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Filters, Oscillators & Envelopes 1967-1982

Label:
Released: 2012
Track listing: 01. Electronic Music (1967); 02. Analog Heaven #1 (1975); 03. Analog Heaven #2; 04. Analog Heaven #3; 05. Analog Heaven #4; 06. Analog Heaven #5; 07. Analog Heaven #6; 08. Analog Heaven #7; 09. Fred & Me (1982).

Article: Album Review

Don Preston: Filters, Oscillators & Envelopes 1967-1982

Read "Filters, Oscillators & Envelopes 1967-1982" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Molte figure di session men, specialmente nei decenni passati, possono vantare prestigiose collaborazioni, ma per alcuni musicisti l'essere stati in quel posto in quel determinato momento è assai più di una casualità professionale. È certamente il caso del tastierista Don Preston, principalmente associato alle Mothers of Invention di Frank Zappa, ma anche attivo in ambito jazz ...

Album

Escape From 2012

Label: Nonesuch
Released: 2011

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Article: Album Review

Bobby Bradford / John Carter Quintet: Comin' On

Read "Comin' On" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose


In a music industry that is for-profit by definition, the relative ignorance of history and the importance of musicians who made it historic borders on the criminally insane. How else could the complete disregard for contributions of Herbie Nichols by the industry be explained? Add to that a slew of greats who continue to be ignored ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Legendary Mothers of Invention Members Don Preston and Bunk Gardner to Tour East Coast

Legendary Mothers of Invention Members Don Preston and Bunk Gardner to Tour East Coast

Los Angeles, CA—Don Preston and Bunk Gardner, both original members of the the legendary Mothers of Invention with Frank Zappa, are gearing up to tour east coast once again with The Don & Bunk Show. The duo will be playing a full range of Zappa's music from Freak Out to Zoot Allures. The evening will be ...

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News: Recording

Keyboard Legend Don Preston Releases New Download Only Album On Norway's Zonic Entertainment

Keyboard Legend Don Preston Releases New Download Only Album On Norway's Zonic Entertainment

Norway—Considered the greatest synthesizer practitioner in the world by many, original Mothers of Invention and keyboard music legend Don Preston, has released a modern masterpiece in electronic music. Now available as a download-only album from Norway's Zonic Entertainment, Don Preston's 'Colliding Galaxys' is an epic electronic tone poem, for the most part, created on classic analogue ...

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News: Interview

Keyboardist Don Preston Interviewed About the Don and Bunk Show at AAJ

Keyboardist Don Preston Interviewed About the Don and Bunk Show at AAJ

Just a few miles east of the Whisky a Go Go, where they stunned the world over 40 years ago with the classic Mothers of Invention, keyboardist Don Preston and saxophonist Bunk Gardner returned to Sunset Blvd. as The Don and Bunk Show, reviving their duo homage to the early music of Frank Zappa. Dolores Peterson ...

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Article: Interview

Don Preston: Just Another Duo From LA

Read "Don Preston: Just Another Duo From LA" reviewed by Rex  Butters


Just a few miles east of the Whisky a Go Go, where they stunned the world over 40 years ago with the classic Mothers of Invention, keyboardist Don Preston and saxophonist Bunk Gardner returned to Sunset Blvd. as The Don and Bunk Show, reviving their duo homage to the early music of Frank Zappa. Dolores Petersen ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Zappa Alumni Don Preston and Bunk Gardner @ Hollywood Studio Bar and Grill

Zappa Alumni Don Preston and Bunk Gardner @ Hollywood Studio Bar and Grill

Wow! Two Zappa alumni playing together on St Patrick's Day! Should be a great time. Played after Preston at Jimmy Carl Black's memorial a couple of years ago and he and the band sounded great. Go see a legend!DON PRESTON AND BUNK GARDNERWednesday, March 17, 20107:00pm - 11:30pm HOLLYWOOD STUDIO ...

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Article: Interview

Ed Palermo: We're Only In It For The Music

Read "Ed Palermo: We're Only In It For The Music" reviewed by Ian Patterson


It's got to be love, hasn't it? Why else would someone bother to transcribe 200 of Frank Zappa's tunes? For what other reason would someone dedicate himself for over 15 years to presenting his arrangements of Zappa's music in the setting of a 17-piece jazz big band, and at a loss to boot? Yes, ...


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