DWEEZIL ZAPPA AND IKE WILLIS

Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa, with Ike Willis.

Listen to some audio from the recent Chicago show.

http://www.dweezilzappa.com/songs/1963960-dz_ike-audio-trailer

NEW SUN RA ALBUM

"Sun Ra and His Arkestra : At Inter-Media Arts"

to be released in December (on Record Store Day ?)

as a 3 LP set and as a 2 CD set.

http://jazztimes.com/articles/172613-sun-ra-at-inter-media-arts-1991-to-be-released-nov-25

DWEEZIL ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA

Tonight in New York City

Sunday 30 October 2016
Dweezil Zappa
Beacon Theatre, New York, NY, US

http://www.dweezilzappa.com/posts/1982466-calling-all-new-yorkers

Dweezil adds:
Hi Folks, On October 30th I'll be rolling in to New York City to play at the Beacon Theatre. This is a very special show for us! New York is a very special city for us and for my Dad. We hope that you New Yorkers are in a ZAPPA mood and would like to come enjoy a night of great music. Oh, did I mention that we will also have Ike Willis joining us that night? We may have a few other surprises as well!


more dates :
http://www.dweezilzappa.com/pages/tour-dates

ZAPPA UNION

Tonight, at the "Zappa Union" Festival in Oslo

Banned From Utopia & Lisa Popeil

Det Skandaløse Orkester + Denny Walley

NEW RESIDENTS SINGLE AVAILABLE NEXT SUNDAY

Psychofon Records says :
Banshee Update! The Residents' brand new single 'Rushing like a Banshee' will be available on Sunday...

https://www.psychofonrecords.com/

ANOTHER FRANK ZAPPA RECORD STORE DAY RELEASE

http://www.recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/8802

To be released on Nov 25, 2016.

7" colored vinyl reissue of the first Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention single, celebrating 50 years since its original release

THE BANNED FROM UTOPIA

Yep, I was one of those happy freaks that saw the BFU a couple of times the last few weeks.
Amazing concerts.

So go see them at the 'Markthalle' in Hamburg tonight, 26/10
or
at the 'Nefertiti Jazz Club' in Göteburg the day after tomorrow, 28/10
or maybe
at the Zappa Union Festival in Oslo on 29/10.

You won't be sorry.

KICKSTARTER ZAPPA ART PRINTS

You probably heard about these, but have you seen them?
Pictures of the art prints that were made by Bruce Bickford, John  Kricfalusi and Cal Schenkel to support the Zappa Documentary Kickstarter Project have been released by Alex Winter :

--------------------

--------------------

SUN RA REISSUE

The 1966 "Batman and Robin" picture disc vinyl album will be re-issued next November.

This novelty album, released in 1966 during the height of the Batman and Robin craze, was initially credited to the "The Sensational Guitars of Dan and Dale" and featured an album full of tracks based on the popular TV show like "The Batman Theme Song", "The Penguin Chase", and "The Batcave". The album is entirely instrumental, except for someone singing "Batmaaaan!" in the theme song. But the interesting thing about this album, and what makes it an absolute cult gem, are the musicians who are behind it all: basically a joint collaboration between Sun Ra's Arkestra and Danny Kalb's Blues Project (one of the first psychedelic rock bands as well as one of the world's first jam bands). "Dan and Dale" were actually blues guitarist Danny Kalb and Steve Katz (later of Blood, Sweat and Tears) on dueling guitars, while Sun Ra and Al Kooper take over organ duties (a Hammond B-3) and members of Ra's Arkestra play sax.

TRIBUTE TO HERBIE HANCOCK

1) "Walkin'" composed by Richard Carpenter.

Terence Blanchard - Trumpet
Wayne Shorter - Soprano Saxophone
Chick Corea - Piano
Dave Holland - Bass
Jack DeJohnette - Drums

2) "Watermelon Man" composed by Herbie Hancock.

Terence Blanchard - Trumpet
Joshua Redman - Tenor Saxophone
Kurt Rosenwinkel - Guitar
Aaron Parks - Fender Rhodes
James Genus - Bass
Terri Lyne Carrington - Drums

3) "Cantaloupe Island" composed by Herbie Hancock.
4) "Rockit" composed by Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell & Michael Beinhorn.

Snoop Dogg - MC
Mix Master Mike - Turntables
Terence Blanchard - Trumpet
Michael Bearden - Keyboards
Lionel Loueke - Guitar
Marcus Miller - Electric Bass
Vinnie Colaiuta - Drums
...among others.

5) "Chameleon" composed by Herbie Hancock, featuring all of the above.

NEW ZAPPA 'BROADCAST' VINYL ALBUMS

Welcome to the United Mutations picture book  :-)

I had seen two of these titles on CD already, but they have become available on vinyl as well.
First two are on the Keyhole record label and were released last year already.
The third one should be more recent (and also out on CD apparently).

• frank zappa: bebop tango contest live!
      (2015, lp, uk, keyhole)

• frank zappa & the mothers: mudshark live
      (2015, lp, uk, keyhole)

• frank zappa: live in uddel - june 18th 1970
      (2016, lp, uk, dol dor2058h)

EAT THAT QUESTION - FRANK ZAPPA IN HIS OWN WORDS

• eat that question - frank zappa in his own words
      (2016, dvd, usa, sony pictures classics 048370)

The "Eat That Question" documentary has been made available on DVD.
As you probably know, the entire documentary is made up of pieces of interviews and concert fragments.
I'm half way through viewing it and it's great. (Total lenght of about 90 minutes.)
Nothing new or shocking, just a fabulous collection in the best available quality.

FRANK ZAPPA - YOU CAN'T DO THAT ON STAGE ANYMORE VOL.1 THRU 6

Next to the 'Road Box' edition (the wooden box that contained Vol. 5 and 6, with room for Vol. 1 to 5) that got released in the early ninetees, Ryko released a similar Japanese set in 1994.
Next to the six double CD sets, the box comes with two books with, a.o. the complete lyrics in English and in Japanese.
Although the title obviously is "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore...", in Japan, the box is better known as the "Zappa Live Box".

I had this on my want-list for quite some years now. Just never came across it for a decent price.
Until recently, that is.

FRANK ZAPPA - ZAPPATITE

• frank zappa: zappatite
      (2016, cd, usa, zappa records zr20023) 

Don't remember if I already mentioned the recent "Zappatite" compilation album.
Well, the spine of the CD says that it's number 106 in the FZ discography, but it's actually a sampler.
A nice collection, but still... a sampler.
Compiled by Ahmet Zappa and Joe Travers.

NICOLAS MEIER - INFINITY

• nicolas meier: infinity
      (2016, cd, usa, favored nations fn2870) 

A bit over a year ago, I mentioned the impressive "Chasing Tales" album, a collaboration between Pete Oxley and Nicolas Meier.
16 months later, October 2016, Nicolas Meier is back with a solo album called "Infinity" and I like this one even more.

Nicolas Meier has the ability to intertwine nylon string jazz guitar and world music. The result, "Infinity", is very pleasant to listen to.
Add a superb rhythm section by the name of Vinnie Colaiuta and Jimmy Haslip and you know you can't go wrong.

Take your time to listen to the below interview with Nicolas !
Not only does he talk about the songs on the album, but Nicolas also discusses how he got introduced to Vinnie Colaiuta and to Jimmy Haslip, and how he got a Favored Nations distribution deal.

RUDY TROUVE EXPO

The Rudy Trouvé expo at the cultural centre in Heusden-Zolder (BE) ended a couple of weeks ago.
I was happy to visit it. Beautiful artwork.
Affordable prices as well.
I wanted to take one of the bigger pieces home with me, but the majority of the party did not agree so I took a picture instead.

MAURITS PAUWELS - EEN MOOIE TIJD / STILLE OUDE WERELD

• maurits pauwels: een mooie tijd / stille oude wereld
      (2016, 7", bel, stahlmus)

Mauro Pawlowski has recorded a set of songs with Dutch/Flemish lyrics. For the occasion, he changed his name from Mauro Pawlowski to Maurits Pauwels which does indeed have a more Flemish ring to it.
Two songs, 'Een Mooie Tijd' and 'Stille Oude Wereld' have found their way to a 7".
It has been released in a limited and numbered edition of 300 copies and is only available through "2dehand.be", a second-hand website.

CAL SCHENKEL DISCUSSES UNCLE MEAT

Here's the complete (audio) interview

SEAHAG - WE'LL GOT TO BE ABOUT DA BIDNUS

• seahag: we'll got to be about da bidnus
      (2002, cd, usa, mabitchess music)

Somewhere last year, after a Band From Utopia show, I brought home Robbie 'Seahag' Mangano's "Full Moon Fever", a superb release !
Looking for data for Robbie's discography, I took note of his "We'll Got To Be About Da Bidnus", an album that he had released in 2002.

As it happens, thanks to the inimitable patterns of the internet, I recently found a copy of "We'll Got To Be About...".
The album presents 22 tracks: original (lo-fi) music (plus some sampled voices), with influences that vary from 70's rock music to experimental guitar stuff.
Nice. Very nice.

All this to say that The Band From Utopia is touring again.
In Europe.
Go see them.
And take home Robbie's latest release : "Bumbleweenie".
He might still have a couple of copies of "Full Moon Fever", so buy one of these as well.

For a digital download copy of "Full Moon Fever", try
http://treb-c-moon.wixsite.com/fullmoonfever

And while you're at it, check out "We'll Got To Be About Da Bidnus" on iTunes .

Here's a snippet of Robbie with the Band From Utopia.
Recorded in 2012.

CLASSIC ALBUM LISTENING SESSION : FREAK OUT

Classic Album listening session: "Freak Out"
introduced by Zjakki Willems.
October 16 - afternoon
at the AB in Brussels

https://www.abconcerts.be/en/agenda/events/classic-album-listening-session-50-years-frank-zappa-freak-out/19899/

STICK MEN ON TOUR

STICK MEN feat. TONY LEVIN, PAT MASTELOTTO and MARKUS REUTER

Tour and New Studio Album "PROG NOIR"

PROG NOIR TOUR - Chapter Two
EUROPEAN TOUR, OCTOBER 12-23, 2016
October 11 - Lomme (Lille), France (Maison Folie Beaulie)
October 12 - Tilburg, The Netherlands (Paradox)
October 13 - Heerlen, The Netherlands (Nieuwe Nor)
October 14 - Wiesbaden, Germany (Alte Schmelze)
October 15 - Weingarten, Germany (Kulturzentrum Linse)
October 19 - Tel Aviv, Israel (Barby)
October 21 - Nove Mesto Nad Vahom, Slovakia (Blue Note)
October 22 - Usti Nad Labem, Czech Republik (Usti Nad Labem Jazz and Blues Festival)
October 23 - Brno, Czech Republik (Sono Centrum)

PROG NOIR TOUR - Chapter Three
WEST COAST USA + THE CARIBBEAN: JANUARY & FEBRUARY, 2017
​​​​​​​January 10 - Seattle, WA (The Triple Door)
January 11 - Seattle, WA (The Triple Door)
January 12 - Portland, OR (Mississippi Studios)
January 13 - Eugene, OR (Hi-Fi Music Hall)
January 15 - Napa, CA (Silos) - Poetry reading, Tony Levin only!
January 17 - Sacramento, CA (Harlow's)
January 18 - San Francisco, CA (Regency Theater)
January 20 - Santa Cruz, CA (Kuumbwa)
January 22 - Agoura Hills, CA (The Canyon Club)
January 24 - Los Angeles, CA (The Baked Potato)
January 25 - Los Angeles, CA (The Baked Potato)
January 26 - San Juan Capistrano, CA (The Coach House)
January 27 - San Diego (Brick By Brick)
January 28 - Mexicali, BC, Mexico (Bol Bol)
January 29 - Phoenix, AZ (The Crescent Ballroom)
January 31 - El Paso, TX (Mesa Music Hall)
February 1 - Santa Fe, NM (The Bridge)
February 7-11 - Tampa, FL & Cozumel, Mexico (Cruise To The Edge 2017)

EAT THAT QUESTION TO BE SHOWN IN GHENT (BE)

The "Eat That Question" documentary (Frank Zappa In His Own Words) will be shown at the Ghent FilmFestival.

http://www.filmfestival.be/nl/festival/programma/eat-that-question-frank-zappa-in-his-own-words/16-1523

http://sonyclassics.com/eatthatquestion/

-- info: André Oomen

THE RESIDENTS - THE DELTA NUDES

• the residents: the delta nudes
      (2016, cd, austria, klanggalerie)

Before The Residents, there were The Delta Nudes.
These recordings were made in the early seventies and eventually got released as "The Delta Nudes" by Ralph Records in 2013.
This re-release has some bonus material, and it also includes a superb version of Zappa's 'King Kong'.

Wowie Zowie...
Klanggalerie rules.

ZAPPATIKA IN CONCERT

November 25, 2016,
Zappatika! will be performing the music of Frank Zappa,
at the 'Musicon' in The Hague, NL

The all new line up of ZAPPATiKA plays its first show in The Netherlands celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Frank Zappa's first official release. A 3 hour tribute concert of Frank Zappa music.

THE LAMA HOME BAND

Released earlier this year by The Lama Home Band: "The End Of The Intellect".
Their vinyl debut.

CHARLES BOBUCK - BOBUCK PLAYS THE RESIDENTS

• charles bobuck: bobuck plays the residents
      (2016, cd, austria, klanggalerie)

Charles Bobuck has been the composer for The Residents for the last 45 years. He recently quit touring with The Residents, but he's still making music.
The Residents (Randy) (and Nolan Cook) did find a replacement for Chuck as Eric Drew Feldman joined them for their latest tour!!

And now there's "Bobuck Plays The Residents"...

Charles Bobuck's liner notes:

"I have to admit that when Walter Robotka from Klanggalerie first suggested that I record an album of Residents songs, I thought that he was joking considering that I had co-written them. When he said that I should sing the songs, I knew for sure that he was joking. I had never even sung in the shower. I preferred to listen to instrumental music. I always have.

In 2015, Walter released my song collection, THIS, and heard my feeble warbling of 'Never Known Questions'. He said he would like to hear more from me in that stylistic direction.

I lacked confidence that I could make anything that anyone would want to listen to, and asked Walter to act as the voice of reason, a producer, and be brutally honest with me as I sent tests to him.

I think he quickly saw what I was up against, a huge lack of talent, so he started suggesting songs to try from The Residents' vast library that a weak voice could be considered an asset for emoting. Perhaps less singing and more a plea for help.

Over time I started getting into it, I started enjoying singing. Walter said that if I was enjoying myself, that I should stop. It was the lack of comfort, the intangible embarrassment of singing, that gave the recordings their immediacy. That a listener of the album would assume the role of a sadistic voyeur, taking pleasure from hearing me squirm in discomfort.

So here is the result of my squirming for all you sadistic voyeurs.

Charles Bobuck 2016"

Received the album earlier today. It's superb.
Essential listening !!

http://www.klanggalerie.com/

BRETTS MILK

soon on Psychofon Records : Bretts Milk

PROPERTY FROM THE ZAPPA ESTATE AUCTION

You want to own FZ's guitar amplifier?
One of his guitars?
Original artwork, or an industry award?
Or maybe just take a look at the pictures?

Here's the catalogue.

http://www.juliensauctions.com/images/auctions/2016/frank-and-gail-zappa/flipbook/icatalog.html

RISA IWAI PLAYS ZAPPA

NEW RESIDENTS ALBUM ANNOUNCED ON KLANGGALERIE

With material from 1997, but it has never been released before...

Read all about it here :

http://www.klanggalerie.com/gg235

MACHINE MASS PLAYS HENDRIX

Machine Mass (Tony Bianco, Michel Delville and Antoine Guenet) has started a crowdfunding campaign for their next album :

"Machine Mass Plays Hendrix".

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/machine-mass-plays-hendrix-new-album-rock-jazz--2#/

NEW MARBIN RECORD OUT ON THE MOONJUNE RECORDS LABEL

MoonJune Records just released "Goat Man & The House Of The Dead", the new Marbin album.

TRUMP - A THEATRICAL CONCERT

About a month ago, Ed Palermo performed a show ("Ed Palermo's Commencement Ceremony!") in which he examined the world of Donald Trump.

It looks like Gene Pritsker also found some inspiration in hearing and seeing the Donald in action...


November 8, 2016,
Premiere of ’TRUMP – A Theatrical Concerto’
with Philippe Quint, Kristjan Jarvi and the Absolute Ensemble, Video by Graham Elliot @ Le Poisson Rouge, presented by Composers Concordance

http://lpr.com/lpr_events/trump-theatrical-concerto-gene-pritsker-november-8th-2016/

MDR TO PERFORM ZAPPA IN LEIPZIG (DE)

Konzertsaison 2016/2017 - Regular Crisis
ZAPPA!
Mi, 12.10.2016 20:00 Uhr
Leipzig, Werk 2 - Kulturfabrik Leipzig


http://www.mdr.de/konzerte/konzertkalender/konzert2268_day-12_month-10_year-2016_zc-8a14d0a4.html

Werke von Frank Zappa, orchestriert von Gene Pritsker und Charles Coleman

MDR SINFONIEORCHESTER

Kristjan Järvi | Dirigent
Napoleon Murphy | Saxophon
Werner Neumann | E-Gitarre
Mats Öberg | Keyboard

ENSEMBLE INTERCONTEMPORAIN TO PERFORM ZAPPA IN AMSTERDAM (NL)

Next Saturday, October 8, 2016, at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, NL

14h15- 16h30 | Grote Zaal | NTR ZaterdagMatinee

The Ensemble Intercontemporain will be performing, o.a., Zappa's 'The Perfect Stranger'.

https://www.concertgebouw.nl/concerten/americana-met-ensemble-intercontemporain/08-10-2016/van=2016-10-08

-- info: Co de Kloet