VARIOUS ARTISTS - BLORP ESETTE GAZETTE VOL.2

• various artists: the blorp esette gazette - volume two - winter 2014
      (2014, cd, usa, transparency)

This second volume of The Blorp Esette Gazette got released about half a year ago. Compiled by Ace Farren Ford and Ju Suk Reet Meate, it presents a selection of experimental music from the Los Angeles area.
Track one is Don Van Vliet's 'Sugar N' Spikes' bass solo as performed by The Reverend Toad-Eater (from a Jan 10, 1976 Ace & Duce rehearsal session).
Released on the Transparency label.

BENGT BERGER OLD SCHOOL - ALL TIME HIGH

• bengt berger old school: all time high
      (1999, cd, sweden, amigo music amcd 885)

One of my recent trips abroad took me to Finland. As I was fortunate to be able to spend some time in Helsinki, I also visited the excellent Digelius Music record shop, specialised in jazz, avant-garde and world music.
When I asked shop owner Emu Lehtinen if he knew of any Finnish bands that had recorded any Frank Zappa compositions, he told me that he had gotten the very same question a couple of hours earlier. Imagine that. He showed me the Ambrosius Ensemble album. The one with Napoleon Murphy Brock, recorded live in Hamburg. He had sold their Zappa Album earlier the same day...

Browsing through the second-hand section, I did find this excellent Bengt Berger Old School album: "All Time High", featuring the fabulous Mats Öberg on vocals, clavinet, moog, accordion and harmonica.
What a treat.

Digelius Music, Laivurinrinne 2, Helsinki, Finland.

IKE WILLIS MEETS THE MOOG GUITAR

OSSI DURI 2014 12 13

Ossi Duri play "Zappa in Jazz" - Milano - Dec 13 2014

ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA TOURDATES

Touring North America and Europe :

http://www.zappaplayszappa.com/tourdates.html

THE ARF-DOSSIER VOL.83

Volume 83 of The Arf-Dossier is out.
Published by the Arf Society.
With a lot of nice pictures, some fine reviews of zappaesque releases, bootleg-reviews and Zappa-related news in general.

COL. BRUCE HAMTON & THE AQUARIUM RESCUE UNIT TO TOUR IN JULY AND AUGUST

Legendary improv-rock pioneers Col. Bruce Hampton & The Aquarium Rescue United to reunited for limited tour dates this summer.

http://theaquariumrescueunit.com/

2015/07/29 - Boulder
2015/07/30 - Boulder
2015/07/31 - Bellvue
2015/08/01 - Denver
2015/08/05 - Birmingham
2015/08/06 - Nashville
2015/08/07 - Atlanta
2015/08/08 - Athens
2015/08/09 - Asheville
2015/08/12 - Raleigh
2015/08/13 - Richmond
2015/08/14 - Washington DC
2015/08/15 - Portchester
2015/08/16 - New York City

CAPT. CHEESE-BEARD UPDATE

Promo picture for the upcoming Capt. Cheese-Beard album !!

ALAN SILVA

The Eremite record label is reissuing a couple of Alan Silva album.
Alan Silva was part of the Sun Ra Arkestra and has also performed and recorded with Bill Dixon, Cecil Taylor and Albert Ayler.

alan silva & william parker: a hero's welcome: pieces for rare occasions
    (1998, cd, ??, eremite records)

alan silva & the sound visions orchestra: s/t
    (2001, cd, ??, eremite records)

THE RESIDENTS - WALK OVER

The message from Residents keyboard player and composer Charles 'Chuck' Bobuck shortly after the Santa Cruz gig:

Friday night at the SXSW show, the announcement was made that I was not going to continue live performances. Some people thought I was going away entirely, but that is far from the case. I am merely realigning my priorities.

I am far more interested in developing new projects, especially new music projects. Despite the concept album format having lost favor, I am still enamored with the idea. I see no reason not to return to what I love to do.

Touring will continue without me, but you probably won’t notice much difference. I’m still writing arrangements and working on the production. And with masks, who can tell anyway. I think the shows are only going to get better.

To further state my determination for a fresh start, I offer this free download. Walk Over. https://bobuck.bandcamp.com/album/walk-over

Thanks to my friends, Randy, Bob, and Siri for their participation.

CB