ZAPPANALE #30 - THE ED PALERMO BIG BAND

Zappanale Friday was great. Especially with Treacherous Cretins and the wonderful Ali N.Askin concert.

Nothing, however, could have prepared me for the Ed Palermo Big Band concert.

Check it out :
(warning : this might take two hours of your time)

• WATER MUSIC (Handel)
• BRAHMS’ 1ST SYMPHONY (excerpt)
• BROWN SHOES DON’T MAKE IT (excerpt) (Zappa)
• WHAT’S NEW IN BALTIMORE (Zappa)
• BEETHOVEN’S 5TH (excerpt)
• HOLIDAY IN BERLIN (Zappa)
• UNCLE MEAT/BOOGIE WOOGIE WALTZ/EAT THAT QUESTION (Zappa, Weather Report)
• INCA ROADS (Zappa)
• SOFA (Zappa)
• MOONLIGHT SONATA/SHE’S SO HEAVY (Beethoven, Beatles)
• BIG SWIFTY#1 (Zappa)
• SON OF ORANGE COUNTY (Zappa)
• MORE TROUBLE EVERY DAY (Zappa)
• BIG SWIFTY#2 (Zappa)
• BEETHOVEN’S 7TH, 2ND MOVEMENT
• VILLAGE OF THE SUN (Zappa)
• LET’S MAKE THE WATER TURN BLACK (Zappa)
• DIRECTLY FROM MY MY HEART TO YOU (Zappa)
• YOU AND THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC (Sinatra)
• TOADS OF THE SHORT FOREST (Zappa)
• ECHIDNA’S ARF (Zappa)
• TOADS OF THE SHORT FOREST coda (Zappa)
• EVIL PRINCE (Zappa)
• STRICTLY GENTEEL#2 (Zappa)
• (encore#1)
• WATERMELON IN EASTER HAY (Zappa)
• PYGMY TWILITE (Zappa)
• WE ARE NOT ALONE (Zappa)
• PEACHES EN REGALIA (Zappa)
• (encore#2)
• PYGMY TWILITE (reprise) (Zappa)

LE REX

The Swiss brass band Le Rex, performing one of the songs from their fourth album "Escape Of The Fire Ants" live at BeJazz Winterfestival 2019.

ÁLVARO DOMENE AND HENRY KAISER

Iluso Records just announced "El Tren Fantasma" (The Ghost Train) by Álvaro Domene and Henry Kaiser.

FRANK ZAPPA DOMANI

• frank zappa domani
  
  by gianfranco salvatore
      (2000, book, italy, castelvecchi)

The Zappa library over at the United Mutations HQ includes a new book:
Pieces by M.Bassoli, R.Bertoncelli, F.Fabbri, R.Giagni, E.Martuscello, G.Montecchi, V.Nocenzi and G.Salvatore have been collected by Gianfranco Salvatore in one 280-page book.

Published in 2000.
In Italian.

ZAPPANALE #30 - HELMUT KING - LEAVE MY NOSE ALONE PLEASE, KING SIZE BOX

Artist, sculptor, painter Helmut King has become a well-established part of Zappanale.
His paintings and pictures are a perfect match to the Zappa Universe.

This year, Helmut presented "Leave My Nose Alone Please, King Size Box", a 3D box that presented an 80-page catalogue, postcards, buttons, fake money, and more.

Here's a side view (next to a mirror) :

It's a box with a 3D FZ on it.
Sort of a hologram catalogue box.
I love it ! And the contents is as impressive.

ZAPPANALE #30 - STEFAN KLEIBER - ZAPPATOWN

• einmal zappatown
  
  by stefan kleibner
      (2019, book, germany, verlag regionalkultur)

"Einmal Zappatown und zurück" displays Stefan Kleibner's first visit to Zappanale. In words, pictures and interviews.

On first sight, the book did look rather interesting but I was rather disappointed once I started reading it. The story starts with a couple of pages about Hank Woods' Zappanale Club (??) and his scheduled, Ike-Willis-guided Zappanale visits (??).
Next up, Stefan walks us through his Zappanale experience. Snippets and interviews.

Unfortunately, no (or not enough) mention of Zappnoise (with Peter Görs), Flat Earth Society, Piniol, Alex Hand, Dietmar Bonnen, The Grandmothers, the expo concerts, the Zappateers, the visitors from all over the world, the shops at the festival ground,...

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that I expected a complete overview. I'm just disappointed that this 100-page book does not offer more...

A missed opportunity.

Completists only.

CORRIE VAN BINSBERGEN

Co de Kloet's "Co Live" is a Dutch national radio show.
Also available as podcast.

Check out the December 29, 2018 episode with special guest Corrie van Binsbergen :

Co Live! met Corrie van Binsbergen - uitzending van 29-12-2018

http://feedburner.ntr.nl/colive


-- info : Jan van Kemenade

STEVE VAI

Steve Vai contributed to Jacob Collier's "Djesse Vol. 2" album.
You can hear Steve on 'Do You Feel Love' :

https://jacobcollier.lnk.to/DjesseVol2

SNAFU

Bobby Harrison and Micky Moody started writing together and auditioning new band members. They found former Tramline drummer Terry Popple (previously with Van Morrison), bass player Colin Gibson (formerly of Ginger Baker's Airforce) and keyboard /fiddle player Pete Solley (later in Whitesnake). Gibson suggested the name Snafu, a term he lifted from a Captain Beefheart song "Big Eyed Beans From Venus" on their 1972 album, Clear Spot.
The musical influences were mainly American, and came from bands such as The Allman Brothers Band and in particular Little Feat, one of Bobby Harrison’s favourite bands.

-- info: Danny Mathys

ZAPPANALE #30 - ZAPPA BOOTZ, DA SOURCES - A FAN PROJECT, EDITED BY BURKHARD SCHEMPP

zappa bootz - da sources

a fan project, edited by burkhard schempp
    (2019, book, germany, private release)

I received this beautiful 180-page hardcover / bound book as a gift at Zappanale.
The book lists all of the circulating live recordings of Frank Zappa as we know it from the Zappateers website.
The digital version can be found here :
http://www.zappateers.com/fzshows/index.html

And now this list is also available in this fine book, edited by Burkhard Schempp.
He did a fine job !

Check out Burkhard's Zappa blog on :  http://www.vivavincent.de/