SEAN KUTI

Seun Kuti and his Egypt 80 band have been nominated for a Grammy for their album 'Black Times'. Released during Spring 2018, the album cemented Seun’s status as the modern day torch-bearer for Afrobeat, exploring themes around black identity, political corruption and the need for a new generation of revolutionaries. The title track featured a guest appearance by guitar legend Carlos Santana.

THE RNCM WIND ENSEMBLE PERFORMED ZAPPA IN MANCHESTER

The RNCM Wind Ensemble teamed up with a rock band to perform the music of Frank Zappa.
An audience recording is available over at Zappateers !

Not just Zappa, also some Nancarrow and Varèse !!

RNCM
2018.11.30  "Frank Zappa: Take Your Clothes off When you Dance (*Optional)"
at MMU Union, Manchester, UK

The Band and RNCM Wind Ensemble

01. Make A Jazz Noise Here Medley 1
02. Peaches En Regalia
03. Study No 6
04. Preamble
05. Igor's Boogie
06. Exersise No 4
07. Uncle Meat
08. Filthy Habits
09. Octandre
10. five-Five-FIVE
11. Preamble
12. Run Home Slow Title
13. Take Your Clothes Off
14. Interlude from Mother People
15. Orchestral Duke of Prunes
16. Preamble
17. Alien Orifice
18. Band Introductions
19. Big Swifty
20. T'Mershi Duween
21. Dupree's Paradise
22. Make A Jazz Noise Here Medley 2

The Band

• Jack March Guitar
• Tom Chapman Bass
• Andrew Jones Keyboard
• Gabriel Alexander Drums
• Simon Evans Sax
• Cameron Lockett Trumpet

RNCM Wind Ensemble

• Michael Ready Flute/Piccolo
• Adam Bowman Oboe/Cor Anglais
• Chao Chen Clarinet/Bass Clarinet
• Leonardo Bizzotto Bassoon
• Lauren Collings Horn
• Daniel Tarrant Trumpet
• George Hardwick Trombone
• Darren Gallacher Percussion
• Nigel Smith Double Bass

Conductors

• Clarke Rundell, Andrew Casey, Laurent Zufferey

Arrangements

• Ian Gardner

2000 MOTELS

Yes, Two Thousand Motels.

2000 Motels is a band.
It's a Dutch band that performs the music of Frank Zappa.

They performed at Mosae Zappa recently and are doing some more concerts...

Dec 14, 2018 Zaal 100, Amsterdam, NL
Jan 13, 2019 Patronaat, Haarlem, NL
Jan 27, 2019 Miles, Amersfoort, NL
Mar 16, 2019 De Peppel, Zeist, NL
Mar 23, 2019 Brigant, Arnhem, NL
Apr 05, 2019 The Box, Katwijk, NL
Apr 26, 2019 Stichting Utopodium, Lelystad, NL

"ODE TO FRANK ZAPPA" IN ENKHUIZEN NL

Sunday, December 9, 2018, at 15h00,
at music centre De Drommedaris in Enkhuizen, The Netherlands

"Ode To Frank Zappa"
a musical project by Hans Malagride, John van der Schaaf and Steffen Snip.

http://www.drom.nl/drommedaris/evenement/ode-to-frank-zappa/

LITTLE BOB BLUES BASTARDS - HOWLIN'

• little bob blues bastards: howlin'
      (2015, cd, france, dixiefrog records dfgcd 8776)

Another fine version of Captain Beefheart's 'Zig Zag Wanderer' can be found on this recent album by the Little Bob Blues Bastards.
With a mean harmonica...

Here's the band live, performing 'We Are The Blues Bastards' and 'Zig ZagWanderer'.

ILL CONSIDERED

Another fine moment during the Vrije Geluiden tv-show as Ill Considered took the stage to perform two improvised pieces...

Wowie Zowie !! This is great.

Nice little interview by Giovanca where at the end she asks the name of the next piece that the band is going to perform...

'Sunday Morning'

And there's more...
https://illconsidered.bandcamp.com/

LOS CORONADOS - VOIX BLANCHES ET IDEES NOIRES

• les coronados: voix blanches et idées noires
      (1983, 7", france, celluloid cel 6232)

Adding data to the United Mutations Archives.
French rock band Les Coronados recorded Don Van Vliet / Captain Beefheart's 'Zig Zag Wanderer' and released it on the B-side of their "Voix Blanches Et Idées Noires" EP in 1983.

HIT IT ZUBIN !

Performance by Anoushka Shankar (sitar) and the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Zubin Mehta.

OCTOBER EQUUS

October Equus is preparing a new album.
Here's one of the tracks :

DEEP IN THE DEEP - AU FOND DANS LA MER...

• deep in the deep: au fond dans la mer une etoile se reflete sur le ventre d'argent des poissons
      (1996, cd, bel, private release / art public ap-1002)

Somewhere during the early ninetees, bass clarinet player and composer Antoine Prawerman assembled a group of musicians to perform his compositions. This resulted in an ensemble that featured some of the best Belgian jazz musicians with Pierre Van Dormael on the guitar, Bo Van Der Werf on baritone sax, Kris Defoort on piano, Otti Van Der Werf on electric bass, Stéphane Galland on the drums, and Antoine Prawerman on the bass clarinet.

The ensemble released a second album, "Snake Ear", in 2000. Both albums are rather rare so you shouldn't hesitate when you come across them.