ANTOINE PIERRE URBEX ELECTRIC

Antoine Pierre Urbex Electric

featuring

• Ben Van Gelder alto saxophone
• Jean-Paul Estiévenart trumpet
• Reinier Baas guitar
• Bert Cools guitar
• Félix Zurstrassen bass guitar
• Fred Malempré percussion
• Antoine Pierre drums

in concert at the Bimhuis, Amsterdam, NL
Feb 13, 2021

BRUSSELS JAZZ ORCHESTRA

 Enjoying two recent album by the Brussels Jazz Orchestra.

"The Music Of Enrico Pieranunzi"
Re-arranged by Bert Joris, and featuring both Bert Joris and Italian jazz pianist Enrico Pieranunzi.

and "Smooth Shake", another project by trumpet player Bert Joris and the Brussels Jazz Orchestra.

STUDION DAN

A message from Studio Dan

Two weeks ago, we would have finally celebrated our debut in the myth-enshrouded Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, but ... well, you know... Never mind!

We made the best of it, the replacement program for our performance turns out to be a wonderfully wondrous short film: Departure to Planet Globokar tells the dramatic prologue (director: Melanie Hollaus) of our music theater production Planet Globokar, which will - hopefully - be shown in April 2022 in Hamburg.

The movie, for the whole family, is available from Saturday, February 27th, 11 a.m. at the Elbphilharmonie media library : 
https://www.elbphilharmonie.de/de/mediathek/aufbruch-zum-planeten-globokar/530

BOBUCK PLAYS THE RESIDENTS ALBUM TO BE RELEASED ON VINYL

The Psychofon Records label will be releasing a vinyl version of "Bobuck Plays The Residents", the album that originally got released on CD by the Klanggalerie label in 2018.

Released with a beautiful album cover and two different vinyl editions.
100 copies on light blue vinyl & 73 hand numbered multicolour splatter vinyl copies.

https://www.psychofonrecords.com/product/bobuck-plays-the-residents/

14 tracks.
Charles Bobuck (Hardy Fox) re-interpreting songs that he wrote for The Residents.

Here's the Bandcamp link:

RÊVE D'ELEPHANT ORCHESTRA - RACINES DU CIEL

"Racines Du Ciel", the first album by the Rêve d'Eléphants Orchestra got released in 2000.
The disc presented 8 pieces and showed the band's fondness for joyful jazz and eastern influences.
Also available on Bandcamp.

DWEEZIL ZAPPA UPDATE

Dweezil Zappa started adding tracks to his “Warts & All” subscription-album on a monthly basis at the Reward Music platform in 2020.
10 tunes were made available in 2020.
More recently, live versions of 'Willie The Pimp', 'Po-Jama People', 'Eat That Question', 'Joe's Garage' and 'Muffin Man' got added.

IN TODAY'S RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD...

from FZ's 'Punky's Whips' ("Zappa In New York")

Don Pardo: In today's rapidly changing world, musical groups appear almost every day with some new promotional device. Some of these devices have been known to leave irreparable scars on the minds of foolish young consumers. One such case is seated before you, live on stage—yes, Terry Bozzio, that cute little drummer. Terry recently fell in love with a publicity photo of a boy named Punky Meadows, lead guitar player from a group called ANGEL. In the photo, Punky was seen with a beautiful shiny hairdo in a semi-profile which emphasized the pooched out succulence of his insolent pouting rictus, the sight of which drove the helpless drummer mad with desire!

from GlassOnyon PR

ANGEL Signs with Cleopatra Records for New Album, Takes to the Radio with Keith Roth This Sunday

Legendary Rock Band ANGEL is set to start recording a brand new album on Cleopatra Records. This will be the second album on Cleopatra and a follow up to the very successful album “RISEN” released in 2019. Founding members Punky Meadows and Frank DiMino have been working with new partner and band member, guitarist Danny Farrow to write and craft the new songs. The three recently got together and wrote 13 brand new songs and the band is super excited to get back in the studio to record. “We've written some great songs and are excited for all you guys to hear,” says Meadows, continuing “We’re recording our second album for Cleopatra records and couldn't be happier about it! They're an awesome record company and we can't wait to get started.” Says guitarist Danny Farrow, “We are all super Excited to be working with Cleopatra Records again on a follow up album to RISEN. It will be great to get back in the studio again with the band as well as working on lots of positive things for the future of ANGEL.”

In 2020, Angel also signed with veteran artist manager Ron Rainey in Beverly Hills, CA. “Ron is the real deal and has already done great things for Us!” Punky says. The respect goes both ways says Rainey, “I'm happy to be working with Angel again. The group is sounding great live and they are prodigious writers, testified by the success of their 2019 Cleopatra album ‘Risen.’ They are now writing songs for their next Cleopatra album and we at Ron Rainey Management are proud to be a part of their resurgence.” Part of that resurgence will be the eventual return to touring and Ron has already hired Mike Weinstein from American Artists Corporation to help bring their show to Angel fans across the USA. “We have a great team now and are looking forward to an amazing year, and of Course we'll be back out on the road to blow the roof off in a town near you!” celebrates, Meadows.

But you don’t have to wait long to reconnect with Angel. Tune in to hear Punky, Frank and Danny interview with the radio rocker Keith Roth this Sunday night (Feb 28, 2021) from 8:00 to 10:00 pm Eastern time on The ELECTRIC BALLROOM show on WRAT 95.9FM Click "listen live" on www.WRAT.com, or play WRAT on iHeartRadio.

NEW EUGENE CHADBOURNE ALBUM

 A collaboration between Eugene Chadbourne, Aaron Gonzalez and Stefan Gonzalez.

Also out on CD.
With Beefheart and Zappa pieces !!

THE SATANIQUE SAMBO TRIO

Ladies and gentlemen, the Satanique Samba Trio:

-- info: Zjakki Willems

LAZULI

 Lazuli has just announced a new album, "Dénudé".

16 songs, naked & unplugged.

Available for pre-order through their website.
https://lazuli-music.com/

SOMETIMES IT SNOWS IN APRIL

 
I know, I know,...
I've probably mentioned this before but just listen to this excellent version of 'Sometimes It Snows In April' by Kris Defoort.

STEPHAN THELEN TO RELEASE FRACTAL GUITAR 2

 
Swiss guitar player Stephan Thelen is about to release "Fractal Guitar 2".
Instrumental guitar-oriented soundscapes.

MISSING PERSONS BOX SET

The  Rubellan Remasters record label is re-releasing the three Missing Persons albums.
With bonus tracks.

Also available in a limited edition (500 copies) box set.
https://www.rubellanremasters.com/online-store/Missing-Persons-The-Album-Collection-3-CDs-Box-p275577807

EDDIE JOBSON

Jethro Tull's "A" album will get a 40th anniversary deluxe edition.
The original 1980 / 1981 release featured former Zappa bandmember Eddie Jobson in keyboard and violin.

This new anniversary edition is a 3 CD / 3 DVD set that comes in a casebound book.

NEW RELEASE BY BEEFHEART TRIBUTE BAND ORANGE CLAW HAMMER

"New Beef Dreams".
The new album by Orange Claw Hammer.
Also out on CD.

AN UPDATED GUIDE TO THE MANY SUN RA ALBUMS ON BANDCAMP

An Updated Guide to the Many Sun Ra Albums on Bandcamp

By Piotr Orlov · February 25, 2021

https://daily.bandcamp.com/lists/sun-ra-album-guide-2?

THE ZAPPA MOVIE

 
The Zappa Movie will be available on DVD and on blu-ray in about a month.
The Vimeo download for backers of the project will be available on March 2.
I also recall reading somewhere that the backers' edition of the blu-ray will include some bonus material.

In the meantime, copies are already being offered at various locations.
Frank Zappa/Zappa ....Blu-Ray $28.99 Frank Zappa/Zappa ....DVD $25.99

A MESSAGE FROM MOONJUNE

 A message from the MoonJune Records label:

Dear Friends in Music

First of all here is a gift for everyone, FREE DOWNLOAD of Finisterre’s ’Storybook’ album. That’s the album with the catalog number of MJR002, but it was actually the first album I have ever released under my label.

Please go to this link:
https://finisterre-moonjune.bandcamp.com

At the check-out just put $0 value. Of course, tips are gladly appreciated and You can include any amount You wish to contribute to the independent cause.

THE OTHERS OF INVENTION -- FEBRUARY 24 UPDATE

Eventually, The Others Of Invention will count three volumes.
Each volume will be made available as a black & white paperback, but also as a full colour hardcover book.

“The Others Of Invention” lists bands and artists that have recorded and released compositions that were written by Frank Zappa. It also includes recordings that Frank Zappa contributed to, a handful of tributes, and even a couple of albums that include references to Frank Zappa.

The paperbacks will be available through Amazon. Print-on-Demand.
The luxurious hardcover through a Dutch on-line book shop. Print-on-Demand.

The paperback versions of Volume 1 and Volume 2 are already available.
If you want to order a copy, pick an Amazon location near you to avoid high shipping costs.
A paperback copy = 30 US $ (or 26 €), plus shipping.

The hardcover versions of Volume 1 and Volume 2 will be ready in about two weeks.
A hardcover copy will cost 72 € plus shipping (and these are heavy books as each volume counts over 400 pages).

• Volume 1 = FZ discography + OOI 1966 - 1999
• Volume 2 = OOI 2000 - 2012
• Volume 3 = OOI 2013 - 2020 + Zappanale productions
             + composition and artist index for the 3 volumes.

Paperback through Amazon is offered on Amazon.com, Amazon France, Germany, Spain and Japan.

Here's the link for Amazon.com (USA) for Volume 1
https://www.amazon.com/Others-Invention-Vol-1-recorded-artists/dp/B08WZJK4MP/ref=sr_1_2

Here's the link for Amazon.de (Germany) for Volume 2
https://www.amazon.de/Others-Invention-Vol-2-recorded-artists/dp/B08X65PJPD/ref=sr_1_1?

This link has an "Look Inside" option, mentioned above the picture on the book on the Amazon website. This should give you a pretty good idea of what's inside.

Here's a snapshot of the black & white print proof:

And from the hardcover print proof (although the lines between the entries have been removed in the meantime):

More info soon.

RÊVE D'ELEPHANT ORCHESTRA - LOBSTER CARAVAN

• rêve d'éléphant orchestra: lobster caravan
      (2004, cd, belgium, werf records)

"What do elephants dream of?"
Your answer is as good as mine.

But I do know that "Lobster Caravan" has been played a lot of times, the last week.
I bought "Lobster Caravan" only recently. Together with "Racines du Ciel", the band's first release.
I haven't listened to "Racines du Ciel" yet. I keep reaching for "Lobster Caravan".
It has this oriental, hypnotic vibe.
Beautiful.

Try track no.4 : 'Pop Stoemp'.

UZ JSME DOMA & RANDY

 Last year, the Klanggalerie record label (Austria) released the 2010 concert by Uz Jsme Doma & Randy (of Residents fame), performing the music of The Residents.

Much to my surprise, the very same album was also released by the Indies MG label (Czech Republic).
With different artwork.

ANOTHER ZAPPA RADIO SHOW ALBUM

Another Frank Zappa radio show set.
This "Capitol Theatre 1978" 4 CD set presents the early and late show from 1978/10/13, 'Capitol Theatre', New York City.

FZ (guitar, vocals) with Vinnie Colaiuta (drums), Arthur Barrow (bass), Patrick O'Hearn (bass), Tommy Mars (keys), Ike Willis (guitar, voc), Denny Walley (guitar, voc), Peter Wolf (keys) and Ed Mann (percussion).
WDHA-FM broadcast, but I doubt if they got the original tapes.

THE OTHERS OF INVENTION

I’ve compiled a book. Well, three books to be more precise.

“The Others Of Invention” lists bands and artists that have recorded and released compositions that were written by Frank Zappa. It also includes recordings that Frank Zappa contributed to, a handful of tributes, and even a couple of albums that include references to Frank Zappa.
The final thing is being published in three volumes.

Here's a picture of the print proof for Volume 2.

Volume 1 lists FZ’s albums (as a reference) and takes a closer look at the albums on which artists and bands recorded one or more pieces by Frank Zappa, from 1966 to 1999.
Volume 2 mentions the albums from 2000 to 2012.
Volume 3 lists the albums from 2013 to 2020, the Zappanale productions, a song index and an artist index (for the three volumes together).

It’s hard for me to imagine, but for those of you who would like a copy, all three volumes will become available as print-on-demand books.
The paperback version, in black and white, will be available from various Amazon locations.
An inessential, over-the-top, too luxurious hardcover version (in colour) will be available from a Dutch on-line shop.
And in case you were wondering, the amazing artwork was done by Maximiliano Lopez Barrios.

More info soon.

H.A.S.T.

Belgian ensemble HAST has just released "Ubi Sunt".
On Solidude Records. 

Solidude Records · H A S T - Ubi Sunt

GUUS JANSSEN - MEETING POINTS

Every music enthusiast knows (or should know) the Bimhuis venue in Amsterdam, NL.
Home for improvised music and modern jazz concerts, Bimhuis also accommodates a record label.

One of the albums on the label presents live recordings by Guus Janssen in various settings..
I'm enjoying the CD at this very moment.

Live Bimhuis recordings from 1989 to 2014.

DENNIS REA - GIANT STEPPES

• dennis rea: giant steppes
      (2021, cd, usa, moonjune records)

I started the day with Dennis Rea's brand-new album. On repeat.

Guitarist and composer Dennis Rea continues his musical journey around the world. Literally. Where his previous release focused on China and Tawain (where Dennis and his wife, Anne, lived for a while in the early 1990s), his latest endeavors took him to him to Russia and to Tuva.
The adventure resulted in a book, "Tuva And Busted", and the accompanying "Giant Steppes" album.

"Giant Steppes" offers four tracks, traditional Tuva songs, recorded in Seattle and in Tuva.
Although the pieces are quite different, they fit well together.

Thanks to Leonardo Pavlovic / Moonjune Records for making this available.

Essential listening (and reading):

Here's an audience recordings of one of the concerts that's described in the book
http://blueearbooks.com/books/tuva-and-busted/

Dennis Rea & Terrane feat. Sailyk Ommun performing Sun Ra's 'Love In Outer Space'.

SNARKY PUPPY

a message from Snarky Puppy
Last week, we celebrated the 5-year anniversary of Snarky Puppy's album, Family Dinner - Volume 2 with the release of the "One Hope" video.
Completely overwhelmed by the love and memories shared during our reunion zoom, we decided to continue the celebration with the release of another video.
The live performance video of Snarky Puppy feat. Väsen "Shapons Vindaloo" is now live on our YouTube channel!

MACHINE MASS - INTRUSION

I've just ordered my CD copy of Machine Mass' "Intrusion" album. It got released yesterday.

Listening to the digital download in the meantime.

It sounds great. Far more jazzy than I expected.
If I had only looked at the tracklist, that would have been obvious as the album opens with Coltrane's 'Africa' and ends with Joe Zawinul's 'In A Silent Way'.

http://off-recordlabel.blogspot.com/2021/02/ocd049-machine-mass-sextet-intrusion.html

Featuring Tony BIANCO (Elton Dean, Paul Dunmall, Evan Parker), Michel DELVILLE (The Wrong Object, Vegir), Antoine GUENET (The Wrong Object, Univers Zero), Damien CAMPION (The Wrong Object), Laurent BLONDIAU (Mâäk's Spirit, Andy Emler MegaOctet, Octurn) and Manuel HERMIA (Slang, Orchestra Nazionale della Luna, Hermia-Ceccaldi-Darrifourcq Trio).

GINGERBREAD MAN

 The Residents' "Gingerbread Man" is one of my favourite albums.

I'm quite happy that Cherryred Records is re-releasing this album on LP and on CD.
The CD will actually be a 3 CD set with lots of bonus material.

https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/the-residents-gingerbread-man-limited-edition-vinyl-lp/?

https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/the-residents-gingerbread-man-3cd-preserved-edition/?

ZAPPA ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK

The 3 CD set of the Zappa Movie Soundtrack should be out, but the vinyl sets (both the 2 LP set on clear vinyl & the 5 LP set) have been rescheduled to May 7, 2021.

PIERREJEAN GAUCHER'S NEW ALBUM

Here's a snippet of Pierrejean Gaucher's new album, to be released next month.

"Zappe Satie" is Pierrejean's tribute to the music of Erik Satie.

On a similar note, here's Joel Thome discussing why he added Erik Satie's 'Socrate' to the 1991 Zappa Universe program :

The program at Zappa's Universe includes not only his works but also Erik Satie's 'Socrate'. What led to this pairing of composers?

I feel that there's a unique connection between their music. I'm not sure that Frank would share that feeling, but as someone coming from a more objective standpoint I think that Satie and Varèse should both be recognized as pillars in Frank's music. There was a very close feeling between the musics of Satie and Varèse, which is important because Frank considers Varèse his mentor.

Did Zappa object to having Satie on the program?

Not really. His feeling was that he didn't know how the audience would react to Satie. But my feeling was that audiences often react to Satie and Varèse in identical ways, which would be something in the neighborhood of the reaction at the premiere of [Stravinsky's] Le Sacre du Printemps. In any event, I felt that the audience reaction would just be a part of the totality of the theatre that occurs. In fact, I would have liked to have had the Socrate moving during the Zappa pieces.

Simultaneous performances?

Sure. If you took Zappa's Universe and superimposed the Satie Socrate on it, that would be a very special moment. In a way, that's what happened, regardless of who listened and who didn't listen to the Socrate, because the piece made a very powerful impact.

So the audience at the Ritz has been pretty vociferous?

Yeah, because with Frank's music they're used to shouting out the text and singing along and all of that. But at the same time, there is that part of the audience that has come to hear the Socrate and see the Calder sets. [Artist Alexander Calder designed the hanging sets at the Ritz in 1934, based on the sets used at the premiere of Socrate in 1918.] In the last two concerts, after doing the video and CD recording, we had to be very careful about overtime, so we had to limit the performances of the Socrate on those nights to just the second movement. I remember that when Dweezil [Zappa, guitarist and son of Frank] announced that we were going to do only the second movement on the second night, one rocker stood up and shouted, "But what about all three movements?" That was really wonderful because it shows that a crossover exists.

Unlike Satie's work, much of Zappa's orchestral music can hardly be called simple. He seems to pursue a harmonic complexity that is more characteristic of the Schoenberg school than of what Satie was doing.

Those are surface characteristics. When you get in touch with the similarities of their work, in dynamics, in texture, even in text, that overcomes the dissimilarities.

The complete transcript of this interview from Keyboard Magazine, February 1992:
https://www.afka.net/Articles/1992-02_Keyboard.htm

NEWS FROM CUNEIFORM

 The Cuneiform record label is about to release Thumbscrew's "Never Is Enough".

and Bisbâyé's "Le Sens De La Fin":

A CLEAN KITCHEN IS A HAPPY KITCHEN

New release by the A Clean Kitchen Is A Happy Kitchen trio.
Only a handful of CD's available, so if you need this on CD you should hurry.

CHRIS MENTENS JAZZ VAN

Chris Mentens Jazz Van released two albums.
Originally, their second album got released in 2007. It was made available on Bandcamp earlier this week.

  Sam Versweyveld: trumpet & flugelhorn
  Joe Higham: soprano sax, clarinet, bass clarinet & duduk
  Dree Peremans: trombone & toy piano
  Jan Nihoul: vibes
  Bilou Doneux: drums
  Chris Mentens: acoustic bass & loops
Guests
  Pierre Van Dormael: guitar on tracks
  Chris Joris: percussion on tracks

Joe Higham would later join The Wrong Object for a little while.
Pierre Van Dormael was the man behind Nasa Nasa, a band that eventually morphed into Aka Moon.

HENRY KAISER

The Valentines, in concert in in Fukuoka

August 27, 1994 
FUKUOKA DOME, Japan

performing a Grateful Dead tribute show.
one hundred twenty thousand people in the audience
and broadcast live on TV

Bob Weir - guitar & vocals
Bobby Vega - fender bass
Prairie Prince - drums
Vince Welnick - keyboards, vocals
Henry Kaiser - guitar

BRETT SPIVEY

 My One And Only (Valentine)
Brett Spivey

DOC AT THE RADAR STATION

 Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band's "Doc At The Radar Station" got a 180 g vinyl re-release last week.

STEVE VAI, NUNO BETTENCOURT, ZAKK WYLDE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TOSIN ABASI AND BRIAN MAY

Steve Vai, Nuno Bettencourt, Zakk Wylde, Yngwie Malmsteen, Tosin Abasi and Brian May
VideoCollab HD

ZACH TABORI & TOMMY MARS

 Zach Tabori's "Ensemble" EP

...the latest EP from Los Angeles-based musician/composer Zach Tabori is out now via his own label Flesh Fury. The EP features “remote” collaborations with Tommy Mars, the keyboardist for Frank Zappa,...

http://sacksco.com/pr/zach_tabori.html

EP artwork by Cal Schenkel.

-- info: Umit Baykara

PIERREJEAN GAUCHER

 

20 years after his project "Zappe Zappa", rewarded by the press and Frank Zappa fans, Pierrejean Gaucher wanted to repeat this adventure around the musical universe of Erik Satie. This new album marks his return to writing with a whole new repertoire, carried by young and brilliant musicians who have been making jazz news in France for years (ONJ, Ping Machine, PJ5, Sarab…).

to be released in a couple of weeks

SNARKY PUPPY

a message from Snarky Puppy

Tomorrow is the 5 year anniversary of the release of Snarky Puppy's album, Family Dinner - Volume 2 and we can't believe how quickly the time has flown. It felt right to release a video that was previously only available on the physical DVD of the album. The live performance video of Snarky Puppy feat. KNOWER "One Hope" is now live on our YouTube channel!

THE HELIOCENTRICS ON BANDCAMP

Bandcamp did a nice article on The Heliocentrics:

Eight Essential Albums From The Heliocentrics on Bandcamp

https://daily.bandcamp.com/lists/the-heliocentrics-discography-guide

An excellent reason to pull out my record of Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics.
"Inspiration Information 3". 

ECHOES OF ZOO

Belgian quartet Echoes Of Zoo is about to release their first album.
A couple of tracks are already on Bandcamp.

Check it out !

• Falk Schrauwen: drums
• Lieven Van Pée: double bass
• Bart Vervaeck: electric guitar
• Nathan Daems: tenor sax and nyahbingi drum

NEW ALBUM MACHINE MASS

The new album by the Machine Mass Sextet is out.
It's called "Intrusion" and should be in the shops soon.

Featuring Tony Bianco, Michel Delville, Antoine Guenet, Manuel Hermia, Laurent Blondiau and Damien Campion.

-- info: Danny Mathys

BEAT LOVE ORACLE LIVE SESSION

Friday, February 19, 2021, at 20h00 UTC+01,

Beat Love Oracle will perform a live session that will be broadcast on Facebook !

Frank Nuyts added:
The release of our new CD 'Hardscore versus Beat Love Oracle' is now very near. This CD will be presented by the Spanish label 'Margen Records'. A lot of thanks to Rafa Dorado for his support and enthusiasm for Frank's band music.

It's a hybrid production, combining songs which partially featured on the LP 'Who's counting?' with unreleased songs of 'Carbon Fixation' the last project of the band Hardscore.

BABE RUTH

January 2021, Babe Ruth's "First Base" album got a re-issue on 180 g vinyl on the Music On Vinyl record label.

Originally released in 1972.

It includes their version of FZ's 'King Kong'.

REVE D'ELEPHANT

 Rêve d'Eléphant Orchestra made their 2004 "Lobster Caravan" album available on Bandcamp.

Quite the discovery. Well, for me, that is.
The perfect mix between world music and jazz with beautiful eastern elements.

A STEVE VAI UPDATE

Recent Steve Vai contributions:

Steve can be heard on the "Microsinfonias" album by Sergio Vallin.
On the track entitled 'Micro Sinfonia'.

The latest Derek Sherinian album, "The Phoenix", has Steve guesting on one track, 'Clouds Of Ganymede'

And the latest Sterling Ball, John Ferraro, Jim Cox release, "The Mutual Admiration Society" has Steve on 'Sugar Shack'.

NEW ALBUM BY MARBIN

Marbin has just released a new album.
It's a live album. Their second live album, and album number eleven in their discography.

As the band can't / couldn't perform live due to COVID restrictions, they decided to record a live set at Sweetwater Studios.

"Shreddin' At Sweetwater"

SUN RA ON BANDCAMP

Keeping track of Sun Ra's output isn't the easiest of jobs.

His older albums are getting remastered re-issues on LP, on CD, and sometimes only as a digital download, but there's also 'new' stuff getting released.

A lot of it is made available through the Sun Ra Bandcamp site.

https://sunramusic.bandcamp.com/music

The 1978 "Unity" album got a re-release last year.

As did the 1983 "Fireside Chat With Lucifer" album, in a remastered version.

If you're not familiar with Sun Ra's music, these albums are great starting points.

OZ NOY - SNAPDRAGON

• oz noy: snapdragon
      (2020, cd, usa, abstract logix)

Oz Noy's latest album, "Snapdragon", features former Zappa drummer Vinnie Colaiuta on a couple of tracks.

01 - Looni Tooni  -  John Sneider, Dennis Chambers, Will Lee

02 - Tired but Wired  -  Vinnie Colaiuta, Chris Potter, Will Lee

03 - Outer Look  -  Wallace Roney, John Patitucci, Vinnie Colaiuta

04 - She's Not There  -  Dennis Chambers, Will Lee

05 - Boom, Boo, Boom  -  Dave Weckl, David Kikoski, James Genus

06 - Snapdragon  -  Vinnie Colaiuta, John Patitucci

07 - Evidence  -  Dave Weckl, James Genus

08 - Groovin' Grant  -  Adam Rogers, Dave Weckl, James Genus

09 - Bemsha Swing (Alt take)  -  Vinnie Colaiuta, John Patitucci, Jason Lindner

Love it.
Here's the album sampler :

CHANTAL ACDA

Did I ever mention Chantal Acda?
She's about to release a new album out entitled "Saturday Moon".

'Disappear' is the new single.

PHI YAAN-ZEK RELEASED TWO NEW ALBUMS

Guitarist and composer Phi Yaan-Zek worked and recorded with Mike Keneally, Bryan Beller and Marco Minnemann to name just a few.

He also released a number of beautiful solo albums.

Today, Phi Yaan-Zek is making two new albums available.

With a special introduction discount code for Friday Feb 5, 2021.
https://pyzmusic.bandcamp.com/community