ALLA

Mexican / American trio Allá has a new miniCD out.
It's called "(Digs)" and it includes a coverversion of The Residents' 'New Hymn'.

THE BLACK NAPKINS

The Black Napkins is a Dutch trio that plays improvised music / jazz.
They're named after a famous Zappa tune & they have a new CD out, also called "The Black Napkins".

Sanne van Hek: trumpet
Jasper Stadhouders: guitar
Gerri Jäger: drums

http://www.myspace.com/theblacknapkins

RAY COLLINS SPEAKS

Vivalapsych, at the Zappateers forum:

Ray Collins speaks:

http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_12484780

EDGAR VARESE AND FREE JAZZ

over at the Zappateers site, CheepnisAroma says:

"What a nice find! A tape recording of composer Edgar Varèse conducting a workshop of Jazz musicians in 1957!!"

http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2009/06/edgar-varèse-and-the-jazzmen-mp3s.html

Quote:
Edgard Varèse conducts a workshop with jazzmen Art Farmer (trumpet), Hal McKusik (clarinet, alto sax), Teo Macero (tenor sax), Eddie Bert (trombone), Frank Rehak (trombone), Don Butterfield (tuba), Hall Overton (piano), Charlie Mingus (bass), Ed Shaughnessy (drums), probably John La Porta (alto sax)... We don't know who is on vibes...

It might be the first free jazz recording (totally unissued) of History of Music. Varèse might have influenced jazzmen or was he only aware of what was happening on the jazz scene? No matter of the answer, it's a bomb, as this music is 3 years earlier than Free Jazz by Ornette Coleman! We also know Charlie Parker wanted to study with Varèse in autumn 1954 but the composer flew to Europe to conduct Déserts. When he came back to New York in May 1955, Parker had already died. We also know that Varèse used to listen to John Coltrane at the Village.

Between March and August 1957, these Sunday jam-sessions were followed by arranger George Handy, journalist Robert Reisner, composers James Tenney, Earle Brown and John Cage, choreographer Merce Cunningham. The organizers were Earle Brown and Teo Macero who will become Miles Davis' producer among others. Varèse used certain extracts of the workshop for his Poème électronique. The original of this tape is at Fondation Paul Sacher.

THE RETURN OF THE NEW ZAPPA T-SHIRT

Bohous tells me that the above painting by Karel Saudek will be on the Zappa t-shirt that the Czech Frank Zappa Fan Club is preparing for Zappanale.
It will be in yellow and black, with the above picture on the front, and the Czech FZ Fan Club logo on the back.

click for a bigger picture:
http://www.united-mutations.com/z/frank_zappa/zappa_k_saudek01.htm

PC-3o

PC-3o is not your average Star Wars robot, it's the Pieter Claus Trio.
& Pieter Claus used to play the vibes in Whatchamacallit, a belgian band that played the music of Frank Zappa.

PC-3o is scheduled for two performances this week. Both in Belgium.

2009/06/04 @ Los Perros Calientes (Goudstraat 2, Gent) at 21 h
2009/06/05 @ Buster (Antwerpen) at 22 h

PC-3o is

• Pieter Claus: vibes
• Jouni Isoherranen: bass
• Lander Gyselinck: drums

ZAPPOSTROPHE 114

The latest issue of the Czech Frank Zappa Fanzine is out!
Number 114.
More info soon.

ARNO HINTJENS

• arno: best of 3cd
  (2009, 3cd, bel, emi 5 099996 442722)

"Best Of 3CD" collects songs from Arno Hintjens' entire career. It also includes his version of Van Vliet's 'Hot Head', originally released in 1994 by Arno & The Subrovnicks on the album "Water".

Arno turned 60 the other day. Happy Birthday !!

VAN VLIET ON A T-SHIRT

Here's a picture of a t-shirt that was used for the "Studio Marta" school theater technicians in Brno in the Czech Republic. It features a beautifal Van Vliet drawing.

ZpZ SETLISTS

Here are a couple of setlists of recent ZpZ concerts.
They have been added to the ZpZ entry over at United Mutations:
http://www.united-mutations.com/z/zpz.htm

2009/05/22 Zappa Plays Zappa - concert ‘Handelsbeurs‘, Ghent, BELGIUM

• Apostrophe, Montana, Magic Fingers, Inca Roads, The Black Page Drum Solo / Black Page #1, Black Page #2, Cosmik Debris, The Purple Lagoon, Village Of The Sun, Echidna's Arf (Of You), Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Outside Now, A Pound For A Brown, Zomby Woof, Peaches En Regalia, Trouble Every Day, Token Of My Extreme Outro
  encores: Bamboozled By Love, Willie The Pimp

2009/05/23 Zappa Plays Zappa - concert ‘Effenaar‘, Eindhoven, NETHERLANDS

• The Purple Lagoon, Imaginary Diseases, Penguin In Bondage, Wind Up Workin' In A Gas Station, Magic Fingers, Inca Roads, Lumpy Gravy Theme, Peaches En Regalia, Village Of The Sun, Echidna's Arf (Of You), Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Outside Now, Bamboozled By Love, King Kong, Trouble Every Day, Token Of My Extreme Outro
  encores: Cosmik Debris, Zomby Woof, Willie The Pimp

2009/05/25 Zappa Plays Zappa - concert ‘Paradiso‘, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS

• Black Napkins, Penguin In Bondage, Pygmy Twylyte, Dirty Love, Inca Roads, Village of the Sun, Echidna's Arf (Of You), Don't you ever wash that thing?, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Outside Now, Mammy Anthem, The Purple Lagoon, Magic Fingers, Bamboozled By Love, Cosmik Debris, Apostrophe, Zomby Woof, Willie the Pimp

2009/05/28 Zappa Plays Zappa - concert ‘Venue TBA‘, Berlin, GERMANY

• Lumpy Gravy Theme, The Purple Lagoon, Inca Roads, Why Don't You Do Me Right?, Penguin In Bondage, Village Of The Sun, Echidna's Arf (Of You), Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?, Cosmik Debris, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Outside Now, The Black Page Drum Solo / Black Page #1, Black Page #2, Bamboozled By Love, Trouble Every Day, Grand Wazoo Theme (Band Improvisation), Token Of My Extreme Outro
  encores: Black Napkins, Peaches En Regalia, Zomby Woof, Willie The Pimp

2009/05/29 Zappa Plays Zappa - concert ‘Theatrefabrik’, Munich, GERMANY

• A Pound For A Brown, Montana, Penguin In Bondage, Village Of The Sun, Echidna's Arf (Of You), Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?, Dirty Love, Lumpy Gravy Theme, Peaches En Regalia, Inca Roads, The Black Page Drum Solo / Black Page #1, Black Page #2, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Outside Now, Bamboozled By Love / Owner Of A Lonely Heart, King Kong, Cosmik Debris