CELLETI / ROEDELIUS - SUSTANZA DI COSE SPERATA

• celletti / roedelius: sustanza di cose sperata
  (2009, cd, usa, transparency 0348 )

Alessandra Celletti and Hans-Joachim Foedelius met online at a social network. Roedelius invited Celletti to participate in the "More Ohr Less" festival in 2007, and they have been working together ever since.

The result of their collaboration is entitled "Sustanza Di Cose Sperata", which should translate into something as "The Essence Of Hope", or "The Essence Of Desired Things".
It's a beautiful, lyrical piano album: an impressiv soundtrack of floating melodies.

Here's a YouTube clip of the first track:

Out on the Transparency label.

http://www.myspace.com/michael_transparency

TOHPATI SOLO ALBUM ON MOONJUNE RECORDS

Tohpati might be known to you as the guitar player for simakDIALOG. He's about to release a solo album on MoonJune and it's called "Save The Planet".

Just dive in:



http://www.moonjune.com/

DENNIS REA UPDATE

Dennis Ra (Moraine, and Iron Kim Style) will be releasing a solo album.
"Views From Chicheng Precipice".
It'll be out on MoonJune Records.

http://www.moonjune.com/

ZAPPANALE - THE PROGRAM

http://www.zappanale.de/zappanale/en/zappanale21/program.html

here we go...


TUESDAY august 10 - 2010
at the St.Katharinenkirche in Hamburg

• 20.00 Uhr - opening concert : Ensemble Ambrosius

WEDNESDAY august 11 - 2010
at the Kamptheater

• movie : Jörg Wulf - Film Zappanale
• Fritz Rau: Begegnungen
• Hang Huhn
• Turbophop, Germany
• Paul Green's Band of Monkeys, (USA) plays U2

THURSDAY august 12 - 2010
at the Kamptheater

• movie : Arf-Society - Film Zappanale-History
• Frank Schäfer: Woodstock reading
• Zapmospehres, France
• Kimono Draggin, USA
• Tonlast, Germany
• Don Condor & The Texas Outpost, Germany
• Denny Walley, USA

FRIDAY august 13 - 2010 (starts at 12.00 h / noon)

• lecture: Jim Cohen
• Behind the Mirror, Germany - TruckStage
• Lilo - Zapmospehres, France - MainStage
• Turbophop, Germany - TruckStage
• Paul Green's Band of Monkeys, USA - MainStage
• Kommisar Hjuler und Frau, Germany - TruckStage
• Caballero Reynaldo, Spain - MainStage
• Official opening of Zappanale #21 - 7.00 p.m. - MainStage
• Ensemble Ambrosius, Finland
• Schnaak, Germany - TruckStage
• Muffin Man, Great Britain - MainStage
• Tonlast, Germany - TruckStage
• Jazzprojekt Hundehagen, Germany - MainStage
• ZA!, Spain - TruckStage

SATURDAY august 14 - 2010 (starts at 12.00 h / noon)

• LEBOCAL, acoustic, France - TruckStage
• Orange the Juice, Poland - MainStage
• Ranch-O-Banjo / Zwei Paar Schuhe, Germany - Truckstage
• Bongo Fury, won't tell you! Sweden - MainStage
• Paul Green - TruckStage
• The Central Scrutinizer Band, Brazil - MainStage
• ZA!, Spain - TruckStage
• Beardfish, Sweden - MainStage
• Osis Krull, Germany - Truckstage
• University of Errors feat. Daevid Allen, USA - MainStage
• Caballero Reynaldo, Spain - TruckStage
• ZAPPATiKA, Great Britain - MainStage
• Die Reise, Germany - Truckstage
• Session - open for all musicians - TruckStage

SUNDAY august 15 - 2010 (starts at 12.00 h / noon)

• Caballero Reynaldo,Spain - MainStage
• LEBOCAL, France - MainStage
• Christian Buchmann, Germany - TruckStage
• Sebkha Chott, France - MainStage
• Julith Krishun, Germany - TruckStage
• Filthy Habits Ensemble, Spain - MainStage
• Gnarled Bikers, Germany - Truckstage
• Jean-Luc Ponty & His Band, France - MainStage
• Honoray membership - MainStage
• Goodbye to Zappanale #22 - Session - MainStage
• Aufrichtiges Zappa, Germany - TruckStage

CHERYL HARDWICK & BOB CRANSHAW

Thanks to Jan van Kemenade, I was able to add a bit of extra info on Cheryl Hardwick and Bob Cranshaw.

Not only did both of them play with Zappa when he was performing at Saturday Night Live, they're both linked to Sesame Street as well...

NEW ZAPPA BOOTLEG

• frank zappa: i wanna have a little tush
  (2010, 2cd-bootleg, ??, guitar master 018/19)

There's a new bootleg out on the Guitar Master label. It presents a recording of the 1974/11/23 Michigan concert.

DOMENICO SOLAZZO'S PANOPTICON

from the PaNoPTiCoN website:
"PaNoPTiCoN is Domenico Solazzo's most ambitious project.
The idea emerged while he was recording his multi collaborative album "Multiply" in 2006.
PaNoPTiCoN is not a band, so to speak. It's more like a collective of musicians who are open and ready to dive into the most mystical forms of electric jazz improvisation, not unlike the first Weather Report recordings, Herbie Hancock's "Crossings" or Miles Davis' "In A Silent Way".

Though somehow obvious, it is quite a bet to make it happen on stage : no rehearsals are planned, never, and the line-up changes at every performance, which guarantees the spontaneity of the music played which represents quite a challenge for both the audience and the musicians themselves !

In true, PaNoPTiCoN cannot be described as a mere jamming band ; it's the reunion of people who are really willing to elevate themselves through communion in music."

The list of particpating artists is quite impressive. It includes Bart Maris and Michel Delville, just to name two.

Over at http://enterpanopticon.blogspot.com you can listen to an enormous number of PaNoPTiCoN concerts. I'm listening to "Cycle Phase Two" right now.

PaNoPTiCoN
--- http://enterpanopticon.blogspot.com

GLAUCO VENIER - GLAUCO VENIER SUONA FRANK ZAPPA

• glauco venier: glauco venier suona frank zappa
  (2008, cd, italy, music center ba204cd)

Italian composer, pianist and arranger Glauco Venier has performed Zappa tribute concerts on several occasions. He also performed at least once at one of the Italian Zappa Festivals that were organised by Debra Kadabra.

The above mentioned "Glauco Venier Suona Frank Zappa" got recorded in concert in Cavalicco (Udine), Italy, in 2005. It got released on the Music Center label in 2008.

The choice of compositions is rather impressive. It's not just Zappa's typical 'jazz' material, but it includes a couple of nice surprises as well.

1. the grand wazoo
2. blessed relief
3. big swifty
4. zoot allures
5. dupree's paradise
6. black napkins
7. city of tiny lites
8. for calvin
9. hot plate heaven at the green hotel
10. king kong
11. zomby woof
12. the orange county lumber truck

Glauco Venier's 10-piece jazz band does a great job. You get top musicians playing fine arrangements with enough room for some excellent improvisations.

Favourite pieces: Riccardo Chiarion's performance on 'Black Napkins' ; Claudo Venier / Yuri Goloubev / Luca Colussi on 'Zoot Allures' ; and the horn section in the Wazoo pieces...

This is superb. If you're into Ed Palermo's approach, you'll love this!

Essential listening.

PROJECT/OBJECT IN BREMEN

Project/Object, featuring Ike Willis and Ray White, did a small European tour last May.
A couple of recordings turned up on Youtube and on Zappateers. The one that you really need, is the Bremen concert from 2010/05/26. Part of the concert (the second set plus the encores) got taped on video and is being seeded over at the Zappateers site.

Check it out. This is a fabulous recording of a fine show.

2010/05/26 - concert 'Modernes', Bremen, Germany

• Ike Willis - Vocals, Guitar
• Ray White - Vocals, Guitar
• Dave Johnsen - Bass
• Andre Cholmondeley - Guitar, Vocals
• Glenn Leonard - Drums, Vocals
• Jordan Shapiro - Keyboards

set one
Tuning/Band Intro, Montana, More Trouble Every Day, The Idiot Bastard Son, Bamboozled By Love, Pound For A Brown (On The Bus), Magic Fingers, Excentrifugal Forz, Society Pages, Beautiful Guy, Beauty Knows No Pain, Big Swifty, Florentine Pogen

set two
Filthy Habits, City Of Tiny Lights, Stick It Out, Keep It Greasy, Outside Now (Again), Peaches En Regalia, Coskmik Debris, Blessed Relief, Zomby Woof

encores
Andy, Inca Roads

a 165-minute audience recording of this show got seeded at Zappateers
http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=19330
a 89-minute audience video recording of this show (2nd set & encores) got seeded at Zappateers
http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=19335



Ike Willis - Vocals, Guitar

Ray White - Vocals, Guitar

Andre Cholmondeley - Guitar, Vocals

Dave Johnsen - Bass

Glenn Leonard - Drums

Jordan Shapiro - Keyboards

THE PLASTIC PEOPLE OF THE UNIVERSE

Spanish label Munster Records will be releasing "Magical Nights", a retrospective / anthology album by The Plastic People Of The Universe.
The album will be available as a 3LP or 2CD set.

"The Plastic People of the Universe (PPU) are the definition on underground music. Formed in 1968 with bands like The Velvet Underground, Frank Zappa and The Fugs as references, they progressively shifted towards more experimental music forms. In 1976 they were jailed by the Czechoslovak communist regime solely because they dared to play their music for a bunch of long-haired fans, indirectly causing an immense political effect for the years to come. Our collection brings together their best tracks from nearly two decades."

http://www.munster-records.com