HAYWARD, SEGERS & MAKOTO - UNEVEN ELEVEN

Charles Hayward (This Heat), Guy Segers (Univers Zero) and Kawabata Makoto (Acid Mothers Temple) caught in wild act at Cafe Oto, London.
Available from Sub Rosa as 2 CD and LP.

http://www.subrosa.net/en.html
Check out the samples !

FRANK ZAPPA - THE MUFFIN MAN GOES TO COLLEGE

I mentioned this album a little while ago when I noticed it on Spotify.
Quite predictable, it is out as a 2CD set as well.

LITTLE FEAT UPDATE

A 'new' Little Feat album has been announced : "Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA, Friday 31st October 1975".
Double vinyl album. Taken from an FM radio show.

BAND FROM UTOPIA TOURDATES

Ray White, Robert, Martin, Tom Fowler, Albert Wing, Robbie Mangano, Joel Taylor
performing the music of Frank Zappa

• 17.10.2015 Burglengenfeld (D) VAZ Pfarrheim
  www.power-concerts.de
• 19.10.2015 Duisburg (D) Grammatikoff
  www.grammatikoff.de
• 20.10.2015 Bolzano/Bozen-Steinegg (I) Steinegg Live
  www.steinegglive.com
• 21.10.2015 København (DK) Amager Bio
  www.amagerbio.dk
• 22.10.2015 Göteborg (S) Nefertiti
  www.nefertiti.se tbc
• 23.10.2015 Oslo (N) Cosmopolite
  www.zappaunion.no
• 25.10.2015 Eindhoven (NL) Effenaar
  www.effenaar.nl
• 27.10.2015 Arnhem (NL) Luxor Live
  www.luxorlive.nl
• 28.10.2015 Zoetermeer (NL) Boerderij
  www.cultuurpodiumboerderij.nl
• 30.10.2015 Diksmuide (B) 4AD
  www.4ad.be
• 03.11.2015 London (UK) Jazzcafe
  www.thejazzcafelondon.com
• 08.11.2015 Rouen-Cléon (F) La Traverse
  www.latraverse.org
• 10.11.2015 Worms (D) Das Wormser
  www.das-wormser.de
• 11.11.2015 Stuttgart (D) Theaterhaus
  www.theaterhaus.com
• 12.11.2015 Biel/Bienne (CH) Chessu/Coupole
  www.ajz.ch
• 13.11.2015 Schaffhausen (CH) Kammgarn
  www.kammgarn.ch
• 16.11.2015 Aschaffenburg (D) Colos-Saal
  www.colos-saal.de
• 17.11.2015 Torgau (D) Kulturbastion
  www.kulturbastion.de

SCOTT HENDERSON TOUR DATES

SCOTT HENDERSON - guitar
TRAVIS CARLTON - bass guitar & ALAN HERTZ - drums

USA/MEXICO TOUR 2015
Fri, July 10 - Studio City, Los Angeles, CA (Baked Potato)
Fri, July 24 - Santiago de Quéretaro, Mexico (Festival Internacional Jazz de Verano)
Thu Sep 10 - Chicago, IL (Reggie's) w/Marbin
Fri, Sep 11 - Chicago, IL (Reggie's) w/Marbin
Sun, Sep 13 - Austin, TX (Wobeon Festival, Ironwood Hall)
Wed, Sep 16 - New York, NY (The Iridium)
Thu, Sep 17 - New York, NY (The Iridium)
Sat, Sep 19 - Auburn Hills, MI (Callahan's)
Sun, Sep 20 - Auburn Hills, MI (Callahan's)

EUROPEAN TOUR 2015
Thu, October 8 - Uppsala, Sweden
Fri, October 9 - Uppsala, Sweden
Sat, October 10 - Moscow, Russia
Sun, October 11 - Astana, Kazakhstan
Tue, October 13 - Tromso, Norway
Wed, October 14 - Tromso, Norway
Thu, October 15 - Munich, Germany
Sat, October 17 - Delemont, Switzerland
Tue, October 20 - Bologna Italy

SOUTH AMERICAN TOUR 2015
Fri, October 23 - Valparaiso, Chile
Sat, October 24 - Colina, Chile
Sun, October 25 - Puerto Montt, Chile
Mon, October 26 - Santiago, Chile
Thu, October 29 - Rancagua, Chile
Fri, October 30 - La Paz, Bolivia
Sat, October 31 - Lima, Peru
Mon, November 2 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tue, November 3 - Cordoba, Argentina
Thu, November 5 - Azul, Argentina
Fri, November 6 - Rosario, Argentina
Sat, November 7 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sun, November 8 - Montevideo, Uruguay
Mon, November 9 - Mar Del Plata, Argentina

more dates will follow...

2015 07 22 FREAKSHOW IN CONCERT / INVENTIONIS MATER

Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Vinothek Tiepolo in Würzburg, Germany

performing the music of Frank Zappa

VOLKER KRIEGEL - MAINZ 1963 - 1969

• volker kriegel: lost tapes - mainz 1963 - 1969
      (2013, 2cd, ger, swr music 101 726)

German jazz guitarist Volker Riegel performed and recorded with The Dave Pike Set and with Don 'Sugarcane' Harris to name just two.
These recently discovered recordings, "Lost Tapes, Mainz 1963 - 1969", include an excellent version of Zappa's 'Mother People', a track that also got recorded by The Dave Pike Set in 1969, with the very same Volker Kriegel on the guitar!

Food for jazz freaks.

DON VAN VLIET AND THE MAGIC BAND - ROUGH, RAW AND AMAZING

• don van vliet & the magic band: rough, raw and amazing
      (2015, 2lp, uk, ozit records) 

Record Store Day 2015 release by the Ozit Records label. Numbered, limited edition (1500 copies) on yellow vinyl.
The album has also been spotted on blue vinyl. Might be a re-release.

LES MATCHBOXX - LE CHEMIN DE LA ROUTE

• les matchboxx: le chemin de la route
      (2015, lp, france, musimouille bcd9715)

French pop band Les Matchboxx released an EP entitled "Le Chemin De La Route" in 1997.
The EP got re-released last year with lots of bonus material, resulting in an LP.
This vinyl album was part of a fundraising project so it's not really the easiest thing to come by.
Also available through Bandcamp.

One of the bonus tracks is a fine live version of Frank Zappa's 'Lumpy Gravy' theme.

QUINTORIGO / ROBERTO GATTO - AROUND ZAPPA

• quintorigo / roberto gatto: around zappa
      (2015, cd + dvd, italy, incipit records inc 201)

Italian drummer Roberto Gatto's Quintorigo project recently released "Around Zappa", a jazz tribute to the music of Frank Zappa.

Violin, cello, double bass, sax, vocals and drums.
Exceptional.
Including a superb arrangement of 'King Kong'.

Too bad that, despite Moris Fradella's vocal capabilities, the lyrics are hardly understandable.
Onomatopoeic.
Disturbing.