIDAYS"

And what could be happier than a brand spanking new EPBB t-shirt!

The shirt is displayed at the bottom of this email.

If you buy the shirt, you get a FREE EPBB Christmas EP (8 tunes) included!

This is the best deal I’ve ever offered. A deal that guarantees I’m losing money. What could be better?

Seriously, I am SO proud of the shirt and especially the Christmas cd.

Some day the music on the Christmas cd will wind up on a full length CD, but for now, it’s free!

Just send a check made out to ED PALERMO for $25 to

ED PALERMO
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or VENMO or PAYPAL me (edward palermo at gmail dot com).

Merry Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanakkah—the whole deal!

ed

JEFF SILVERTRUST - ZAPPANALE EXHIBITION JULY 18, 2014

• jeff silvertrust: zappanale exhibition, july 18, 2014
      (2015, dvdr, ger, rr production zapp-e-dvd013)

Multi-instrumentalist / street musician Jeff Silvertrust has quite a number of Frank Zappa compositions on his repertoire. 'Multi-instrumentalist' is the most significant word describing Jeff Silvertrust. He drums, plays the trumpet and keyboard, and whenever possible, even together.

He has performed at various 'after-parties' at the Zappanale festival in Bad Doberan, Germany.

Two years ago, in 2014, Jeff did a morning concert at the exhibition space.
The concert got recorded and released on DVDR by the expo team.
Includes a lot of bonus material.

ARISTOCRATS TOUR STARTS TODAY

THE ARISTOCRATS
"TRES CABALLEROS" EUROPE TOUR
WINTER 2015/2016

November 16th: Cologne (Germany) – Kantine
November 17th: Dortmund (Germany) – Piano
November 18th: Frankfurt (Germany) – Zoom
November 20th: Nurnberg (Germany) – Luise Cultfactory
November 21st: Stuttgart/Winterbach (Germany) – Strandbar 51
November 22nd: Reichenbach (Germany) – Bergkeller
November 24th: Munich (Germany) – Strom
November 25th: Bratislava (Slovakia) – Majestic Musik Club
November 26th: Nove Mesto (Slovakia) – Blue Note
November 27th: Bochnia (Poland) - Oratorium Sw. Kingi
November 28th: Warszaw/Grodzisk Mazowiecki (Poland) – Centrum Kultury
November 30th: Berlin (Germany) – Kesselhaus
December 1st: Osnabruck (Germany) – Gaste Garage
December 2nd: Hamburg (Germany) – Fabrik
December 4th: Larvik (Norway) – Bolgen
December 6th: Istanbul (Turkey) – Garajistanbul
December 7th: Bucharest (Romania) – Silver Church
December 9th: Zoetermeer (Netherlands) – De Boerderij
December 10th: Verviers (Belgium) – Spirit of 66
December 12th: Dublin (Ireland) - The Grand Social
December 13th: Edinburgh (Scotland) – Liquid Room
December 15th: Manchester (England) – Club Academy
December 16th: Birmingham (England) – O2 Institute 3
December 17th: Bristol (England) – Bierkeller
December 18th: London (England) – Heaven
December 19th: Brighton (England) – The Haunt
December 20th: Paris (France) – La Maroquinerie

January 15th 2016: Äänekoski (Finland) – Painotalo (band clinic + concert)
January 16th 2016: Espoo (Finland) – Sellosali
January 18th 2016: Lisbon (Portugal) – RCA Club
January 20th 2016: Sevilla (Spain) - Custom
January 21st 2016: Murcia (Spain) - Garaje
January 22nd 2016: Madrid (Spain) - Caracol
January 23rd 2016: Valencia (Spain) - Rockcity
January 24th 2016: Barecelona (Spain) - Razzmatazz 2
January 26th 2016: Nice (France) – Le Palace
January 27th 2016: Genova (Italy) - La Claque
January 29th 2016: Athens (Greece) – Athina Live
January 30th 2016: Athens (Greece) - Athina Live
February 2nd 2016: Milan (Italy) – Blue Note
February 3rd 2016: Zurich (Switzerland) – Moods
February 4th 2016: Rubigen (Switzerland) - Muhle Hunziken
February 6th 2016: Verona (Italy) – Officina degli Angeli
February 7th 2016: Bologna (Italy) – Zona Roveri
February 8th 2016: Pordenone (Italy) – Il Deposito
February 10th 2016: Florence (Italy) – Teatro Puccini
February 11th 2016: Terni (Italy) – Auditorium Gazzoli
February 12th 2016: Malta (Malta) – Ir-Razzett l’Ahmar
February 14th 2016: Siracusa (Italy) – Venue TBA
February 16th 2016: Roccaforzata (TA) (Italy) – Saloon Public House
February 18th 2016: Rome (Italy) – Planet Live Club
February 20th 2016: Tel Aviv (Israel) – Reading 3

LEX BRONKOWITZ ORCHESTRA

Lex Bronkowitz Orchestra plays the music of Frank Zappa
October 31, 2015 soundcheck @ Zappaloween / Artcafé SamSam, Apeldoorn, Netherlands

FIDO PLAYS ZAPPA TOUR STARTS NEXT WEEK

Fido says:

Off we go! Looking forward to FiDO’s first '75-Years' - Show this Sat 21.11.2015 at KAMMGARN in HARD, AUSTRIA.

On board the brandnew 7-Inch Single BOBBY BROWN vs DIRTY FINGERS.

Mi 2.12.15 NL-Hoofddorp, Duycker
Do 3.12.15 DE-Hamburg, Indra Musik Club
Fr 4.12.15 DE-Schwerin, Speicher
Sa 5.12.15 DE-Sazwedel, Hanseat
Do 10.12.15 DE-Arnstadt, Rockjungfer
Fr 11.12.15 DE-Weinstadt, Armer Konrad
Sa 12.12.15 DE-Lorsch, Rex Kulturhaus

Kammgarn Kulturwerkstatt Hard (A)
Kleinkunstbühne im Dreiländereck A-D-CH am Bodensee

PANZERBALLETT - BREAKING BRAIN

• panzerballett: breaking brain
      (2015, cd, ger, gentle art of music)

Jan Zehrfeld's Panzerballett quintet has a new album out.
We had to wait a couple of years for this one, as "Tank Goodness" got released in 2012, but it was worth the wait.
With "Breaking Brain" (a rather applicable title if you'd ask me), the band continues on their ultradynamic jazz-metal path.
Virtuoso performances, interspersed with a dose of humour (Piero Umiliani's / the muppet show's 'Mahna Mahna' and Henry Mancini's 'Pink Panther Theme' are included in the tracklist)

Indian percussionist and vocalist Trilok Guurtu is featured on two tracks, adding another layer to Panzerballett's polyrhythmic pallette.

Recommended !!

http://www.panzerballett.de/

Here's 'Typewriter II' from "Breaking Brain" :

NEW BOOK ON ZAPPA BY GEOFF WILLS

zappa and jazz

by geoff wills    (2015, book, uk, matador)

The subtitle of Geoff Wills' "Zappa and Jazz" book gives it all away : "Did It Really Smell Funny, Frank?".
In "Zappa and Jazz", Geoff takes an in-depht look at 'the jazz' in Zappa's music. In the compositions, but also in the contributions, solo sections and improvisations, by the various band members.
Geoff takes a chronological journey, comparing FZ's output with what was happening in the jazz scene at that very same time.
I especially liked the chapter on Jean-Luc Ponty's "King Kong" album.

Very well written. Very informative.
Recommended reading !!

Published by Matador.
http://www.troubador.co.uk/book_info.asp?bookid=3374

AKA MOON - THE SCARLATTI BOOK

• aka moon: the scarlatti book
      (2015, cd, bel, outhere music out 658)

Album number 19 for Aka Moon.
Belgian avant-garde jazztrio Aka Moon is best known for using complex rhythmic structures and for mixing jazz with world music.
Their latest journey was made on request of the Italian Cultural Institute of Madrid and had the trio plus pianist Fabian Fiorini explore the rhythmic and harmonic properties of Scarlatti's music.

Music inspired by Scarlatti's sonates.
I can only say this a couple of times each year, but "The Scarlatti Book" will most definitely be in my top five list of 2015.
Playful, energetic, modern jazz.
Superb.

Here's a flashback to 2011 :

JOE'S LITERAGE, THREE NEW BOOKS ON ZAPPA

"Joe's Literage - Die Mutter aller Artikel und Interviews" got published about three or four months ago.
This paperback book counts 250 pages and collects some thirty major articles about or interviews with Frank Zappa. In the German language.

"Joe's Literage Act 1ne - Articles and Interviews 1962 - 1979" is quite something else.
Huge (A4-format), hardbound and 550 pages.
This first volume includes over 250 interviews and articles. All in English.Plain text, as found on the internet (but treated with OCR software).
Pretty incredible.

"Joe's Literage Act 2wo - Articles and Interviews 1980 - 1993" is the twin brother of the above mentioned volume one..
600 pages this time. About 200 articles and interviews...
Massive.