PHONO ONE - THE SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND

• phono one: the sound of the underground
      (2009, cdr, germany, private release) 

My search for band that perform the music of Frank Zappa is bringing one surprise after another. The latest addition is German blues / hard rock band Phono One, who released FZ's 'My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama" on their self-released "The Sound Of The Underground" album in 2009.

PIXEL - GOLDEN YEARS

• pixel: golden years
      (2015, cd, usa, cuneiform)

Norwegian band Pixel combines modern jazz, pop and rock. The quartet (double bass/vocals, trumpet, sax and drums) has found a niche of its own and explores it as fully as possible.
After "Reminder" in 2012 and "We Are All Small Pixels" in 2013, Pixel has just released their third album, "Golden Years".

This is nice. Very melodic and full of surprises. Innovative.

Out on cuneiform.
http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/

Available from Mandaï.
http://mandai.be/



Here's double bass player / vocalist / Pixel bandleader Ellen Andrea Wang:
(from her album "Diving")

TOM TALLITSCH - ALL TOGETHER NOW

• tom tallitsch: all together now
      (2015, cd, usa, positone pr8137) 

This brand-new release by Tom Tollitsch (album number six) includes a slowed-down version of the Zappa/Duke collaboration 'Uncle Remus'.
Traditional, mainstream jazz.
Suits the Saturday morning quite well.
Tom Tollitsch on tenor sax, Mike DiRubbo on alto sax, Michael Dease on trombone, Brian Charette on piano and organ, Peter Brendler on bass and Mark Ferber on drums.
Nice coverversion. Fine album.

A fine addition to The Others Of Invention.

DWALMACAT 624

Another dose of Dwalmacat radio show...

https://www.mixcloud.com/Dwalmacat/dwalmacat-624-nico-our-man-from-brussels-deel-2/

• SUDDEN INFANT – Wülfli’s nightmare
• NAD SPIRO – Voices from my radio
• THE TIGER LILLIES – Police
• DJ ATTACHE + THE BEIGE OSCILLATOR – Postfuhramt Oranjerburger Strasse
• KALI DWAPAR – Don’t worry.com
• RADIO ZUMBIDO – Lo-fi chicken bus
• THE STICKMEN – Master brew
• ZEBRA – Life is life
• ALTERNAHUNK – Kismi
• ERIK M & OVO MIX – Fantastic phalanx
• ANTEDILUVIAN ROCKING HORSE – The curious advance
• MAJA S.K. RATKJE & LASSE MARHAUG – The street parade massacre
• OGOYA NENGO & THE DODO WOMEN’S GROUP – Lucas odhiambo

NEW ZAPPA 'RADIO SHOW' CD SET

After Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa is also getting a CD set entitled "Transmission Impossible".

Disc: 1
1. Intro/Jazz Rock Improv 04:24
2. Help I'm A Rock/Transylvania Boogie 12:34
3. Baby Love 00:56
4. Big Leg Emma 03:37
5. Holiday In Berlin 10:13
6. Trouble Every Day 11:35
7. The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley 17:18
8. Hungry Freaks Daddy 04:00
9. Son Of Mr Green Genes 07:48
10. Hang On Sloopy 03:27
11. Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder 04:23

Disc: 2
1. Silence Fools 00:20
2. Interview & Band Intro 05:38
3. Wonderful Wino 04:52
4. Concentration Moon 02:29
5. Mom & Dad 03:12
6. The Air 03:16
7. Dog Breath 02:08
8. Mother People 02:09
9. You Didn't Try To Call Me 04:19
10. Agon 00:37
11. Call Any Vegetable 07:11
12. King Kong Pt. 1 04:30
13. Igor's Boogie 01:08
14. King Kong Pt. 2 07:45

Disc: 3
1. Introduction 00:22
2. Tango Chat 00:50
3. Pygmy Twylyte/Dummy Up 07:24
4. Be-Bop Tango Excerpt 02:22
5. The Story Of Dupree s Paradise 07:50
6. Yellow Snow Suite 14:43
7. Guitar Event 05:55
8. Bebop Tango Contest 13:08
9. Outro 00:21

ARKESTRA UPDATE

from the Saturn newsgroup:

The Philadelphia Halloween performance of the Sun Ra Arkestra Directed by Marshall Allen on October 31, 2015 at Johnny Brenda's is completely sold out. But, a Halloween celebration (with costumes encouraged) has been added for October 30, 2015 at the Liv Nightclub in Washington, D.C. Also, the band will be making its inaugural visitations to Lovin' Cup in Rochester, NY on November 5, 2015, to the Music Box Supper Club in Cleveland, OH on November 6, 2015, to The Saturn in Sun Ra's earthbound arrival city of Birmingham, AL on February 19, 2016, and to the Ritz Theater in Jacksonville, FL on February 20, 2016.

The current concert itinerary of the Sun Ra Arkestra Directed by Marshall Allen is:

• October 30, 2015 - Liv Nightclub, 2001 11th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. Show at 8:00 pm.
• October 31, 2015 - Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., Philadelphia, PA. Show at 8:00 pm completely SOLD OUT.
• November 5, 2015 - Lovin' Cup, 300 Park Point Drive, Suite #101, Rochester, NY. Show at 8:30 pm. 
• November 6, 2015 - Music Box Supper Club, 1148 Main Ave., Cleveland, OH. Show at 8:00 pm.
• November 7, 2015 - Private Function, Cleveland, OH.
• February 19, 2016 - The Saturn, 200 41st St. South, Birmingham, AL. Doors at 8:00 pm with Show at 9:00 pm.
• February 20, 2016 - Ritz Theater, 829 N. Davis Street, Jacksonville, FL. Show at 8:00 pm.

For additional details on all of the above appearances, please click on the "Tourdates" tab of the Sun Ra Arkestra website and then click on the weblinks for the applicable concert date. Booking information for the Sun Ra Arkestra Directed by Marshall Allen is available by clicking on the "Info" tab of the Sun Ra Arkestra website, which is located at:

http://www.sunraarkestra.com

RAOUL BJÖRKENHEIM ECSTASY - OUT OF THE BLUE

• raoul björkenheim ecstasy: out of the blue
      (2015, cd, usa, cuneiform)

The Raoul Björkenheim Ecstasy quartet has just released their second album. It's called "Out Of The Blue", and it's out on the Cuneiform record label.
Next to Raoul Björenheim (on the guitar), the band features Markku Ounaskari (on drums), Jori Huhtala (on bass) and Pauli Lyytinen (on inimitable saxophone). You guessed right. They're Finnish.
And what's more important, they sound superb.

Improvised jazz.
Experimental.
Energetic.

Raoul Björkenheim adds:
"An all-star session can be good too, but the thing I'm missing nowadays in jazz is really good bands playing together tightly, turning on a dime together, and especially improvising together.'

He's absolutely right. And he shows how it should be done on "Out Of The Blue".

Out on Cuneiform.
http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/

Available from Mandaï.
http://mandai.be/

TERRY BOZZIO IS TOURING EUROPE

30.10.2015 NL-Groningen, Oosterpoort
31.10.2015 NL-Eindhoven, M.G. Frits Philips
01.11.2015 BE-Ostende, Zaal De Zwerver
02.11.2015 FR-Compiegne, Le Ziquodrome
04.11.2015 FR-Tours / Saint Cyr sur Loire, L’Escale
06.11.2015 FR-Valence, Auditorium de la maison de la musique et de la danse
07.11.2015 FR-Aubenas, Salle Le Bournot
09.11.2015 DE-Leverkusen, Leverkusener Jazztage
11.11.2015 CH-Kriens, Südpol „presented by Schlagzeug Shop Glanzmann“
12.11.2015 AT-Innsbruck, Treibhaus
14.11.2015 AT-Vienna, Porgy & Bess
16.11.2015 HR-Zagreb, Lisinski Concert Hall (CROATIA DRUM CAMP-Winter)
18.11.2015 IT-Brescia, Latteria Molloy
20.11.2015 IT-Roma, Planet Live Club

Here's a PaulB snapshotvideo from yesterday :

JONO EL GRANDE REVISITED

Here's a video snippet from the release party of Jono El Grande's latest album, "Melody Of A Muddled Mason".

http://www.jonoelgrande.no/

THE RESIDENTS

Theory of Obscurity: a film about The Residents is now ready to take on the world. Coming soon to a theater, concert hall, BluRay, DVD or digital download near you soon.