"Jim Gordon and Ralph Humphrey."
That might be the answer to "Which Zappa drummers played on Captain & Tennille's "Make Your Move"?
Ralph Humphrey — drums (01, 04-08)
Jim Gordon — drums (02)
Hal Blaine — drums & percussion (03)
-- info: Jan van Kemenade
-- info: Danny Mathys
For those unfamiliar with the original album artwork of the Brian Brain release :
"Frank Zappa - The Nordic Stories" is getting its 5th update / 5th edition.
We are waiting for some additional stuff that will complete the book. Personally, this is the best book of all the versions. IT WILL NOT deviate much from the 4th edition. We did find a couple of holes regarding early and late show dates. Adding: unpublished anecdote, some additional stuff to some of the stories and a bunch of unseen photos. The finances is NOT optimal but the document is so fuc..ing important that it has to be gathered between the sleeves. Only a 100-120 copies will be available. Some to all who have pre-ordered. Some copies goes to Libraries, there will be a few copies available at one or two record stores in Norway. The rest is available here.
https://www.absoluttforlag.no/produkt/frank-zappa-the-nordic-concerts/
Claudio Nuñez released a Zappa tribute album.
All original compositions but, as you will be able to tell, all referring to Frank Zappa.
Nevertheless, another fine addition to "The Others Of Invention".
-- info: Harald Häring
About 35 minutes into the interview, The Real Music Observer mentions Frank Zappa...
Scott Parker is releasing another book !
"The Mother People Anthology Vol.1"
Scott added:
"Here it is at last, folks...more than ten years in the making, THE MOTHER PEOPLE ANTHOLOGY reprints all 39 issues of what I personally consider to be the greatest-ever Frank Zappa fanzine, MOTHER PEOPLE! This 'zine was created and edited by ROB CERRETA -- wit, raconteur, bon vivant, bootlegger and writer of no little talent. This series (this is the first of three) is a loving tribute to Rob and his work. For more of Rob's story, check out the book THE ZAPPA SUPPLEMENT, which can be purchased at this very website.
This volume covers the first 13 issues of this glorious publication, which ran from 1981 to 1989. It's a time capsule, custom-made for anyone who wonders what it was like to be a Frank Zappa fan in the 1980s. Oh and but also, the original tiny, eeny weeny little print of the fanzines has been enlarged to make it easier my old eyes like mine to enjoy. Hotcha!"
-- Scott Parker
https://spbpublishing.webs.com/apps/webstore/products/show/8265800
2000 Motels Plays Zappa is a Dutch band (that performs the music of Frank Zappa).
They recently did some gigs that I might have visited if I had known about it earlier...
Anyway, they have more dates scheduled :
Anyway, the music is fantastic !!
Warren Cuccurullo and Joe Travers were both part of Duran Duran in 2001.
Here's the final concert they did with the band.
-- info: Harald Häring
Released through Bandcamp in 2012.
-- info: Hans-Peter Schmidt
Just a short note to mention that Skin Graft has been re-issuing the Koenjihyakkei albums.
"Dhorimviskha", the band's most recent album, from 2018.
"Angherr Shisspa", originally released in 2005 on both the Magaibutus and the Skin Graft labels, got a re-issue in 2019 with three bonus tracks.
"Nivraym",, from 2001, recently got reissued with three bonus (live) tracks.
Don't you love it how the world got smaller, with easier access to music from all over the world?
Here's Exsimo, from Chile.
A track taken from their 2005 "Carbono 14" album :
-- info: Uli Mrosek
-- info: Andrew's Idiot Bastard Son website
http://www.idiotbastard.com/news.htm
Swiss band Sonar
'Critical Mass', from their 2015 "Black Light" album, released by the Cuneiform Records label.
Another track from the upcoming MRBB album !
The Monika Roscher Bigband - Unbewegte Sternenmeere
In German !!
After the split of Ipso Facto, English singer-songwriter Rosalie Cunningham continued with Purson, another psychedelic rock project.
In 2017, Rosalie released her first solo album.
What a fabulous introduction.
Did someone say vaudeville carny psych ?
Love it !
https://rosaliecunningham.com/
"Frank Zappa - European Music Press 1966-1970" collects articles from different music magazines.
158 pages.
Originally released in 1971, Aynsley Dunbar's "Blue Whale" album included his version of FZ's 'Willie The Pimp'.
The album got released worldwide and has been repressed and re-issued quite a number of times.
The latest re-issue is by Byg France. Both on LP and on CD.
Available from Klanggalerie.
a message from the Zappa Early Renaissance Orchestra:
It's official. The sixth CD from Z.E.R.O. on Cordelia Records is on the horizon.
Orange Claw Hammer will be performing at the Zappanale festival in Bad Doberan, Germany, next July, but that will not be their only gig.
Performing the music of Captain Beefheart at:
Snarky Puppy tourdates from the end of March all the way up to October.
North America, South America, festivals in Canada and in Europe, and back to North America...
https://www.snarkypuppy.com/tour
Musical Analysis of Trey Spruance / Secret Chiefs 3 "The End Times".
And a discussion of the "Picard" TV series episode 3 of season 3 (spoiler alert !)
From GlassOnyonPR
Pianist/Composer Larry Kutcher Releases Debut Album For Solo Piano “Kindred Souls” Balancing Technical Virtuosity With Raw Emotional Expression
Having been a session musician for over 20 years, playing, writing, and arranging on other artist’s albums, pianist/composer Larry Kutcher decided it was time to release his own music. His debut album for solo piano entitled “Kindred Souls” was released on March 1st. Each of the album’s 10 tracks tells a personal story, an audio diary of the highly personal journey that led to this debut release.
Says Larry, “This debut album has been nine years in the making. I first intended to release it in 2014, but then life took me on an unexpected roller coaster ride of one serious health crisis after another. As a result, I had to put it on hold for long periods of time. Each piece on the album expresses a unique emotional and spiritual aspect of my nine-year odyssey. Written, recorded, and produced by me in my home studio, much of this music came through me instantaneously and was captured as such. My best work happens when I get out of the way and just let the music flow through me!”
Larry Kutcher began his musical odyssey with the study of classical violin at the age of six. He moved on from there to the drums and guitar, eventually settling on the piano, with which he could more fully realize and express all the music flowing through him.
Influenced by Surrealism, The Beat Poets, The Firesign Theatre, and Frank Zappa, in particular, Larry also developed theatrical and comedic skills. This led him to recording and performing with Zappa alumni, guitarist Steve Vai. You can hear Larry’s stream of consciousness performance art piece “Little Pieces Of Seaweed” on Steve Vai’s CD/EP “Flex-Able Leftovers”.
An aficionado of Prog Rock as well, Larry helped co-write “The Emperor’s Clothes” with Alan and Neal Morse of Spock’s Beard, for their 2010 CD release of Spock’s Beard “X”.
Larry’s extensive musical explorations throughout the years have helped him become very well versed in a variety of genres including classical, jazz, progressive rock, ambient soundscapes, musical theater, and film scores. He is best known for his powerful and intensely personal solo piano work, balancing technical virtuosity with raw emotional expression.
Belgian jazz fusion quartet LũpḁGangGang released their first album yesterday.
The band already released two EP's and toured opening for Black Flower.
Jim Gordon passed away about a week ago.
A tragic life.
From being the drummer for Derek And The Dominoes to being imprisoned for murdering his mother.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Gordon_(musician)
He recorded an toured with Frank Zappa. The latter on for the 'Grand Wazoo' and 'Petit Wazoo' tours.
He can be heard on "Apostrophe (')"; "Läther"; "Imaginary Diseases"; "Wazoo"; and "Little Dots".
-- info: Filip Schepers
Recorded between1980 and 1983, the sessions featured Trevor Tomkins (drums), Chris Pyne (trombone), Phil Lee (guitar), John Horler (piano) and Paul Bridge (bass), plus Jimmy Hastings (sax & flute) on the 1980/1981 sessions, and Brian Smith (sax & flute) on the 1982/1983 sessions.
Really good !!
Check it out :
An example of this can be found on the "Warts And All Volume Two" 3 CD set that got released on the Fatboy Records label in 2002.
The album presents a recording of the February 23, 2002 concert at The Tabernacle in Atlanta, GA.
3 CD digipack release on Fatboy Recors (moe.'s label).
-- info: Harald Häring
The CD got an unofficial Russian re-release in 2022.
The Russian CD label had different colours and a white ring in the middle.
I've seen Aka Moon at Jazz Middelheim last summer where they performed as a quartet with João Barradas, enjoyed their 30th anniversary concert with the Brussels Jazz Orchestra a couple of weeks ago, and now there's this new album.
Impressive each and every time.
The official video for "Quality Of Joy":
'Where Are The Angels?'
While waiting for the Poil Ueda album that should arrive in my mailbox any day now, I thought I'd give "Dins O Cuol" another spin.
I bought the vinyl 2018 re-issue a couple of years ago, but some copies of the actual CD EP turned up for sale recently, which made me quite happy.
Released ten (!!) years ago already !
Poil is playing in Brussels tomorrow.
I might go to hellhole Brussels. Haven't decided yet.
Warren Cuccurullo has just released 'Creature Feature' from his upcoming (2024) "Synthia Vol.1" album.
Alieno de Bootes has released a second Residents Tribute.
And two 'new' releases by Hardy Fox : "Hotel California" & "Wallpaper".
20 years ago, Aka Moon and guests performed at the Jazz à Liège festival.
On YouTube for everyone to enjoy.
A - ma - zing...
Another fine piece of music from the Monika Roscher Bigband.
'Queen Of Spades',
From the upcoming album, "Witchy Activities And The Maple Death", announced for early May
I still haven't visited the Anton Corbijn expo.
There's probably about one month left...
But I did receive some fine snapshots : Anton Corbijn as FZ.
Anton did a series where he pictured himself (literally) as John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis, Kurt Cobain,... and also Frank Zappa.
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https://meiweb.it/2023/03/06/auditorium-parco-della-musica-di-roma%E2%8E%AAcontemporanea-2023/
(DeepL translated)
Founded in 2009 on the initiative of the Fondazione Musica per Roma and directed by Tonino Battista, the PMCE Parco della Musica Contemporanea Ensemble is a unique institutional reality in Italy. With a variable formation, the ensemble is able to interpret the manifold richness of today's music, successfully confronting the repertoire of classics and other music.
In the first part of the season Contemporanea 2023, the PMCE will present Music for Two Pianos, with pieces for two pianos by John Adams, Frank Zappa and Steve Reich (30 March), Daniele Ghisi's music video work An Experiment With Time (reloaded) on the occasion of the Festival of Sciences (20 April), the tribute to Luciano Berio centred on the most significant pieces of his chamber music production (4 May), and the performance of The Yellow Shark, by Frank Zappa, with the narrator David Moss (13 June).
-- info: Harald Häring
-- info: Harald Häring
Here's a recent discovery, thanks to Facebook.
On May 18, 2019, Italian prog / jazz-rock band Arti & Mestieri (Arts & Crafts) performed at the Jazz Rock Legends festival in Japan.
During the encores, Arti & Mestieri was joined on stage by Patrizio Fariselli's Area Open Project to perform two additional pieces, one of which was FZ’s ‘King Kong’.
The concert got released as a 2 CD / DVD package.
The CDs and the DVD were packed in a slipcase as mini LP sleeves and accompanied by a 16-page booklet.
Arti & Mestieri's rendition of 'King Kong' got included on both the CDs and on the DVD.
At least as important is that the entire album is amazing.
Recommended listening.
