the big nOte files - june 2007

previous newsletters
updated June 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 & 29, 2007
please send additions & corrections to bignOte@yucom.be

 

   
 

2007 06 29

 

Bootleg rarities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007 06 27

Sting

Zappa Plays Zappa on tour again this summer

The Keneallist 2007 06 21

Klimperei

Uncle Meeting Snapshots

The Struber Z'tett

Spider Barbour

2007 06 26

Kong Kings

The Budapest Autumn Festival

2007 06 25

Cucamonga

Music is the best!

Brokkenavond

2007 06 24

Rainer Pappon

Porgy & Bess

Don Preston Trio in concert

New Zappa bootlegs announced

The Empire Jazz Orchstra - Anniversary

Malcolm McNab - Exquisite

2007 06 23

More Cpt.Cheese-Beard

The Wrong Object - the albums are out

Cpt.Cheese-Beard & the 7 Sisters of Prevention

2007 06 19

Dr.Dot

The Ensemble Modern

2007 06 18

Monty and the Butchers

WM Recordings

2007 06 17

Debrakadabra

An Hungarian Magazine Cover

Malcolm McNab

Zappanale 18 - the bands

Polytoxicomane Philharmonie

Ugly Radio Rebellion

Modern Drummer

Cucamonga Radio Show

Vinnie Colaiuta

2007 06 16

Reel-To-Reels

Russian Flexis

2007 06 12

Dieter's Bootleg Bible

Chrysalis

Joe Jackson

2007 06 10

And even more magazines

Sheik Yerbouti

Al-Orkesta

Lol Coxhill & The Wrong Object

Spider Barbour

More Magazine Covers

2007 06 09

Magazine Covers

PiKANTiK

Zappa Festival adds another Zappa alum

Napoleon Murphy Brock at Zappanale

Fido

Steve Vai

The Dresdner Philharmoniker

You can't do that on bootz anymore

The University of Calgary Wind Ensemble

The Empire Jazz Orchestra

Moosemart

2007 06 08

Freelance

More Magz

Carte Blanche for Keneally

2007 06 07

Magazines

Ed Palermo

Mats / Morgan Band

New On Cuneiform

2007 06 06

Frogg Café

Sul Divano

The Keneallist 2007 05 28

Chad Wackerman

ZpZ trailer

Italian promo 12"

Downbeat

Amougies

Best

DOOT! discography

Bogus Pomp Update

DOOT!

The Great Kat

2007 06 04

Polydypsia

2007 06 03

Bjorn Berge

Cpt.Cheese-Beard & the 7 Sisters of Prevention

The Wrong Object - setlist

 

Little Feat on dutch radio 6

 

the leftovers from may

 

DZ & ZpZ

  Zappa Plays Zappa - Europe 2007
  Markus Stauss
  What's new in Berlin?
  Steve Vai 2007 05 04
  The Frank Zappa Strasse
  Zappa Plays Zappa - the new tour
  The Wrong Object
  Steve Vai on tour
  Zappanale
  Vacation Vibrations
 
 
the April 2007 newsletter can be found at
thebignotefiles - 2007/05
 

the March 2007 newsletter can be found at
thebignotefiles - 2007/04
   
 

the concert calendar

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Short bits:

* * * Daniele Sepe recorded Zappa's 'Peaches' on his "Suonarne 1 Per Educarne 100" album * * *

* * * new album by Corrie van Binsbergen: Het Wisselend Toonquintet: Dierenverhalen * * *

* * *  New Jean-Luc Ponty album is due out. It's called "The Acatama Experience" and will be out on Koch records. * * * 

* * * New Steve Vai double album has been announced * * * 

* * * Joe Deninzon / Stratospheerius has a new album out: "HeadSpace". * * *

2007 06 29

BOOTLEG RARITIES

 

-- info: Hans-Peter Schmidt

 

-- info: Hans-Peter Schmidt

2007 06 27

STING

A couple of nice additions were sent in by Hans-Peter Schmidt: Sting bootlegs with a Zappa link.
  • sting: covering them
        (1992, cd-bootleg, i, red lines pscd 1231)
    • This italian bootleg album includes a performance of 'The Idiot Bastard Son' (F.Zappa).

  • sting: i shall be released
        (1997, cd-bootleg, ??, dolphin records )
    • This bootleg album includes 'Murder By Numbers', performed by Sting as special guest with the Zappa band.

ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA ON TOUR AGAIN THIS SUMMER

            Zappa Plays Zappa, the concert experience that brings the music of the late Frank Zappa to the stage, under the direction of Dweezil Zappa, will this summer again embark on a North American tour.  The tour starts July 18 at Winnipeg's Centennial Hall with a total of 30 performance dates set for the tour's first leg which concludes in Los Angeles at the end of August.  Following a break, Zappa Plays Zappa embarks on a 17 city European tour including dates in the UK, Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium, Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

            In concept and performance, Zappa Plays Zappa offers audiences an opportunity to spend an evening with Frank Zappa's music, performed meticulously by a group of top flight musicians who have been schooled in its subtleties.  Far from a "tribute band," Zappa Plays Zappa is more of a vehicle that underscores the compositional genius of Frank Zappa much as a symphony orchestra would perform pieces by a master composer.  Nate Chenen, writing about Zappa Plays Zappa in the New York Times recognized this when he wrote that the show fully realized Dweezil's intent for it to be "an argument for Frank Zappa's legitimacy as a composer."

            Frank Zappa died in 1993 after a career that saw him record over 80 albums. Today, the younger Zappa and his band mates are taking full advantage of the wealth and breadth of the material contained therein. "What we're preparing to do for this tour is perhaps even more complex than what we did on the first tour," says Dweezil. "Last year we learned about 40 songs from a very popular period of Frank's career and this year we will be learning about 30 more new ones that are somewhat more obscure. The tour will include material from 'We're Only In It For The Money,' 'Absolutely Free,' 'Weasels Ripped My Flesh,' 'Joe's Garage,' 'You Are What You Is,' The Yellow Shark' and much more, including orchestral works."

            Frank Zappa will be, quite literally, visible during the Zappa Plays Zappa concerts.  Large screen video of Zappa will be accompanied musically by the band enabling concert goers who might never had the opportunity to see Frank Zappa on stage in person to have this experience first-hand.  Dweezil will rotate Frank Zappa video performances over the course of the tour.

            The band Dweezil (lead guitar) has assembled for this year's Zappa Plays Zappa is composed of veterans of last year's tour including Joe Travers (drums), Billy Hulting (percussion), Scheila Gonzalez (keyboards, saxophone, vocals), Aaron Arntz (keyboards/trumpet), Peter Griffin (bass) and Jaime Kime (rhythm guitar). Joining the tour this year is Ray White, the vocalist who toured and recorded with Frank Zappa during the period of such albums as "Tinsel Town Rebellion," "You Are What You Is" and  "Zappa in New York"  (his is the lead vocal on beloved song "The Illinois Enema Bandit").

            Dweezil is also working on bringing Zappa Plays Zappa into the home with a feature length performance DVD that documents the 2006 tour.  It is expected to be released early this summer, concurrent with the 2007 tour. 

            Zappa Plays Zappa is an undertaking with a higher purpose in mind beyond filling seats with concert goers.  Dweezil Zappa explains, "I think my Dad's music deserves to be heard by a wider audience. I really think he's been misunderstood for far too long, which brings me back to why I'm doing this: I'm so in awe of his accomplishments and want more and more people to know about him, and I think the best way for people to first discover his music is on a visceral level in a live situation. I think you have to be confronted with the complexity and the beautiful subtlety of all of it to fully appreciate the artistry of it."

 

You probably know them by heart, but here they are again,

the Zappa Plays Zappa 2007 Tour Dates

 

THE KENEALLIST 2007 06 21

2007 06 21

THE KENEALLIST: JUNE 21, 2007 

A Note From Mike

Hey you -- welcome to the "new look" of The Keneallist. I hope it brings you hours of glazed joy!

There are many gigs about to occur: most imminent is this weekend's inaugural Paul Green School of Rock Festival in Asbury Park, New Jersey. I'll be playing in a band featuring Doug Lunn and Eric Slick, along with several special guests, on Saturday June 23 -- we hit at 1:00 pm -- but the entire two-day weekend festival will be a treat (featuring Ween, Adrian Belew, Bad Brains, Benevento/Russo Duo and immense numerous others). Surely you cannot miss this unless you have no choice! If you have a choice, choose to not miss it! Those of you who keep writing to me saying come back and play on the East Coast, if I get any more mail from you bugging me about that in the next six months I will throw cereal at you. >Read Mike's full message...

Keneally 4 Sale at MooseMart!

Just announced-- a special package deal on Mike's first four Exowax CDs: four for the price of three! Included are Nonkertompf, Dancing, Wooden Smoke and Dog, four critically praised albums that exemplify Keneally's astounding musical diversity. Each sounds completely different from the other, yet it's obvious that they've all unmistakably flowed from the muse of Mr. K. The Keneally 4 Sale Pack is a great opportunity to complete your collection or invite a friend to experience Mike's particular brand of head-rippage. All-in-all, you'll get 80 songs, a full 256 minutes of musical genius, including the tracks "Live In Japan," "Louie," "Skull Bubbles," "2001," "Self 'n' Other," "Father's Day," "Backwards Deb," "Splane," "Click" and dozens more. >Check out the Keneally 4 Sale Pack...

Umphrey's McGee Meets Mike Keneally

SAN DIEGO, CA, June 14, 2007: Mike (third from left) was invited onstage to join the band for a few songs during famed jam band Umphrey's McGee's tour-ending concert at the House of Blues. It was a spontaneous, incendiary night of music as Mike travelled from keyboards to guitar to bass, with the crowd enthusiastically cheering his and Umphrey's every move.

KLIMPEREI

 

a KLIMPEREI newsflash

New CDs

Galipoche & Chipiron : a new album !
Lola is a lucky baby girl : her dad, Christophe Petchanatz, composed these last months a new album for her firstborn. Galipoche & Chipiron is the perfect soundtrack to this fresh, starting life, drawing brand new territories. This record is Klimperei's most illuminating ever! 
http://klimperei.free.fr/cds/galipoche/index.html 

Mondocane, with Palo Alto 
http://klimperei.free.fr/cds/mondocane/index.html 

Love You
KLIMPEREI, aka Christophe Petchanatz, released tapes by thousands before the 23 CDs of its current discography. Many pieces have never been reissued on digital format. Love You is built on 25 "forgotten" tracks, recorded between 1998 & 1995. This album intends to compose a new landscape, filled with nostalgia & joy. Sébastien Morlighem made pictures to accompany this beautiful music. 
http://klimperei.free.fr/cds/loveyou/index.html 

 

UNCLE MEETING SNAPSHOTS

 

Earlier this month, I talked a bit about (the late) DebraKadabra magazine from Italy, and the various concerts that they had organised.

Here's a bunch of snapshots, straight from the DebraKadabra site: 

UNCLE MEETING 2004

UNCLE MEETING 2005

http://www.debrakadabra.com/home-attività-um2005.htm

THE WAZU

http://www.debrakadabra.com/wazu.htm

-- info (& lots more): Alessandro Pizzin

STRUBER Z'TETT

About two months ago, I talked about the "Struber Z'tett plays Zappa" album. This is an essential addition to any Zappa music collection.

In the meantime, the Struber Z'tett has its own MySpace corner at:

http://www.myspace.com/struberztett

 

The Struber Jazztett has various concerts scheduled:

  • 2007/07/10 Struber Jazztett - concert ‘Place Vanolles’, Selestat, Alsace, France

  • 2007/08/31 Struber Jazztett - concert ‘Jardin des 2 rives’, Strasbourg, Alsace, France

  • 2007/10/04 Struber Jazztett - concert ‘Babylon’, Berlin, Germany

  • 2007/10/09 Struber Jazztett - concert ‘Nancy Jazz Pulsations’, Nancy, Lorraine, France

  • 2007/11/14 Struber Jazztett - concert ‘le Théâtre’, Auxerre, France

  • 2007/11/20 Struber Jazztett - concert ‘Espace Athic’, Obernai, France

  • 2008/02/29 Struber Jazztett - concert TBC, Poitiers, Poitou-Charentes, France

 

SPIDER BARBOUR

A little while ago, I mentioned the band Chrysalis, of which Spider Barbour had been a part of.

Statusbaby did send me the data & label of the CD reissue:

2007 06 26

KONG KINGS

A bit down below, I mentioned a couple (well, actually quite a bunch) of new Zappa bootlegs.

The picture on the right shows you the cover of "Kong Kings". It includes the Zappa / Ponty concert from Valbonne, and a part of the 1970 Bath Festival concert.

THE BUDAPEST AUTUMN FESTIVAL

 

The Budapest Autumn Festival has been the major contemporary arts festival in Hungary for over 16 years. The next edition will take place between October 12 and 21, 2007.

The organisation is planning a Frank Zappa Tribute Day. There is talk about concerts with Ed Mann, Mike Keneally and the Symphony Orchestra of the Hungarian Radio (conducted by Adam Fischer).

-- info: Bohouš

 

2007 06 25

CUCAMONGA

 

2007/06/18, Belgian Cucamonga radio show aired episode 747. The last Cucamonga broadcast.

Here's the playlist for that show:

  • artist: BOB GUY
    song: Letter for Jeepers

  • artist: MOTHERS OF INVENTION 
    song: Who are the brain police?

  • artist: MOTHERS OF INVENTION 
    song: Plastic people

  • artist: MOTHERS OF INVENTION 
    song: What's the ugliest part of your body?

  • artist: FRANK ZAPPA 
    song: The way I see it, Barry

  • artist: MOTHERS OF INVENTION
    song: Cheap thrills

  • artist: MOTHERS OF INVENTION
    song: The voice of Cheese

  • artist: MOTHERS OF INVENTION
    song: Sleeping in a jar

  • artist: MOTHERS OF INVENTION
    song: King Kong VI

  • artist: FRANK ZAPPA 
    song: It must be a camel 

  • artist: FRANK ZAPPA
    song: Does this kind of life look interesting to you?

  • artist: MOTHERS
    song: For Calvin (and his next two hitch-hikers)

  • artist: FRANK ZAPPA
    song: Excentrifugal forz

  • artist: FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION
    song: Andy

  • artist: ZAPPA / BEEFHEART / MOTHERS
    song: Man with the woman head

  • artist: ZAPPA / BEEFHEART / MOTHERS
    song: Muffin man

  • artist: FRANK ZAPPA 
    song: Ms. Pinky 

  • artist: FRANK ZAPPA 
    song: The adventures of Greggery Peccary 

  • artist: FRANK ZAPPA 
    song: Baby snakes 

  • artist: FRANK ZAPPA
    song: Filthy habits 

  • artist: FRANK ZAPPA 
    song: The Central Scrutinizer 

  • artist: FRANK ZAPPA 
    song: Panty rap 

  • artist: FRANK ZAPPA 
    song: Gee, I like your pants 

  • artist: FRANK ZAPPA 
    song: Intro rap 

  • artist: LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 
    song: Mo 'n Herb's vacation, first movement 

  • artist: FRANK ZAPPA
    song: G-spot tornado

  • artist: FRANK ZAPPA
    song: Make a sex noise

  • artist: FRANK ZAPPA / ENSEMBLE MODERN 
    song: intro 

  • artist: FRANK ZAPPA / ENSEMBLE MODERN 
    song: Dog breath variations 

  • artist: FRANK ZAPPA / ENSEMBLE MODERN 
    song: Uncle meat 

  • artist: FRANK ZAPPA 
    song: Chunga's revenge

 

MUSIC IS THE BEST

The Czech Frank Zappa FanClub issued these caps that say "Music Is The Best!'.

I can only agree  :-)

Available from the CFZFC for 15 euro's.

 

DON PRESTON'S AKASHIC ENSEMBLE

 

It looks like Don Preston's Akashic Ensemble will be playing in Prague as well.

 

BROKKENAVOND

 

Every month, Corrie van Binsbergen hosts a so-called Brokkenavond at 'Zaal 100' in Amsterdam, NL.

This month's edition celebrates one year of Brokkenavonden, with various bands.

  • 2007/06/27 "Brokkenavond", hosted by Corrie van Binsbergen - concerts 'Zaal 100', Amsterdam, NL

 

2007 06 23

RAINER PAPPON

 

2007 06 14

Rainer Pappon, guitar player with the Central Scrutinizer Band, released a solo album called "O Alemão da Guitarra Verde" in 1992.
It's now being re-released by The Central Scrutinizer.

 

PORGY & BESS

 

Do you have plans for August? How about a stay in Vienna? Not too far away from the 'Porgy & Bess' jazz club...
They have scheduled Wickerl Adam & Conrad Schrenk's Sex Without Nails Bros. as well as the fabulous Don Preston Akashic Ensemble.

 

DON PRESTON TRIO

 

I received this message about ten days ago, and I know I'm too late. Just hope you didn't miss it.

 

DON PRESTON TRIO THIS WEEKEND AT ALVAS PERFORMANCE GALLERY

This weekend at Alvas - Saturday, June 16th, 2007 08:00 PM

Rosalie & Alva Performance Gallery
1417  W. 8th St. 
San Pedro, CA 
(800) 403-3447 

DON PRESTON TRIO

  • Don Preston - grand piano, electronics

  • Christopher Garcia - drumset, marimba and percussion

  • Anders Swanson - acoustic bass

Tickets are a $15.00 donation at the door.
Reservations are suggested, 
so please call Jewel at: (310)519-1314. 
Coffee and "dancing water" provided.

"Preston's solos reflect intellect, technical skill and a storyteller's way with a line. His playing, like his compositions, ranges across panoramas of mood and emotion, all colored with the freedom that comes from possessing remarkable facility."
WIKIPEDIA

"Preston not only brought his skewed piano sensibility into the creative jazz context, he lugged along a little of his zany synthesizer as well........touching on all these associations (Carla and Paul Bley, John Carter, Zappa and Cole Porter), showing what he can do twisting a standard around and delving a bit into his own compositional bag as well. Preston resides on the edge of tonality, toying with it."
DOWNBEAT

"revisiting choice moments of weirdness and glory, as well as dig into original works and unlikely standards, is not to be missed. The range of program is somewhat camouflaged by the seamless interply of Preston and his cohorts.  They possess a cohesion born of fluidity that is reminiscent of Paul Bley¹s 60¹s trios, but they have their own crisp edge. It is a high common denominator for such a diverse program." 
JAZZTIMES

"Preston demonstrated anew that he is one of the most consistently exciting keyboardists anywhere, he plays with an intensity and a rhythmic vitality that approached the demonic, at climactic moments smashing the keys with a forearm and elbow, as if the piano were just not instrument enough  for him"
LA JAZZ SCENE

"best known as the first synth wielding Mother of Invention - Frank Zappa's keyboardist aide de camp, to others he is an avowed New Music experimentalist, whose work in theatre, and with assorted sonic daredevils is the stuff of underground acclaim.......in the jazz orbit Prestton's credits have included Gil Evans, Carla Bley, Buell Niedlinger, Michael Mantler, John Carter, and Bobby Bradford"
DOWNBEAT

"Don is one of the pioneers in that whole area, I don't think he gets nearly enough credit for the contributions he has made and the vast amount of knowledge he has acquired in electronic music."
JOHN CARTER

"the guy that really impressed me was Don Preston, I didn't know what that stuff was when I heard it on Frank Zappa's records. I said, "Man!"
GEORGE DUKE

 

NEW ZAPPA BOOTLEGS ANNOUNCED

 

I might have mentioned a couple of these before, but they're all considered 'new':

on vinyl

  • frank zappa: austin,texas 73
        (2007, 2lp-bootleg, ??, ??) - 2 versions: black vinyl and red vinyl, both limited

  • frank zappa: el paso
        (2007, 2lp-bootleg, ??, ??) - on coloured vinyl, limited

  • pink floyd / frank zappa: pink floyd/zappa 69
        (2007, picture disc-bootleg, ??, ??)

  • frank zappa: buffalo
        (2007, 3lp-bootleg, ??, ??) - on black and red vinyl, limited

on cd

  • frank zappa: mothers including beef / digital remastered
        (2007, 2cd-bootleg, usa, howard carter hcmc 013/14) = 1975/05/11 concert

  • frank zappa: live in cologne 1980
        (2007, cdr-bootleg, ??, ??) - promo for the "mothers including beef" bootleg

  • frank zappa: kong kings
        (2007, cd-bootleg, ??, ??) - zappa with ponty at valbonne and bath festival 1970

 

THE EMPIRE JAZZ ORCHESTRA - ANNIVERSARY

  • the empire jazz orchestra: anniversary
        (2003, cd, usa, ejo-003)
    • Here it is: The Empire Jazz Orchestra's "Anniversary" album. The EJO counts 26 musicians, 28 if you count the vocalist and the conductor.
      There's some great stuff here. Food for both jazz afficionados and Zappa fans (or combinations thereof). "Anniversary" includes a delightful version of Zappa's 'Toads Of The Short Forest', with a fine tenor sax solo by Kevin Barcomb and a keyboard solo by Nicholas Lue.
      'Toads Of The Short Forest' is followed by 'Who Are The Brain Police? / Holiday In Berlin', which was also arranged by Ed Palermo (Love it!). Superb orchestra dynamics, and some very excellent modal soloing on the guitar by Tony Sano.
    • Recommended!

http://www.sunysccc.edu/academic/music/ejo/ejo.html

 

MALCOLM MCNAB - EXQUISITE

  • malcolm mcnab: exquisite - the artistry of malcolm mcnab
        (2006, cd, usa, kinnell house records 1001)
    • Here's another gem. Last year, Malcolm McNab released his first solo album. It includes pieces by Tchaikovsky, Bach, Broughton, and... Zappa's 'The Be-Bop Tango'.

      "Exquisite" gives you the complete story of 'The Be-Bop Tango' (originally called "The Malcolm McNab') and includes a superb version of it.
      Malcolm McNab on solo trumpet, and featuring amongst others: Earle Dumler on bass oboe, Bruce Fowler on trombone, Ruth Underwood on marimba and Vinnie Colaiuta on drums !!!
    • A must-have!
    • www.malcolmmcnab.com

Thanks again to Hans-Peter Schmidt who directed me towards this excellent album.

2007 06 23

MORE CPT.CHEESE-BEARD

 

Ctp.Cheese-Beard & the 7 Sisters of Prevention

2007 06 23

Check'em out and please,

Forward to as many as possible!

All the best

Jo, AKA Capt. Cheese-Beard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PkRc6loKvI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljrI3s45JI8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp9Qlar5Jg4

 

 

THE WRONG OBJECT - the albums are out


2007 06 21

Subject: THE WRONG OBJECT - two new albums out...

----------------------------
THE WRONG OBJECT - june 2007
----------------------------

http://www.wrongobject.com

"The Unbelieveable Truth" (Moonjune Records) and "Platform One" (Voiceprint), the two latest Wrong Object albums, are available!

Spread the word.

For more info, go to:

http://www.wrongobject.com
http://www.voiceprint.co.uk/web/Release/JPVP138CD/
http://moonjunerecords.com/

TWO

latest news: The Wrong Object is preparing concerts with Lol Coxhill and with Alex Maguire for end October...

 

CPT.CHEESE-BEARD & THE 7 SISTERS OF PREVENTION

2007 06 23

Johan says:

Some excellent Footage of the Atelier210 gig

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa7KLczo4GA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=526mpd3eqYM

 

2007 06 19

DR.DOT

Dr.Dot, born Dorothy Stein, in Manchester, Ct, usa, is always in for a thrill: she'll participate in the 18th edition of the Zappanale festival in Bad Doberan, Germany, next August.

 

Dr.Dot, the Rock 'n' Roll Masseuse, got her nickname from Frank Zappa.

She can be heard on 'A Few Moments With Brother A.West' on Zappa's "The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life".

 

 

 

THE ENSEMBLE MODERN

 

  • 2007/11/17 Ensemble Modern - concert "Nuit Contemporaine", 'l'Arsenal', Metz, France
    • ensemble modern, dir. franck ollu
    • the program
      • john adams: shaker loop (pour 7 cordes)
      • frank zappa: ruth is sleeping (pour 2 pianos)
      • steve reich: triple quartet
      • françois sarhan: testimony

 

2007 06 18

MONTY AND THE BUTCHERS

Monty and the Butchers play hard dirty groovy sexy funk. They took part in the UK Zappateers meeting in February 2007 (where their set included: Dirty Love, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Bamboozled By Love, San Ber'dino, Apostrophe, Any Downers and Montana).

The band is scheduled to take part in the 2007 edition of the Zappanale festival.

 

-- thanks to Andrew Greenaway for corrections & additions

WM RECORDINGS

The latest free download on WM Recordings:

The Rabbits - Squirrel brain [WM064]
http://www.wmrecordings.com/releases/wm064.htm

"The music found on this here album is the kind of music one would like to hear if one was inclined to hearing sounds put together and taken apart using notes, noises, melodies, harmonies, rhythms, and all the opposing forces as well. If you like music, you'll love the music here"

best wishes,

Marco

 

2007 06 17

DEBRAKADABRA

Alessandro Pizzin tells me that italian fanzine Debra Kadabra is no more.

The last issue (number 30) got published last December (2006). 

Debra Kadabra will be focusing on www.debrakadabra.com from now on !!

Alessandro was also kind enough to supply me with a list of the "Uncle Meeting"s and the "FZ Memorial BBQ"s that the Debrakadabra Consortium orgranised between 2004 and 2007:

 

  • 2004/12/04 "FZ MEMORIAL BBQ 2004" (http://www.musicacontinua.com/2004-2005/2004-12-04.htm)
    c/o Musicacontinua, Hotel Bologna MESTRE/VENEZIA
    , italy

    • featuring

      • MONSTER ROAD (dvd screening)

      • THE BALONEY TRIO in concert

      • PIERREJEAN GAUCHER & CHRISTOPHE GODIN in concert

  • 2005/05/27 "UNCLE MEETING 2005" (http://www.musicacontinua.com/2004-2005/foto-2005-05-27.htm)
    c/o Musicacontinua, Hotel Bologna MESTRE/VENEZIA
    , italy

    • featuring

      • FATTORE ZETA in concert

      • THE GRAND WAZOO in concert

  • 2005/12/09 "FZ MEMORIAL BBQ 2005" (http://www.musicacontinua.com/2004-2005/2004-12-04.htm)
    c/o Musicacontinua, Hotel Bologna MESTRE/VENEZIA
    , italy

    • featuring

      • MARIO MARIANI in concert

  • 2006/03/03 & 2006/03/04 "UNCLE MEETING 2006" (http://www.musicacontinua.com/2005-2006/2006-03-03.htm)
    c/o Musicacontinua, Hotel Bologna MESTRE/VENEZIA,
    , italy, featuring

    • 2006/03/03

      • CORRIE VAN BINSBERGEN & CRAM in concert

    • 2006/03/04

      • OSSI DURI & special guest CORRIE VAN BINSBERGEN in concert

  • 2006/12/01 & 2006/12/02 "FZ MEMORIAL BBQ 2006" (http://www.musicacontinua.com/2006-2007/2006-12-01.htm)
    c/o Musicacontinua, Hotel Bologna MESTRE/VENEZIA,
    , italy, featuring

    • 2006/12/01

      • YUGEN in concert

    • 2006/12/02

      • THE WAZU (a truly original "Zgame"!)

      • FATTORE ZETA in concert

and more FZ-related events are expected in the late fall 2007

 

AN HUNGARIAN MAGAZINE COVER

Here's another nice magazine cover: Rockinform, from Hungary. Thank you Bálint !
  • rockinform
        (1994, magazine, hungary)
    • The January / February 1994 issue of Rockinform included an article on Zappa entitled: "Frank Zappa - The man, who was a Serious Musician". The article was illustrated with pictures of Zappa's visit to Hungary in 1991 and runs through Zappa's entrire career.

-- info: Bálint

MALCOLM MCNAB

 

In 2006, Malcolm McNab released his first solo album, entitled "Exquisite - The Artistry of Malcolm McNab". On this album Malcolm McNab performs a number of pieces with chamber ensembles. One of these pieces is Zappa's 'The Be-Bop Tango'.

-- info: Hans-Peter Schmidt

ZAPPANALE 18 - THE BANDS

Phew...
So here are the bands that will be playing at Zappanale. There's a couple of bands in there that didn't have an entry at UM, so that's been done now as well.

It sure looks impressive...

2007/08/03 - 05  "Zappanale 18"

 

POLYTOXICOMANE PHILHARMONIE

 

German band Polytoxicomane Philharmonie is scheduled to take part in the 2007 edition of the Zappanale festival.

The band is preparing an EP release for Zappanale. The EP will include a number of Zappa compositions.

 

UGLY RADIO REBELLION

 

2007 06 13

We added another show for June!!!

6/29/07
Pre-Down River Cruise Bash
Fort Street Brewery
Linclon Park, MI

www.uglyradiorebellion.com/flyers.html

Also, pictures are up of the show last week at Founders Brewery... courtesy of Lesa... Thank You!!!

www.uglyradiorebellion.com/6707.html

arf!

 

MODERN DRUMMER

 

The March 2007 edition of Modern Drummer magazine featured a special on Vinnie Colaiuta.

 

CUCAMONGA RADIO SHOW

 

January 1993, Belgian national radio station Radio 1 started with a new radio show called Cucamonga. The name of the radio show refered to the little town where Frank Zappa once owned his first recording studio.

June 18, the last Cucamonga show will be broadcast. Episode 747. It will be called "Zappa for whatever!", and will feature 2 hours of Frank Zappa's music.

www.cucamonga.be

 

VINNIE COLAIUTA

 

2007/04/13 on SAT-3, satelite tv: Herbie Hancock in concert, featuring Vinnie Colaiuta on drums

Herbie Hancock

Mit Herbie Hancock (Klavier), Lionel Loueke (Gitarre), Nathan East (Bass) und Vinnie Colaiuta (Schlagzeug) 
Aufzeichnung von der AVO Session Basel 2006

Herbie Hancock, Jahrgang 1940, gehört zu den einflussreichsten Jazzpianisten und -komponisten seiner Zeit. Es gibt kein Genre, in dem er seine Spuren nicht hinterlassen hätte - sei es Rock, Pop, Funk, R 'n' B, Electro, Techno oder Hip-Hop.Die Fusion von Jazz mit Hip-Hop, dokumentiert auf "Rockit" (1983), geht auf sein Konto. 1986 schrieb er den Oscar-prämierten Soundtrack zu Bertrand Taverniers Jazz-Film ''Um Mitternacht'' und 2005 erschien das Album ''Possibilities'', auf dem er gemeinsam mit Pop-Künstlern wie Sting, Paul Simon, Carlos Santana und Annie Lennox zu hören ist. 
Auf der AVO Session 2006 in Basel begeisterte Herbie Hancock das Publikum.

 

2007 06 16
Busy week, busy day...
Things should be a bit more relaxed tomorrow. At least, I hope so, 'cause I still have a bunch of info that I'd like to paste into these very pages...

REEL-TO-REELS

Last week, a couple of Zappa reel-to-reels were sold on ebay.
Hans-Peter Schmidt was kind enough to lead me to these, so that I could 'borrow' the pictures for UM...
Don't they look nice...

The "Hot Rats" reel-to-reel got sold for something like 250 US $.

 

the 200 Motels reel-to-reel: cover, back-cover and label

the Burnt Weeny Sandwich reel-to-reel: cover, back-cover and label

the Hot Rats reel-to-reel: cover, back-cover and label

RUSSIAN FLEXIS

Here's two more pictures of Russian 6" flexi singles.
  • frank zappa: jones crusher
        (????, 6"-flexi, russia, ??)

blue vinyl, folded b/w cover, one-side monaural recording

6" flexi from russia

  • frank zappa: echidna's arf
        (????, 6"-flexi, russia, ??)

yellow vinyl, folded b/w cover, one-side monaural recording

6" flexi from russia

2007 06 12

DIETER'S BOOTLEG BIBLE

 

I can imagine that a lot of people have a number of questions regarding Dieter's "You Can't Do That On Bootz Anymore".

Well, just to give you an impression of what this monster will look like, I've pasted a couple of pages below...
I had to compress these, so believe me when I tell you that the actual pages will look much better.

For details: You Can't Do That On Bootz Anymore

 

CHRYSALIS

  • chrysalis: definition
        (1968, lp, usa, mgm, ??)
    • I haven't actually heard the album, but as Spider Barbour was mentioned a couple of days ago, I thought I'd add the Chrysalis album.
      I do know that it has been re-released with a couple of bonus tracks.

JOE JACKSON

 

A couple of months ago, I mentioned that Joe Jackson was performing Zappa's 'Dirty Love' in concert. Here's the setlist for his Berlin gig:

concerts

joe jackson trio

  • 2007/05/05 concert 'passionskirche’, berlin, germany
    • steppin' out < another world * too tough * citizen sane * not here, not now * the uptown train * any major dude * chinatown * on your radio * so low * girl * it's different for girls * a place in the rain * dirty martini * good bad boy * you can't get what you want (till you know what you want) * one more time * dirty love (frank zappa) * is she really going out with him? * a slow song

-- info: Harald Häring

2007 06 10
what a weekend.
I added a lot of great stuff to the site.
especially slime.oofytv.set's magazine covers are great.

AND EVEN MORE MAGAZINES

  • in performance
        (1984/05, magazine, usa)
    • The May 1984 edition of In Performance (local performance guide) had a special on A Zappa Affair.
      The picture shows a signed copy of this magazine.

  • big ten
        (1968/05, magazine, usa)
    • The May 1968 edition of Big Ten presented a four and a half page interview with Frank Zappa: "Frank Zappa, the head Mother".

  • superhebdo
        (1971/03, magazine, france)
    • The March 1971 issue of Superhebdo magazine included a one page article on 200 Motels and on the early Jean-Luc Ponty collaborations.

  • atom mind
        (1994/winter, magazine, usa)
    • The Winter 1994 issue of Atom Mind included one page with "Freak Out!" liner notes: "biographical trivia", "relevant quotes" and "more relevant quotes".

 

SHEIK YERBOUTI

2006 06 08

Hallo Leute, 

vor den Sommerferien ist nochmal richtig "Dampf unterm Kessel" bei Sheik Yerbouti! Dabei sind nur zwei Termine, die anstehen. Doch die haben es in sich:

Zuerst geben wir endlich unseren Einstand in der Kultspielstätte "Colos-Saal" in Aschaffenburg.(www.colos-saal.de)
Am Samstag 30.06.2007, 21:00 Uhr werden wir dort aufspielen. 

2007/06/30 Sheik Yerbouti - concert 'Colos-Saal', Aschaffenburg, Germany

Und das amtliche Bonbon zum Warmlaufen für die Zappanale ist natürlich die Einweihung der Frank-Zappa-Straße in Berlin.
Am Samstag 28.07.2007 werden wir,
SHEIK YERBOUTI feat. Napoleon Murphy Brock nach dem feierliche Festakt um ca. 22:00 Uhr ordentlich das Festival-Gelände am Orwohaus in Berlin rocken.(www.orwohaus.de)

2007/07/28 Sheik Yerbouti & Napoleon Murphy Brock - concert 'Orwohaus', Berlin, Germany

Also bitte sagt es all Euren Freunden und Bekannten weiter. Heißer Sommer bei Sheik Yerbouti!!!

Danach geht es in die Sommerpause mit Vorbereitungen zu unserem 15-jährigen Bandjubiläum (31.10.2007, Café Hahn Koblenz).

Viele Grüße

SHEIK YERBOUTI

http://www.sheikyerbouti.de

 

AL-ORKESTA (JOE HIGHAM)

 

Joe Higham's Al-Orkesta is doing a couple of concerts in Belgium.

  • Joe Higham: Tenor saxophone, Soprano saxophone 

  • Jean-Paul Estiévenart: Trumpet 

  • Eric Moens: Guitar 

  • Olivier Stalon: Electric bass 

  • Stephan Pougin: Drums, Percussion

The band is featuring Jean-Paul Estiévenart (of The Wrong Object fame) on trumpet.

  • 2007/06/22 - Al-Orkesta - concert 'Jazz Experience', Rijkevorsel, Belgium (21h)  /  for more info : www.ajazzexperience.be

  • 2007/06/23 - Al-Orkesta - concert 'LLN Jazz Club', Louvain - La - Neuve, Belgium (20h) 23/06/07

 

LOL COXHILL & THE WRONG OBJECT

2007 06 08

Lol Coxhill & The Wrong Object

October 27, Lol Coxhill & The Wrong Object will be performing at 'De Singer' in Rijkevorsel, Belgium.

Soprano sax player Lol Coxhill is a huge name in the free-jazz, improvisational scene.
The first part of the concert at 'De Singer' will be a solo set by Lol Coxhill. The second part will be a collabortion between Lol Coxhill and The Wrong Object !!
I wonder if they'll take on some Zappa.

The picture on the right shows Lol Coxhill in concert.

SPIDER BARBOUR

from Petteri Aro
2007 06 07

Spider's musical career, if you're interested, began actually in England after he had been P. J. Proby's hair stylist (!). Kim Fowley befriended Barbour on one of his trips to England, christened him Spider and recorded the single "Comedown Song"(66) with him. The song can be heard on the collection "Impossible But True" that includes Fowley's productions from 1959-69.

 

MORE MAGAZINE COVERS

three words: "thanks to slime.oofytv.set"
  • cashbox
        (1982/09/11, magazine, usa)
    • This September 1982 issue of Cashbox featured a short piece on Zappa who was in the charts that week with a bullet!
      Top 100 singles: 'Valley Girl', #66 on the charts this week, 9th week on the
      charts, exceptionally heavy sales this week;
      Top 100 albums: "Drowning Witch", #62 on the charts this week, 16th week on
      the charts.

  • the hot flash
        (1974/05, magazine, usa)
    • the May 1974 edition of The Hot Flash included a 4.5 page interview/article on Zappa, plus a 2 page article on Beefheart.

  • take one
        (1969/06, magazine, canada)
    • the June 1969 issue of Take One included a 1.5 page interview with Frank Zappa by Joe Medjuck, between sets at the Rockpile.

  • gadfly
        (1999/05, magazine, usa)
    • The May 1999 edition of Gadfly features an eleven page article on "The Universe Of Frank Zappa", written by Richard Abowitz.

  • crawdaddy
        (1968/09, magazine, usa)
    • This August 1968 issue of Crawdaddy has no actual Zappa content. It only features Frank Zappa on the cover.

 

  • gig
        (1977/02, magazine, usa)
    • the February 1977 issue of Gig included a four page article on Zappa: "Zoot Allures!", in which mr. Z discusses yet another attempt at the kingdom of top forty and the big beat, by Susin Shapiro.

 

  • cream
        (1972/01, magazine, uk)
    • The January 1972 edition of Cream included a five page interview with Zappa: 'Frank Zappa: Portrait of the artist as a Businessman'.

 

2007 06 09

MAGAZINE COVERS

thanks to slime.oofytv.set for this excellent set of pictures
  • show
        (1995/08, magazine, usa)
    • The August edition of Show included a two page article on Zappa's Ryko CD releases.

 

  • roll
        (2002/12, magazine, turkey)
    • the December issue of Roll included a six page Turkish translation of the '67 interview in Jazz & Pop magazine by Frank Kofsky.

 

  • zigzag
        (1969/07, magazine, uk)
    • the July 1969 issue of ZigZag magzine included a four page interview with Zappa..

 

  • music vol.3 issue 53
        (1985/01, music paper, south florida, usa)
    • The Januari 1985 edition of Music included a four page interview with Frank Zappa.

 

PiKANTiK

2007 06

Have you seen the Pikantik site lately? Great new design.

Michal Worgacz tells me that the band is working on a new studio album. Let's hope that it is as good as "The Moofka" !!

And it seems like the line-up of Pikantik is changing again:

  • Drummer Grzegorz Schneider was replaced by Rafał REGULSKi (former member of Kroner Cirkus)

  • Guitarist Marek Kuc joined the band (ex - Kroner Cirkus, ENS)

  • Krzysztof Wojciechowski quit the band.

And even more important: the band is doing a concert next month:

  • 2007/06/23 PiKANTiK - concert at the Slomniki festival, poland

ZAPPA FESTIVAL ADDS ANOTHER ZAPPA ALUM

 

2007 06 05

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Zappa Festival Adds Another Zappa Alum

Bad Doberan, Germany - June 1, 2007  Organizers of the Zappanale, the annual festival devoted to the late Frank Zappa, have announced that band alumnus Napoleon Murphy Brock will appear at this summer's 18 th annual gathering. Thomas Dippel, president of Arf-Society, the German not-for-profit organization behind the festival, said, "Napoleon Murphy Brock joining us is just one more reason why the Zappanale will be the world's premiere Zappa experience this summer. Fans will be able to see four Zappa alumni who have their own musical ventures and also choose to honor Frank's legacy with their presence." This year's festival headliner is renowned former Zappa drummer Chad Wackerman. Former Mother of Invention Don Preston will appear with his Akashic Ensemble, and long-time Zappa front-man Ike Willis will perform with his protégés Project/Object.

Napoleon Murphy Brock began his musical career at 5 years old, singing in his church's gospel choir. He started playing saxophone in high school, and was in every band and choir at his school. Frank Zappa discovered the talented musician in a Hawaiian nightclub, leading a top-40 cover band. Napoleon Murphy Brock impressed Zappa with his vocal abilities, musicianship, and stage presence, and Zappa invited him to join his band that night. Napoleon Murphy Brock insisted on honoring his band's commitment to the nightclub, but eventually joined Zappa, bringing his skills and style on vocals, saxophone, flute and keyboards. He starting touring with Zappa in 1972, and appears on the albums "Apostrophe (')", "Roxy & Elsewhere", "One Size Fits All", "Bongo Fury", "Zoot Allures", "Sleep Dirt", "Sheik Yerbouti", "Them Or Us", "Thing-Fish", and more.

After Zappa's death, Napoleon Murphy Brock promoted Zappa's musical legacy, performing with Zappa tribute bands Bogus Pomp, Project/Object, the Grand Mothers of Re:Invention, Ed Palermo's Big Band, the Paul Green School of Rock All-Stars, Zappa Plays Zappa, and others. He has also played and recorded with fellow Zappa alum George Duke, with his own band the Nighthawks, and performed with the San Francisco Opera . In 2003, he released his solo album "Balls".

Napoleon Murphy Brock will also attend the historic dedication of "Frank Zappa Strasse" in Berlin July 28, the week before Zappanale. Scott Tepper of Vacation Vibrations is running a Zappa-themed tour to the street-naming and the Zappanale, and comments, "Zappa fans also love the musicians who were in Frank's bands and who honor Frank's memory. They support their musical explorations, and honor them as living connections to the grand Zappa 'conceptual continuity'. Seeing Napoleon Murphy Brock at the street naming, and experiencing him, Chad Wackerman, Don Preston, and Ike Willis at the Zappanale will be a treat that Zappa fans will always remember."

 

Thomas Dippel
President/Public relations
Arf-Society e.V.
Am Markt 3
18209 BAD DOBERAN
Germany

www.arf-society.de 
www.zappanale.de 

Scott A. Tepper
Tour Operator
Vacation Vibrations
321 Walnut Street, #250 
Newtonville, MA 02460 
USA

www.freewebs.com/fartheroblivion

 

NAPOLEON MURPHY BROCK AT ZAPPANALE

 

2007 05 31, the Zappanale newsletter said:

 

Neben Don Preston , Chad Wackerman  und Ike Willis steht nun auch Mr. Napoleon Murphy Brock auf der Zappanale-Bühne 2007.

 

In other words: Besides Don Preston , Chad Wackerman  and Ike Willis, we will also see Mr. Napoleon Murphy Brock on the Zappanale stage !!

 

 

FIDO

  • fido: fido
        (2006, cdr, switzerland, private release)
    • Swiss band Fido plays the music of Frank Zappa.
      And they do a very fine job: laid-back vocals and great guitar work. That's the way I like it.

      An excellent introduction !!
    • www.fidobites.com

  • fido: fido plays zappa - live @ sudhaus basel
        (2007, cdr, switzerland, private release)
    • The FIDO website says: ""limited arty-farty-red-sofa-edition of 100 pieces", and that's exactly what it is: a cdr in a velvet jewel-case, limited to 100 numbered copies.
      Nice.

      The band itself has grown from a 5-piece rock band on the above demo, to a very powerful 10-piece band. Love those horns... 

      The album got recorded live in concert and displays a fine collection of Zappa tunes:
      More Trouble Everyday * What's New In Baltimore * Filthy Habits * Camarillo Brillo * Muffin Man * Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance * What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body * Eat That Question * Uncle Meat * Flower Punk * Andy * Inca Roads * Mr Green Genes * Cosmik Debris * Zomby Woof * Zoot Allures * Once Upon A Time * Sofa #2 * Musician's Salary

      I really like this one.
      Get it while you can:
    • www.fidobites.com

STEVE VAI

For those of you who are as anxious about the new Steve Vai album as I am: here's the tracklist:

DRESDNER PHILHARMONIKER

A little while ago, The Dresdner Philharmoniker performed:

Edgar Varèse (1883-1965):

  • Amériques

Frank Zappa (1940-1993)

  • Bogus Pomp

  • Sad Jane

  • Stricly Genteel  

The picture on the right shows a flyer for this show.

YOU CAN'T DO THAT ON BOOTZ ANYMORE

Here's a message from Dieter Jakob. It looks like his book on vinyl bootlegs is ready !!

Dear friends of the music of Frank Zappa,

After almost ten years of work I've finished - with the help of many friends - the book 'You Can't Do That On Bootz Anymore - The Vinyl', a book about the unofficial music of Frank Zappa. Since a few days it is ready to be printed. Some technical facts in short:

  • 500 pages A4 (large format, about 8.2 by 11.7 inches), almost all pages full coloured.

  • Hardcover with thread sewing

  • Digitally printed on special high quality paper (paper used for illustrated books)

  • More than 3600 (!) photos from covers, label, vinyl (LPs and singles), booklets, other details, etc. about more than 300 different titles (vinyl only!)

The book is most probably the most comprehensive work about the unofficial records of Frank Zappa, and might remain it for a very long time.

Due to the fact that the production cost will amount to a small fortune and that I want to distribute the book on a self-cost base (don't start celebrating too soon, it won't be cheap anyway!), it's very important to me to know how many of you are interested in the book.

Due to the low numbered edition and to the high quality production the book will cost 110 Euro (shipping not included). Delivery will be in fall 2007.

Please send me your order and the number of books you want to purchase latest until July 5, 2007 to the following address: zappabootz@gmx.de

The number of requests will the basis for me to determine the number of books to be printed.

Payments can be done by money transfer (EU states only) or paypal (+ 5 Euro). I'll send you a separate email later with further details if you want to purchase the book.

Music is the best!

-- Dieter Jakob

Dieter included a couple of pages in pdf as an attachment to his mail. If you want to see this examples, drop him a line. 

 

THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY WIND ENSEMBLE

  • the university of calgary wind ensemble: gardens of dreams
        (1999, cd, can, arktos recordings 99035cd)
    • The University Of Calgary Wind Ensemble recorded Frank Zappa's 'Dog Breath Variations'.
      This is one of my favourite Zappa pieces. The Calgary Wind Ensemble does a great job, performing it in the arrangement that Ali Askin did for the Ensemble Modern.

THE EMPIRE JAZZ ORCHESTRA

 

The EJO, short for the Empire Jazz Orchestra, started out as an octet in 1992. One year later, the EJO was expanded to a full-size big band and began to present two annual concerts at Schenectady County Community College (the SCCC is a part of the State University of New York). Shortly thereafter, the SCCC named the Empire Jazz Orchestra "Jazz Orchestra in Residence".

In the meantime, the Empire Jazz Orchestra has become a professional jazz ensemble, performing works by Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Frank Zappa, to name a few. Guest artists have included Jimmy Heath, Benny Golson, Slide Hampton, Nick Brignola, Lew Soloff and Randy Brecker.

To date, the EJO has released three albums. The latest one included three Frank Zappa compositions: 

  • the empire jazz orchestra: live and kickin'
        (1999, cd, usa, ??)
  • the empire jazz orchestra: the ejo plays ellington
        (2000, cd, usa, ??)
  • the empire jazz orchestra: anniversary
        (2003, cd, usa, ??) - incl. 'toads of the short forest', 'who are the brain police?', 'holiday in berlin'

more info soon.

- thanks to Hans-Peter Schmidt for pointing this one out to me

MOOSEMART

2007 06 01

MOOSEMART GRAND RE-OPENING SALE IN FULL SWING!

We're happy to announce that MooseMart, your official source for Keneally stuff, has been rebuilt from the ground up and has been open for business in its sparkling new incarnation for almost a week. The new MooseMart gives us a lot more flexibility to offer you cool things-- we're just beginning to explore the possibilities. To begin with, there are a few new and rare items up for grabs while they last, including PUP, the CD EP that was originally available to those who pre-ordered Dog, some promotional shirts from the 1998 "We're Not Here To Help 2.0" tour that have been scrawled upon by Mike (at last count, there were only four left), and exactly one commemorative shirt left over from 2000's "Nonkerstock" fanfest.

To celebrate MooseMart's Grand Re-Opening, you can get a 10% discount on any purchase of $40 or more by entering this code when you check out: "MMGROP". The sale runs through June 15, 2007.

There'll soon be other additions and surprises at the new MooseMart, so you might want to stop by occasionally. Oh, and by popular demand, MooseMart now accepts PayPal.

 

2007 06 08

FREELANCE

 

Thomas J McCabe says:

Hello,

  I am a freelance writer named Thomas J McCabe from Hartford, Connecticut. Recently, I wrote an article about Frank Zappa for www.associatedcontent.com . Enclosed is the link to the web page for the article. There is a space for comments at the bottom of the article page, if you would like to comment on the piece. Also, the link to my Content Producer page, which contains over two hundred of my informative articles, is enclosed.

Thank you,

Thomas

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/62154/the_top_ten_songs_by_frank_zappa.html

http://www.associatedcontent.com/user/6658/thomas_mccabe.html

 

MORE MAGZ

 

slime.oofytv.set continues his tour of greek magazines...
the magazine section, over at fz > magazine specials & articles is growing to a nice collection.

 

  • mousiki
        (1981/12, greece, magazine)
    • The December 1981 issue of Mousiki included a 9-page article on Frank Zappa.

 

  • mousiki
        (1979/10, greece, magazine)
    • The October 1979 issue of Mousiki included a 14 page article on Frank Zappa,  including a discography, a "Sheik Yerbouti" article & a transcription of 'Rat Tomago'.

 

  • mousiki,
        (1978/10, greece, magazine)
    • The October issue of Mousiki included a 7-page article on Frank Zappa.

 

CARTE BLANCHE FOR KENEALLY

2007 06 08

International New Music Festival Gelderland
August 17th - 19 th, 2007
Geldern-Walbeck
Waldfreibad

Three days, three stages, 200 artists: Burkhard Hennen ´s New Festival.

The Festival 2007 shall take place from August 17 th to 19 th at the "Waldfreibad" ("Open Air Bath") in Geldern-Walbeck. The New Festival will be coproduced by the communities of Geldern and Straelen as well as by the Dutch partner commune of Arcen.

In the course of the Festival more than 200 artists will be presented performing on three stages. With the Shibusa Shirazu Orchestra from Japan we were able to contract a spectacular main act. The event at the "Waldfreibad" will be presented on three stages and last more than 24 hours. You are cordially welcome!

Mike Keneally

Carte blance for Keneally: Mike Keneally will present a Carte Blanche Project during the first OffsideOpen Festival this year, at invitation of NPS/Radio 6 and Burkhard Hennen. The project will be designed exclusively for this event and will thusly in any case be a world premiere.

Mike Keneally

Biography by Bill Meredith & Sean Westergaard:

Mike Keneally obviously doesn't like to be labeled - he's a bandleader and bandmember, a rock and jazz fusion player, and also an outstanding guitarist, vocalist, keyboardist, and percussionist. Taking up keyboards at age five, Keneally's life changed when he moved from New York to California in 1970 and heard Frank Zappa for the first time at age ten. Woodshedding for the next 15 years as a self-taught guitarist, Keneally formed a band called Drop Control in his hometown of San Diego in 1985 and became one of the city's musical heroes. Keneally auditioned for Zappa's band in 1987 as a "stunt guitar" replacement for Steve Vai, and was hired as a guitarist, keyboardist, and vocalist. The multi-instrumentali st would appear on some classic Zappa albums like Broadway the Hard Way and The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life, but little did he know that his lineup would be Zappa's final touring band. Between 1988 and 1991, Keneally performed with Drop Control and Zappa's son Dweezil's band Z, toyed with studio-musician status, and moved to Los Angeles.

After working on the Grammy-winning tribute album Zappa's Universe, Keneally started a solo career with his 1992 debut album, Hat. Quirky and hard to categorize (with Zappa trademarks like classical undertones, stuttering, jazz-like rhythms, and humorous lyrics), the debut was a big hit with critics. But the next year would claim both Keneally's father and Zappa, leading to the moody yet brilliant 1994 CD Boil That Dust Speck. Ranging from intense rock ("Skunk") to ballads ("Blameless [The Floating Face]") to Keneally's closing percussion tribute saga to Zappa, "The Old Boat Guy," the disc showcased every facet of his array of talents. Leaving Z in 1996 and naming his solo touring band Beer for Dolphins, Keneally released the riotous double CD Half Alive in Hollywood, featuring one disc of live-in-a-studio originals and one of live stage performances (including covers of Jimi Hendrix's "Power to Love" and Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant
Song"). He also formed a band called the Mistakes, with Henry Kaiser, Andy West ( Dixie Dregs), and Prairie Prince ( the Tubes), who released a self-titled album.

The same year, Keneally joined fellow Zappa alumnus Steve Vai's band, playing on the G3 Tour over the next year with Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Robert Fripp, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Playing classical piano-like keyboard lines, percussion, and intricate harmonized guitar lines with rock virtuoso Vai, Keneally helped the band steal the G3 show often (as evidenced by the G3: Live in Concert CD). Between releases by Beer for Dolphins (1997's Sluggo!; 2000's Dancing) and solo albums (1999's Nonkertompf, on which he played all of the instruments) , Keneally also found time to record two CDs with Vai, 1999's The Ultra Zone and 2001's Alive in an Ultra World.

In 2001, Keneally got a new acoustic guitar, which led to the release of the largely acoustic-based and mellow Wooden Smoke, which showed yet another side of Keneally's musical personality. For another interesting detour, in 2002, Keneally was approached by Co de Kloet, commissioning director for Holland's NPS Radio, and was commissioned to write music for electric guitar and orchestra. The resulting music and live performances with the renowned Metropole Orchestra were such a success that de Kloet started the NPS Output label to release The Universe Will Provide in 2004, just a month after Keneally turned around and delivered his hardest-rocking album to date, Dog, with the newly christened Mike Keneally Band. Just a few months after that came Piano Reductions, Vol. 1, an album of Vai songs played solo on piano that was actually recorded in 1999 at Steve 's request. As if he weren't busy enough, around the same time he got involved with Henry Kaiser and Wadada Leo Smith' Yo Miles! project, appearing on both Sky Garden and Upriver.

The Mike Keneally Band hit the road in 2005, playing across the U.S., with Guitar Therapy Live appearing as the tour document in 2006. That same year, Keneally acquired the rights to his early catalog on Immune with plans to re-release it in deluxe editions in 2007 on Exowax (each of Keneally's Exowax recordings has been available as a limited-edition package with lots of bonus material). With his wide-ranging talents and ability to be creative in almost any musical situation, Keneally is the leading progressive rock genius of the post-Zappa era.

 

2007 06 07
With another set of beautiful pictures.
thanx to slime.oofytv.set 

MAGAZINES

 

slime.oofytv.set supplied me with another set of nice magazine covers. Enjoy !

 

  • jazz & izaz
        (1995/07, magazine, greece)
    • The july 1995 issue of Jazz & Izaz included a 5 page article on Zappa plus a one page ad.

  • hxos (sound)
        (1988/09, magazine, greece)
    • The september 1988 issue of Hxos included a 5 page article on Frank Zappa.

  • pop rok
        (1980/02, magazine, greece)
    • The february issue of Pop Rock included a 5 page article plus a 7 page greek translation of the dan forte interview from musician (1980/02)

 

  • zoo
        (1999/02, greece) - incl. bonus 4-track cd: "frank's wildest years"
    • The february 1999 issue of Zoo magazine included a bonus CD with four Frank Zappa tracks, a one page review and a five page article.

 

ED PALERMO

2007 05 - from the cuneiform newsletter

The Ed Palermo Big Band

LISTEN TO ED & BAND ON NPR'S WEEKEND EDITION:
http://www.waysidemusic.com/edpalermonpr.mp3

Carl Restivo's video on the making of our new CD "Take You Clothes Off When You Dance" edited by John Palermo:
http://www.palermobigband.com/Multimedia/makingCD_video.mov

SUMMER SHOWS!!!:

Friday June 8, 2007
The Cutting Room
19 West 24th Street ?between Broadway and 6th Avenue 
New York City
7:30pm & 8:45pm -- 2 shows
Tickets: $25 @ www.smarttix.com
For reservations and general information:?(212) 691-1900 (weekdays from 1:00PM - 5:00PM)

Wednesday June 20, 2007 
DUPONT CLIFFORD BROWN JAZZ FESTIVAL
7:30pm -- 90 minute show
Rodney Square ?11th & Market Streets
Wilmington, DE 19801
*Please Note: this is a FREE concert and open to the public. Plenty of room for everyone, bring a blanket or lawn chair. All events are rain or shine.

Friday June 29, 2007
SYRACUSE JAZZ FESTIVAL -- FREE!!
7:45pm - 9pm
opening for Bela Fleck and the Flecktones!

Sunday August 19, 2007
IRIDIUM, NYC 
2 shows at 8+10.

 

MATS / MORGAN BAND

2007 05 - from the cuneiform newsletter

Mats/Morgan Band:

Mats/Morgan Band gigs coming up:

  • Festival Tambours de fête Charleville Mézières, 22/9 France (08) 

  • Maizet Jazz Festival, 8/9 Maizet France (14) 

Morgan will also do gig with a project called "BOX" with amongst others Trevor Dunn from Mr Bungle.

Info here: www.myspace.com/boxmusicproject

Studio stuff:

Mats and Morgan are in the studio and is working on a new CD that will most likely be called "HEAT BEATS LIVE".
Cuneiform
will also re-release our first CD "trends and other diseases" when we release our "HEAT BEATS" CD/DVD, just so you know!
A "Best of Morgan Ågren DVD" will also be released together with the CD, and this CD+DVD will be released next year!

-

Morgan will record with Lars Hollmer (Of Samla mammas manna) this month, for Lars next solo CD, also featuring Michel Berkmans of Univers Zero.

Mats/Morgan Band has recorded one track for the ChristianVander/Magma tribute CD called "Haamtai", to be released soon.

Mats Öbergs solo piano CD is out, and it is called "In The Moment"

Morgan is featured on the upcoming Kaipa CD called Angling Feelings, and on Jimmy Ågren´s CD "Close Enough For Jazz" 
More info and soundbites at: www.jimmyagren.com.  Morgan also plays on one track of Steve Vai´s CD "Archives, Vol. 3: Mystery Tracks", and on the new Simon Steensland release "Live gang-gang"

Other news:
The readers poll of the drum magazine "DRUM!" voted Morgan as "no 2" in category "jazz/fusion" drummers.
(thanks to the voters..!)

Morgan has a feature on Drummerworld.com, with moviepreview etc. Go to: http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Morgan_Agren.html

Internet goodies:

Morgan Ågren at myspace: www.myspace.com/morganagren
Morgan Ågren homepage: www.morganagren.com 

 

NEW ON CUNEIFORM

 

  • alec k. redfearn and the eyesores: the blind spot
        (2007, cd, usa, rune 244)

  • upsilon acrux: galapagos momentum
        (2007, cd, usa, rune 245)

  • the claudia quintet: for
        (2007, cd, usa, rune 247)

  • steve lacy - roswell rudd quartet: early and late
         (2007, 2cd, usa, rune 250/251)

  • steve miller / lol coxhill: coxhill/miller miller/coxhill "the story so far..." "...oh really?"
        (2007, 2cd, usa, rune 253/254)

 

2007 06 04
I'm still not up-to-date, but I'm getting closer  :-)

FROGG CAFE

 

Here's the setlist of the concert that Frogg Café did at the CalProg festival. Looks like they're still mixing in a Zappa composition from time to time.

  • 2007/05/19 concert "Calprog", 'The Center Stage Theatre', Whittier, CA, usa

    • Terra Sancta, King Kong (Frank Zappa)--> Abyss Of Dissension, Space Dust, Hurry Up And Wait, Cars Trucks Buses, Candy Korn, Small Chuwawa, Red

    • Encore: Leave Of Absinthe, Peaches En Regalia (Frank Zappa)

 

SUL DIVANO

2007 05 28

Tony Moliterni & Sul Divano

Presentan su Música 
e interpretan a Frank Zappa

Sábado 2 de Junio 22 hs. 
en Foro Gandhi Av. Corrientes 1743

 

increíble...! Volvemos a las tablas, 
en Europa no se consigue (por ahora) 
Un show que no te podes perder...! 
Haremos lo imposible por enloquecer tus sentidos...! 

  • Tony Moliterni - Guitarra Líder

  • Octavio Caruso - Guitarra Rítmica

  • Marcelo Andrada - Saxo Alto

  • Fabio Goy - Saxo Tenor

  • Leandro Loos  - Trombón

  • Maxi Barranco - Teclado

  • Rafael Surijón - Bajo

  • Alejandro Brukman - Batería

  • Daniel Buzni - Voz

 

  • 2007/06/02 Sul Divano - concert 'en Foro Gandhi Av. Corrientes 1743 '

THE KENEALLIST 2007 05 28

2007 05 28

THE KENEALLIST: MOOSEMART GRAND RE-OPENING SALE!

We're happy to announce that MooseMart, your official source for Keneally stuff, has been rebuilt from the ground up and is now open for business in its sparkling new incarnation. The new MooseMart gives us a lot more flexibility to offer you cool things-- we're just beginning to explore the possibilities. To begin with, there are a few new and rare items up for grabs while they last, including PUP, the CD EP that was originally available to those who pre-ordered Dog, some promotional shirts from the 1998 "We're Not Here To Help 2.0" tour that have been scrawled upon by Mike, and a few commemorative shirts left over from 2000's "Nonkerstock" fanfest.

And we can now do fun promotions and discounts, so to celebrate MooseMart's Grand Re-Opening, you can get a 10% discount on any purchase of $40 or over by entering this code when you check out: "MMGROP". The sale runs through June 15, 2007.

There'll soon be other additions and surprises at the new MooseMart, so you might want to stop by occasionally. Oh, and by popular demand, MooseMart now accepts PayPal.

UPCOMING KENEALLY APPEARANCES

Mike Keneally Band
(Mike Keneally, Doug Lunn & Eric Slick)
Saturday, June 23, 2007
School of Rock Festival
(featuring Ween, Benevento/Russo Duo and many others)
4th Avenue & Kingsley Street
Asbury Park, NJ 07712
Showtime: 1:00 p.m.
Tickets $35
Info: 888-468-7619 

Mike Keneally Band
(Mike Keneally, Rick Musallam, Doug Lunn & Marco Minnemann)
With the Allan Holdsworth Band
(featuring Jimmy Johnson on bass and Chad Wackerman on drums)
Friday, June 29, 2007
Birch North Park Theatre
2891 University Avenue
San Diego, CA 92104-2929
Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
Showtime: 8:00 p.m.
Advance tickets: $23 & $28
Day-of-show tickets: $26 and $31
Info: 619-239-8836

  • 2007/07/05 Mike Keneally Band - concert 'Rosalie and Alva Performance Gallery', San Pedro, CA, usa

Mike Keneally Band
(Mike Keneally, Rick Musallam, Doug Lunn & Joe Travers)
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Rosalie and Alva Performance Gallery
1417 West 8th Street
San Pedro, CA 90732
Doors open at 8:00 p.m.
Showtime: 9:00 p.m.
Tickets $20
Info: 310-519-1314

Mike Keneally Band
(Mike Keneally, Rick Musallam, Doug Lunn & Joe Travers)
Friday, July 6, 2007
The Baked Potato
3787 Cahuenga Blvd. West
Studio City, CA 91604
Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
Shows: 9:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.
Tickets $20
Info: 818-980-1615

 

Upcoming appearances with other groups:

Mike Keneally guests with Rockola
performing The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album
on the 40th anniversary of its release
with the Magical Symphony Youth Orchestra

Friday, June 1, 2007
8:00 p.m.
Spreckels Theatre
121 Broadway
San Diego, CA 92101
619-234-8392
for tickets go to
http://www.rockola.com or
http://www.ticketmaster.com

Witness MK's debut performace on the dilruba on "Within You Without You." What's a dilruba? Google it.

MK with the Playground Slap

Monday, July 2, 2007
9:00 p.m.
San Diego County Fair
FINISH LINE STAGE
The Del Mar Fairgrounds
2260 Jimmy Durante Boulevard
Del Mar, CA 92014-2216
Phone: (858) 755-1161

 

Mike Keneally presents

PAUL GREEN SCHOOL OF ROCK MUSIC -- SAN DIEGO
performing Pink Floyd's THE WALL
Mike Keneally is the National Music Director of the Paul Green School of Rock, and the Music Director of the new San Diego branch. Since the beginning of April, MK has been training a group of 7 to 18 year-old musicians of varying experience to play the entire "Wall" album. The three shows below are the public debut of Mike's first School of Rock class. Mike will not be performing but he will
present, conduct, cajole and make a nuisance of himself all night.
The musicians are fantastic and will rock you ferociously.

Gig info:

Tuesday, July 3 4:00 PM
San Diego County Fair
COORS LIGHT ROCK-ON STAGE
The Del Mar Fairgrounds
2260 Jimmy Durante Boulevard
Del Mar, CA 92014-2216
Phone: (858) 755-1161

 

Friday, July 13 8:00 PM  &  Saturday, July 14 1:00 PM

The Epicentre
8450 Mira Mesa Blvd.
San Diego CA 92126
Phone: 858-271-4000
Please come hear these amazing kids rip through one of rock's classic albums.

CONGRATULATIONS TO BRYAN BELLER!

Bryan has just landed a gig with Steve Vai's new band, String Theories, and will be touring the US and Europe with Steve this year. Hats off to Bryan for scoring this gig, and congratulations to Steve for luring one of the best bassists in the world into his clutches! We love Bryan and Steve!

YOU LIKE THEM, YOU REALLY LIKE THEM!

Response to the hat. and Boil That Dust Speck CD/DVD special edition reissues has been overwhelming. Haven't heard or seen them yet? Get thee to the refurbished MooseMart and find out what you're missing (and save 10%).

Happy Memorial Day weekend!

--Your friends at Exowax Recordings

 

CHAD WACKERMAN


Did you already check out the excellent interview with Chad Wackerman over at Andrew Greenaway's Idiot Bastard site?

http://idiotbastard.bravehost.com/ChadWackerman.htm

 

ZpZ TRAILER

 

http://www.zappa.com/zpz/videos/zpz_trailer.html

 

ITALIAN PROMO

-- info & picture: Hans-Peter Schmidt

DOWNBEAT

The January 1970 issue of Downbeat magazine, including the below picture from Amougies.

Thanks to slime.oofytv.set.

AMOUGIES

In 1969, Frank Zappa jammed with Philly Joe Jones, Earl Freeman, Louis Maholo, John Dyani, Grachan Moncur III and Archie Shepp at the Amougies festival.

The picture below is taken from the January 1970 issue of Downbeat magazine.  (thanks to slime.oofytv.set)

 

BEST

Thanks to slime.oofytv.set, I was able to add the cover of the December issue of Best Magazine as well.

DOOT! - DISCOGRAPHY

 

I added quite a bunch of albums to the DOOT! discography. It seems like those doots have been busy lately  :-)

and here's the DOOT! homepage: http://chollyhoss.com/doot/index.html

 

BOGUS POMP UPDATE

2007 05 22

Bogus Pomp Update

Hold on folks!

Saturday, August 25- A semi-private show at the intimate Catherine Hickman Theater in Gulfport. This theater has only 173 seats and Bogus Pomp played there in 2000. It is a gem of a venue. This will not be made open to the public and will be done on a reservation only basis and you, by being part of this e-mail list, will be invited. Details are being worked out and I will let you know how to reserve your seat. Please don't e-mail me yet.

Saturday, September 15- Cuban Club in Ybor City as part of the WMNF Birthday Bash.

Saturday, September 29- As part of the Emit series, Bogus Pomp will play one set accompanied by Jimmy Carl Black and Eugene Chadbourne.

Saturday, October 27- Zappaween 12 at Jannus Landing.

A special package deal will be made available for the Gulfport and Zappaween shows. Stay tuned for more information soon.

One more thing, on Friday the 25th from 10PM-2AM Big Dave will be again co-hosting the 14th annual Memorial Day Meltdown from WPKN 89.5 FM Bridgeport CT. As usual he will be playing 4 straight hours of Frank Zappa from his vast library. Go to www.wpkn.org and click on the listen live button to enjoy this Memorial Day weekend tradition.

-- Fred

 

  • 2007/08/25 Bogus Pomp - concert 'Catherine Hickman Theater', Gulfport, FL, usa
  • 2007/09/15 Bogus Pomp - concert 'Cuban Club' Ybor City, FL, usa
  • 2007/09/29 Eugene Chadbourne & Jimmy Carl Black  //  Bogus Pomp - concert "Emit Series"
  • 2007/10/27 Bogus Pomp - concert "Zappaween 12", Janus Landing

 

20 IDIOT BASTARDS

 

Now here's what I call an impressive project:

Andrew Greenaway, aka The Idiot Bastard, has teamed up with Cordelia Records to bring you what might become a very fine selection of songs.

Read all about it on Andrew's essential site:  http://idiotbastard.bravehost.com/20xIBS.htm

Contributing artists include

  • Andre Cholmondeley

  • Die Beistelltische

  • Doot!

  • Ensemble Ambrosius

  • Evil Dick & The Banned Members

  • Frazknapp

  • Freedom In Hats

  • John Tabacco

  • Lex Kemper

  • Monty & The Butchers

  • Nigey Lennon

  • Pojama People

  • Project/Object

  • Roddie Gilliard

  • The Thurston Lava Tube

  • The Vegetarians

  • Todd Grubbs

  • The Whip It Out Ensemble

  • The Wrong Object

 

DOOT!

2007 05 21

Celebrate a birthday with DOOT!

Heyezzzzz,

May 22 is the birthday of none other than Sun Ra. Consider it your own personal musical holiday, listen to some Arkestra, watch some Sun Ra movie or documentary, or just thank the spaceways for sending him to earth and making it a better place.

Now back to DOOT!NEWS:

A DOOT! variant performed at the Westville Artwalk on May 12, playing a mix of jazz, acid jazz, and some straight up soul. Regular DOOT!sters Nate Trier and Pete Brunelli were joined by Mike Paolucci on drums and Kenny Mack on tenor sax, as well as special mystery guest Tim "The Enchanter" Mysterioso on trumpet. The performance was well received, and overall the Artwalk was well attended, making a beautiful early summer day just that much nicer. It looks like this lineup will be performing under an alias to avoid confusing people regarding what music they might be seeing. We'll make an announcement here on the DOOT! list when that happens.

The latest addition to the DOOT!CAST is a field recording of the last piece performed at the Artwalk: http://dootcast.blogspot.com/

Check out the DOOT! sounds page for other ways to hear it: http://chollyhoss.com/doot/sounds.html

The room was a concrete gallery space, so the recording is pretty hollow sounding. We did our best to calm it down, but expect some more and better stuff from this group soon.

Also, the DOOT! that you know and love will be recording a track for the Idiot Bastard Son's super secret upcoming compilation CD. See some other cool info on the Idiot here: http://www.idiotbastard.bravehost.com/

That about wraps it up for this UpDOOT!

If you are interested in a custom DOOT! T-Shirt, or one of our recent compilation recordings, drop us an email at info@chollyhoss.com. We have some swag on hand and will be adding info to the website soon.
Consider this a special-offer! One shirt and one CD, $15 shipped in the USA! Can't beat that!

Thanks for the support,

DOOT!

 

THE GREAT KAT

 

New! Music Video Clips are available from The Great Kat Guitar Shredder´s Upcoming New DVD, featuring guitar shred versions of "The Flight of The Bumble-Bee", at http://www.greatkat.com/TheFlightOfTheBumbleBeeMusicVideo.wmv

and Paganini´s "Caprice #24", at http://www.greatkat.com/PaganinisCaprice24.wmv

 

2007 06 04

POLYDYPSIA

 

Polydypsia has performed Frank Zappa's 'Willie The Pimp' in concert.

Polydypsia is:

  • Kevin Lloyd - All Things Keys

  • Adam Langdon - Percussion / Lead Vocal

  • Andrew Malashock - Lead Guitar / Vocal

  • Tim Kasl - Bass

  • JB Ferguson - Drums

 

concerts

  • 2007/02/10 concert 'Grant St. Bar and Grill', Omaha, NE, usa

    • ** - w/ Andrew Beckstrom on trumpet

    • setlist

      • set 1 : flatulence of mind, wipeout (???), willie the pimp* (frank zappa), petunia and algernon, breathe--> (pink floyd), on the run-->breathe (pink floyd), funk goulash, california state correctional facility blues (quicksilver messenger service), the difference

      • set 2 : do what you wanna (ramsey lewis), musical slut, chameleon** (herbie hancock), magic carpet ride (steppenwolf), sexy explosion, the soundwaves are broken, madeline, the bread and butter, who do you love (quicksilver messenger service??)

 

2007 06 03

BJORN BERGE

A couple of weeks ago, we went to the ElastiekMuziek festival in Hilvarenbeek, in The Netherlands. Both Bjorn Berge and Zita Swoon were playing there. And both on the same day.

The bad news is that they played in a tent. Must have been the worst sound that I ever experienced... Noise, noise and even more noise. Even the musicians were having a hard time, and asked the crowd to be a bit more silent on various occasions.
But the concerts were good. Zita Swoon showed the crowd why they're a top band in, and Bjorn Berge just blew everyone away.

Bjorn Berge also played his rocking version of Zappa's 'Keep it Greasey'.

It was a very fine day.

CPT. CHEESE-BEARD & THE 7 SISTERS OF PREVENTION

 

A couple of weeks ago I saw Cpt.Cheese-Beard & The 7 Sisters Of Prevention a 90-minute set of Zappa classics in Etterbeek near Brussels.

  • 2007/05/18 concert 'Atelier 210', Etterbeek, Belgium
    • Peaches En Regalia, Cosmik Debris, Florentine Pogen, Titties And Beer, Pygmy Twylyte, Son Of Orange County, More Trouble Every Day, The Torture Never Stops, Uncle Remus, Don't Eat The Yellow Snow, Nanook Rubs It, City Of Tiny Lites, Yo' Mama
    • encores: Black Napkins, Andy, Sofa

A 10-piece band, not counting the mystery guest guitar player from Spain, the devil, or Chester's gorilla.
Quite impressive. Especially the horns were great. I sure hope that these guys get a bit more space to improvise next time.

Below you can find some pictures.

 

THE WRONG OBJECT - SETLIST

 

September 16, 2006, The Wrong Object gave an impressive concert at the 'Aquilone' in Liège, Belgium. (On Fred Delplancq's anniversary!)

Here's the data:

  • 2006/09/16 concert 'l'Aquilone', Liège, Belgium

    • line-up

      • Michel Delville: guitar, synth, voice, Damien Polard: bass, Laurent Delchambre: drums, percussions, Fred Delplancq: tenor sax, soprano sax, Jean-Paul Estiévenart: trumpet

    • setlist

      • set one: The Unbelievable Truth, Eat That Question (Frank Zappa), Honeypump At The Workplace, Strangler Fig, Chunga's Revenge (Frank Zappa), Malign Siesta, Improvisation on Theresa's Dress, Sonic Riot At The Holy Palate

      • set two: bass solo, Millenium Jumble, Big Swifty (Frank Zappa), Wet Weather Wet, Filthy Habits (Frank Zappa), Cunnimingus, Seven For Lee, Other People

-- info: Danny Mathys

 

LITTLE FEAT

 

Dutch broadcasting company NPS has a show called "In Concert: Beyond" on Radio 6 in which they feature concert recordings and interviews with the artists.

2007/05/02, they did a special on Little Feat: interviews with Richie Hayward and Bill Payne, also talking about the first years, opening for and touring with the Mothers, and broadcasting the first part of the 2007/04/04 Amsterdam concert.

2007/05/09, the second part of the special got broadcast together with the second part of the 2007/04/04 concert.

-- thanks to Gerard Wissink for the info & recording

 

  • 2007/04/04 concert 'Paradiso', Amsterdam, NL
    • setlist
      • Spanish Moon > Skin It Back, Time Loves A Hero > Day Or Night, Takes A Lot To Laugh, Fat Man In The Bathtub > Gringo > Get Up Stand Up > Fat Man In The Bathtub, Willin' > Don't Bogart That Joint > Long Black Veil > The Weight > Willin', Cajun Girl, Dixie Chicken > Bass solo > Key solo > Dixie Chicken
      • encore 1: Let It Roll
      • encore 2: Oh Atlanta

 

 

Lowell George at the airport at the beginning of the Little Feat tour with the Warner Brothers Music Show in 1974.

Picture by Sjeng.

 

leftovers from may

DZ & ZPZ

 

Dweezil Zappa says:

Hello Everyone,

I've noticed that there seems to be a bit of confusion surrounding the lineup of this year's tour. I would love to clarify things for all of you.

First of all it is important to keep in mind that Frank's music is the only reason this tour exists. We all love it and want to see and hear more of it. It is the true focus and Star of the Show. It's a nice bonus for the fans to have the chance to see musicians who've had previous experience in Frank's band playing his music once again. By no means should their presence on stage be over-emphasized. The mission of everyone on the stage is to present the Music!

As you all know Frank has a vast catalog of multifarious compositions. Over the years he led numerous incarnations of band lineups. Some people stayed for a while, some people left and came back etc. This is not a new concept when it comes to executing Frank's music. In our continuing efforts to provide you with a thrilling concert experience we have embraced some changes in material and in personnel. The ZPZ core band has not changed but we do have a new addition as well as a few probable surprises.

I am extremely excited to be able to present some new songs to you in our setlist this year, aided by the talents of our special guest vocalist, Ray White. I have personally always been a huge fan of the sound of his voice. Hearing him sing "Illinois Enema Bandit" and "Doreen" at rehearsals has been a lot of fun. But hearing him on other songs I've never heard him sing has been even more fun. I'm sure you all will agree when you get your chance to hear him for yourself.

Our special video footage with performances from Frank is also going to be quite provocative.

Later in the year we may even have an international reunion with Steve Vai and Terry Bozzio but that has yet to be confirmed. I'll keep you posted on the status of that as well as any other additions to our lineup.

I have also noticed a few of our European friends requesting ZPZ to come to your hometowns. I would personally love to do more of an extended European tour and visit places like Finland and return to places like Manchester. I have already made my own inquiries into the possibilities of increasing the number of European dates. If it can be done it will done.

I would also like to remind those of you who might be feeling left out for missing last year's tour that the DVD of that tour will be available at the upcoming shows. You can see all 3 + hours of your favorite songs with last years special guests right in your own living room. take a look at the DVD trailer link below. I'm very happy that we were able to capture some of those performances in such fine style for all of you.

Thank you for your continued support. I look forward to seeing all of you out there this year.

Regards,

Dweezil

www.zappa.com

 

 

 

SPECIAL GUEST:

Ray White

Guitar and Vocals

Ray White is a rock and blues guitarist most well-known as a member of Frank Zappa's touring ensembles. He was drafted into Zappa's band in the fall of 1976, being featured on rhythm guitar and vocals. He participated on such albums as Zappa in New York (featuring a powerful lead vocal on "The Illinois Enema Bandit"), Tinsel Town Rebellion, and You Are What You Is amongst others in Zappa's voluminous catalogue.

Ray has also worked with jam-oriented groups like KVHW, Don't Push the Clown and Umphrey's McGee since his contributions to the Zappa band, and has more recently worked with a variety of Michigan artists, including former Rare Earth Drummer Bob Weaver, as well as members of the funk/fusion combo Generic Produce.

 

ZPZ - Europe 2007

 

Yes!  And we are delighted to inform you of the following Zappa Plays

Zappa dates in Europa:

  • Sep 25, 2007: London, UK - Shepherds Bush Empire

  • Sep 26, 2007: Tilburg, Netherlands - 013

  • Sep 27, 2007: Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg

  • Sep 29, 2007: Fribourg, Germany - Le Fri-Son

  • Sep 30, 2007: Munich, Germany - Circus Krone

  • Oct 01, 2007: Frankfurt, Germany - Jahrhunderthalle

  • Oct 03, 2007: Stuttgart, Germany - KKL Beethovensaal

  • Oct 04, 2007: Erfurt, Germany - Messehalle

  • Oct 05, 2007: Paris, France - Grand Rex

  • Oct 06, 2007: Antwerp, Belgium - Elisabeth Hall

  • Oct 08, 2007: Arhus, Denmark - The Music House

  • Oct 09, 2007: Stavanger, Norway - Venue To Be Announced

  • Oct 10, 2007: Bergen, Norway - Peer Gynt

  • Oct 12, 2007: Oslo, Norway - Sentrum Scene

  • Oct 13, 2007: Lund, Sweden - Olympen

  • Oct 14, 2007: Stockholm, Sweden - Cirkus

xxx, the Barfies

 

 

 

MARKUS STAUSS

 

A couple of months ago, I mentioned a new album by Markus Stauss:

The "Trank Zappa Grappa in Varese?" will be performed live again.

  • 2007/11/17 Markus Stauss - concert 'De Plusetage', Baarle Nassau, NL

 

-- info: tom baeten

WHAT'S NEW IN BERLIN

Well, I've never been to Berlin...

It's on my list of places I want to visit. I just never made it over there.

And now they're going to rename Street Number 13 into the "Frank Zappa Strasse". In July.

Luc, who recently visited Berlin, showed me where the street is located. The picture below shows the Marzahn and the Hellersdorf district. The Frank Zappa Strasse will be located where the circle-mark is. The picture on the right is the Zoom In.

STEVE VAI 2007 05 03

THE OFFICIAL STEVE VAI NEWSLETTER: NEWS FLASH

May 3, 2007

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USA TOUR DATES:

  • 2007/09/07 Steve Vai - concert 'Marquee Theatre ',Phoenix, AZ, usa

  • 2007/09/08 Steve Vai - concert 'House of Blues ',Las Vegas, NV, usa

  • 2007/09/09 Steve Vai - concert 'The Grove ',Anaheim, CA, usa

  • 2007/09/10 Steve Vai - concert 'Viejas DreamCatcher Showroom ',San Diego, CA, usa

  • 2007/09/11 Steve Vai - concert 'The Wiltern Theatre ',Los Angeles, CA, usa

  • 2007/09/12 Steve Vai - concert 'The Fillmore ',San Francisco, CA, usa

  • 2007/09/14 Steve Vai - concert 'Roseland Theatre ',Portland, OR, usa

  • 2007/09/15 Steve Vai - concert 'Moore Theater ',Seattle, WA, usa

  • 2007/09/16 Steve Vai - concert 'Commodore Ballroom ',Vancouver, BC, canada

  • 2007/09/19 Steve Vai - concert 'State Theatre ',Minneapolis, MN, usa

  • 2007/09/20 Steve Vai - concert 'Pabst Theatre ',Milwaukee, WI, usa

  • 2007/09/21 Steve Vai - concert 'House of Blues ',Chicago, IL, usa

  • 2007/09/22 Steve Vai - concert 'Royal Oak Music Theatre ',Royal Oak, MI, usa

  • 2007/09/23 Steve Vai - concert 'Massey Hall ',Toronto, ON, canada

  • 2007/09/24 Steve Vai - concert 'Univ. at Buffalo Center For Arts ',Buffalo, NY, usa

  • 2007/09/25 Steve Vai - concert 'Hammerstein Ballroom ',New York, NY, usa

  • 2007/09/27 Steve Vai - concert 'Keswick Theatre ',Philadelphia, PA, usa

  • 2007/09/28 Steve Vai - concert 'Starland Ballroom ',Sayreville, NJ, usa

  • 2007/09/29 Steve Vai - concert 'Borgata Music Box Theatre ',Atlantic City, NJ, usa

  • 2007/09/30 Steve Vai - concert 'Birchmere Bandstand ',Alexandria, VA, usa

  • 2007/10/02 Steve Vai - concert 'The Egg Center for the Perf. Arts ',Albany, NY, usa

  • 2007/10/03 Steve Vai - concert 'Webster Theatre ',Hartford, CT, usa

  • 2007/10/04 Steve Vai - concert 'Berklee Performance Center ',Boston, MA, usa

  • 2007/10/05 Steve Vai - concert 'Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel ',Providence, RI, usa

  • 2007/10/06 Steve Vai - concert 'North Fork Theatre at Westbury ',Westbury, NY, usa

 

THE FRANK ZAPPA STRASSE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 2007 04 23

Berlin to Name Street for Frank Zappa  

Berlin, Germany - April 23, 2007 The city of Berlin will bestow a unique honor on a unique figure in modern music on July 28th when a street is renamed in memory of American rock and roll legend Frank Zappa. In the Marzahn district of what was East Berlin, "Street Number 13" will be formally dedicated as "Frank-Zappa-strasse". The ceremony will take place at the ORWOhaus, a former photographic film plant on the street that is now home to a musicians' collective. It will be the first street in Germany named for a rock musician, and the first street in a world capital named for Frank Zappa.

The members of ORWOhaus themselves proposed the street naming. What motivated a group of young German musicians to honor an American musical icon? Andreas Otto, spokesperson for ORWOhaus, explains, "Frank Zappa was one of the best all-around musicians in the world, as a guitarist, composer, and band-leader. He was celebrated for his uncompromising pursuit of musical exploration and excellence, and also for his courage using his music and lyrics to make society see its faults and hypocrisies. He didn't do it just for media attention, it was part of his highly creative and unbending character. He stood up to his own government against politically-motivated censorship - he testified with great intelligence in the US Congress, and he refused to hold back his own outrageous sense of humor. We of ORWOhaus had our own battles trying to save an unused building and turn it into an active music center, and we decided that Zappa was a great example of how a musician can have an influence so far beyond the notes on a page. We hope Frank would be proud to have his name as an address for so many musicians."

Zappa's work had notable sociopolitical influence in Berlin, a city that had a physical wall between the philosophies of capitalist democracy and communist one-party government. US tour operator Scott Tepper is running a trip this summer that features the Berlin street naming and the 18th annual Zappanale, a festival in Bad Doberan, Germany, celebrating Zappa's music and life. He points out, "Frank Zappa was incredibly popular in the Soviet bloc, even though his recordings had to be smuggled in, and anyone caught listening to them risked punishment. Zappa represented absolute freedom of thought and expression, since he often satirized his own society and government. He inspired people all over Eastern Europe to keep hoping for their own free societies." Tepper adds that while some might credit Ronald Reagan with winning the Cold War, there are two statues honoring Frank Zappa in the former Soviet bloc: one in Vilnius , the capital of Lithuania, and one in Bad Doberan. Ther are currently no statues honoring Reagan. According to Tepper, the street naming in Berlin reinforces Zappa's status as a champion of real American freedom."  

The street dedication July 28th will be followed by free live music outside the ORWOhaus, and by an indoor reception later that evening. For scheduling and ticket information, contact ORWOhaus.

Scott A. Tepper
Tour Operator
Vacation Vibrations

 

ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA ON TOUR

 

THE WRONG OBJECT

2007 04 10

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THE WRONG OBJECT - April 2007 Newsletter http://www.wrongobject.com
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1. THE WRONG OBJECT feat ANNIE WHITEHEAD AND HARRY BECKETT, "PLATFORM ONE":
A BRAND NEW CD FEATURING ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS AND A COUPLE OF ZAPPA COVERS IS NOW AVAILABLE FROM VOICEPRINT MUSIC:
http://www.voiceprint.co.uk/web/Release/JPVP138CD/ You can listen to some samples (and read Matthew Wright's liner notes) here:
http://www.wrongobject.com/annie.php

2. NEW LIVE CD WITH MOONJUNE RECORDS:
ELTON DEAN & THE WRONG OBJECT, "THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH"
A remastered version of our Paris gig with Elton has just been released by Moonjune Records and is available for order from http://www.moonjune.com/ For more info on this project, listen to some samples here:
http://www.wrongobject.com/dean.php

2. NEW LIVE DATES

*UK dates - "Annie Whitehead Meets The Wrong Object"
* Thursday April 26, The Roscoe, Leeds, UK, 20h30
* Friday April 27, Terry O'Toole Theatre, Lincoln, UK, 21h00

* Wednesday May 2, InsideOut, Quai van Beneden, 4020 Liège, Belgium, 20h30 - (info: 0497-171.433)
* Friday May 4, Jazz à Liège, Palais des Congrès, Liège,  Belgium, 21h45 (sharp)
* July 8, Versailles Art Rock Festival, CC Porchefontaine, Versailles, France (also: Soft Machine Legacy & Forgas Band Phenomena)
* July, Margate Jazz Festival, UK (feat. Annie Whitehead) (TBC)
* Sunday September 23, Jazz at Home Festival, Mechelen, Belgium, (w. special guest Bart Maris)
* Friday October 26, Mechelen, Belgium (private afternoon gig)

3. "TRANK ZAPPA GRAPPA IN VARESE"
(STAUSS, DELCHAMBRE, DELVILLE, CAMPION)
Two Wrong Objects (Laurent Delchambre and Michel Delville) team up with Belgian bass player Damien Campion and Swisss sax player extraordinaire Markus Stauss in a new project called "Trank Zappa Grappa in Varèse". To order their first mini-CD, "Cryptic Echoes: Live in Belgium", click here:
http://www.fazzulmusic.ch/deutsch/t-z-g-i-v.php To read the first reviews (in German), click here: http://www.babyblaue-seiten.de/album_7873.html
and here: http://www.ragazzi-music.de/trankzappagrappainvarese.html

4. MICHEL DELVILLE - AMSTERDAM SOLO GIG
Michel will perform msuic laced with poetry at the Open Stanza festival at the Sugar Factory (opposite the Melkweg) in Amsterdam on Thursday April 12. For more info, click here:
http://www.wordsinhere.com/framefiles/openstanza.html

5. NEW STUDIO ALBUM NEWS
Our new studio album is currently being remixed in Brussels. Another studio album feturing completing new tracks will be recorded in the Fall of 2007. Stay tuned for more news on that front !

 

  • 2007/04/12 Michel Delville - concert "Open Stanza Festival", 'Sugar Factory', Amsterdam, NL

  • 2007/04/26 The Wrong Object - concert 'The Roscoe', Leeds, UK, 20h30

  • 2007/04/27 The Wrong Object - concert 'Terry O'Toole Theatre', Lincoln, UK, 21h00

  • 2007/05/02 The Wrong Object - concert 'InsideOut', Quai van Beneden, Liège, Belgium, 20h30

  • 2007/05/04 The Wrong Object - concert "Jazz à Liège", 'Palais des Congrès', Liège,  Belgium, 21h45

  • 2007/07/08 The Wrong Object - concert "Versailles Art Rock Festival", CC Porchefontaine, Versailles, F

  • 2007/07/-- The Wrong Object - concert "Margate Jazz Festival", UK (feat. Annie Whitehead) (TBC)

  • 2007/09/23 The Wrong Object - concert "Jazz at Home Festival", Mechelen, Belgium

  • 2007/10/26 The Wrong Object - concert '??', Mechelen, Belgium (private afternoon gig)

 

 

STEVE VAI ON TOUR

 

  • 2007/04/28 Steve Vai - Q&A ‘London Guitar Show’, London, UK  On Sale Now

  • 2007/04/29 Steve Vai - Autograph Signing  ‘London Guitar Show’, London, UK

 

  • 2007/06/28 Steve Vai - concert ‘Den Atelier’, Luxembourg

  • 2007/06/29 Steve Vai - concert ‘Le Grand Rex’, Paris, France

  • 2007/06/30 Steve Vai - concert ‘Arrow Rock Festival’, Biddinghuizen, Netherlands

  • 2007/07/02 Steve Vai - concert ‘Festsaal’, Ingolstadt, Germany

  • 2007/07/03 Steve Vai - concert ‘Ulmer Zeit’, Ulm, Germany

  • 2007/07/05 Steve Vai - concert ‘Razzamatazz’, Barcelona, Spain

  • 2007/07/06 Steve Vai - concert ‘Auditorio Municipal Maestro Padilla’, Almeria, Spain

  • 2007/07/07 Steve Vai - concert ‘Fortaleza del Sol’, Lorca (Murcia), Spain

  • 2007/07/08 Steve Vai - concert ‘Jam’, Bergara (Gipuzkoa), Spain

  • 2007/07/09 Steve Vai - concert ‘Casa De Musica’, Porto, Portugal

  • 2007/07/10 Steve Vai - concert ‘Aula Magna’, Lisbon, Portugal

  • 2007/07/11 Steve Vai - concert ‘La Riviera’, Madrid, Spain

  • 2007/07/13 Steve Vai - concert  - To Be Announced - Venue To Be Confirmed

  • 2007/07/14 Steve Vai - concert ‘Castello’, Udine, Italy

  • 2007/07/15 Steve Vai - concert ‘Pistoia Festival’, Pistoia, Italy

  • 2007/07/16 Steve Vai - concert ‘Festival’, Rome, Italy

  • 2007/07/18 Steve Vai - concert ‘Melkweg’, Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • 2007/07/19 Steve Vai - concert ‘Carling Academy’, Birmingham, UK

  • 2007/07/20 Steve Vai - concert ‘Apollo’, Manchester, UK

  • 2007/07/21 Steve Vai - concert ‘Royal Centre’, Nottingham, UK

  • 2007/07/22 Steve Vai - concert ‘Hammersmith Apollo’, London, UK

  • 2007/07/24 Steve Vai - concert ‘Vicar St.’, Dublin, Ireland

  • 2007/07/26 Steve Vai - concert - To Be Announced - Venue To Be Confirmed

  • 2007/07/28 Steve Vai - concert ‘B1’, Moscow, Russia

 

ZAPPANALE

 

At this very moment, the Zappanale band-list looks like this

  • Akashic Ensemble Don Preston (USA)

  • Drei vom Rhein (D)

  • Space Debris (D)

  • N.F.I Virtuosi Dal Planeta Talento (I)

  • Project Object feat. Ike Willis (USA)

  • Trigon (D)

  • Indukti (P)

  • Harmonia Ensemble (I)

  • Team Zappa (NOR)

  • Kimono Draggin (USA)

  • Sex Without Nails (AU)

  • Polytoxicomane Philharmonie (D)

  • The Great Googly Moogly (S)

  • Jazzprojekt Hundehagen (D)

  • Octafish (D)  

  • Christophe Godin - Mörglbl  (F)

  • Monty and The Butchers  (UK)

  • Chad Wackerman Trio (USA)

Special Events:

  • European Movie Premiere: "Freak Out in Cucamonga".

  • Jim Cohen, Lecture: "A holiday in Berlin: F.Z.'s Werke als Depth Music".

 

VACATION VIBRATIONS GOES ZAPPANALE

 

FZ Europe vacation tour and music festival July 27 - August 6!

Each summer for the past 18 years, Zappaphiles from all over have migrated to the northern German town of Bad Doberan for the Zappanale, a festival devoted to the music and conceptual continuity of FZ. Now your summer vacation can be an absolutely Zappa experience.

Our good friends at Arf Society, the German non-profit group that organizes the Zappanale, passed this along to us, and we thought we would share it.

Vacation Vibrations, a Boston-based tour operator, is pleased to announce

Farther Oblivion Tour 2007

a tour package that will bring FZ fans to that great worldwide annual gathering in Germany of Appliantologists and Dental Floss Tycoons.

The tour begins in Berlin on July 27, 2007. The group will tour the city, and attend an extraordinary event, when "Street Number 13" will be formally dedicated as "Frank-Zappa-Strasse", the first street in the world named for FZ. The dedication will be followed by music for the rest of the day, and a late "chill-party" that is sure to exemplify Berlin's legendary nightlife.

From Berlin the tour will proceed to Prague. Prague is not only one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, but FZ holds a special place in Czech history. Former Czech president Vaclav Havel called Zappa "one of the gods of the Czech underground" for his uncompromising belief in freedom of thought and expression, and that spirit lives on.

After enjoying Prague, the tour will head to the northern German town of Bad Doberan for the 18th annual Zappanale, a three-day festival of Zappa tribute bands, former Zappa band members, and other musicians and performance artists with kindred styles and interests from all over the world. The Zappanale is designed as a complete Zappa experience, with the atmosphere on the festival grounds every bit as important as what happens on stage. The whole town gets into the fun, from the café waitstaff in the town square to the mayor himself.

Headlining Zappanale 18 will be the Terry Bozzio Out Trio. (Terry Bozzio - need we say more?) Other US groups will be the prodigies from Philadelphia's Paul Green School Of Rock, the renowned Project/Object, and the Don Preston Akashic Ensemble (Don Preston - one of the Mothers of all Mothers!) So far, the line-up will also include French big band Le Bocal, Italy's Orchestra Spaziale, Team Zappa from Norway, Zappatronix from Switzerland, and three Danish bands- Octafish, Space Debris, and Trigon.

The tour group will be deposited back at the Berlin airport on August 6th, totally plooked out of their brains from music, "cities and beer", and lots of fun. Did you say you want some more-a? Tour participants who want to continue their vacation after the Zappanale can book an optional tour extension to Amsterdam, another awesome city with legendary nightlife that is also devoted to independent thinking and freedom of expression.

Vacation Vibrations is a division of American International Tour Groups, a group tour operator with 15 years of experience specializing in customized group trips. Whether you are an experienced traveler, or this will be your first international trip, they'll make sure you have an absolutely amazing time.

For more information, you can visit their web site: www.freewebs.com/fartheroblivion . If you have any questions, you can contact them at VacationVibrations@Gmail.com , or call 617-721-7996.

See you in Bad Doberan!

 

 

the concert calendar * the concert calendar

 


april

  • 2007/04/12 Michel Delville - concert "Open Stanza Festival", 'Sugar Factory', Amsterdam, NL

  • 2007/04/14 Pojama People - concert 'coffee house café', salem, or, usa
  • 2007/04/14 Pikantik - concert ' klub studio', cracow, poland (19:00 h)
  • 2007/04/18 The Muffin Men – concert ‘MET’, Bury, UK

  • 2007/04/19 The Muffin Men – concert ‘Pacific Road’, Birkenhead, UK

  • 2007/04/20 Sheik Yerbouti – concert ‘Die Halle’, Reichenbach, Germany  

  • 2007/04/20 The Muffin Men – concert ‘Boardwalk’, Sheffield, UK

  • 2007/04/20 Pikantik - concert 'gwarek music club', cracow, poland  (20:00 h)   

  • 2007/04/20 Vlaams Radio Orkest - concert 'de Singel', Antwerp, Belgium
  • 2007/04/21 Sheik Yerbouti – concert ‘Kammgarn’, Hard, Austria

  • 2007/04/21 Vlaams Radio Orkest - concert 'Flagey', Brussels, Belgium
  • 2007/04/21 The Muffin Men – concert ‘Flowerpot’, Derby, UK

  • 2007/04/22 The Muffin Men – concert ‘New Roscoe’, Leeds, UK

  • 2007/04/24 Asko Ensemble - concert 'muziekgebouw aan't ij', amsterdam, NL- performing music by corrie van binsbergen

  • 2007/04/25 Brokken Avond (Corrie van Binsbergen)  - concert 'Zaal100', Amsterdam, NL

  • 2007/04/26 The Muffin Men – concert ‘Mr Kyps’, Poole, UK  

  • 2007/04/26 The Wrong Object - concert 'The Roscoe', Leeds, UK, 20h30

  • 2007/04/26 The Bears - concert 'Beachland Ballroom', Cleveland, OH, usa

  • 2007/04/27 The Wrong Object - concert 'Terry O'Toole Theatre', Lincoln, UK, 21h00

  • 2007/04/27 The Muffin Men – concert ‘Borderline’, London, UK  

  • 2007/04/27 The Bears - concert 'Club Cafe', Pittsburgh, PA, usa

  • 2007/04/27 Mike Keneally Band - concert 'The Baked Potato', Studio City, Ca, usa

  • 2007/04/28 The Muffin Men – concert ‘Musician’, Leicester, UK  

  • 2007/04/28 Steve Vai - Q&A ‘London Guitar Show’, London, UK  On Sale Now 

  • 2007/04/28 The Bears - concert 'Canal St. Tavern', Dayton, OH, usa  

  • 2007/04/28 Pojama People - concert 'Saturday Market', Eugene, OR, usa

  • 2007/04/29 The Muffin Men – concert ‘Robin’, Wolverhampton, UK
  • 2007/04/29 Steve Vai - Autograph Signing  ‘London Guitar Show’, London, UK
  • 2007/04/29 The Bears - concert 'Lafayette Brewing Co.', Lafayette, IN, usa

may

  • 2007/05/01 The Bears - concert 'Martyr's', Chicago, IL, usa

  • 2007/05/02 The Wrong Object - concert 'InsideOut', Quai van Beneden, Liège, Belgium, 20h30 - (info: 0497-171.433)

  • 2007/05/02 The Bears - concert 'Blueberry Hill', St. Louis, MO, usa
    2007/05/03 The Bears - concert 'Music Mill', Indianapolis, IN, usa

  • 2007/05/03 The Central Scrutinizer - concert 'Café Piu-Piu', São Paulo, Brazil

  • 2007/05/04 The Wrong Object - concert "Jazz à Liège", 'Palais des Congrès', Liège,  Belgium, 21h45 (sharp)

  • 2007/05/04 The Bears - concert 'Southgate House', Newport, KY, usa

  • 2007/05/05 The Low Budget Research Kitchen - concert 'casa das artes', vn famalicao, portugal

  • 2007/05/06 The Central Scrutinizer Band - concert 'Theatro Municipal', São Paulo, Brazil 

  • 2007/05/11 Great Googly Moogly - concert 'Kulturnatt', Borås, Sweden

  • 2007/05/11 Ugly Radio Rebellion - concert 'The Cadiuex Cafe', Detroit, MI, usa

  • 2007/05/12 Doot! - concert "ArtWalk Festival", Westville, Ct, usa

  • 2007/05/18 the Voice Of Cheez - concert 'Nietsche's", Buffalo, usa

  • 2007/05/18 Cpt.Cheese-Beard & the 7 Sisters of Prevention - concert 'Atelier 210', Etterbeek, Belgium

  • 2007/05/26 The Low Budget Research Kitchen - concert 'rota jazz', trofa, portugal

  • 2007/05/26 Ugly Radio Rebellion - concert 'The Village Idiot',  Maumee, OH, usa

  • 2007/05/29 The Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Arnold Schönberg Chor, dir.Pierre Boulez - concert "From the House of the Dead" - Leos Janácek, dir.Pierre Boulez, 'Het Muziektheater', Amsterdam, NL
  • 2007/05/30 Brokken Avond (Corrie van Binsbergen)  - concert 'Zaal100', Amsterdam, NL
  • 2007/05/31 The Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Arnold Schönberg Chor, dir.Pierre Boulez - concert "From the House of the Dead" - Leos Janácek, dir.Pierre Boulez, 'Het Muziektheater', Amsterdam, NL

june

  • 2007/06/01 The Mahler Chamber Orchestra, dir.Pierre Boulez - concert 'Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ', Amsterdam, NL
  • 2007/06/02 The Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Arnold Schönberg Chor, dir.Pierre Boulez - concert "From the House of the Dead" - Leos Janácek, dir.Pierre Boulez, 'Het Muziektheater', Amsterdam, NL
  • 2007/06/02 Sheik Yerbouti – concert ‘Colos-Saal’, Aschaffenburg, Germany
  • 2007/06/02 Sul Divano - concert 'en Foro Gandhi Av. Corrientes 1743 '
  • 2007/06/05 Asko Ensemble & Schönberg Ensemble, dir.R.de Leeuw - concert 'Concertgebouw', Amsterdam, NL / works by Boulez
  • 2007/06/07 G2 (Pierrejean Gaucher & Christophe Godin) – concert ‘Music Academy International’, Nancy, France

  • 2007/06/07 Ugly Radio Rebellion - concert ' Founders Brewery',  Grand Rapids, MI, usa

  • 2007/06/09 the Voice Of Cheez - concert "Allentown Art Festival Nietzsche's Back Stage" : Return of the Son of Voice of Cheez - 9 pm

  • 2007/06/22 Het Wisselend Toonkwintet (Corrie van Binsbergen) - concert 'Natuurtheater De Kersouwe', Heeswijk-Dinther, NL

  • 2007/06/23 Mike Keneally Band - concert "School of Rock festival", Asbury Park, NJ, usa

  • 2007/06/23 PiKANTiK - concert at the Slomniki festival, poland

  • 2007/06/27 Brokken Avond (Corrie van Binsbergen)  - concert 'Zaal100', Amsterdam, NL

  • 2007/06/28 Steve Vai - concert ‘Den Atelier’, Luxembourg

  • 2007/06/29 Steve Vai - concert ‘Le Grand Rex’, Paris, France  

  • 2007/06/29 Mike Keneally Band - concert 'Birch North Park Theatre', San Diego, Ca, usa

  • 2007/06/29 Ugly Radio Rebellion - concert 'Fort Street Brewery', Lincoln Park, MI, usa

  • 2007/06/30 Steve Vai - concert ‘Arrow Rock Festival’, Biddinghuizen, Netherlands

  • 2007/06/30 Sheik Yerbouti - concert 'Colos-Saal', Aschaffenburg, Germany

july

  • 2007/07/-- The Wrong Object - concert "Margate Jazz Festival", UK (feat. Annie Whitehead) (TBC)

  • 2007/07/02 Steve Vai - concert ‘Festsaal’, Ingolstadt, Germany

  • 2007/07/03 Steve Vai - concert ‘Ulmer Zeit’, Ulm, Germany

  • 2007/07/05 Steve Vai - concert ‘Razzamatazz’, Barcelona, Spain  

  • 2007/07/05 Mike Keneally Band - concert 'Rosalie and Alva Performance Gallery', San Pedro, CA, usa

  • 2007/07/06 Steve Vai - concert ‘Auditorio Municipal Maestro Padilla’, Almeria, Spain  

  • 2007/07/06 Mike Keneally Band - concert 'The Baked Potato', Studio City, Ca, usa

  • 2007/07/06 The Low Budget Research Kitchen - concert 'cabaret maxime', lisboa, portugal

  • 2007/07/07 Steve Vai - concert ‘Fortaleza del Sol’, Lorca (Murcia), Spain

  • 2007/07/08 Steve Vai - concert ‘Jam’, Bergara (Gipuzkoa), Spain  

  • 2007/07/08 The Wrong Object - concert "Versailles Art Rock Festival", CC Porchefontaine, Versailles, France

  • 2007/07/09 Steve Vai - concert ‘Casa De Musica’, Porto, Portugal  

  • 2007/07/10 Struber Jazztett - concert ‘Place Vanolles’, Selestat, Alsace, France

  • 2007/07/10 Steve Vai - concert ‘Aula Magna’, Lisbon, Portugal

  • 2007/07/11 Steve Vai - concert ‘La Riviera’, Madrid, Spain

  • 2007/07/13 Steve Vai - concert  - To Be Announced - Venue To Be Confirmed  

  • 2007/07/13 Ugly Radio Rebellion - concert ' Whites Bar',  Saginaw, MI, usa

  • 2007/07/14 Steve Vai - concert ‘Castello’, Udine, Italy

  • 2007/07/15 Steve Vai - concert ‘Pistoia Festival’, Pistoia, Italy

  • 2007/07/16 Steve Vai - concert ‘Festival’, Rome, Italy

  • 2007/07/18 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Centennial Concert Hall’, Winnipeg, MB, usa

  • 2007/07/18 Steve Vai - concert ‘Melkweg’, Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • 2007/07/19 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert "10,000 Lakes Fest", Detroit Lake, MN, usa 

  • 2007/07/19 Steve Vai - concert ‘Carling Academy’, Birmingham, UK

  • 2007/07/20 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Civic Opera House’, Chicago, IL, usa 

  • 2007/07/20 Steve Vai - concert ‘Apollo’, Manchester, UK

  • 2007/07/21 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘The Rave’, Milwaukee, WI, usa

  • 2007/07/21 Steve Vai - concert ‘Royal Centre’, Nottingham, UK

  • 2007/07/22 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Egyptian Room’, Indianapolis, IN, usa

  • 2007/07/22 Steve Vai - concert ‘Hammersmith Apollo’, London, UK

  • 2007/07/24 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Moonlite Gardens’, Cincinnati, OH, usa

  • 2007/07/24 Steve Vai - concert ‘Vicar St.’, Dublin, Ireland

  • 2007/07/25 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Warner Theatre’, Erie, PA, usa

  • 2007/07/26 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘LC Pavilion’,  Columbus, OH, usa

  • 2007/07/26 Steve Vai - concert - To Be Announced - Venue To Be Confirmed

  • 2007/07/27 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Meadow Brook Festival’,  Detroit, MI, usa

  • 2007/07/28 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Cain Park’, Cleveland, OH, usa

  • 2007/07/28 Steve Vai - concert ‘B1’, Moscow, Russia
  • 2007/07/28 "Zappa-street-naming-event in Berlin"

  • 2007/07/30 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Hummingbird’,  Toronto, ON, canada

  • 2007/07/31 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Metropolis’, Montreal, QC, canada

august

  • 2007/08/01 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Albert Rousseau Hall’, Quebec City, QC, canada

  • 2007/08/02 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Hampton Beach Casino’, Hampton Beach, NH, usa

  • 2007/08/03 - 05 Zappanale - Bad Doberan, Germany
    Chad Wackerman will headline Zappanale 18 ! Furthermore, the Orchestra Spaziale from Italy will be there as well.

  • 2007/08/04 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Fleet Boston Pavilion’, Boston, MA, usa

  • 2007/08/05 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Count Basie Theatre’, Red Bank, NJ, usa

  • 2007/08/06 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Northfork Theater' @ "Westbury Music Fair", Westbury, NY, usa

  • 2007/08/08 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Electric Factory’, Philadelphia, PA, usa

  • 2007/08/09 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Rams Head’, Baltimore, MD, usa  

  • 2007/08/09 Don Preston’sAkashic Ensemble - concert 'Rock Café', Prague, Czech Republic

  • 2007/08/10 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Norva’, Norfolk, VA, usa

  • 2007/08/11 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Thomas Wolfe Auditorium’, Asheville, NC, usa

  • 2007/08/13 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Cains Ballroom’, Tulsa, OK, usa

  • 2007/08/15 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Kiva Auditorium’, Albuquerque, NM, usa

  • 2007/08/16 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Fox Theatre’, Tucson, AZ, usa

  • 2007/08/17 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Dodge Theatre’, Tucson, AZ, usa

  • 2007/08/18 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘House Of Blues’, Las Vegas, NV, usa

  • 2007/08/20 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Berkeley Community Theatre’,  San Francisco, CA, usa

  • 2007/08/21 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘House Of Blues’, San Diego, CA, usa

  • 2007/08/22 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘House Of Blues’, Anaheim, CA, usa

  • 2007/08/23 Zappa Plays Zappa – concert ‘Wiltern’, Los Angeles, CA, usa
  • 2007/08/25 Bogus Pomp - concert 'Catherine Hickman Theater', Gulfport, FL, usa
  • 2007/08/31 Struber Jazztett - concert ‘Jardin des 2 rives’, Strasbourg, Alsace, France

september

  • 2007/09/07 Steve Vai - concert 'Marquee Theatre ',Phoenix, AZ, usa

  • 2007/09/08 Steve Vai - concert 'House of Blues ',Las Vegas, NV, usa

  • 2007/09/09 Steve Vai - concert 'The Grove ',Anaheim, CA, usa

  • 2007/09/10 Steve Vai - concert 'Viejas DreamCatcher Showroom ',San Diego, CA, usa

  • 2007/09/11 Steve Vai - concert 'The Wiltern Theatre ',Los Angeles, CA, usa

  • 2007/09/12 Steve Vai - concert 'The Fillmore ',San Francisco, CA, usa

  • 2007/09/14 Steve Vai - concert 'Roseland Theatre ',Portland, OR, usa

  • 2007/09/15 Steve Vai - concert 'Moore Theater ',Seattle, WA, usa  

  • 2007/09/15 Bogus Pomp - concert 'Cuban Club' Ybor City, FL, usa

  • 2007/09/16 Steve Vai - concert 'Commodore Ballroom ',Vancouver, BC, canada

  • 2007/09/19 Steve Vai - concert 'State Theatre ',Minneapolis, MN, usa

  • 2007/09/20 Steve Vai - concert 'Pabst Theatre ',Milwaukee, WI, usa

  • 2007/09/21 Steve Vai - concert 'House of Blues ',Chicago, IL, usa

  • 2007/09/22 Steve Vai - concert 'Royal Oak Music Theatre ',Royal Oak, MI, usa

  • 2007/09/23 Steve Vai - concert 'Massey Hall ',Toronto, ON, canada

  • 2007/09/23 The Wrong Object - concert "Jazz at Home Festival", Mechelen, Belgium (w. special guest Bart Maris)

  • 2007/09/24 Steve Vai - concert 'Univ. at Buffalo Center For Arts ',Buffalo, NY, usa

  • 2007/09/25 Zappa plays Zappa - concert 'Shepherds Bush Empire', London, UK

  • 2007/09/25 Steve Vai - concert 'Hammerstein Ballroom ',New York, NY, usa

  • 2007/09/26 Zappa plays Zappa - concert '013', Tilburg, Netherlands

  • 2007/09/27 Zappa plays Zappa - concert 'Melkweg', Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • 2007/09/27 Steve Vai - concert 'Keswick Theatre ',Philadelphia, PA, usa  

  • 2007/09/28 Steve Vai - concert 'Starland Ballroom ',Sayreville, NJ, usa

  • 2007/09/29 Zappa plays Zappa - concert 'Le Fri-Son', Fribourg, Germany

  • 2007/09/29 Steve Vai - concert 'Borgata Music Box Theatre ',Atlantic City, NJ, usa  

  • 2007/09/29 Eugene Chadbourne & Jimmy Carl Black  //  Bogus Pomp - concert "Emit Series"

  • 2007/09/30 Zappa plays Zappa - concert 'Circus Krone', Munich, Germany

  • 2007/09/30 Steve Vai - concert 'Birchmere Bandstand ',Alexandria, VA, usa

october

  • 2007/10/01 Zappa plays Zappa - concert 'Jahrhunderthalle', Frankfurt, Germany

  • 2007/10/02 Steve Vai - concert 'The Egg Center for the Perf. Arts ',Albany, NY, usa

  • 2007/10/03 Zappa plays Zappa - concert 'KKL Beethovensaal', Stuttgart, Germany

  • 2007/10/03 Steve Vai - concert 'Webster Theatre ',Hartford, CT, usa

  • 2007/10/04 Zappa plays Zappa - concert 'Messehalle', Erfurt, Germany

  • 2007/10/04 Steve Vai - concert 'Berklee Performance Center ',Boston, MA, usa  

  • 2007/10/04 Struber Jazztett - concert ‘Babylon’, Berlin, Germany

  • 2007/10/05 Zappa plays Zappa - concert 'Grand Rex', Paris, France

  • 2007/10/05 Steve Vai - concert 'Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel ',Providence, RI, usa

  • 2007/10/06 Zappa plays Zappa - concert 'Elisabeth Hall', Antwerp, Belgium

  • 2007/10/06 Steve Vai - concert 'North Fork Theatre at Westbury ',Westbury, NY, usa

  • 2007/10/08 Zappa plays Zappa - concert 'The Music House', Arhus, Denmark

  • 2007/10/09 Zappa plays Zappa - concert -Venue To Be Announced-, Stavanger, Norway  

  • 2007/10/09 Struber Jazztett - concert ‘Nancy Jazz Pulsations’, Nancy, Lorraine, France

  • 2007/10/10 Zappa plays Zappa - concert 'Peer Gynt', Bergen, Norway

  • 2007/10/12 Zappa plays Zappa - concert 'Sentrum Scene', Oslo, Norway

  • 2007/10/13 Zappa plays Zappa - concert 'Olympen', Lund, Sweden

  • 2007/10/14 Zappa plays Zappa - concert 'Cirkus', Stockholm, Sweden

  • 2007/10/26 The Wrong Object - concert '??', Mechelen, Belgium (private afternoon gig)

  • 2007/10/27 Bogus Pomp - concert "Zappaween 12", Janus Landing

  • 2007/10/31 Sheik Yerbouti – concert ‘Café Hahn', Koblenz, Germany -  “Halloweenparty” with a lot of special guests and a special program !!!

november

  • 2007/11/14 Struber Jazztett - concert ‘le Théâtre’, Auxerre, France

  • 2007/11/17 Markus Stauss - concert 'De Plusetage', Baarle Nassau, NL

  • 2007/11/17 Ensemble Modern - concert "Nuit Contemporaine", 'l'Arsenal', Metz, France
  • 2007/11/20 Struber Jazztett - concert ‘Espace Athic’, Obernai, France

december

  • 2007/12/01 Het Wisselend Toonkwintet (Corrie van Binsbergen) - concert 'Cultuurcentrum', Hasselt, Belgium

2008