Volume 5 of the “Abruzzo Sound” series presented several FZ pieces “From The Frank Zappa Songbook” as performed by Diego Conti and Monica D Matteis.
The tracks were originally released on their 1994 “Zappa, Lutoslawski, Lupone, Pärt” album.
o Uncle Meat
o Oh No
o Igor’s Boogie
o The Idiot Bastard Son
o The Little House I Used To Live In
o Music For Electric Violin And Low-Budget Orchestra
o Let’s Make The Water Turn Black
Gentle Giant Reunite Virtually For First Time In 4 Decades For New Video Along With Members of King Crimson, Yes and More!
Prog Legends Gentle Giant reunite for new version of “Proclamation” premiered by PROG Magazine
The classic Gentle Giant line-up have reunited for the first time since 1980 for a unique new video. Pieced together over the last few months, it’s a brand new performance of “Proclamation” (originally from the band’s 1974 album “The Power & The Glory”) including appearances from Gentle Giant alumni Derek, Ray and Phil Shulman, Gary Green, Kerry Minnear, John Weathers and Malcolm Mortimore. There are also guest appearances by numerous notable musicians including Jakko Jakszyk (King Crimson), Billy Sherwood (YES), Lee Pomeroy (ELO/Steve Hackett), Dan Reed (Dan Reed Network), Richard Hilton (Chic) and Mikey Heppner (Priestess).
“This terrible pandemic is being felt all over the world and with everyone being stuck at home, I figured now would be the perfect time to bring positivity out in the world, bring everyone together and celebrate our love of music and Gentle Giant,” explains Noah Shulman, son of Derek and mastermind behind this project tp Dom Lawson of PROG Magazine. “Over the years I was always amazed with how many people were filming their renditions of Gentle Giant tracks from all over the world on an array of instruments. So that sparked the idea of wanting to see them all in one place, blending sounds and instruments into a single track.”
Directed and edited by Noah Shulman and mixed by his uncle Ray, the video is likely to be remembered most for the momentous reuniting of the real Gentle Giant, albeit only briefly and via to the wonders of remote communication. Seeing that the band have never seemed likely to reform, this is a significant and exciting moment for Gentle Giant fans everywhere. Says Noah, “It’s a sort of thank you from the band to the fans.”
The recordings on this lathe cut 10” disc were recorded and mixed in Dublin in 1987. Only a handful of copies were made.
Track 2 on side B featured a demo of Irish band Night Engines performing FZ’s ‘Cosmik Debris'.
Came in a plain white generic sleeve.
Needless to say that I'm pretty glad that I got hold of a copy.
Updating the FZ books section with some analytical stuff.
I only hope they have a section 'for dummies' as I'll give these a try the following days.
analyzing zappa: uncovering the musical secrets of an american genius by stefan ullmann (2020, book, --, books on demand / private release) - january 2020
40 pages. Music theory essay, previously published in German.
In English.
frank zappa's musical language 3rd edition by kaspersloots (2007, book, the netherlands, private release)
Revised edition, 234 pages. Kasper's website is already offering the 5th edition (pdf only) !!
Scott Parker has been investigating Frank Zappa's concerts and recordings for quite some time now.
Every couple of years, he adds another tome to the impressive collection.
A bit over two years ago, he released Volume 6 (1975-1976) and last year Volume 7 (1976-1977).
Live concerts, bootleg albums, it's all in there.
Available from Scott Parker Books, and also through Amazon.
the recordings of frank zappa and the mothers of invention - volume 6 / 1975 - 1976: your five closest relatives by scottparker (2017, book, usa, scott parker books / private release)
the recordings of frank zappa and the mothers of invention - volume 7 / 1976 - 1977: frank zappa meets the be-bop samurai by scottparker (2019, book, usa, scott parker books / private release)
The online version of Zappanale will start tomorrow.
True, it isn't the real thing,
but it will enable friends from all over the world to participate and to get to know Zappanale.
The Zappanale team added:
We have so much excellent video stuff that we can want to start with the "Warm up" event already on Thursday, July 16, 2020, at 10 a.m. (Europe / Berlin, CEST) at: www.zappanale.de We will start with the special events from the exhibition of the last 11 years and shows from our virtual “Kamp Stage”. From 17 – 19 July (Friday – Sunday) to 07/19/2020 we will start our program from the “virtual racetrack” from 10:00 (Europe / Berlin, CEST) until late at night in the livestream with many completely new contributions and the best shows from previous Zappanales.
Blending jazz, rock and folk music with classical styles, U.S. quintet Air Sculpture released their version of FZ’s ‘Son Of Mr. Green Genes’ on their “Air Sculpture” album.
Oboe and guitars.
Very nice.
BTW, the liner notes mention that Air Sculpture was a term coined by Frank Zappa.
This 2 CD compilation album was part of the “20 Per Luca – 1986-2006 – Chi Non Ha Memoria Non Ha Futuro” book, a publication to commemorate Luca Rossi.
The second disc featured the Orchestra Metropolis performing FZ’s ‘Trouble Every Day’.
