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Article: Building a Jazz Library

Frank Zappa: cofanetto "Over-Nite Sensation"

Read "Frank Zappa: cofanetto "Over-Nite Sensation"" reviewed by Mario Calvitti


Frank Zappa Over-Nite Sensation --50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition Zappa Records 1973/2023 La ricchissima discografia di Frank Zappa si arricchisce di un nuovo titolo con l'edizione del cinquantesimo anniversario di uno dei suoi album di maggior successo commerciale, Over-nite Sensation, originariamente pubblicato nel Settembre del 1973. Le vendite furono tali da ...

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Article: Big Band in the Sky

Remembering Carla Bley: Jazz Innovator Extraordinaire

Read "Remembering Carla Bley: Jazz Innovator Extraordinaire" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Carla Bley, composer, arranger, free-jazz pioneer, band leader, pianist and independent, whose compositions became jazz standards, has died at the age of 87. She had been diagnosed with brain cancer in 2018. Bley's most famous recording was her sprawling, genre-elusive triple album Escalator Over the Hill (JCOA Records, 1971). On the back of this ...

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Article: 72 Jazz Thrillers

The Most Exciting Jazz Albums since 1969: 1996-1998

Read "The Most Exciting Jazz Albums since 1969: 1996-1998" reviewed by Robert Middleton


The albums featured in the fourth installment of 72 Jazz Thrillers are from some of the most famous and accomplished bandleaders in all of jazz. The artists featured here, some with careers of as long as 60 years and half of whom are still living and recording, made albums that prove the timelessness of jazz. From ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Funky Nothingness

Read "Funky Nothingness" reviewed by Mario Calvitti


A quasi trent'anni dalla scomparsa e dopo il passaggio dell'intero catalogo alla Universal, prosegue al ritmo di quattro titoli all'anno la pubblicazione di album inediti di Frank Zappa. Dopo l'uscita di Mudd Club/Munich 1980, album francamente non imprescindibile a meno di essere appassionati del periodo centrato sull'album Sheik Yerbouti, ma comunque gratificato da numerosi eccellenti assoli ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Todd Sickafoose, Stewart Copeland, Amaury Faye, Mick Rossi & More

Read "Todd Sickafoose, Stewart Copeland, Amaury Faye, Mick Rossi & More" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


The much awaited return of Todd Sickafoose graces our playlist together with other gems ranging from the gorgeous to the adventurous, with a couple of surprising contributions from musicians whose relationship with jazz has been notoriously... ambivalent, Frank Zappa and Stewart Copeland.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Recent Releases From Stan Sulzmann, Ferdinando Romano, Sam Dickinson, & More

Read "Recent Releases From Stan Sulzmann, Ferdinando Romano, Sam Dickinson, & More" reviewed by Bob Osborne


On this show we feature new and recent releases from Stan Sulzmann, Ferdinando Romano, Sam Dickinson, Itamar Borochov, Christine Jensen, Orrin Evans, Frank Zappa, Alabaster DePlume, Alan Skidmore, and, Paul Dunmall with Olie Brice. Playlist Show Intro 00:00 Stan Sulzmann “Flying Scots" from On Loan With Gratitude (Jazz In Britain) 00:48 Ferdinando Romano “La ...

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Article: Album Review

Peter Lewis: Imagination

Read "Imagination" reviewed by Doug Collette


Peter Lewis' songs are among the most distinctive entries in the body of work by that great but woefully unsung San Francisco band of the '60s, Moby Grape. “Sittin' By The Window" and “Changes, Circles Spinning" illustrate his unique fingerpicking guitar style, the circular nature of which sounds as effortless as the slightly breathy phrasing of ...

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Article: Album Review

Frank Zappa: Funky Nothingness

Read "Funky Nothingness" reviewed by Ken Dryden


Long after his death at the age of 52 in December 1993, Frank Zappa remains one of the most fascinating musicians and composers of his generation. Zappa was a rare individual who was equally skilled playing and writing in a number of different genres and styles, Funky Nothingness represents the brief era of a band which ...

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Article: Live Review

Club d'Elf At Foam Brewers

Read "Club d'Elf At Foam Brewers" reviewed by Doug Collette


Club d'Elf Foam Brewers Burlington, Vermont June 3, 2023 Less than a week before the formal commencement of Burlington Vermont's Discover Jazz Festival, Club d'Elf set the bar high for the fortieth anniversary celebration of that annual event. Currently in the ongoing process of recognizing a significant milestone of its own--a ...

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News: Recording

Frank Zappa's Incredibly Rare Recordings, Believed To Have Been Planned For A Potential Sequel To His Iconic 'Hot Rats' Album, Have Been Unearthed From The Vault And Compiled As New Collection, 'Funky Nothingness'

Frank Zappa's Incredibly Rare Recordings, Believed To Have Been Planned For A Potential Sequel To His Iconic 'Hot Rats' Album, Have Been Unearthed From The Vault And Compiled As New Collection, 'Funky Nothingness'

FEATURES 25 UNRELEASED AND RARE TRACKS AND MORE THAN THREE AND A HALF HOURS OF NEVER-BEFORE-HEARD COMPOSITIONS, COVERS, AND JAMS FROM 1970 WITH CORE GROUP OF AYNSLEY DUNBAR, DON “SUGARCANE” HARRIS, IAN UNDERWOOD, AND MAX BENNETT In 1969, after The Mothers of Invention disbanded, Frank Zappa released his groundbreaking solo debut, Hot Rats. Fusing jazz and ...


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