JAZZMUSEO - ELAVANA PYYNIKINLINNASSA + LIVE

• jazzmuseo: elavana pyynikinlinnassa + live at pyynikinlinna
      (2018, cd, finland, alba records)

Finnish jazz ensemble Jazzmuseo recorded FZ's '20 Small Cigars' for their "Elävänä Pyynikinlinnass + Live at Pyynikinlinna" album.
guitar - sax - piano - double bass
Nice.

From the same album:

SPANISH BRASS - BRASS, BRASS, BRASS

• spanish brass: brass, brass, brass
      (2016, cd+dvd, spain, sb025)

The Spanish Brass quintet released "Brass, Brass, Brass" a couple of years ago.
The album kicks off with 'Also Sprach Zarathustra' and ends with FZ's 'Brown Shoes Don't Make It'.
Somewhere in-between, the ensemble also plays a joyful version of the 'Lumpy Gravy' theme.

trombone - trumpet - trumpet - french horn - tuba

Amazing.

As a bonus, the album comes with a DVD video recording of the same tracks.
In concert. Choreography and all. Great stuff.

Turn the volume up and give this sampler (sampled from the DVD) a try :

CHEER-ACCIDENT UPDATE

Cheer-Accident will release their new album, "Chicago XX", on the Cuneiform record label.

KING CRIMSON AND THE ZAPPA BAND

https://www.dgmlive.com/news/king-crimson-and-the-zappa-band

King Crimson will be touring for six weeks this summer in June and early July together with the Zappa band in the USA and Canada. The full list of dates is yet to be confirmed, but today does see the announcement of a concert at The Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna, Virginia on June 30th.

Tickets will on sale to the general public on Saturday, but as usual, we will be emailing 1000 Club members and DGM subscribers with details of our own Royal Package seats.

The Zappa Band

• Mike Keneally
• Scott Thunes
• Joe Travers
• Ray White
• Robert Martin

King Crimson

JOE SATRIANI'S NEW ALBUM

Joe Satriani's upcoming tour will promote Joe's new album, "Shapeshifting".

Hadn't seen the artwork. Looks a bit sci-fi.

STACK WADDY

Stack Waddy's 1972 "Bugger Off" album is getting a vinyl re-release.
It includes Stack Waddy's version of Frank Zappa's 'Willie The Pimp'.

The album did see quite a number of CD-re-issues but to my knowledge, this is the first time it's re-released on vinyl.
Out on the Trading Places record label.

TOON TELLEGEN EN HET WISSELEND TOONWINTET - IK WOU

• toon tellegen en het wisselend toonkwintet: ik wou
      (2020, cd, nl, brokkenrecords)

In recent years, Corrie van Binsbergen has teamed up with various writers and poets to produce musical accompaniment to spoken word performances.
Her collaboration with Toon Tellegen probably is the most successful one as the duo already did a number of tours and released a handful of albums.
The most recent album, "Ik Wou" (I Wish), got recorded last year an offers twenty-one short stories. The music is performed by Corrie van Binsbergen, Joost Buis, Albert van Veenendaal, Hein Offermans and Alan 'Gunga' Purves.
Beautiful. The perfect match.

IMPROVISED MUSIC BY THE WEST STREET TRIO

• west street trio: gate city arts - bonnie kane's - thursday experiment- nov 21- 2019
      (2020, download, --, bandcamp) 

John D Venter and Steve Chillemi just released "West Street Trio at Gate City Arts - Bonnie Cain's - Thursday Experiment" by West Street Trio.
Next to John and Steve, Federico 'FAM' Balducci completed the trio.

Improvised music.
Check it out on Bandcamp :

DIGITAL RE-RELEASE OF SUN RA'S SOLAR-MYTH APPROACH, VOL.2

One week after the release of Volume 1, Volume 2 has also been made available.

CACA 2020 - SKETCHES OF PAIN

• caca 2020: sketches of pain
      (2020, download, --, bandcamp)

Released originally in 2010, Pierre thought that it would be fun and exciting to re release a new version of the Album Sketches of Pain for its tenth anniversary! There you are with Caca 2020 completely remixed and remastered and with 3 bonus tracks never released on the first version. It's more fun, more powerful, more modern...it's Caca 2020!!!

• Guitar – Pierre Vervloesem
• Keyboards – Peter Vandenberghe
• Bass – Gil Mortio
• Drums – Teun Verbruggen
• Alto Saxophone – Benjamin Boutreur
• Baritone Saxophone – Bruno Vansina
• Bass Saxophone – Nic Roseeuw
• Tenor Saxophone – Roeland Van Hoorne

"Sketches Of Pain" is an exciting release by Caca 2020, a name that probably doesn't ring any bells.
As it was a project by Pierre Vervloesem, it might have been more appropriate to have called the band The Pierre Vervloesem Octet.
Anyway, as the Bandcamp liner notes say: originally released in 2010 and now re-released in a remastered and remixed version with a couple of bonus tracks.
If you're familiar with the original album, I'm sure you'll buy this one as well.
If this is all new to you, don't hesitate and give it a listen.

Instrumental guitar-oriented rock music. With saxophones !

Essential listening !!
Highly recommended.