Jamband Phish is another story. They play Frank Zappa's 'Peaches En Regalia' in concert from time to time but they never seem to get it right. But I like them. I like them a lot. As the band releases every concert that they do as a download, and most of them also as a CDR set, I was happy to buy the recent July 18, 2017 concert. 'Peaches' was included as the second song in their setlist. Here's Trey talking about giving a Phish t-shirt to Frank Zappa...
Drummer and composer Tony Allen has a new album out.
It's called "The Source" and it's out on the Blue Note record label.
Sounds pretty good.
As drummer and musical director of Fela Anikulapo Kuti's band Africa 70 from 1968 to 1979, Allen was one of the primary co-founders of the genre of Afrobeat music. Fela once stated that, "without Tony Allen, there would be no Afrobeat."
In the meantime, I have been enjoying an audience recording of a recent Ed Palermo Big Band show where they celebrated two Franks : Frank Zappa and Frank Sinatra.
With special guest Napoleon Murphy Brock !
It's up at Zappateers and at DimeADozen.
Ed Palermo Big Band - 2017 08 19 Marlboro NY 140.00 AUD MTX MC
early show
01. GODFATHER THEME
02. MRS. ROBINSON-Sinatra version (Paul Simon)
03. DON’T YOU EVER WASH THAT THING intro (Zappa)
DUPREE’S PARADISE (Zappa)
04. GET ME TO THE CHURCH ON TIME-Sinatra version (from My Fair Lady)
05. Hot Rat Pack Chat
06. FUGUE FOR TIN HORNS (Guys and Dolls)
07. RDNZL (Zappa)
08. NIGHT AND DAY-Sinatra version (Cole Porter)
09. CONCENTRATION MOON (Zappa)
FLY ME TO THE MOON-Sinatra version
10. LET’S MAKE THE WATER TURN BLACK (Zappa)
11. ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL-Sinatra version
12. CAN’T AFFORD NO SHOES (Zappa)
13. Band Introduction
14. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
15. THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKING
16. MY WAY-Sinatra version (Paul Anka)
ECHIDNA’S ARF (Of You) (Zappa)
17. I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN-Sinatra version (Cole Porter)
18. DON’T YOU EVER WASH THAT THING intro (Zappa)
MY WAY-ending
late show
01. Welcome Back (chat)
02. THELONIUS MONK mashup:
a. I Mean You
b. Well You Needn’t
c. In Walked Bud
d. Straight No Chaser
e. Evidence
03. NICE AND EASY-Sinatra
04. YO' MAMA (Zappa)
05. Brian's in the House! (chat)
06. WITCHCRAFT-Sinatra
07. MOTHER PEOPLE (Zappa)
08. GIANT STEPS (Coltrane)
09. SOMETHING STUPID-Frank and Nancy Sinatra
PENIS DIMENSION (Zappa)
10. STATUS BACK BABY (Zappa)
11. UNCLE REMUS (Zappa)
12. LUCK BE A LADY-Sinatra
13. MY KIND OF TOWN-Sinatra
14. THIS TOWN-Sinatra
15. IT WAS VERY GOOD YEAR-Sinatra
16. HUNGRY FREAKS DADDY (Zappa)
17. IT DON’T MEAN A THING (Duke Ellington)
18. ZAPPA medley:
a. Peaches En Regalia
b. Willie the Pimp
c. Train (Buddy Miles Express)
In 2001, after five years of silence, Flemish folk singer Kris De Bruyne released "Buiten De Wet".
His collaborators included Mauro Pawlowski (who also co-wrote a couple of songs), Michel Bisceglia, Werner Lauscher and Marc Bonne.
Which is the title of the soon-to-be-released new Zappa album.
Out as a 3 CD set,
Halloween was Frank Zappa's favorite holiday & by 1977 his Halloween shows were legendary. Recorded live at The Palladium in NYC, Zappa performed 6 shows 28-31 October. 4 shows were filmed and resulted in Zappa's movie 'Baby Snakes.' The Halloween 77 3CD version includes the Halloween night show in its entirety, mixed in 2016 from original Vault masters, plus select tracks from the other 5 shows.
And as a box with a USB-stick that contains all 6 shows :
Keyboardist-arranger-composer Pete Levin’s 9th solo release, Möbius, was recorded live in the studio in two days, capturing the“no boundaries” spirit of Gil Evans. The music explores textural grooves ranging from straight-ahead bop to funk, world-beat, and the experimental. The disc features 10 tracks including 8 originals, “I Mean You” by Thelonious Monk & Coleman Hawkins and “There Comes A Time” by Tony Williams. Anchored by Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel’s original bassist) and Lenny White (Chick Corea’s original drummer) the high-energy band and the compositions have the spontaneity and dynamics of a live performance. In a diverse music career spanning several decades, Levin has performed and recorded with numerous jazz and pop artists, including Paul Simon, Annie Lennox, David Sanborn, Jaco Pastorius, Robbie Robertson and John Scofield. He received critical accolades for his work during a 15-year association with Gil Evans, and his 8-year stint with jazz icon Jimmy Giuffre.
PETE LEVIN - electric piano, clavinet, organ
TONY LEVIN - bass
LENNY WHITE - drums
ALEX FOSTER - saxophones
CHRIS PASIN - trumpet
JEFF CIAMPA - guitar
NANNY ASSIS - percussion
Special appearances by:
KAL DAVID - guitar
ROB PAPAROZZI - harmonica & jaw harp
ERIK LAWRENCE - baritone sax
JERRY MAROTTA - drums
The Security Project To Tour US In Support Of New Live Album “Contact”
The Security Project has once again reinvented itself, this time with vocalist Happy Rhodes. Together with Jerry Marotta (drummer from Peter Gabriel’s first five records), Trey Gunn (King Crimson), Michael Cozzi (Shriekback) and NY keyboardist David Jameson, the group continues reimagining the early work of Peter Gabriel (and also, on this disc, Kate Bush), but with Happy’s impressive four-octave vocals adding an entirely new dimension.
The Security Project will be releasing their new live album “CONTACT” on November 18, 2017! The material is culled from shows in the US and their recent Japanese tour. The band will be touring the US in support of the album release in November.
The Security Project:
Happy Rhodes – Lead Voice
Jerry Marotta – Drums, Vocals
Trey Gunn – Touch Guitar, Vocals
David Jameson – Keyboards, Eigenharp
Michael Cozzi – Guitar, Vocals
Mid-West/East Coast US Fall Tour Dates:
November 2, Thursday - Kingston, NY (BSP Front Room)
November 3, Friday - Newton, NJ (Newton Theater)
November 5, Sunday - New Hope, PA (Havana)
November 7, Tuesday - Northampton, MA (The Iron Horse)
November 8, Wednesday - Pawling, NY (Daryl's House)
November 10, Friday - Boston, MA (Regent Theater)
November 11, Saturday - Schenectady, NY (Van Dyke Lounge)
November 12, Sunday - Syracuse, NY (The Lost Horizon)
November 14, Tuesday - Cleveland, OH (Beachland)
November 15, Wednesday - Louisville, KY (Headliners Music Hall)
November 17, Friday - Indianapolis, IN (Emerson Theater)
November 18, Saturday - Auburn Hill, MI (Callahan's)
November 19, Sunday - Chicago, IL (Jerry Marotta drum clinic, info & venue TBA)
November 20, Monday - Milwaukee, WI (Shank Hall)
November 21, Tuesday - Chicago, IL (Reggie's)
ZAPPATiKA will release a new Live album for Digital Download in October. The album is a full blown Frank Zappa tribute and 100% live, taken from the bands' show earlier this year on the Isle of Wight.
To celebrate ZAPPATiKA's first decade of existence this new album "LIVE on the ISLE of WIGHT" will be subject to a crazy giveaway and will be made available in October 2017 at a cost of ABSOLUTELY FREE !!
The full track list is as follows:
1. Montana
2. Zoot Allures
3. Whipping Post
4. City of Tiny Lights
5. Keep it Greasy
6. Cosmik Debris
7. Black Napkins
8. The torture never stops
9. I am the Slime
10. Son of Orange County
11. More trouble every day
12. The Pony Suite **
13. Camarillo Brillo
14. The Muffin Man
15. Broken Hearts are for Assholes
16. Andy
17. Watermelon in Easter Hay
All tracks by Frank Zappa except ** by ZAPPATiKA & Ike Willis
Just released! “To Life, Death and Beyond: the Music of Magma” is a feature film that explores one of the most visionary and innovative music of the last 50 years, Magma. It takes the audience on a journey through several countries where the band has been filmed, fascinating interviews with fans and musicians, including Robert Trujillo (Metallica), Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys), Trey Gunn (King Crimson). The film also includes an in-depth interview of the leader of the band, Christian Vander, and various musicians who were part of this extraordinary adventure over a period of more than 45 years.
the residents & renaldo and the loaf: title in limbo (2017, 2cd, austria, klanggalerie gg200-2)
This re-release on the Klanggalerie label does not just offer a remastered edition of the 1983 album as it includes "4 Daze" as a bonus disc.
"4 Daze" presents the original jam recordings from 1981 that were used to develop the songs that later could be found on "Title In Limbo".
French Music Legends Magma Release Rare 1973 Mostly Acoustic Version of “MEKANIK KOMMANDOH” with Orchestra Choir!
REMASTERED VERSION - NEW COVER - DIGIFILE PACKAGING
Paris - From the very first short version recorded in the summer of 1971 on the compilation album “PUISSANCE 13 + 2” to the spring 1973 version on the eponymous album, “MEKANIK DESTRUKTIW KOMMANDOH” slowly evolved over time. “MEKANIK KOMMANDOH” is the last stage before the definitive version. Recorded in January 1973, it mirrors a concert Magma put on two months earlier at the Sigma Festival in Bordeaux. In this largely acoustic rendition, the STORCHHAUS orchestra choir magnificently complements Stella's and Klaus's voices.
“MEKANIK KOMMANDOH” is now remastered and features a new cover in a digipack.
Featuring:
Klaus BLASQUIZ - vocals, percussion
Stella VANDER - vocals
CHOEURS DE LA STORCHHAUS
René GARBER “STUNDEHR - bass clarinet, vocals
Jean-Luc MANDERLIER - keyboards
Jean-pierre LEMBERT - bass
Christian VANDER - drums, vocals, organ, percussion
Guitar Legend Steve Hunter To Release New Album “Before The Lights Go Out”
The Deacon Of Rock Bites Back!
“Before The Lights Go Out” is long time Alice Cooper/Lou Reed Guitarist Steve Hunter's latest solo album. The cover art and title make a statement about his failing eyesight, but don't make the mistake of thinking this is a quiet wave goodbye. As soon as you put on the first track, you will know that this is more like a Blues Rock Declaration of Independence! There are sexy grooves, luscious guitar tones and melodies galore.
As with all Hunter's releases, there is some diversity and sound imagery, not least of which is Tienes Mi Corazón where alongside his nylon string improvisation comes the sound of his own heart. And listen out for Joe Satriani adding his fire to the heat of “Mojo Man.”
Also joining Steve on a couple of tracks are two great Bass players: Erik Scott can be heard on “Mojo Man,” Erik is also an Alice Cooper alumni. On “Under The Bodhi Tree” is Andy Stoller. Steve and Andy toured together with Tracy Chapman during the “Telling Stories” album period, most recently Andy has been touring with Ann Wilson of Heart.
Says Steve, “This album was a real joy for me on many levels. A big part of the inspiration and motivation that kept me going; was from all the people out there who had faith in me and encouraged me through the entire process with their donations and comments. It was really a wonderful experience having you all be a part of it. It's my deepest hope and desire that you all enjoy the music on this album as much as I enjoyed making it.
Thank you and God bless!”
Steve Hunter is his own man; he has been around the block with a forty-five year career.
From his 1973 solos on Alice Cooper's “Billion Dollar Babies” album, his legendary acoustic work on Peter Gabriel's “Solsbury Hill,” his “Intro” to Lou Reed's “Sweet Jane” and his searing opening solos on Aerosmith's version of “Train Kept A Rolling” Most recently he can be heard on Alice Cooper's 2017 album “Paranormal” making this his ninth Cooper album appearance. The Deacon is not done yet but his life is evolving! He has challenges playing live now but his honed skill, tone, power and soul, is dished up on this hot plate of guitar driven instrumental tastiness.
I brought this promotional album home after a visit to a record fair.
This release is an initiative from the Flanders Music Centre and it takes a look a jazz music in Flanders. Well, to the jazz music scene in Flanders in 2005.
Next to the music that is taken from various albums that were released at the time, the album also includes some unreleased material, like Flat Earth Society’s ‘Psychoscout’, recorded in concert at De Vooruit in Ghent in 2004, or a track by Bart Maris’ Les Poubelles project from 2005.
It is no secret that Swedish jazz drummer, composer and producer Bengt Berger has a weak spot for Indian music. He even lived in India for a while (in the 60s) and studied there with different teachers.
January of last year, Bengt took his Beches Brew ensemble to India where they were joined by eminent Indian maestros of the Karnatic and of the Hindustani tradition for a series of concerts.
Later the same year, some of the Indian musicians traveled to Sweden for the Swedish leg of the tour.
On "Beches Indian Brew", we get treated to recordings from this latter part of the tour. Eight amazing tracks.
It's fascinating to hear how beautiful jazz and Indian music blend together.
A short film by Jöns Jönsson about the meeting between the Swedish group Beches Brew and four of today's greatest Karnatic instrumentalists in Chennai and the concert at Sri Krishna Gana Sabha on January 3, 2016.
Featuring Mats Öberg !!
Dutch Rock Legends FOCUS Announce New Double Album Collection THE FOCUS FAMILY ALBUM feat. Extensive Unreleased and New Material! OUT NOW!
London - Focus is pleased to announce the release of its new 2 CD collection “The Focus Family Album” which has been prepared over the last 12 months. The 20 track set gives fans new insight into the band and includes 15 unreleased original songs, alternate versions from the Focus X sessions, solo tracks from each of the current members and tracks from the beginning of the Focus 11 sessions.
Many of the tracks have been recorded in a variety of countries in Europe and South America and are exclusively available on this collection. Thijs van Leer said, “Dear Friends & Fans! With pleasure we present to you our new double album 'The Focus Family Album,' it makes us so happy that you will listen to pieces recorded together as a band and solo songs too, in many different countries during our travels! We hope it will make you happy as well!!!”
The set includes all of the rarities from the “Focus X” era and is an ideal companion to that album and the forthcoming “Focus 11.” The set also introduces the band's new bass player Udo Pannekeet, who takes over the position from long term bass player Bobby Jacobs, who said, “Dear beautiful fans, after 15 years playing the beautiful music of Focus with my heart and soul I decided to stop and focus on new life adventures (music and a lot of other things). Thank you and love! Hope we will meet again...”
“The Focus Family Album” features artwork by Roger Dean and is being released to coincide with the band's South American and European tour dates. It's the latest release on the band's own 'In and Out of Focus Records' (via Cherry Red): https://www.cherryred.co.uk/artist/focus/
Track Listings
Disc: 1
1. Nature Is Our Friend - Thijs Van Leer
2. Song for Eva - Focus
3. Riverdance - Pierre Van Der Linden
4. Victoria - Focus
5. Two-Part Intervention - Menno Gootjes
6. Mosh Blues - Focus
7. Raga Reverence 1 - Swung
8. The Fifth Man - Focus
9. Song for Yaminah - Udo Pannekeet
10. Clair-Obscur - Focus
Disc: 2
1. Let Us Wander? - Thijs Van Leer
2. Birds Come Fly Over (Le Tango) - Focus
3. Spiritual Swung - Pierre Van Der Linden
4. Santa Teresa - Focus
5. Hazel - Menno Gootjes
6. Fine Without You - Focus
7. Raga Reverence 5 - Swung
8. Five Fourth - Focus
9. Anaya - Udo Pannekeet
10. Winnie - Focus
“The Focus Family Album” is OUT NOW on CD and Download:
Amazon CD: http://geni.us/IF008CD
of course i said yes ! - the amazing adventures of a life in music by arthur barrow (2016, book, uk, cydonian music / amazon)
Last year, Arthur Barrow wrote a book about his musical adventures.
As you know, Arthur played bass in Frank Zappa's band from the summer of 1978 until the end of 1980.
Afterwards, in 1981 and in 1982, Arthur didn't tour with the Zappa band, but he did take care of the rehearsals in Frank's absence (as FZ's 'clonemeister') and he still did some recording sessions with FZ.
In "Of Course I Sais Yes", Arthur talks in detail about his time with the Zappa band, about working with other musicians that had played with Zappa, and, of course, about his Band From Utopia project.
Sure, he also writes about his time with Giorgio Moroder and about working with Janet Jackson and Joe Cocker, to name just two, but for me, the most interesting part was about his time with Frank and his relation to Frank's music.
The most fascinating chapter is the one in which Arthur explains how he headed out to L.A. and he seemed to be predestined to play in Zappa's band.
I loved reading this book and I learned a lot of interesting facts on the side.
Available from Amazon.
Here's a recent podcast that touches on a couple on these topics :
In 2005, together with five of his fellow students, Andreas Schaerer founded the Hildegard Lernt Fliegen ensemble. At the time, he was still finishing his studies in composition at the Bern University Of The Arts.
Ten years and a couple of albums later, Andreas was asked to write a piece for the Orchestra of the Lucerne Festival Academy, an orchestra that had been founded by one of Andreas' heroes : Pierre Boulez !
The result is entitled "The Big Wig", and it was performed by Hildegard Lernt Fliegen together with the Orchestra of the Lucerne Festival.
The concert got broadcast by Radio SRF, but fortunately for those who couldn't hear it (or attend), it has been made available on CD and on DVD.
Mind you, this album exists in different formats: as a 2LP album, as a CD, and as a CD/DVD package. You definitely have to go for the CD/DVD package as the performance is a joy to be heard and to be seen !!
It looks like the BUT Film Festival hosted a "Zappa Sunday" yesterday.
In Breda, NL.
Too bad that I didn't know about it or I would have been there.
Sure, the info was on facebook...
The "BUTFF 2017 - Zappa Zondag!" presented :
the 'Eat that question: Frank Zappa in his owns words' movie,
and two bands performing Zappa's music :
The Nightmare Trio consists of Joel Smith (guitar), Michael Hutchens (bass) and Erick Dodero (drums). The trio plays instrumental rock. (Texas Blues-inspired rock.)
On their "TN3" album, the band plays some fine original compositions next to FZ's 'Peaches En Regalia' and Miles Davis' 'So What'.
I only got to know the Hard Rubber Orchestra and John Korsrud's compositions a little while ago.
"Crush" is their third and most recent album, their previous one being from 2005 !!
Subtitled "Compositions For Large Ensembles By John Korsrud", the album presents 9 excellent tracks. Two by the Hard Rubber Orchestra, two by the Hard Rubber Chamber Orchestra, and the rest by smaller combinations.
It needs your attention.
Ukrainian pianist and composer Oleg Polyanskiy recorded Frank Zappa's 'Peaches En Regalia'. It got released on his "From Bloom To Gloom And Back To Front" album in 2007.
Nice. Also includes his rendition of a Prokofiev piece and an ELP composition, next to his original material.
The Cuneiform record label update says that the Art Zoyd box set will be out on October 27.
44 ½ is a landmark release. It is a monumental work - 12 CDs, 2 DVDs, 2 booklets, 2 posters, encased in a stunning box designed by UK graphic designer/artist Max Franosch. It is the first box set released by the band Art Zoyd, and the first box set released by Cuneiform Records. It is also an important work, a comprehensive collection of all of the previously unreleased material created by Art Zoyd, one of the late-20th/early 21st century's most significant European New Music ensembles. 44 ½ focuses the spotlight on and unearths the treasure chest known as Art Zoyd, genre-defiant pioneers who fused elements and instrumentation from classical, rock and electronic music and helped pave the way for Chamber Rock, post-rock and post-classical music, and other 21st Century's genre transcendant music.
Carl King, who recently released the very impressive "Grand Architects Of The Universe", has just released a compilation of some of his film scoring and midi orchestration pieces.
Download only.
Data has been added to the United Mutations Archives.
Hildegard Lernt Fliegen Meets The Orchestre Of The Lucerne Fesvival Academy.
That's a mouthful.
Or more.
Anyway, Andreas Schaerer's (mastermind of Hildegard Lernt Fliegen) latest project is entitled "The Big Wig"and it's performed by HLF and The Orchestre Of The Lucerne Fesvival Academy. It has been performed twice already, but it's getting two new dates :
November 24, 2017 at the Philharmonie in Essen, DE.
November 25, 2017 at the Lucerne Festival www.lucernefestival.ch
from Klanggalerie : OK, we know you all waited for this a very long time, but now the wait is over. We are happy to be able to present you a special 2 disc edition of Title In Limbo including the legendary 4 Daze! Many of you have heard about this legendary recording for a long time, now over 35 years after its recording it is made available to the public for the first time.
