BEEFHEART - BAT CHAIN PULLER

• beefheart: bat chain puller
  (2012, cd, usa, vaulternative records vr 2012-1)

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band recorded"Bat Chain Puller" in 1976, shortly after a European tour. Both Bruce Fowler and Elliot Ingber left the Magic Band, so replacements had to be made and John French and Denny Walley were joined by Jeff Moris Tepper who would take on the guitar duties (he was a former neighbour of Don Van Vliet) and John Thomas who would be playing keyboard bass.
Unfortunately, shortly after the recording, label owners Frank Zappa and Herb Cohen got into a dispute and Cohen had all of Zappa's equipment and archived recordings confiscated, including the Bat Chain Puller master tape.
Zappa and Cohen went to court and Zappa did win the case. In 1982. So the Bat Chain Puller master tapes came back to surface some six years after the recording session.
In the meantime, Beefheart had already re-recorded most of the material with a different band for "Shiny Beast". The result was that the original master recording got stored in the Zappa Vault.

However, shortly after the recording of BCP a demo tape of the album had been sent to a couple of journalists for review purposes. Copies of the tape made it to the fans, and eventually bootlegs of the album turned up as well.

Last month, the Zappa Family Trust released "Bat Chain Puller" on CD. The original album plus some bonus tracks.
I've always had a soft spot for "Shiny Beast" and for the original "Bat Chain Puller" recordings.
Listening to BCP only makes these feelings stronger.
It's a joy to hear the original recordings in a superb audio quality.
I have been playing BCP for three days in a row, and all that I can say is that it has become my favorite Beefheart album.

ESSENTIAL LISTENING !!

Read more at:
http://www.beefheart.com/datharp/albums/official/batchainpuller.htm

DWALMACAT 464

Go to http://www.fmbrussel.be/programmas/dwalmacat.aspx
and click on “Luister” to enjoy

• PAUL McCARTNEY – Frozen jap


• HOLGER CZUKAY – Hey Baba reebop


• O.N.T.S. - 道玄坂ウキィー


• THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS – Lie still, little bottle


• ANDRE BRASSEUR – The kid (holiday)


• TINY TIM – I got you babe (live in London)


• THE FALL – Happi song


• SAMSIMAR – Indang pariaman


• CAMBERWELL NOW – Working nights


• SEMA – Untitled


• WOODEN SJHIPS – Crossing remix (by Andy Weatherall)


• HARALD SACK ZIEGLER & FRANK SCHÜLTGE “BLUMM” - Toygrooves


• MATMOS – Polychords


• LOUIS NEEFS - ‘K zag twee beren


• GORKI – Wie zal er voor de kinderen zorgen


• ETANT DONNES – Aime-moi

DWEEZIL ZAPPA - F.O.H.

• dweezil zappa: f.o.h.
  (2012, 2cd, usa, fantom records)

Dweezil Zappa's "Front Of House" album arrived last week. If I understand it correctly,"Front Of House" means that the recordings on this discs are from the mixing board. No multi-channel tweeking.
"F.O.H." includes material from the Zappa Plays Zappa tours from 2007 untill 2011. I know that a lot of fans are quite frustrated by the recent ZFT clean-up on YouTube, but that does not make this a less good album. Actually, it's pretty impressive. I like the sound of the front-of-house-mix, and the performance of the band is excellent.
It's a good-looking package as well: a 2CD fold-out set, with beautiful Cal Schenkel artwork.
The only minor thing is the price, which Dweezil addresses in the liner notes saying that illegal downloads makes putting out CDs less profitable.

Pricey, but highly recommended.

AKA MOON - AKASHA VOL.2

• aka moon: akasha vol 2
  (1996, cd, bel, carbon 7)

Aka Moon will be doing a couple of concerts next month. I will see them at De Singer in Rijkevorsel (B) on 21/4, and also at 'De Casino' in Sint Niklaas (B) on 26/4.
I saw the band live for the first time only a couple of years ago, and it was absolutely breathtaking. One of the best gigs that I ever saw. And I've seen a few.

Fabrizio Cassol (sax), Michel Hatzigeorgiou (bass) and Stéphane Galland (drums) are top. If you want to catch a fine jazz concert, you know where to go.

To get in the mood, I pulled out "Akasha Vol.2", their 1996 album (and added the cover & other data to the United Mutations Archives). Recorded in 1995 in India with three local musicians, the album continues where "Vol.1" ended.
World music jazz? Whatever one might call it, I love it.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - DE LAATSTE PLAAT VOLUME 2

• various artists: de laatste plaat - volume 2
  (2012, cd, bel, woestijnvis / humo)

Volume two of "De Laatste Plaat" got released earlier this week. Again, the CD was only available with weekly tv-mag Humo, but I was told that all the tracks are available as (iTunes?) download as well.
Songs that you might / shouldknow from Soulwax, Tim Van Hamel, Mauro Pawlowski, TC Matic and other belgian bands, are covered by Sam Vloemans, The Zita Swoon Group, The Brussels Philharmonic and others.
Good thinking by Woestijnvis, who not only produced the show during which these tracks were recorded, but who also owns Humo.
Unfortunately, this is the final volume. I only hope that there will be more projects like this.

THE CNDM PERFORMED ZAPPA

Last October I mentioned that the CNDM ensemble would be performing Zappa's arrangement of Ravel's 'Bolero' and various other Zappa pieces in concert in Madrid on October 4, 2011.

The concert got broadcast on TV, and you can watch the complete show over here:
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/los-conciertos-de-la-2/conciertos-2-cndm-concierto-inaugural-proyecto-veinte-21/1236262/

This is great !!

-- info: Javier

LAST SHOP STANDING

Last Shop Standing is a collaboration between award winning feature film company Blue Hippo Media www.bluehippomedia.com and Proper Music Publishing Ltd.

Based on the successful book by Graham Jones of the same name, "Last Shop Standing" will be a 60-minute documentary to be released in the summer of 2012. It will be a celebration of the unique spirit of comradeship and entrepreneurial ingenuity that has enabled so many shops to keep operating successfully against the backdrop of massive changes in the music industry, the biggest recession in years, the growth of online file sharing, and the explosion of choice in music consumption.

Did you know…

Not long ago there was a record shop on every high street, but over 500 independent record stores have closed during the last few years.
But record shops were always more than retail outlets. They are part of our culture; they support new bands and local talent. A place for musicians and music fans to congregate, to browse away a few hours, to walk away with music they didn't know existed.

Read more & support the project:
http://www.indiegogo.com/Last-Shop-Standing-Documentary-phase-2

SUN RA RESEARCH : CONVERSATION WITH JUNE TYSON PART TWO

Sun Ra Research conversation with June Tyson, September 25, 1986 El Grenada, California part two.



-- info: Peter Hinds

THE ED PALERMO BIG BAND IN CONCERT ON APRIL 5

here's a message from Ed Palermo:

This just came up, folks.

Many of you know of my favorite club in the universe, the Falcon.

Well, we are appearing there next THURSDAY, APRIL 5 playing the music of FRANK ZAPPA (and some others, but mainly ZAPPA).

Then on FRIDAY, MAY 11 we will be back but featuring the Chicago blues music of PAUL BUTTERFIELD AND MIKE BLOOMFIELD.

I love this project and wish we did it more often. It features the astounding harmonica and vocal work of ROB PAPAROZZI and guitarist GEORGE NAHA.

But first things first. Next week, it's ZAPPA TIME!
Show times 7:30 and 9:00 PM

AND THIS PLACE CHARGES NO COVER!! Just a donation box.

THE FALCON
1348 Rte 9w Marlboro, NY 12542
(845) 236-7970

I hope to see you there! Thanks!

-- ed palermo

MARCEL AND CATHERINE CELLIER

Stefan Schwietert's latest documentary is called "A Tickle In The Heart" and it tells a story of fifty years ago. Of Marcel and Catherine Cellier and their search for exceptional music behind the Iron Curtain.

TOM FOWLER INTERVIEW

Tim Op Het Broek interviewed Tom Fowler after the Grandmothers' Verviers concert.

A NEW SUN RA TITLE ON THE TRANSPARENCY LABEL

SUN RA
Live At The Red Garter
New York City, July 1970
Transparency 0319
a 2CD set

DWALMACAT 463

Go to http://www.fmbrussel.be/programmas/dwalmacat.aspx
and click on “Luister” to enjoy

• NEGATIVLAND – 11


• NEGATIVLAND – 1


• NEGATIVLAND – 2


• IKE YARD – Loss


• THURSTON MOORE – Orchard street


• THE REFLECTIONS – Oh baby look out (it’s the new dance)


• DREADZONE – House of dread (live Glastonbury 95)


• NEGATIVLAND – 3


• BRAQUE – Panique


• KLOOT PER W – My favorite


• R. DEAN TAYLOR – There’s a ghost in my house


• THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS – La cazza nova / Lyriéx


• ALICE COLTRANE – Parahansa lake


• PJ HARVEY – The glorious land


• NEGATIVLAND – 20
  

GROWL ALBUM GETS A RE-RELEASE

Growl's 1974 eponymous album got released on the Frank Zappa / Herb Cohen DiscReet label.
The album is getting a re-release on both vinyl (LP) and on polycarbonate plastic (CD) on the Lion Productions label.

ANT-BEE LICENCES RE-RELEASE OF THREE ALBUMS TO GONZO MULTIMEDIA

The Ant-Bee has licenced the re-release of three albums, and of the "Child Of The Moon" EP to Gonze MultiMedia in the UK.
So that should be "Pure Electric Honey", "With My Favorite Vegetables" and "Lunar Muzik", plus "Child Of The Moon".

Sounds good.

http://www.gonzomultimedia.co.uk/

MUZE JAZZ ORCHESTRA PLAYS FRANK ZAPPA AT C-MINE JAZZ FESTIVAL

The Muze Jazz Orchestra will perform the music of Frank Zappa at the C-Mine Jazz festival in Genk, Belgium on Friday the 13th of April 2012.

www.cminejazz.com

DWEEZIL ZAPPA HAS A NEW ALBUM OUT

It has only been a little while since "Live - In The Moment", but Dweezil Zappa has released another album: "F.O.H.", = Front Of House mixes of Zappa Plays Zappa recordings.

• dweezil zappa: f.o.h.
  (2012, 2cd, usa, fantom records)
  

JACOPO GIUSTI

Italian drummer Jacopo Giusti has performed and recorded Frank Zappa compositions with Electric Bongo Fury and with Fattore Zeta.

For his solo album, "Play Only What I Love", Jacopo recorded Frank Zappa's 'Them Or Us' and 'Lobster Girl'. The same album also includes his tribute to Zappa and Varèse: 'Serious Music For Drums & Low Budget Percussions'.

The album is available throught Jacopo's website:
http://www.jacopogiusti.com/

• jacopo giusti: play only what i love
  (2011, cd, italy, discolaser)

CRUMB EXPO IN PARIS, FRANCE

Excellent news over at the Zappa In France blog
http://www.zappainfrance.blogspot.com/

Le Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris is organising a Robert Crumb retrospective.
April 13 until August 19, 2012 at the MAM in Paris, France.

HORAIRES: Ouvert du mardi au dimanche de 10h à 18h
Nocturne le jeudi jusqu’à 22h
TARIFS: Plein tarif : 8 €
Tarif réduit: 6 € (+ de 60 ans, enseignants, chômeurs, famille nombreuse)
Demi-tarif: 4 € (jeunes 14-26 ans + RMIste)

ARJEN LUCASSEN

Arjen Lucassen recorded Frank Zappa's 'I'm The Slime' for his "Lost In The New Real" album. The album should be out in a couple of months.

-- info: Zappateers

AREND NIKS & BONGOMATIC

Tonight, Bongomatic will be featured on dutch Opium TV.

Bongomatic is a nine-piece band that has Arend Niks on drums.

2012 03 24 - 22:35 h - Nederland 2

LISA MEZZACAPPA & NIGHTSHADE - COSMIC RIFT

• lisa mezzacappa & nightshade: cosmic rift
  (2011, cd, usa, leo records cd lr 613)

"Cosmic Rift" is Lisa Mezzacappa's latest album. The Nightshade band was born when she was asked to respond to visual art in a musical way for a 2009 concert series. Beside the three pieces that were created for the visual art project, the album also includes a piece by Messiaen, and a fine, expanded version of Frank Zappa's 'The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue'.
Worth checking out.

Out on Leo Records.

-- info from Brainpang

KINGS OF BELGIUM - TRES FORT

• kings of belgium: très fort
  (2011, cd, bel, off label / p.v. presents)

Kings Of Belgium is a belgian trio that consists of Gil Mortio (guitar), Pierre Vervloesem (bass) and an invited drummer. On "Unchained Melodies", it was Al Battor who took drummer duties, on "Très Fort", it's Morgan Ågren.

"Très Fort" got recorded in Sweden over at Morgan's studio. It's hard to believe that they pulled this off in two days. And it's even harder to believe that most of the music on this album was improvised. This is great stuff.
Melodic, up-tempo, excellent interaction & fine improvisations. I love it.

Highly recommended.

"Très Fort" is a great album and the album title is well-chosen as the music is very energetic, very powerful. Morgan Ågren is the perfect drummer for the Gil Mortio / Pierre Vervloesem tandem. I can only hope that I will be able to see this power trio in concert one day.

Available from http://off-recordlabel.blogspot.com

CUCAMONGA - ALTER HUEVO

• cucamonga: alter huevo
  (2012, cd, italy, altrock alt024)

Cucamonga is a progressive jazz / rock quintet from Argentina. It's also the place where Frank Zappa once had his 'Studio Z'.
The influence is obvious. Excellent.

Out on the italian Altrock label.

Do check this out !!

Listen to 'Tetascotch' and find the Zappa-quotation:

GARY HUSBAND - DIRTY & BEAUTIFUL VOL 2

• gary husband: dirty & beautiful vol.2
  (2012, cd, usa, abstract logix)

For his "Dirty & Beautiful Vol.2" project, Gary Husband invited a fine selection of supeb fusion musicians: Alex Machacek, Allan Holdsworth, John McLauglin, Mike Stern, ...
The result is an excellent album.
Sure, it's not like it's one band that's perfoming, so it's more like a collection of tracks than a real album, but the result is great.
I know that I mentioned this album a couple of weeks ago, when I found out about it, but it has been in and out of my CD-player ever since.

Jazz-rock / Fusion fans will love this.

TRIGGERFINGER TO PERFORM AT ZAPPANALE

Old news for some, but Tringerfinger will be performing at the next Zappanale.
Here's a nice recording from their 2010 Lowlands concert, with Selah Sue guesting on vocals...
Goosebumps (& Earplugs).

VARIOUS ARTISTS - DE LAATSTE PLAAT VOLUME 1

• various artists: de laatste plaat - volume 1
  (2012, cd, bel, woestijnvis / humo)

Earlier this week, belgian radio & tv magazine Humo included a CD.
"De Laatste Plaat - Volume 1" collects recordings from various bands that performed during "De Laatste Show", a late night belgian tv show.
And it's not just a random collection as each of the participating bands was told to perform a song from the belgian pop scene.
It's a nice collection (and it's also volume one) that not only includes Jef Neve's excellent rendition of dEUS' 'Suds & Soda', but also a coverversion of my favourite song in the dutch language: Dez Mona performs 'Van God Los', a track that was originally recorded by Monza, and that translates into something as 'Let Go Of Your God'.

Here's the Jef Neve Trio (with Teun Verbruggen on drums !)

JOHN TRUBEE'S LOVE POEM FOR TODAY

LOVE POEM FOR TODAY Copyright©2012 John Trubee

Everyone is in a great deal of pain.

Everyone is suffering and struggling.

Everyone is dying to obtain things from others who, with malice and stupidity or through neglect, deny them.

No one understands anyone else.

No one listens to anyone else.

Everyone is hypersensitive, poised to lash out at the slightest imagined insult.

Everyone has lost their sense of humor.

Everyone chooses to copulate in a love relationship with the least intelligent, most obnoxious fool they can find—so they can have someone to complain about to everyone else.

Everyone’s child is a genius who ends up being paid to clean toilets in gas stations.

Everyone wants to be the boss while they constantly weasel out of work.

Everybody is a star, but nobody deserves it.

Everyone declaims utter confidence and absolute certainty based on zero facts, no information, abysmal incuriosity, and aversion to reading.

Everyone is trying to convince the starving child that the bread for which he hungers is poisonous. Everyone prohibits sex to the already sex-starved.

Everyone is blind with madness, picking fights for no reason.

The people in charge are bullies and lying hypocrites. The people beneath them resent them and want to kill them.

Everyone screeches about freedom of choice when all the choices are equally rotten, dismal, and disgusting, rendering such freedom absurd.

Everyone boasts about freedom not being free, and then petulantly whines about having to pay taxes to ensure and maintain such freedom.

--
John Trubee
PO Box 4921
Santa Rosa, CA 95402 USA

THE PETER WOLF DISCOGRAPHY

Thanks to Luc Reniers, I was able to add missing album covers & data to the Peter Wolf discography: "A Change In My Life", "Cultureshocked" and "Wolf & Wolf".

GIANNI LENOCI & GIANNI MIMMO - RECIPROCAL UNCLES

• gianni lenoci & gianni mimmo: reciprocal uncles
  (2010, cd, italy, long song records)

A bit over a year ago, Long Song Records released "Reciprocal Uncles", experimental music by Gianni Lenoci (piano) and Gianni Mimmo (soprano saxophone). The album is the result of an instant improvisation, an exchange of ideas.

available from Mandaï : www.mandai.be

Here's a sample:

MAYHEM CIRCUS ELECTRIC REVISITED

Earlier today, I gave Mayhem Circus Electric's "Lubricity" another listen. There's nothing like some improvised music to start one's Sunday morning.

You should visit their website for samples:
http://music.nhic-records.com

I really like this kind of music. When the record was finished, I just had to dive into my shelves to find the 2011/06/04 concert recording of the MCE that I had lying around somewhere. I'm listening to it right now.
Beautiful.

SUN RA TRIBUTE CONCERT BY PLANET D NONET ON 2012 03 24 IN DETROIT

A night of cozmic Sun Ra charts!

MotorCity Wine
608 Wooward Ave (2nd Floor), Detroit, MI 48226

Justin Jozwiak / alto sax, cl & flute, Jim Holden / tenor sax, cl & flute, Joshua James / bari, alto sax, cl & bass cl, James O’Donnell / trumpet, flügelhorn & percussion, Derek Worthington / trumpet, John "T-Bone" Paxton / trombone, Dave Gadd / piano, Joel Peterson? / string bass, RJ Spangler / drums wsg Jerry LeDuff / congas

BEEFHEART SINGLE RELEASE ON RECORD STORE DAY 2012

The next annual Record Store Day will be on April 21, 2012 !!
It'll be like Christmas in April, as Sundazed Records said. They'll be releasing a number of titles for the occasion, including a double 7" Beefheart set. It'll be a rerelease of Beefheart's first two A&M singles. From 1966.
Record Store Day Belgium will be joining the festivities with a.o. a limited edition by Mauro Pawlowski.

STUDIO PAGOL - SERENDIPITY

• studio pagol: serendipity
  (2003, cd, bel, sppf lm54068)

Adding data to the United Mutations Archives, here's Studio Pagol's "Serendipity".
World music with a beat. African, eastern and western european elements are mixed into an impressive album.
"Serendipity" has Pierre Vervloesem and Thierry Mondelaers as guests, which might convince you to give it a listen.

FRANK VINCENT ZAPPA - THE INTERVIEW

• frank zappa: the interview
  (1991, cdr, ger, arf society)

Here's another odditie. This CDR , entitled "The Interview", includes a Zappa interview by Michael Heinze from July 30, 1990.
It's a nice little disc that could be read on both PC and Macintosh. My best guess is that it got released in 1990. It's an audio-only thing that you can browse by means of buttons. Quite nice, but a bit out-of-date compared to today's standards.
Did I mention that it got released by The Arf Society? A fine collaboration.

DWEEZIL ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA - NORTH AMERICA 2012

Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa - North America 2012

2012/06/26 Rochester, NY - Kodak Hall @ Eastman Theatre
2012/06/28 Wilkes Barre, PA - FM Kirby Center
2012/06/29 Englewood, NJ - Bergen PAC
2012/06/ Westbury, NY - Capitol One Bank Theatre
2012/07/01 New Bedford, MA - Zeiterion PAC
2012/07/06 Hampton Beach, NH - Hampton Beach Casino
2012/07/07 Tarrytown, NY - Tarrytown Music Hall
2012/07/08 Alexandria, VA - The Birchmere
2012/07/10 Norfolk, VA - The Norva
2012/07/11 Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre
2012/07/12 Knoxville, TN - Bijou Theatre
2012/07/13 Nashville, TN - The Cannery Ballroom
2012/07/14 Bloomington, IL - The Castle Theatre
2012/07/15 Merrillville, IL - Star Plaza Theater2012/07/17 Grand Rapids, MI - The Intersection
2012/07/18 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
2012/07/19 Morristown, NJ - Mayo Center for the PAC
2012/07/20 Albany, NY - The Egg

EUGENE CHADBOURNE TO TOUR EUROPE

well, or parts of it, at least.

MARCH 15 UDINE
Casa Aupa Club
Open rehearsal show with Doc Chad and local favorites the Arbe Garbe band

MARCH 16 with Arbe Garbe
Levoncavallo
Via Antoine Watteau 7
Milan
Italy

MARCH 18 PADOVA
La Mela di Newton Club Via Della Paglia 2
Doc Chad solo

MARCH 20 FANO Club Bardan

MARCH 23 AVELLINO Godot Art Bistro Via Mazzas 13/15

MARCH 25 ROME Dal Verme Via Luchino Dal Verme 8

MARCH 27 LATINA Hemingway Club Via Carturan 36a

March 29
DOC CHAD SPECTACULAR!
two shows in one night with Banlieus Blues, Paris
1st set duo with Steven de Bruyn, harmonica
2nd set Aki Takase New Blues Project with Aki Takase, Paul Lovens, Rudi Mahal and Nils Wogram.

Then the scene shifts to Holland!

TWO SPECIAL GIGS WITH CHAD AND AD
Doc Chad and Ad Peijnenburg, baritone and sopranino saxes, ukulele, etc.

March 31 GELDROP

APRIL 2 - EINDHOVEN, HOLLAND
w/AD PEIJENBURG (baritone sax, ukulele, etc)
Our second "stay out of central Eindhoven" tour is on. Cafe Wilhelmina on Monday April 2.

More details check
http://www.adpeijnenburg.com


JULY 5 Solo
Two sets at The Stone
New York City, New York

THE UNCOOL FESTIVAL 2012 WITH MICHAEL RAY AND WITH THE ARKESTRA

info from the Saturn news group

This year's UNCOOL festival,

UNCOOL 2012
music for cosmic life

Valposchiavo, Switzerland
18 - 24 June,
is dedicated to Michael Ray.
Featuring also THE SUN RA ARKESTRA under the direction of MARSHALL ALLEN.
And the 17th INTERNATIONAL SUN RA CONVENTION by Hartmut Geerken will be
held there too.

http://www.uncool.ch/2012/program.php

R.I.P. ANDRE LEWIS

André Lewis passed away on January 31, 2012 in Shreveport, Louisiana.

He toured with Zappa, and can be heard on "Zoot Allures" and "Sheik Yerbouti" to name just two.
He was also the man behind Mandré, and even covered Zappa's 'Dirty Love' on one of his albums.

Here's the track as the soundtrack for "Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase" by Joan Gratz, an excellent animation movie from 1992.

DWALMACAT 462

Go to http://www.fmbrussel.be/programmas/dwalmacat.aspx
and click on “Luister”
to enjoy

• FLAMEN DIALIS – Derniere croissade


• SLAPP HAPPY – Everybody’s slimmin’ (even men and women)


• THE MINNY POPS – Total confusion


• BERTOLT BRECHT & KURT WEILL – Kanonensong


• THE FALL – Monocard


• DE BRASSERS – En toen was er niets meer


• KAMAGURKA & DE VLAAMSE PRIMITIEVEN – Ik ben twee Amerikanen


• BOB & LOU – Track 4


• PYROLATOR – Myrtle & knickerbocker


• GEINS’T NAÏT – Canari et compagnie


• THE SEARCHERS – Popcorn double feature


• LIEUTENANT PIGEON – Mouldy old dough


• JEZEBEL – Sweety


• HONEY BANE – Guilty (dub)


• THE JAPS – Release a nation

JAY DITTAMO

May 2012, Bobby Marquis will be doing a three part interview with Jay Dittamo for his Pure Radio Kaos radio show on CKCU-FM, Ottowa's community radio station.
Jay Dittamo used to play the drums with The Band From Utopia (with Ike Willis, Arthur Barrow, Robert Martin, Tommy Mars, Bruce Fowler, Tom Fowler, Ed Mann and Kurt McGettrick), performing the music of Frank Zappa.

A VIDEO OF THE COMPLETE MAGIC BAND 2012 03 13 CONCERT

The Magic Band in Preston 13th March 2012

1 hour and forty minutes in total.

Thanks to Clint Walker.

NEW DOUBT ALBUM ANNOUNCED

Announced on the Moonjune label: the new douBt album: "Mercy, Pity, Peace & Love".

Alex MAGUIRE: keyboards, sequencer
Michel DELVILLE: e-guitar, samples
Tony BIANCO: drums, loops

NEW ZAPPA BOOTLEG BOX : "I AM THE CLOUDS"

An eight CD bootleg box has been announced: 4 complete 1988 Zappa concerts from Germany: Cologne, Würzburg, München and Mannheim.

THE COMPLETE MOSAE ZAPPA 2012 LINE-UP

The Complete Mosae Zappa 2012 line-up looks like this:

June 1 & 2, 2012, Mosae Zappa festival, Heerlen, NL

• Grupo Go


• The Lex Bronkowitz Orchestra


• Peach Noise


• The Muze Jazz Orchestra


• Corrie van Binsbergen

More info & details at

www.mosaezappa.com

JEAN-LUC PONTY'S "MYSTICAL ADVENTURES" OUT ON CD

• jean-luc ponty: mystical adventures
  (2012, cd, usa, wounded bird records)

Originally released in 1982 on Atlantic Records, Jean-Luc Ponty's "Mystical Adventures" has been re-released on CD on the Wounded Bird Records label.

THE LEX BRONKOWITZ ORCHESTRA

Here's a preview of the upcoming album:
http://listn.to/LexBronkowitzOrchestra/player

A MOSAE ZAPPA UPDATE

The Lex Bronkowitz Orchestra has been added to the line-up of the MOSAE ZAPPA festival.

That's the best news I heard all day...

CHAD WACKERMAN - DREAMS, NIGHTMARES AND IMPROVISATIONS

• chad wackerman: dreams, nightmares and improvisations
  (2011, cd, usa, cwcd-5)

Let me start with saying that Chad Wackerman's latest album is wonderful. I was rather curious to listen to it as it features Allan Holdsworth, Jimmy Johnson, and Jim Cox, and all expectations were met.
"Dreams, Nightmares and Improvisations" is just wonderful. It's top shelf fusion.

THE WRONG OBJECT IN CONCERT IN MAY

The Wrong Object will be doing two concerts. The first one in Liège, the second on in Ghent.

2012/05/11 - L'AN VERT (http://www.lanvert.be/), Liège, Belgium
- SPECIAL 10th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT w. GUESTS!!

2012/05/026 - TREFPUNT (http://www.trefpunt.be/), Ghent, Belgium

THE ED PALERMO BIG BAND PLAYS THE MUSIC OF PAUL BUTTERFIELD AND MIKE BLOOMFIELD

Ed Palermo says:

Folks, it's been at least 2 years since we played this material and I've missed it greatly.

But now we bring it back on Thursday, March 29 to one of the most beautiful venues I've ever seen.

It's the Bickford Theater which is inside the Morris Museum in Morristown, NJ. You can come early and check out the museum.

The band will feature the amazing Rob Paparozzi on harmonica and vocals.

Morris Museum's Bickford Theatre
6 Normandy Heights Road
Morristown NJ O7960
Phone number to order tickets: 973-971-3706
Tickets: $25 Non-members
$20 Members

Time: 7:30 p.m. We are playing one 90 minute set!
Ample Onsite Parking

ELTON DEAN'S NINESENSE

The Canadian Reel Recordings record label has issued a 2CD set of Elton Dean's Ninesense.

"For the many friends and fans of the late saxophonist and composer Elton Dean, this poignant 2CD release is the debut presentation of a complete concert performance from Elton's ensemble of Brit-jazz firebrands known as Ninesense. Elton Dean was a consummate musician, widely-recognized for his indelible sound and serpentine solos on alto sax and saxello. "

THE OTHERS OF INVENTION

A lot of videos that have a link to the music of FZ are being removed from YouTube.
Zappa fans wouldn't be Zappa fans if they weren't finding other solutions.
Sure, we can all start refering to FZ as "Frink Zippi", but there's better ways:

Doona Cootey on vimeo
http://vimeo.com/user10784745

The Dangerous Kitchen
www.thedangerouskitchen.com

SANDRO OLIVA IN CONCERT IN ROME ON MARCH 22, 2012

In concert at the JailBreak Live Club
in Rome
via Tiburtina 870

performing the music of Frank Zappa

http://sandroliva.com/2012Jailbreak.html

ANOTHER ZAPPA FESTIVAL SCHEDULED IN NORWAY

LISA MEZZACAPPA' BAIT & SWITCH - WHAT IS KNOWN

• lisa mezzacappa's bait & switch: what is known
  (2010, cd, usa, cleanfeed records cf 192cd)

I received a message from Brainpang in which he mentioned that Lisa Mezzacappa had released two albums that should interest me & the readers of U.M.

Lisa Mezzacappa is a San Francisco-based double bass player and composer. Her influences range from Henry Threadgill, The Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Eric Dolphy, Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman and Rahsaan Roland Kirk to Sun Ra.
For her first solo album, "What Is Known", Lisa recorded a fine version of Don Van Vliet's 'Lick My Decals Off, Baby'.

This is fabulous. I love it. And I'm not just talking about the excellent Beefheart coverversion. No, I'm talking about the entire album.
If you're in to adventurous jazz and improvised music, you will love this. I know I do.

http://www.lisamezzacappa.com/

Here's a concert fragment from 2010. It will immediately show you why I like this.

WE'RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MUSIC

ZITA SWOON GROUP AT VRIJE GELUIDEN

Next Sunday, the Zita Swoon Group will be performing at my favourite Dutch tv-show: Vrije Geluiden.
At 10:30 h in the morning !!
You'd better get your recorder ready :-)

DWALMACAT 461

Go to
http://www.fmbrussel.be/programmas/dwalmacat.aspx
and click on “Luister” to enjoy

• CHARLES NOWA – Lux international


• THE DREAMS – Tropique du cancer


• PENGUIN CAFé ORCHESTRA – Swing the cat


• SUKIA – Dirty afro


• PERREY & KINGSLEY – One note samba / Spanish flea


• THE FIERY FURNACES – I’m in no mood


• UNKNOWN ARTIST (Sublime frequencies) - Distant drums in Cambodia


• BURUNDI STEPHENSON BLACK – Burundi black part 1


• FOSTER & FISK – Enthusiasm and genuine belief


• FUCK BUTTONS – Colours move


• THE BEATLES – Savoy truffle


• THE FALL – 50 year old man


• NACAO ZUMBI – Caldo de cana


• TALKING HEADS – The democratic circus


• WIM GOMBEER – Improvisation on synths

ZFT & YOUTUBE

Multiple copyright complaints from the ZFT towards a YouTube uploader results in the uploader's account being deleted.
This means that not only the nice little movies of bands that perform FZ's music (or even holiday movies with an FZ-soundtrack) are disappearing, but all the other little movies from the uploaders in question will be gone as well.
Aaaarghh....!!

EVIL DICK & THE BANNED MEMBERS - AUTHORISED BOOTLEG 2011

• evil dick & the banned members: authorised bootleg 2011 - glastonbudget festival - the soundhouse
  (2011, cdr, uk, private release)

Evil Dick & The Banned Members performed at Zappanale 2011. Actually, they performed twice: at the truckstage before the actual festival, and at the big stage at/during the festival.
Evil Dick has brought this "Authorised Bootleg" along. It contains recordings of two gigs that the band had done in 2011. The weird thing about it is that some of the songs (well, actually most of the songs) got played at both gigs, so you get them twice.
Anyway. This is fun. I wanted to call it zappa-esque, but it seems that the ZFT is scanning the web for FZ-references, so I'd better call it mother-esque.
Fun. Capital F.

www.evildick.co.uk

GRYPHON LABS IN CONCERT TONIGHT

March 6
at The Baked Potato.
The Return of Gryphon Labs !

• Pete Griffin / Bass


• Andy Sanesi / Drums


• Jamie Kime / Guitar


• Chris Norton / Keyboard

With special guests
Lee Wertman - James Santiago - Ben Thomas

The Baked Potato 3787 Cahuenga Blvd West. Studio City, CA 91604

Two Sets:
9 PM and 11 PM
only $15

THE NU BAND

Thursday, March 15, 2012
in Jazz Club 'De Singer' in Rijkevorsel, Belgium

www.desinger.be

THE NU BAND (USA)

Roy Campbell: cornet
Mark Whitecage: alto sax & clarinet
Joe Fonda: double bass
Lou Grassi: drums

here's a YouTube sample from 2009

ANOTHER ZAPPA BOOTLEG ADDED TO THE U.M. ARCHIVES: COME ON PUNKY

• frank zappa: come on punky! get funky
  (2011, 2cd, ??, godfatherrecords 627/628)

This two CD set has the 1977/10/23 -early show- concert at the 'leroy theatre' in pawtucket, ri, usa.
Zappa's 1977 band: frank zappa * terry bozzio * adrian belew * ad mann * tommy mars * patrick o'hearn * peter wolf

THE YELLOW SNOW CRYSTALS - ZAPPN'

• the yellow snow crystals: zappn'
  (2011, cd, ger, konnex kcd 5276)

Here's another title for the Others Of Invention series: bands playing the music of Frank Zappa: The Yellow Snow Crystals with "Zappn'".
The disc got released last year. July or August.
The YSC made a remarkable appearance at MOSAE last year, were enjoyed by many at last year's Zappanale, and will be back at Zappanale next August.

Jazz, improvisations and Zappa. These guys know the secret formula...

LEXOLO - BON VIVANT

• lexolo: bon vivant
  (2012, cd, nl, private release)

Lexolo is Lex Kemper's alias, and it does have a nice ring to it means that Lex is performing solo: Lexolo.
I know Lex as he used to play the guitar for The Foolz, a Dutch Zappa coverband. In 2009, Lex quit The Foolz to persue other projects. In the meantime, The Foolz have recovered and Lex is doing fine as well.

"Bon Vivant" is Lex's first solo album. It presents 12 beautiful acoustic guitar pieces. The disc includes a couple of Antonio Carlos Jobim tunes, a fine Django Rheinhardt composition, a few seventies classic (The Kinks, Randy Newman, The Bee Gees) and some Zappa material.

• birmingham (randy newman)


• your song (elton john)


• desafinado (antonio carlos jobim)


• sofa (frank zappa)


• georgia on my mind (ray charles)


• how deep is your love (brothers gibb)


• let's make the water turn black (frank zappa)


• manoir de mes rèves (django rheinhardt)


• sunny afternoon (ray davies)


• a felicidade (antonio carlos jobim)


• misirlou (traditional)


• sleep dirt (frank zappa)

I'm quite impressed. If you're into acoustic bossa nova / nylon jazz guitar, you'll like this.
"Bon Vivant" is an impressive showcase.
Lex performs live on a regular basis at various pubs in Apeldoorn, NL, so if you're in the neighbourhood, you should check his concert schedule.

Check out the demos and contact Lex to order this album through his website:

http://www.lexolo.nl/index.html

THE MAGIC BAND IS COMING BACK TO THE U.K.

The Magic Band is coming back to the UK for a short mini tour in March:

• March 7th - Portsmouth - Wedgewood Rooms


• March 9th - Exeter - Phoenix Arts Centre


• March 11th - Minehead (ATP Festival - Butlins)


• March 12th - Bilston - The Robin 2


• March 13th - Preston - The New Continental


• March 14th - York - The Dutchess

-- info: www.krankedpromotions.co.uk

LISA MEZZACAPPA

Lisa Mezzacappa has recorded a Beefheart composition on her "What Is Known" album.
And on her "Cosmic Rift" album, one can find Zappa's 'The Eric Dolphy Memorial BBQ'.

-- thanks to Brainpang for the info.

SUN RA - THE ETERNAL MYTH REVEALED VOL.1

• sun ra: the eternal myth revealed - volume one - the early music history of sun ra
  (2011, 14 cd-box, usa, sun ra music archive / transparency 0316)

Last year, Michael Anderson, the curator of the Sun Ra Music Archive, teamed up with the Transparency record label to release the first part of an in-depht study of the music of Sun Ra.

The result, and this is just part 1, is an astounding set of 14 CDs, housed in a nice box, and accompanied by a book.

When I first heard about this project, I was wondering what it could be or what it could become. It is only after listening to a couple of discs that I understood the enormous amount of work and dedication (both from Michael Anderson and from Transparency) that has been put into this publication.
"The Eternal Myth Revealed" is presented as an audio documentary. Michael Anderson not just talks about all of Sun Ra's various projects and recordings in a chronical way, he also presents all of the available material.
The first ten discs include material that has Sun Ra as a pianist, a composer and and as an arranger, all pre-dating the Arkestra days. From disc eleven on, the Arkestra enters the stage.

As I said, the box includes all of the available recordings. This means that if there are four takes of a certain tune, that you get all of those four takes, one after another. So you get a pretty impressive collection of audio tracks, but presented in a scientifical, chronological way.
In between the audio tracks and Michael's comments, there's also lots of snippets of interviews to be found.

"The Eternal Myth Revealed" is an unbelievable collection of Sun Ra material. The only disadvantage is that you can not listen to it as a studio album or as a live concert, and that might be disappointing to some. On the other hand, it's part one of the ultimate Sun Ra audio documentary.

YOUTUBE

If you want to catch some Zappa on YouTube, you'd better hurry.

People that have posted Zappa related material on YouTube are getting messages from Big Brother:

"We have received copyright complaint(s) regarding material that you posted, as follows:... from Zappa Family Trust about ..."

MUFFIN MEN WEBSITE UPDATE

The Muffin Men website has a page with pics, audio and video from the recent Yellow Snow Festival in Larvik, Norway.

http://www.muffinmen.co.uk/muffinz/larvik_2012.html

MOSAE ZAPPA

The Mosae Zappa flyer is in. Beautiful.

http://www.mosaezappa.com/

Corrie van Binsbergen
Muze Jazz Orchestra
Peach Noise

GOLDEN DISKÓ SHIP

"golden diskó ship a.k.a Theresa Stroetges is a Berlin composer.
As a one girl orchestra, she creates her live shows with various instruments and a mix of electronic and analogue sonic layers. In combination with her self-made video projections, her unique version of sonic anarchy transports you into a world of intense chaos where fun and beauty meet. "

Out on the Klangbad label.
www.klangbad.de

Here's a sample:

RARE ZAPPA TAPE FOR SALE ON EBAY

There are people who collect Zappa albums as if they were postage stamps.
Here's another one that might get their saliva running...

MOTHERS OF INVENTION We're only in it for the Money 2 track tape Playtape.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/200719519075?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

NEW BEEFHEART ALBUMS OUT ON OZIT RECORDS

The OZIT label has released the famous "MerseyTrout" recording (1980 live concert in the U.K.) on vinyl, and will be releasing the third volume of "Nan True's Hole Tapes" soon.

VAN DYKE PARKS

Van Dyke Parks was part of The Mothers fir a very short time (pre-"Freak Out"). He did play with various Zappa alumni afterwards, and his compositions were performed by Jimmy Carl Black, among others.
Last year the Bananastan label released 6 singles by Van Dyke. I can't tell you anything about the music, but the artwork is stunning.
Here are some covers & back-covers of the series.

Pictures and extra data have been added to the U.M.Archives.

FRANK ZAPPA COMICS TRIBUTE BOOK AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER

http://zappa-by-us.blogspot.com/

FRANK ZAPPA COMICS EXPO IN LINZ

The excellent Frank Zappa In Comics expo is going to the NextComic Festival in Linz.

"ICH BIN DEIN GEHEIMER SCHMUTZ!
EXPOSITION AT THE NEXTCOMIC 2012 FESTIVAL
LINZ, AUSTRIA
2012/03/15 - 2012/04/12

Opening concert by The Hooch Gang !

http://zappa-by-us.blogspot.com/

KEN VANDERMARK IN CONCERT IN RIJKEVORSEL TONIGHT

Ken Vandermark will be performing at 'De Singer' in Rijkevorsel tonight.
With his Free Fall band: Ingebrigt Håker Flaten on bass and Håvard Wiik on piano.

http://www.desinger.be/asp/programma.asp

SUN RA RESEARCH : CONVERSATION WITH JUNE TYSON

Sun Ra Research June Tyson September 25, 1986

THE MONKEES & ZAPPA

rest in peace, Davy Jones.