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the big nOte files - february 2007 |
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the big nOte files - february 2007 |
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updated February 02, 04, 05,11, 12, 13, 23, 25, 26 & 27, 2007
please send additions & corrections to bignOte@yucom.be
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Short bits: * * * The Accademia Amieta Ensemble performs Zappa on their "Strictly Off Limits" album. * * * The University of Calgary Wind Ensemble recorded Zappa's 'Dog Breath Variations on their "Gardens of Dreams" CD * * * * * * The Nasal Retentive Orchestra has a new album scheduled for release (latest info says February) * * * * * * MOFO 2 is out and available in the shops !! * * * * * * Daniele Sepe recorded Zappa's 'Peaches' on his "Suonarne 1 Per Educarne 100" album * * * * * * Sneaky Pete Kleinow died in January 2007. * * * * * * Jimmy
Carl Black has couple of new CDs out * * * * * * Gregg Russo will be publishing Jimmy Carl Black's book (that Jimmy Carl wrote together with Roddie) * * * * * * Gregg Russo will also be re-releasing a couple of (three?) Jimmy Carl Black albums: When Do We Get Paid, Where the %£ Beer, ... * * * * * * Imaginary Diseases is out as a vinyl bootleg 2LP set * * * * * * The Wrong Object will be releasing a live album on Voiceprint
very soon: "Platform One"; scheduled release = April 2007
* * * * * * The Voltaire Brothers recorded Zappa's
'Trouble Every Day' on their "I Sing The Booty Electric" album *
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The second part of the Palinckx trilogy got broadcast on 2007/02/19 on Dutch radio Concertzender. Here's what they aired:
You can find a more detailed tracklisting below. And in case that you're wondering why they're doing a Palinckx special, there's a couple of interesting concert scheduled together with the Asko Ensemble. "BREIN" Together with the ASKO Ensemble, Mayke Nas, Yannis Kiriakides and Hans Dagelet
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| December 2006, Zjakki Willems invited Jimmy Carl Black, Steven de Bruyn and Jos Steen into the Marconi Studio of Radio One in Brussels. The recordings of this Black Brown Stone trio were broadcast every monday of february during Zjakki's "Cucamonga" radio show. | |
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from: PJP Thanks to all who supported our latest run from
Eugene to Seattle. Hang in there, Cali --- we'll be down there sooner than
you can greatgooglymoogly.
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Fábio Massari has written a book on Zappa called "Zappa: Detritos Cósmicos", and it's out on Conrad publishing in Brazil. - - - Fábio Massari lança no próximo dia 26 obra sobre Frank Zappa: "Zappa: Detritos Cósmicos" (ed. Conrad). O livro-tributo traz as duas entrevistas concedidas pelo músico à imprensa brasileira, além de textos de fãs de Zappa (como Rogério Skylab, Fernando Bonassi e Wander Wildner, entre outros) e desenhos de gente como Caco Galhardo e Allan Sieber. -- info: Zjakki Willems
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NYC based jazz/fusion band Schleigho has performed various Frank Zappa compositions in concert.
Halloween 2003, the band performed a concert where they played a bunch of Zappa tunes. The band allows taping of their concerts, so recordings of these shows are circulating.
concerts
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Taped by Capaldi & seeded on the Zappateers tracker a little while ago: a fabulous concert by Fattore Zeta.
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"February UpDOOT!" Happy New year from the good folks at DOOT! May it suck less than last year! In
No Particular Order: -----Beefheart
Freaks Unite!----- Doctor
Dark, and Friends, Stephen
Chillemi will be back on drums and percussion for this show. ------Dyslexics
Untie!!------ DOOT! has been busy updating the website, and we have included some choice and rare audio, photography, and links. Stop by and admire it while it is still under construction. --------Zappanale
18--------- It
looks like Zappanale 18 will be one for the AGES: Terry
Bozzio as headliner and
an interesting note: Some
of the DOOT!'s will be there as well, so keep an eye open for us.
Andre will be there with P/O and with Don Preston.
Stephen Chillemi should be there as part of a vacation excursion,
and Pete Brunelli is planning the "hit and run" version of the
Zappanale Experience. For
more Zappanale info: --------------------------- Thanks
for your patience. DOOT
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Hi
- having a good week so far? MORE
THE UNIVERSE WILL PROVIDE SCORE DRAWINGS ON eBAY We´ve
just put up another four "Universe Will Provide" drawings on
eBay - please give them a look when you get a chance:
GUNGI And another TUWP drawing, along with an autographed "Universe Will Provide"/"Parallel Universe" CD set, has been put up for auction at the "Friends of Gungi" website, http://www.friendsofgungi.com. A word of explanation about Gungi, from the website: "Gordon "Gungi" Paterson is a legendary figure in the music industry, having been a highly respected engineer, tour and production manager. From his early days in the UK with acts such as Black Sabbath and Judas Priest, he was a mainstay of the 80's touring scene with bands like Megadeth, and continued through the 2000's with bands such as Live, System Of A Down, Tears For Fears and most recently Fiona Apple. Gungi's easily recognizable physical stature is only overshadowed by his immense heart, personality and positive attitude. Last summer, Gungi was diagnosed with cancer - A large lump was discovered in and around the lymph nodes in his neck." I
did a number of tours with Gungi when he was doing sound for Steve Vai. He´s
a truly lovely man and he could use your help with his medical expenses -
please check the auction and bid if you can. Otherwise:
here´s a link to a YouTube video from this year´s NAMM convention, of me
sitting in with the genius guitarist Greg Koch and his band:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVf---9i8Ug SCHOOL
OF ROCK Things
are progressing rapidly with my San Diego chapter of the Paul Green School
of Rock, and we´ve begun pre-enrolling students. As always, if you have
questions or demands of me which relate to the School, you can write to me
at keneally@schoolofrock.com. I
just finished writing a 12-minute string quartet for Dutch group the Zapp
String Quartet. It was a bear to compose and I´m fully happy with it.
Little bits of melody from it haunt my head at unexpected moments of the
day, hopefully it will do the same for you if you manage to hear it. I
boldly predict that work on the "hat." and "Boil That Dust
Speck" DVDs will be completed this week. Thanks
everybody! Tell Sting and/or William Shatner I said hi, if you see them! Mike
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Klimperei has two new albums out: « Galipoche & Chipiron » (un disque hors-commerce) and « Love You ». 2007/04/28 Klimperei - concert 'libririe en marges', paris, france 2007/04/29 Klimperei - concert (looking for a location)
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2007 02 13 Fred says: Just reminding everybody the "Low Budget Acoustic Orchestra"
version of Bogus Pomp performs this Saturday night at The Garage Bar, 662
Central Avenue, St. Petersburg at 9:00. Admission is a bargain at $10! Also, BP bass guitarist Alex Pasut is now a member of the USF Student Symphony Orchestra and will be performing at the Palladium in St. Pete on Thursday, Feb 15th at 7:30. The program includes works by Schoenberg, Chausson and two American Composers , Rorem and Helps
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| Two new issues of the Czech Frank Zappa Fan Club have been
published:
zappostrophe no.102 - 2006 incl.
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incl.
find out more (or not) at www.zappa.cz |
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Last December, Zjakki Willems invited Jimmy Carl Black, Steven de Bruyn and Jos Steen into the Marconi Studio of Radio One in Brussels. The recordings of this Black Brown Stone trio are broadcast every monday of february during Zjakki's "Cucamonga" radio show. The first two broadcasts sounded great. Can't wait for the rest of it.
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here's the Albert Marcoeur setlist for his 2004/10/14 concert in Paris:
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from the AFFZ newsgroup
http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1169804280140120.xml&coll=2 Zappa died of prostate cancer in 1993, at age 52. Two years later, he was inducted into the Rock Hall. The local festivities in his honor culminate Friday, Feb. 16, and
Saturday, Feb. 17, with a pair of "The Importance of Being
Zappa" concerts by Red at the Masonic Auditorium, 3615 Euclid Ave.,
Cleveland.
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from the AFFZ newsgroup
Frank Zappa honoured by Rock Hall Several musicians including guitarist Adrian Belew and longtime Zappa sideman Ike Willis will help celebrate his legacy, which includes 60 albums-worth of material. Zappa's compositions spanned several genres including rock, jazz, classical and avante-garde, and he has been called the most prolific musician of his generation. The events kick off on February 13 with an evening featuring musicians and authors who worked with Zappa including Paul Zollo and Tomas Ulrich. On February 15, Grammy-nominated guitarist Belew, who has worked with Nine Inch Nails, David Bowie, and Talking Heads in addition to Zappa, will pay tribute to the artist. Concluding the week's events, the Red orchestra will present a concert entitled 'The Importance of Being Zappa'. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is located in Cleveland, Ohio. Many events are free and open to the public, but space must be reserved. For further information and to make reservations, visit Rockhall.com
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from the AFFZ newsgroup
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/05/arts/music/05zapp.html?ref=arts Frank Zappa was a kind of Rev. Howard Finster of music: an outsider artist eventually discovered and embraced by the establishment without ever losing his outsider cachet. A brilliant self-taught musician, Zappa needed to justify what he did as serious music at a time when rock was not seen as serious, and he produced a string of "classical" pieces that were taken up by European luminaries like Pierre Boulez and the Ensemble Modern. The pieces are fiendishly difficult to execute, with lots of surface complexity to dazzle the ear, as was demonstrated at the composer portrait devoted to Zappa at the Miller Theater on Friday night, two weeks after another concert devoted to one of his idols, Edgard Varèse. The program had three parts. First came music for smaller chamber
ensembles, played by Zephyros Winds and a string quintet, including music
originally written for the Aspen Wind Quintet ("Times Beach II"
and "Times Beach III") and the Kronos Quartet ("None of the
Above"). Despite the program-note allegations that these pieces were equally just plain music, the sense that rock had to assume some kind of classical mantle to gain respect still lingered around the first two parts of the program, which felt like a dinner jacket pulled out of mothballs for a formal occasion, not least because the players seemed on their best, slightly subdued behavior. And while the music was filled with striking gestures - breathtakingly fast unison passages, moments when the supporting instruments held a note while a flute scampered off on a rapid phrase, plenty of adroit quotations echoing other composers - its complexities didn't weave together to make a coherent statement. Epitomizing this tendency was "The Perfect Stranger," Zappa's longest work for chamber ensemble, an illustrative piece about a door-to-door vacuum-cleaner salesman (opening with the doorbell's ring) that disintegrated into a pile of isolated individual moments. Like an ornate frieze adorning a simple one-room house, the decoration was more sophisticated than the architecture. But with the change of nomenclature and mood in the rock part of the show, a whole new feeling came into the auditorium, as if, formalities now concluded, everyone could kick off shoes and dance till dawn. Brian Coughlin, Fireworks' director and bass player, produced some hell-for-leather arrangements that the players, now relaxed and grooving, played the heck out of, down to show-stopping solos in "The Purple Lagoon/Approximate." Finally labels did indeed cease to matter: this was just music, and it sounded like music to keep.
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[Published on 2/7/2007] - from AFFZ
TIM BUCKLEY: MY FLEETING HOUSE The DVD has eleven full-length songs, and three partial performances. This DVD also features insightful interviews with Larry Beckett (co-writer of many songs with Buckley), Lee Underwood (Buckley's guitarist) and David Browne (author of "Dream Brother: The Lives of Jeff and Tim Buckley"). The footage spans his entire career, from 1967 to 1974, and includes unreleased video of interaction with Buckley on The Steve Allen Show (1969) and on WITF's The Show (1970). The footage is taken from various television programs from 1967 to 1974 right up to the time of his death in 1975. All but two of the musical clips are unreleased. As an additional oddity, the clip of Buckley being interviewed on The Steve Allen Show includes Jayne Meadows complimenting Buckley on his hair. Despite having produced nine studio albums, three live albums, and many "best of" compilations – My Fleeting House is the first-ever authorized collection of Buckley's visual performances. Several segments on this new collection have not been seen for over thirty years. MVD Visual has secured the best possible, first-generation video sources for the compilation, including footage from American, British, and Dutch television, and also a forgotten feature film. This DVD has the full approval of the Estate of Tim Buckley. Buckley was an experimental vocalist and performer who incorporated jazz, psychedelia, funk, soul, and avant-garde rock in a short career spanning the late 1960s and early 1970s. He often regarded his voice as an instrument, a talent most exploited on his albums Goodbye and Hello, Lorca, and Starsailor. He was the father of musician and singer Jeff Buckley, also known for his three-and-a-half octave voice, who died in 1997. Buckley released his debut album Tim Buckley on Elektra in 1966. A folk-rock album, it contained psychedelic melodies written with input from Beckett. He went on to release Goodbye and Hello (1967), Happy Sad (1969), Blue Afternoon (1969), Lorca (1970), Starsailor (1970), Greetings from L.A. (1972), Sefronia (1973), and Look at the Fool (1974). Born in Washington DC, Tim Buckley lived for 10 years in New York
before moving to southern California. During his childhood, he was a fan
of Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Nat King Cole, and Miles Davis, although
country music was his foremost passion. He left school at 18 with twenty
songs written with Larry Beckett under his belt — many of which later
featured on his debut album. Mothers of Invention drummer Jimmy Carl Black
introduced Buckley to Herb Cohen, and he quickly got him signed to Elektra
record company. He also met guitarist Lee Underwood around this time, who
became a big part of nearly all of On June 28, 1975 after returning from the last show of a tour in
Dallas, Buckley snorted heroin at a friend's house. Having diligently
controlled his habit while on the road, his tolerance was lowered, and the
combination of a small amount of drugs mixed with the amount of alcohol
he'd been consuming all day to celebrate the tour's end was too much. His
friend took him home thinking he was merely drunk. He was put to bed by
his friends, who told his wife that he'd also used Arranged in chronological order, My Fleeting House traces the evolution of Buckley's music, voice, songwriting, and backup bands. DVD extras include a 12-page booklet of unreleased Buckley photos, an
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originally posted in the Speakers Corner section of Zappateers and on the AFFZ newsgroup: Hey all, Soon you will be seeing (on eBay maybe, not sure how I'll do this) an
ad for a new FZ book called "Hungry Freaks, Daddy: The Recordings of
FRANK ZAPPA Vol. 1 1959-1969". This is a book I've recently finished
on FZ's recordings beginning with the earliest circulating stuff (Ronnie
Sings? etc) and ending with the 1969 Amougies tapes. The book is in two
parts: a full (though not overly obsessive) discography of the period
(think IINK and the Zappa Patio meets the Zappalog in a dark room
somewhere) followed by an analysis of the non-commercial (i.e. bootleg)
circulating recordings from the period. It's does Right now I'm just finalizing printing for the book (I'm publishing it myself). I hope you all will enjoy it--it's basically for collectors but I know if I saw it I would like it, sooo.... I am preparing a website for the book, but meanwhile you can see a few scans of the book in the Speakers Corner at Zappateers or by emailing me at moi1969@snet.net. Soon I will be compiling a list of people who are interested in
obtaining a copy of the book, as at the moment the only way of obtaining
it will be directly through me (as the publishers I've talked to wanted me
to make huge compromises to the book which would result in something other
than what I am intending). I will post here to update you all when the
book is ready (or nearly so) but if you have any questions or wish to be
informed directly about availability please email me at moi1969@snet.net.
Thanks guys!!
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Frank Zappa in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Tuesday, February 13, 7 p.m., Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum - An evening with Paul Zollo and Tomas Ulrich., Zollo, an author and musician known for conducting an celebrated interview with the elusive Zappa, and Ulrich, a composer and cellist deeply influenced by Zappa, will discuss Zappa's life and interest in orchestral composition. Zollo is currently the Senior Editor of American Songwriter magazine, in addition to being the author of several books, including Songwriters On Songwriting, Expanded Edition, and Conversations with Tom Petty. Ulrich has written music for theater, film, and instrumental performance and has played concerts in Europe, Japan, South America, Canada, and throughout the United States. He can be heard on more than sixty CDs in a wide variety of musical styles and settings. This event is free with a reservation. Please email edu@rockhall.org to RSVP. If you do not have access to email, please call 216.515.8426.
Wednesday, February 14, 7 p.m., Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum - An evening with Ike Willis and Project/Object . PROJECT/OBJECT formed in the early 1990s as an offshoot of the annual Frank Zappa birthday celebration that took place in guitarist Andre Cholmondeley's basement in New Jersey. As the event grew in size and popularity, PROJECT/OBJECT decided to take their show on the road, performing Zappa's music in more cities and in larger venues, with a growing set list from every era of Zappa's 30-year recording career. The band strives to stay true to Zappa's vision of constantly challenging musicians and their audiences. This event is free with a reservation. Please email edu@rockhall.org to RSVP. If you do not have access to email, please call 216.515.8426. Thursday, February 15, 7 p.m., Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum - An evening with Adrian Belew. Highly regarded for his work with artists and bands including Frank Zappa, David Bowie, Talking Heads, Nine Inch Nails and Paul Simon, Belew is considered the guitar player's guitarist. He is a five-time winner of Guitar Player's best guitar player award, has been inducted into the Guitar Player's Hall of Fame, has been honored by ASCAP and was nominated for a Grammy award. This event is free with a reservation. Please email edu@rockhall.org to RSVP. If you do not have access to email, please call 216.515.8426.
Friday, February 16, 8 p.m. and Saturday, February 17, 8 p.m. - Red {an orchestra} presents The Importance of Being Zappa at the Masonic Auditorium, 3615 Euclid Avenue. Red {an orchestra}'s mission is to develop diverse musical audiences through innovative programs, which connect music with other artistic disciplines to produce engaging and entertaining performances. Join Red in celebrating the classical side Frank Zappa. Ticket prices are $15, $35 and $65. To reserve your seat, visit www.redanorchestra.org or call 216.361.1733.
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the correct date for the Dresden Philharmonie concert is 24.3 (and not 27.3 as i stated earlier) !! (thanx ulli !!) |
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20070211 it's been a while, but i've been having trouble with the pc and with my up-and download limits. I should be over... see you tomorrow... |
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Carlos Zerpa is running this fabulous Zappa related blog. It's in Spanish, but even if you don't speak the language, you'll be able to enjoy it. Check it out at http://planetazappa.blogspot.com/ Just take a look at all the subjects that have been up over at the blog: Este BLOG agrupa a manera de ANTICATALOGO, fotografías, curiosidades, imágenes, gifs, pinturas, dibujos, collages, discos, textos, vivencias, reflexiones y comentarios sobre Zappa, que me han enviado como colaboración los hermanos Zappianos del mundo o que he conseguido en la red así como también escritos realizados por mi acerca del maestro. Los invito a que viajen con nosotros a este fascinante planeta del
maestro FRANK ZAPPA.
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Sul Divano
te invita a:
Ver el video del TV show,
con temas nuestros y de Frank Zappa.
Si todavía no los viste podes ingresar a:
SUL DIVANO sección
VIDEO
y disfrutar de ellos.
Y si ya los viste, y te gustó,
estaría bueno que difundas este mail
para que otras personas
también nos conozcan,
agradecemos tu cooperación.
In short: visit the Sul Divano website and enjoy some of the video fragments that have been put on-line. |
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a message from Pojama People: __ |
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Broken Hearts are for Assholes 2nd Annual FZ Valentines Event Friday, Feb 16, 8pm King Brewing Co 895 Cesar E Chavez Ave Pontiac, MI 48340
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To celebrate the upcoming concert of Palinckx and / with the Asko Ensemble later this year, the dutch Concertzender radio station is doing a Palinckx special: 3 times 4 hours of Palinckx: live and out of print material of the Tilburg band. The first batch got broadcast on 2007/01/15:
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In 1995, Michael Hedges was a guest at the "Echoes From The Living Room" radio show. He performed some music and talked about his new album. The first piece that he performed was Zappa's 'Sofa no.1'. A great version. The broadcast can be downloaded from DimeADozen:
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December 19, 1994, The Ensemble Intercontemporain, conducted by David Robertson, performed a number of interesting pieces in concert. The concert got broadcast on French Radio a couple of months later. A recording of this FM broadcast got seeded on Dime (by Dabozo) a little while ago:
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The Central Srutinizer is a band from São Paulo, Brasil. The band plays the music of Frank Zappa. They have been around for quite a while, and were about to release a live album of a concert that they did with Ike Willis in 1997 !! Unforunately, that album has not seen the | |
