THE SAARLÄNDISCHEN STAATSORCHESTER PERFORMS THE YELLOW SHARK

Straight from the Arf Society newsletter:

The Saarländischen StaatsOrchester will be performing Frank Zappa's "The Yellow Shark" !!
Directed by Gudrun Herrbold, the project combines traditional Asian and Western martial arts and contemporary music.

• 20 Saarland martial artists
• the Saarländischen Staatsorchester
• Thomas Peuschel, conductor
• Gudrun Herrbold, director
• Constanze Fischbeck: sets, costumes and video
• Birgit Friday: choreography
• Bert Schneider: dramaturgy
• Ralf Heid: technical director
• Gaetano Franzese: assistant director
• Sabine Schmitt: production manager

A number of performances already took place in Saarbrucken, but there's another scheduled in Berlin !!

2011/03/15 'Radialsystem', Berlin, Germany

SOUND LIBERATION - OPEN UP YOUR EARS AND GET SOME

• sound liberation: open up your ears and get some
  (2008, cd, usa, col legno wwe 1cd 20902)

Sound Liberation is the brainchild of Gene Pritsker. The ensemble was formed in 1996 and has performed all over the world.

"Open Up Your Ears And Get Some" combines various musical styles. The first track, for instance, mixes a Chopin piece (performed on violin) with a hip-hop beat, adds a sitar and has people rapping over it. Some of the other pieces have classic vocals, or a jazz guitar solo, or a string quartet.
As Gene Pritsker put it: "In this album we combine our love for classical music, jazz and music of various cultures with our love for hip-hop by incorporating our own unique lyrical style."

To my ears, this is a very fine experiment. Intriguing to say the least.

Check out the band's MySpace site for more samples!

http://www.myspace.com/soundliberation

ADRIAN BELEW ON DUTCH TV NEXT SUNDAY

Next Sunday morning, Adrian Belew will be taking part in the "Vrije Geluiden" TV show. And taking part means performing & being interviewed !!

And later the same day, he'll be at 'De Paradox' in Tilburt with the Adrian Belew Trio.

POJAMA PEOPLE IN CONCERT

Pojama People performing the music of Frank Zappa featuring Ike Willis

March 24 - Thursday - 9pm
The Mix
6006 12th Ave S.
Seattle WA 98108 (Georgetown)
http://sites.google.com/site/themixseattle/home
$10

March 25 - Friday - 9pm
Mt Tabor Theater
4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Portland, OR 97215
(503) 360-1450
http://www.taborpdx.com/
$7 adv, $10 door

March 26 - Saturday - 9pm
Sam Bond's Garage
407 Blair
Eugene, OR 97405
(541)431-6603
http://www.sambonds.com/
$7

***supplemented by the delicious talents of***
Alli Bach / Ted Clifford / Brian Casy / Glenn Leonard

HAMILTON STERLING AND JIMMY HASLIP - MIGRATION

• hamilton sterling & jimmy haslip: migration
  (2011, cd, usa, helikon sound)

When I talked about this Hamilton Sterling / Jimmy Haslip collaboration last year, I was very impressed. "Migration" is a journey through sound. One big soundscape. From Africa to the stars.
The only thing that has me wondering, was the fact that it was a double-layer DVDA (dvd audio) release.

The good news is that "Migration" has been relased as a plain audio CD.
As the factsheet says: "This 2011 audio CD release is a wide dynamic range remix of the original surround recording. Now available at Amazon, CDBaby, Abstract Logix, and Helikon Sound."

ALON NECHUSHTAN - WORDS BEYOND

• alon nechushtan: words beyond
  (2011, cd, usa, buckyball records br024)

Pianist Alon Nechushtan, drummer Dan Weiss and bassist François Moutin showcase their virtuosity in a set of excellent, melodic, yet complex jazz tunes. The album starts with 'Muppet Shock', which, when I close my eyes, shows Charlie Brown and his buddies dancing around at the playground. And somehow, this joyful feeling stayed with me for the entire album.

The beauty of "Words Beyond" lies in the contrast of the melodic lines and the complexity of the songs. Changing rhythms, tone variations, colourful melodies and impressive interactions.

I like it.

www.musicalon.com

The below sample is not on the album, but it'll show you what the trio sounds like (at a quiet moment).

Be Lee...Alon Nechushtan from JMJProductions on Vimeo.

DWALMACAT 419

Get your weekly dose of bizarre music over at
http://www.fmbrussel.be/programmas/dwalmacat.aspx

Just visit the site, and click on "Luister”

• OVIL BIANCA – Full endeavor
• BENJAMIN FRANKLIN – Rest = Bof
• FIEND 1 – Origin and purpose
• SQUAREPUSHER – Fat controller
• SUKIA – Play colt
• “Lied vom Kindsein” from LES AILES DU DESIR
• FRIGG – Interlude
• HANSUNDTOM – Angel / Carver blues
• HOLY FUCK – P.I.G.S.
• BATTLES – Atlas
• DJ SHADOW – Mashin’ on the motorway
• KILLING JOKE – Turn to red
• BROADCAST – A seancing song

CPT.CHEESE-BEARD UPDATE

I received some fine pictures of Cpt.Cheese-Beard at the "Alter Ego Festival" 2011 02 19.
Didn't know about it sooner. But the pictures are good.
Added almost the whole bunch to the Sisters Of Prevention entry over at the U.M.Archives.

Wait a minute! No horns in sight? Did they perform as a quintet??
And did you notice the Cpt.'s new guitar?

ADRIAN BELEW ON DUTCH RADIO6

The first in a series of six radio broadcasts on Adrian Belew will take place on Thursday 2011/03/03 on Dutch Radio 6 on "VPROJazzLive".
It will be a broadcast of the show that the Belew Power Trio did in Amstelveen, NL, on 2010/10/27.

The next episode will be on on 2011/03/05 on "De Wissel" and will focus on his work with Zappa, Bowie, King Crimson and more.

plus
2011/03/10 'VPROJazzLive'
2011/03/11 'VPROJazzLive'
2011/03/24 'VPROJazzLive'
2011/03/31 'VPROJazzLive'

Here's Adrian with the Metropole Orkest - in concert 2011 02 27.

STEVE VAI TO HOST THE WORLD'S LARGEST ONLINE GUITAR LESSON

"Be a part of history and help set a world record with Steve Vai.
http://www.berkleemusic.com/ and Steve Vai will be attempting to set a Guinness world record for the most participants in a free online guitar lesson live from New York City at 1:30 p.m. EST on Thursday, March 3rd, 2011!
Log on from anywhere in the world."

https://www.berkleemusic.com/vai-live