STANLEY J. ZAPPA - MUSTER POINT

• Stanley J. Zappa: Muster Point
      (2020, download / streaming, --, bandcamp)
      (2020, cd, Finland, we jazz)
      (2020, lp, Finland, we jazz) – black vinyl
      (2020, lp, Finland, we jazz) – violet vinyl

US sax player Stanley Jason Zappa teamed up with Finnish drummer/percussionist Simo Laihonen for “Munster”.  The album got released in 2020 on the Finnish We Jazz record label.

Stanley J. was Bobby Zappa’s son and Frank Zappa’s nephew.
Both got mentioned in the liner notes several times.

Father born in Baltimore, like his brother Frank. Father was from Sicily. A bit nutty maybe? Did math and other science stuff for the US war machine. My father joined the marine corps. Fortunately his older brother Frank signed a waiver as his “guardian” so he could enter a year early.

Anyway, Stanley makes fantastic music.
I had a digital download of the album but I recently added the CD to the collection.
And a violet vinyl version is on its way as well.

QUASI - THE SWORD OF GOD

Quasi: The Sword Of God
    (2001, cd, UK, domino)

Quasi = Sam Coomes (vocals, guitar, keyboard) & Janet Weiss (vocals, drums).
Indy power duo from Portland.

The duo released "The Sword Of God" in 2001.
The album featured Stanley Jason Zappa as special guest on the second track of the album, 'Fuck Hollywood', playing a wild outro to the song.

It's a nice album. Too bad that SJZ was only featured on one track.

ROCKTAILS (WITH AHMET ZAPPA) HAD STANLEY JASON ZAPPA AS A GUEST

(you can skip the first 17 minutes)
Funny stuff.

 

OCTOBER REVOLUTION IN JAZZ 60th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

One week from today!
October 1 - 5, 2024

October Revolution in Jazz 60th Anniversary Celebration
Celebrating the life and legacy of visionary musician-composer, artist, and educator Bill Dixon (1925–2010).

A night of rare jazz-continuum film and recordings, conversation with music luminaries, and music performance spanning generations of improvisers.

At 2220 Arts + Archives in Los Angeles
2220 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90057

It will feature Stanley J. Zappa !!

Please check out october-revolution.org for details!!

THE STANLEY J ZAPPA QUARTET - PLAYS FOR THE SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS

• the stanley j zappa quartet: plays for the society of women engineers
      (2021, cd, --, new texture sow)

Stanley Jason Zappa released "The Stanley J Zappa Quartet Plays For The Society Of Women Engineers" about a year ago.

The album presents 5 tracks (with the second one lasting over 22 minutes!), all credited to S J Zappa, M. Leonard and N. Skrowaczewski.
It has S J Zappa on sax, M. Leonard on bass and N. Skrowaczewski on drums.
Wyatt Doyle (who narrates) completes the quartet.

Recorded in 2003 for a Seattle radio broadcast that might or might not have happened.

Quite fascinating.

For those who might be interested: Wyatt Doyle wrote a book called "Stop Requested", that got illustrated by Stanley J Zappa.

-- info: Danny Mathys

STANLEY JASON ZAPPA

The Stanley Jason Zappa Quartet released "The Stanley J Zappa Quartet Plays For The Society Of Women Engineers".
Out on CD.

MORE INFO ON STANLEY JASON ZAPPA'S NEW ALBUM

Stanley Jason Zappa's new album is available from Bandcamp :

STANLEY JASON ZAPPA RELEASES NEW ALBUM

• stanley j. zappa: muster point
      (2020, cd, usa, we jazz records)

US saxophone player Stanley Jason Zappa recorded a new album with Finnish drummer Simo Laihonen and bassist Ville Rauhala.

Will be released in August.
On CD but also on LP, both on black and on purple vinyl.

STANLEY JASON ZAPPA ON TOUR IN FINLAND IN AUGUST

http://suomijazz.com/tiedotteet/2018/06/stanley-jason-zappa-kiertueella-elokuussa/

Stanley Jason Zappa will arrive in Finland in August. In these four concerts, he plays the Black Motor band as a guest, in the quartet with saxophone player Mikko Innanen, double-bass player Ville Rauhala and percussion player Simo Laihonen, as well as two Zappa and Laihon-duo concerts.

QUASI - THE SWORD OF GOD

• quasi: the sword of god
      (2001, cd, usa, touch and go tg227cd)

Portland-based alternative rock band Quasi has quite a number of albums out.
Their 2001 "The Sword Of God" features none other than Stanley Jason Zappa on the outro saxophone solo.

MANZAP

A couple of days ago, ManZap (= Stanley Zappa, sax and Andrew Wedman, Rhodes) performed at UFDA, the second edition of the annual untempered festival of dissonant arts, in Naramata BC.

https://drewwed.wixsite.com/ufda2

The festival was established by Stanley Zappa and Andrew Wedman in 2016.

JOOKLO ZAPPA

May 12, 2017, Jooklo Zappa performed at 'Het Bos' in Antwerp, BE.

Jooklo Zappa = the Italian experimental music duo Jooklo (David Vanzan, Virginia Genta) plus Stanley Jason Zappa.

They shared the bill with The Selva (cello, bass, drums) and with Lauroshilau (electronics, drums, violin).
Three experimental trios on one night.

Virginia Genta  -  David Vanzan  -  Stanley Jason Zappa  (picture by Philippe Lamoot)

The Jooklo Zappa concert was excellent.
The two saxophones started with playing one note in unison, gradually moving away, searching for seperate lines.

The band had brought along some hand-crafted tour booklets and posters.
A fine night it was.

Here's a recording from a concert they did last year.
To give you an idea of what it sounded like.

JOOKLO ZAPPA

Friday, May 12, at 20h00 at 'Het Bos' in Antwerp, BE :

JOOKLO ZAPPA (it/us)
Virginia Genta (sax) and David Vanzan (percussion) team up with sax player Stanley J. Zappa (yes, Frank's nephew) and free blast your mind.

LAUROSHILAU (jap/be)
Audrey Lauro (sax), Yuko Oshima (percussion) and Pak Yan Lau (electronics, keyboard) further explore sounds in their own dimension.

THE SELVA (por)
Ricardo Jacinto (cello), Gonçalo Almeida (double bass) and Nuno Morão (drums) present their multi-idiomatic approach to free jazz.


Jooklo Zappa will also be performing in Ghent (on Saturday) and in Brussels (on Sunday).

STANLEY JASON ZAPPA - SING-SONG SONGS

• stanley j. zappa: sing-song songs
      (2016, cd, --, private release)

Last year, Stanley Jason Zappa released "Sing-Song Songs".
Experimental. And then some.

13 compositions / exercises.
Nice. Very nice.
Perfect for a Monday evening. Or any other day of the week.

Available as a download, but also on CD !
http://newtextureshop.tumblr.com/post/145592646669/sing-song-songs-by-stanley-j-zappa-buy-the-cd-via

-- info: Danny Mathys

JOOKLO ZAPPA

Stanley Jason Zappa was special guest at Zappanale in 2008.

The above picture was taken by Kilissa Cissoko at the Zappanale Festival at 2 a.m., late on Saturday night (or very early on Sunday morning): Stanley Jason Zappa and Elliott Levin got on stage for some high energy free jazz.

More recently, Stanley J. Zappa teamed up with Jooklo duo (Virginia Genta and David Vanzan).
The new trio is called Jooklo Zappa, and they will be touring Europe soon.

Stanley J. Zappa: soprano sax, alto clarinet
Virginia Genta: sopranino sax, Bb clarinet
David Vanzan: percussions

MAY 06: TROGLOFESTA, Case del Vento, Chiesuola di Russi (RA), Italy
MAY 12: Het Bos Antwerp, Belgium
MAY 13: In De Ruimte Gent, Belgium
MAY 14: Rumsteek Oui Rumsteek, Bruxelles, Belgium
MAY 15: Venue TBA Paris
MAY 17: Nouveau Garage, St Julian, France
MAY 18: Le Périscope, Lyon, France
MAY 19: Circuit centre d'art contemporain - Lausanne, Switzerland
MAY 20: Fri Art - Centre d'art de Fribourg / Kunsthalle Freiburg, Switzerland
MAY 21: La Cave 12, Geneve, Switzerland
MAY 23: KROCH, Stockholm / Sweden / Finland
MAY 24: Mental Alaska at Hard Rock House, Helsinki, Finland
MAY 25: Mayhem Kbh, Copenhagen, Denmark
MAY 26: West Germany Venue, Berlin, Germany
MAY 27: Kaiola festibala, Galdakao, Basque Country
MAY 28: Fanfulla, Rome, Italy

TAMIO SHIRAISHI AND STANLEY JASON ZAPPA

Stanley Jason Zappa performed with Project/Object recently.

André Cholmondeley:
"At the tour opener in NJ, we had the pleasure of STANLEY ZAPPA sitting in on sax with us. Some video of that will surface soon. Here is Stanley & his friend Tamio Shiraishi performing in an NYC subway. We will be doing some music with him in the future -- another generation of Zappa creativity!!"



Tamio Shiraishi, Stanley Zappa 1am, E train, Spring street station, 5-12-13 1/2