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Category Archives: Alumni
Adrian Belew’s “E”
A brand new album for the Power Trio – the tracks are: a. b. c. d. e. – hehe. See the post on Adrian Belew’s blog, and you can buy it here (via: The Idiot Bastard). “The band also recently … Continue reading
Frank Zappa–Pioneer Of Future Music
Directed by Frank Scheffer, “Frank Zappa–Pioneer Of Future Music” (2007) is a two part documentary which combined and re-edited footage and interviews from “Frank Zappa: The Present Day Composer Refuses to Die” (2000) and “Frank Zappa: Phaze II, The Big … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Interview, Jean-Luc Ponty, Music, YouTubery, Zappa Plays Zappa
Tagged documentary, Frank Scheffer, holland, re-edited, VPRO, Zappa
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Jimmy’s Last Tour — Jimmy Carl Black & The Muffin Men
After stumbling across this 1993 promo video of Frank Zappa’s “Willie the Pimp” featuring Jimmy Carl Black and The Muffin Men (live with studio footage), I found the following Podcast on The Muffin Men homepage. The band reminisces about Jimmy’s … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Music, YouTubery
Tagged Alumni, audio, jimmy carl black, the muffin men, tribute/cover band, video
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Zappanale (Then & Now) – Frank Zappa Memorial Pancake Breakfast
The Frank Zappa Memorial Pancake Breakfast, also known as Finnish Zappa Tribute band (featuring Napoleon Murphy Brock and Denny Walley) perform “Montana” at Zappanale 19 in Bad Doberan, Germany, on August 17th, 2008 before an enthusiastic and appreciative audience.
Zappa’s Universe — Revisited
Zappa’s Universe (the album and video of the same title) documents the big tribute concert thrown for Frank Zappa over four nights (November 7-10, 1991, although the footage on the album and video are from the first two nights), organized … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Mike Keneally, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 1991, dweezil zappa, Mike Keneally, steve vaï, video, zappa's universe
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Ed Palermo Big Band – Live & Kicking
Anyone who knows me, knows my affinity for Big Band Zappa, so whenever I get an opportunity to hear Ed Palermo Big Band arrangements of Frank Zappa’s compositions, it’s a real treat. Today was no different, when I uncovered Palermo’s … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Heh Heh, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 2009, audio/video, bruce mcdaniel, dix hills, ed palermo big band, free downloads, Iridium night club, john tobacco, napoleon murphy brock, Zappa
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Don “Sugarcane” Harris & Dewey Terry
Beginning his career as the guitar playing half of the 1950s rock duo, Don & Dewey, Don “Sugarcane” Harris, put down the guitar and picked up the violin after the lack of success for Don & Dewey. Recorded in 1962, … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 1962, Alumni, don & dewey, Frank Zappa, rhythm and blues, sonny bono, violin
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Cruising With Ruben & The Jets — Vinyl Revisited
Cruising With Ruben & The Jets is a Mothers of Invention album released in 1968, and controversially reissued in an alternate mix with newly recorded bass and percussion in 1984 by Frank Zappa (all post-1984 reissues of the album have … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Music, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged 1968, doo-wop, mothers of invention, original mix, ray collins, vinyl
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