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Tag Archives: zappa covers
Sore TappaZ Plays Zappa – Amsterdam Blue Note, June 2010
Based in Leverkusen, Amsterdam – band leader and vocalist Christopher Klassen‘s home town – Sore TappaZ plays Klassen‘s original compositions as well as and the music of Frank Zappa.
Posted in Frank Zappa, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 2010, Amsterdam, Amsterdam Blue Note, Christopher Klassen, Sore TappaZ, zappa covers
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Duo Disecheis plays Frank Zappa
Recorded Live at Incontri Musicali a Pergola – Sala dell’Abbondanza, Pergola (PU-Italy) on October 26th, 2008. The superimposition of two sounds with different pitches. It was considered dysechia: an unpleasant and disagreeable sound. Yet time and again things that have … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 2008, bebop tango, David Brutti, Duo Disecheis, Filippo Farinelli, Uncle Meat, zappa chamber music, zappa covers
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UG’s Semi-Orchestral Low Budget Memorial Barbecue
This month I have put together a special mixtape for Zappa/Mothers Die-Hards with many of my favorite instrumental, semi-orchestral, and orchestral Zappa works – many of which I’m mixing here for the first time – from some of the best … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Interview, Music
Tagged Frank Zappa, instrumental, mixtape, orchestral zappa, streaming audio, zappa covers
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Best FZ Covers: Orchestra Percussion
A beautiful arrangement by Orchestra Percussion, the actual concert was in Meyzieu, France, november 2009 – I especially love the extreme slow tempo. Like this? You might also want to see RDNZL, Let’s Make The Water Turn Black, We Are … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, YouTubery
Tagged france, percussion, Watermelon In Easter Hay, zappa covers
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Zappanale 21 – ZAPPATiKA!
ZAPPATiKA! is a British-born Frank Zappa tribute band of international musicians who presently live near Amsterdam, Holland, that tour all over Europe playing their own original and very alternative music to live audiences, sometimes performing Frank Zappa tribute shows. Formed … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery, Zappanale
Tagged 2010, Frank Zappa, zappa covers, Zappanale 21, ZAPPATiKA!
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Best FZ Covers – DZPZ & Eric Johnson’s “Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy” & “Muffin Man”
For those who think Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa is a cold, “note-by-note” band, incapable of improvisation, I’m obviously not going to alter your view with a few posts, and neither would I endeavour to try. For those willing to look … Continue reading
Zappa at Montreux Prog Nights, 2009
Since 2006, the goal of Montreux Prog Nights has been to to promote progressive music in Switzerland, especially in Montreux, by organizing three or four events each year in various venues. In 2009, the band FiDOplaysZAPPA performed a Zappa Night … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 2009, FiDOplaysZAPPA, Frank Zappa, Lazuli, live music, Montreux Prog Nights, tribute/cover bands, video, zappa covers
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Selected Idiot Bastard Sons
As a big fan of all Zappa and Zappa-related recordings, I’ve accumulated an immense number of live concerts, shows, and radio broadcasts via Zappateers and purchased elsewhere (far, far too many to name in this post). Among them, certain shows … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Mike Keneally, Miscellany, Music
Tagged idiot bastard son, live music, tribute/cover bands, zappa alumni, zappa covers
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Panzerballett Blitzes Zappanale
Panzerballett is a German ensemble that uses “an innovative, hard ‘n’ heady mixture of jazz, funk and metal, crossing complex polyrhythms with metal guitar riffing, funky grooves and jazz improvisation”. In the clip above, from Zappanale 19, they perform a … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellany, Music, Personal, YouTubery, Zappanale
Tagged bad doberan, Panzerballett, zappa covers, zappanale 19
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The Hungry Freaks – Viva Zappa!
Based in Ottawa, Ontario – The Hungry Freaks are English Canada’s only Mothers of Invention era coverband, combining personal and faithful renditions of the early music of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention with their own fresh interpretation (as … Continue reading