LE PINGOUIN LIGOTÉ

I don't know much about French Frank Zappa fanzine Le Pingouin Ligoté.
Issued by Les Fils de l'Invention, quite a number of years ago.
Fun stuff.
Quite happy with this recent find.
The missing issues (?) are on my want-list.

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ALAIN JAMOT - FRANK ZAPPA - L'ALCHIMISTE DU CHAOS

• Alain Jamot: Frank Zappa - L'Alchimist Du Chaos
      (2025, book, USA, private release)

Brand-new book by Alain Jamot.
Released in the USA, but it's in French.
I only browsed through it, but I'll be reading this from front to back soon. Alain discusses various topics of the Zappa Universe: avant-garde, Frank as an entrepreneur, composer of styles, impossible orchestration, post-modernism, grooves and rhythms, and also tries to find common points with other contemporary composers (and writers).

SNARKY PUPPY - WE LIKE IT HERE (REMIXED - REMASTERED - REIMAGINED)

• Snarky Puppy: We Like It Here (remixed - remastered - reimagined)
      (2024, 2cd, Japan, coreport rpoz-1013-4)

Snarky Puppy's classic "We Like It Here" album got released in 2014.
It got re-released on December 31, 2024 in a remixed / mastered / reimagined version.
In practice, the original album got remixed and remastered, and a bonus CD with alternate versions got added.

BEAUTIFUL !!

CHEAPER THAN CHEEP - - - EPISODE 2 - - - WITH JOE TRAVERS

'Cheaper Than Cheep' Series: Episode 2 (Unboxing the Super Deluxe with Joe Travers)

 

NOLAN COOK = NIFNAR

"Known chiefly for his work in Dimesland and Land of Thin Dimes and as a long-running sideman and collaborator with The Residents, Nolan Cook has entertained audiences far and wide with his unique guitar style and offbeat creativity. "

His latest project is called Nifnar.

https://mailchi.mp/eaa822068df6/an-entire-zoo-full-of-headless-animales

KAHIL EL'ZABAR AND DAVID MURRAY - SPIRIT GROOVE - GOLDEN SEA DUO IN SHENZHEN

Saxophone player David Murray joined forces with percussionist Kahil El'Zabar to perform at the OCT-LOFT Jazz Festival in Shenzen, China, on October 27, 2023.

The result can be heard on "Spirit Groove: Golden Sea Duo in Shenzhen", a beautiful sonic experience.

DARKO THE SUPER SAMPLED FRANK ZAPPA ON HIS LATEST RELEASE

A new release by Darko The Super is always fun !
A large puzzle of beats and samples...

And yes, Darko samples FZ again on "Malt Disnee World War IV".
This isn't the first time that Darko The Super uses samples of Frank Zappa songs.
This time, Darko went for two tracks from "Ruben & The Jets" !

• It Doesn’t Matter To Me
   - sampled Anyway The Wind Blows
• Horse Head
   - sampled Later That Night

Check it out !

21ST CENTURY SCHIZOID BAND REISSUE

The 21st Century Schizoid Band released "Official Bootleg Volume One" on CD in 2002. It was a self-produced release by the band.
The album got a proper release by the Arcàngelo record label in Japan in 2003.
Finally, after 20 years, the album will now get a world-wide release on the Cleopatra label.
Retitled "The London Sessions".

Jakko M Jakszyk (guitar and vocals), Ian McDonald (sax, flute, keyboard), Mel Collins (sax, flute, keyboard), Peter Giles (bass) and Michael Giles (drums).

Also worth mentioning: Jakko M Jakszyk's memoir : "Who's The Boy With The Lovely Hair?"
Haven't read it, but I heard good things about it.

KEVIN KASTNING & MARK WINGFIELD - THE WNYC SESSIONS

• Kevin Kastning & Mark Wingfield: The WNYC Sessions
      (2025, cd, USA, greydisc)

Guitarist, composer and instrument-designer Kevin Kastning is best-known for playing multi-stringed guitars. On "The WNYC Sessions", Kevin played a 17-string hybrid classical guitar.

Add fellow guitarist, composer and sound-innovater Mark Wingfield, and you know you're in for an adventure.

The brand-new "The WNYC Sessions" got recorded live at the WNYC radio studios in New York City for a broadcast.
Seven pieces of music.
Seven meditative soundscapes.

Even without knowing that "The WNYC Sessions" is the duo's fifth release, it's obvious that Kevin Kastning and Mark Wingfield have performed and recorded together on various occasions.
Great interplay, but both players also get the necessary space to improvise.

The result is beautiful.

Check out 'Oculus 50', the opening track of "The WNYC Sessions", out on Greydisc records :

BEN WATSON DISCUSSES JAZZ ROCK FUSION (AND HOT RATS) WITH ANDY EDWARDS

HOT RATS | The Genesis of Jazz Rock Fusion | Watson and Edwards Ep 3