Results for "Frank Zappa"

Jimmy Haslip: Amperes Beyond The BASSics, Part 1

by Jim Worsley
February 5, 2020

The name Jimmy Haslip needs no introduction. So, he doesn't get one. Seriously, we had a lot of ground to cover and he had so many great stories and interesting asides to share that we are breaking the interview into two parts as it is. So, without further ado... All About Jazz: I ...

Gong gave me jazz ears - an investigation into the recent evolution of Gong

by Anthony Shaw
January 25, 2020

Introducing the band Gong, or as they are frequently known on the internet the Gong-band, is somewhat similar to introducing a primary color to a blind person. The more words used, the less clear the idea. Suffice it to say that a band which has existed for over 50 years, has included well over 50 musicians ...

Adam Berenson: Every Beginning Is A Sequel

by Karl Ackermann
January 17, 2020

Pianist/keyboardist/composer Adam Berenson--across more than twenty recordings--offers incontrovertible evidence that talent surpasses an affinity for category. He is equally at home with jazz, electronica, blues, or a string quartet. On his previous , fully-acoustic album, Stringent and Sempiternal (Dream Works, 2019) Berenson went in an unusual direction (for him), covering works of Miles Davis, Bud Powell, ...

The Hot Rats Sessions

By Frank Zappa

Label: Zappa Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Basic Track Recording Sessions, TTG Studios Hollywood, CA; 7-18-69; Piano Music (Section 1); Piano Music (Section 3); 7-28-69; Peaches En Regalia (Prototype); Peaches En Regalia (Section 1, In session); Peaches En Regalia (Section 1, Master Take); Peaches Jam - Part 1 ; Peaches Jam - Part 2 ; Peaches En Regalia (Section 3, In Session) ; Peaches En Regalia (Section 3, Master Take) ; Arabesque (In Session) ; Arabesque (Master Take) ; Dame Margret's Son To Be A Bride (In Session); 7-29-69; It Must Be A Camel (Part 1, In Session) ; It Must Be A Camel (Part 1, Master Take) ; It Must Be A Camel (Intercut, In Session) ; It Must Be A Camel (Intercut, Master Take) ; Natasha (In Session) ; Natasha (Master Take); Bognor Regis (Unedited Master) ; Willie The Pimp (In Session) ; Willie The Pimp (Unedited Master Take) ; Willie The Pimp (Guitar Od 1) ; Willie The Pimp (Guitar OD 2); Transition (Section 1, In Session) ; Transition (Section 1, Master Take) ; Transition (Section 2, Intercut, In Session) ; Transition (Section 2, Intercut, Master Take); Transition (Section 3, Intercut, In Session) ; Transition (Section 3, Intercut, Master Take) ; Lil’ Clanton Shuffle (Unedited Master) ; 7-30-69; Directly From My Heart To You (Unedited Master) ; Another Waltz (Unedited Master); Dame Margret’s Son To Be A Bride (Remake); Son Of Mr. Green Genes (Take 1) ; Son Of Mr. Green Genes (Master Take) ; Big Legs (Unedited Master Take) ; -----------------; It Must Be A Camel (Percussion Tracks) ; Arabesque (Guitar OD Mix) ; Transition (Full Version) ; Piano Music (Section 3, OD Version); From The Vault - Part 1; Hot Rats 1987 Digital Remix; Peaches En Regalia; Willie The Pimp ; Son Of Mr. Green Genes; Little Umbrellas; The Gumbo Variations; It Must Be A Camel; -----------------; The Origin Of Hot Rats ; Hot Rats Vintage Promotion Ad #1 ; Peaches En Regalia (1969 Mono Single Master) ; Hot Rats Vintage Promotion Ad #2; Little Umbrellas (1969 Mono Single Master) ; Lil' Clanton Shuffle (1972 Whitney Studios Mix); From The Vault - Part 2; Little Umbrellas (Cucamonga Version) ; Little Umbrellas (1969 Mix Outtake) ; It Must Be A Camel (1969 Mix Outtake); Son Of Mr. Green Genes (1969 Mix Outtake) ; More Of The Story Of Willie The Pimp ; Willie The Pimp (Vocal Tracks) ; Willie The Pimp (1969 Quick Mix); Dame Margret's Son To Be A Bride (1969 Quick Mix) ; Hot Rats Vintage Promotion Ad #3 ; Bognor Regis (1970 Record Plant Mix) ; Peaches En Regalia (1969 Rhythm Track Mix) ; Son Of Mr. Green Genes (1969 Rhythm Track Mix) ; Little Umbrellas (1969 Rhythm Track Mix) ; Arabesque (Guitar Tracks) ; Hot Rats Vintage Promotion Ad #4;

John Kelman's Best Releases of 2019

by John Kelman
December 20, 2019

Well, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome continues to be a challenge, as it has been since mid-2014. 2019 represents, in fact, the worst year when it comes to the actual number of articles written. Still, I've been finding an increasingly satisfying niche in the arena of in-depth, detailed and extensive/exhaustive (exhausting, for you as much as I!!) articles. ...

Maarten Regtien

Born: March 6, 1963

Maarten Regtien (1963) is a Dutch (jazz-)pianist and (contemporary classic) composer. He started playing piano at the age of seven.

In 1975 he was introduced to the the Canadian jazz saxophonist and composer Alan Laurillard who introduced M. Regtien to improvisation.

During adolescence his musical taste started to grow towards 'anything new and unheard-of before.' This period included creating prepared piano's and tape experiments many years before he heard the music of John Cage or Brian Eno for the first time. Favorite music in the schoolgooing years was the early psychedelic music of Pink Floyd, The Beatles' White Album, free jazz, cool jazz, bebop, early Philip Glass minimal music and above all master pianists Keith Jarret and Jasper Van't Hoff.

The Wrong Object

Blending psychedelic jazz with modern rock sensibilities, the music of the Wrong Object is influenced by a vast array of artists ranging from Canterbury Scene prog rock à la Soft Machine and Gong to Béla Bartok, Aka Moon, Charlie Mingus and Frank Zappa. While their repertoire contains mainly original compositions, they also play a special set of Zappa covers on demand. Since its creation in early 2002, The Wrong Object has played some forty gigs in various venues ranging from small pubs to big festivals. Some of them were augmented by guest performances by the likes of Ed Mann, Elton Dean, Harry Beckett, Marc Mangen, Domguè, Marco Maurizi, Nicolas Ankoudinoff, Clementine Gasser, Frogg Café, Jaap Blonk, and pataphysician-poet-vocalist Andrew Norris, whose work with the band culminated in a show held at the Galerie 2016 in Brussels on the occasion of Serge Vandercam's 79th birthday. After a successful mini-tour of the UK, they performed at the 2004 “Zappanale” festival where they played a special gig featuring Zappa's legendary percussionist Ed Mann, with whom they also hope to play a few more dates soon

Unburied Treasure

by John Kelman
December 1, 2019

Of all the so-called progressive rock bands that emerged in the late '60s/early '70s, Gentle Giant has, perhaps, been the most misunderstood, and the one which failed to reach the same deserved commercial heights of its creatively innovative brethren, like King Crimson, Yes, Genesis and Pink Floyd. Of the bigger names from that time, only Van ...

Intervista a Franco Ambrosetti

by Angelo Leonardi
November 11, 2019

Il 2019 è stato un anno significativo per il trombettista svizzero Franco Ambrosetti. In aprile è stato pubblicato il suo libro autobiografico “La scelta di non scegliere" mentre da poche settimane è uscito Long Waves, il suo ventottesimo disco da leader con un cast stellare comprendente John Scofield, Uri Caine, Scott Colley e Jack DeJohnette.

London Afrobeat Collective: Humans

by Bruce Lindsay
November 8, 2019

Hard-driving, politically-charged, rhythmic, irresistibly-danceable music; what else could be expected from a band that mixes influences from Fela Kuti, Parliament/Funkadelic, Frank Zappa, and Nile Rogers and Bernard Edwards into one exciting and uplifting musical pot? Such expectations are high, but the London Afrobeat Collective meets them with ease. There have been a few personnel ...