United Mutations

Monday, September 28, 2020

MÂÄK'S SPIRIT - 5

mâäk's spirit: 5
(2006, cd, bel, werf records)

Friends of adventurous and improvised music should give Mâäk's Spirit a try.
This Belgian collective, with Laurent Blondiau and Jeroen Van Herzeele as core members, has been around for over 20 years.
"5" was indeed their 5th release and is a great introduction.

-- info: Danny Mathys

Sunday, September 27, 2020

FRED HÄNDL - ZAPPA

fred händl: zappa
(2020, cdr, nl, private release)

Dutch keyboard player and pianist Fred Händl arranged and recorded 16 Frank Zappa compositions for his "Zappa" tribute album.
Recorded live and released on CDR in a limited, numbered and signed, edition of 100 copies.

Beautiful.
The complete stack has sold out, if I'm not mistaken. So let's hope it will eventually get a sort of Bandcamp or iTunes release.

COMBO BELGE - LIVE BEURSSCHOUWBURG

combo belge: live beursschouwburg
(1993, cd, belgium, igloo records)

Nine Belgian jazz musicians performing Afro-Cuban jazz.
"Live Beursschouwburg" was their third (and final) album, recorded in concert in Brussels, BE.

This is fun.
Featuring Joe Higham, who also recorded with The Eclectic Maybe Band, featuring Michel Delville and Guy Segers.

-- info: Danny Mathys

LANE STEINBERG - LANE STEINBERG COLLECTION 1984-2000

lane steinberg: land steinberg collection 1984-2000
(2001, cd, japan, em records)

The “Lane Steinberg Collection” compilation album presented material from various projects by New York based pop musician Lane Steinberg.

It got released in Japan in 2001 and included ‘Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance’, previously released on Tan Sleeve’s digital download “White Lie Castle” album, one of Lane Steinberg's projects.
Came with an obi.

Another addition to The Others Of Invention, recordings of the music of FZ.

THE CARIBBEAN JAZZ PROJECT

The Caribbean Jazz Project has at least 9 CD's out and Dave Samuels plays the vibes on all them.

Quite different from what Dave did in Zappa's band during the 1976 Palladium shows in NYC, but still interesting.

More info :
https://lamusicadeperev11d1.blogspot.com/2020/09/caribbean-jazz-project-9-cds.html

TWAN VAN GERVEN - HOW U GONNA STROKE YER SOLO

twan van gerven: how u gonna stroke yer solo
(2020, cd, nl, private release / home made records)

A couple of weeks ago, Dutch guitar player Twan van Gerven presented his latest album at De Paradox club in Tilburg, NL.
With a concert, of course.
Excellent concert & a very impressive album.
The title hasn't been added to Twan's bandcamp page, but if you're into zappa-esque fusion music, you definitely need to check this album out.
Available from : https://www.twanvangerven.nl/

The below video was shot at De Paradox before and during the concert.
The music that you hear is from the album.

No surprise that the album liner notes say : "Home Is Where The Heart Is..."
At Home Made Records, of course.

A SUN RA UPDATE

The Strut records label re-released "Dark Myth Equation Visitation", Nidhamu" and "Horizon".
On vinyl.

The three albums are also available as a package deal.

Next to these three re-issues, Strut is also releasing "Egypt 1971" on CD. Due out in November.

And then there's the 5 LP "Egypt 1971" box set that included the three above mentioned vinyls plus two vinyls with unreleased material.
I'm assuming and hope that's what can be found on the CD.

Anyway, the 5 LP box was part of Record Store Day and has already sold out.

25 copies (!!) are already being offered on Discogs for three times the initial price tag and more...
Anyone else notice the imbalance?

BRUSSELS JAZZ ORCHESTRA

Fans of big band music should most certainly check out the Brussels Jazz Orchestra.
I had the opportunity to give two of their albums a listening session and I was quite impressed.
"Countermove" (2006) presented pieces by director and lead saxophone player Frank Vaganée.
"Signs And Signatures" (2010) included compositions by trumpet player Bert Joris.

Both out on the W.E.R.F. record label.