MIQUEL ALVAREZ - MARTINETE A TRANE

Miquel Alvarez' "Martinete A Trane",
With Perico Sambeat on the saxophone !

-- info: Jan van Kemenade

TYLER BARTRAM EXAMINS 'ANDY'

Tyler Bartram, with Simon Prentis

-- info: Jan van Kemenade

ARTHUR BARROW RELEASES A NEW TRACK ON BANDCAMP

Arthur Barrow:
This is a composition that I started on about ten years ago. I thought it would be nice to write something that is a bit nostalgic for a change. Hope you like it.

credits
released May 26, 2026
Composed, recorded, mixed, and produced by Arthur Barrow.
Performed by Arthur Barrow with Tommy Mars on Hammond organ at the end of the tune.
Mastered by Bob Rice.

 

FRANK ZAPPA'S "ZAPPATITE" TO BE RELEASED ON VINYL

Frank Zappa's "ZAPPAtite" got released in 2022. It was album #106.µ
In July the album will be re-issued:

- black vinyl 2 LP
- pink swirl vinyl 2 LP
- CD

ZAPPAtite dishes out an 18-track feast of Zappa's tastiest tracks — spanning psychedelic rock mutations and jazz-rock excursions to orchestral oddities, sharp satire, and other sounds unsuitable for polite dinner company.

Consider it a convenient gateway into the Zappaverse for the uninitiated, and a neatly packed reminder of the classics for those who already know better.

Available for the first time on vinyl as a 2LP pink swirl vinyl or 2LP black edition — both housed in gatefold jackets complete with a collectible "menu" insert. Also, available on 1CD. Come hungry.

THE PURPLE LAGOON

Filip Fjellstrom: drums
Christian Bjerring: guitar, bass, mixing
Fredrik Eriksson: keys 

THE FURIOUS BONGOS

The Furious Bongos commented:
First video from our performance at Syraucse Jazz Fest 6/27: City of Tiny Lites, with special guests Andre Cholmondeley (Project/Object) and Bruce McDaniel (Ed Palermo Big Band). More to come!

DWEEZIL ZAPPA

Playing Nashville's PRIVATE STOCK of INSANE GUITARS!

GREEN SEAGULL - SMOKE AND MIRRORS

• Green Seagull: Smoke And Mirrors
      (2026, download / streaming, --, bandcamp)
      (2026, cd, UK, spinout nuggets)
      (2026, lp, UK, spinout nuggets)

Green Seagull takes you back in time.
Their bandcamp page adds:
Green Seagull are a London, UK-based baroque psych pop band, taking influence from the likes of The Left Banke, The Zombies, and The Association.

Released on the Spinout Nuggets record label, "Smoke And Mirrors" sounds as it got recorded in the late sixties. And I mean that in the most positive way.

Beautiful songs with nice references to classic pop songs, great harmonies, perfect for radio airplay.
Also noteworthy is the fact that all of the bandmembers wrote songs for this album !

I enjoyed "Smoke And Mirrors" as a digital download, but the album is also available on LP and on CD.

DON MARSH V

Don Marsh V is Wouter Van Den Broeck's acoustic jazz quintet.
The ensemble released a first album in 2022, "Marshland", and has more recently sent "Ianua" into the world.

Sublime.

Both albums feature the same musicians:

• Wouter Van Den Broeck - Piano
• Jean-Paul Estiévenart - Trumpet
• Warre Van De Putte - Tenor Sax
• Janos Bruneel - Bass
• Matthias De Waele - Drums

And while the first album featured two pieces by Janos Bruneel, all of the other music was composed by Wouter Van Den Broeck.

Essential listening.
Highly recommended !!

-- info: Danny Mathys

ISABELLE ANTENA

"Tous Mes Caprices" was Isabelle Antena's third album.
Released in 1988, it included a beautiful version of FZ's 'Village Of The Sun'.
Out on LP and on CD.
I recently got hold of a white label test pressing of this fine album.

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