Playlist, December 30, 2007

Set One
Weather Report; In A Silent Way/Waterfall; Live and Unreleased (2002 Sony)
Oscar Peterson; Cool Walk; Encore at the Blue Note (1993 Telarc)
[mic break 10:21 a.m.]

Set Two
Herbie Hancock; Court and Spark; The River (2007 Verve)
Russell Gunn; Footprints; Plays Miles (2007 Highnote)
Stanley Clarke; The Toys of Men; The Toys of Men (2007 Heads Up)
[mic break 10:51 a.m.]

Set Three
Charles Mingus Sextet; Fables of Faubus; Cornell 1964 (2007 Blue Note)
Charles Mingus Sextet; Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Silk Blue; Cornell 1964 (2007 Blue Note)
[mic break 11:48 a.m.]

Set Four
Deep Blue Organ Trio; She's Leaving Home; Folk Music (2007 Origin)
Barney McClure Trio; SchizoBlues; Spot (2007 OA2)
Eberhard Weber; The Last Stage of a Long Journey; Stages of a Long Journey (2007 ECM)
[mic break 12:29 p.m.]

Set Five
Herbie Hancock; The Jungle Line; The River (2007 Verve)
Ella Fitzgerald; Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone; Love Letters from Ella (2007 Concord)
Eldar; Remember When; Re-Imagination (2007 Masterworks Jazz)
Oregon; Catching Up; 1000 Kilometers (2007 CAM)
Hiromi's Sonicbloom; Deep into the Night; Time Control (2007 Telarc)
[mic break 1:05 p.m.]

Set Six
David Amram Quartet; Pull My Daisey; Pull My Daisey and other Jazz Classics (2007 Bridge)
Ryan Montbleau Band; Stretch; One Fine Color; (2006 7not)
Ratdog; Easy to Slip>Supplication; 8/12/2007 GOTV Bridgeport CT
Karl Latham; Tadpole; Resonance (2007 Dropzone Jazz)
[mic break 1:42 p.m.]

Set Seven
Grace Kelley; East of the Sun, West of the Moon; Every Road I Walked (2006 Pazz)
Chick Corea & Béla Fleck; Spectacle; Enchantment (2007 Concord)
Ron DiSalvo; Six Shades of Green; Essence of Green (2007 Origin)
[2:00 p.m.]

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Ed Palermo on arranging Frnk Zpp for big band

Zappa and Jazz

I don’t consider my Zappa project any kind of crusade or following any trend for that matter. It’s just music I love. I’m often asked if the jazz community will ever embrace Zappa’s music. I have no idea. I don’t even really care. Maybe that’s a selfish point of view, but life is short. Why waste time worrying about such stuff. Zappa himself said before he died that he didn’t care how he was remembered or even IF he was remembered. Eventually, I and my band will stop doing this Zappa project and go back to my original material, once again happily outnumbering the audience.

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The way Barry sees it...

The Year of the Freak is Immiment

Oh yes it is. Let’s see which sites, bands and organisations have had legal action taken against them by the ZFT in recent weeks, shall we?

* Us here at KUR (non-profit fan site)
* Ugly Radio Rebellion (non-profit tribute band)
* Project/Object (non-profit tribute band)
* Bogus Pomp (non-profit tribute band)
* Sheik Yerbouti (non-profit tribute band)
* Zappanale Festival (non-profit Zpp festival)
* Arf Society (non-profit fan site)

Quoth The Idiot Bastard:

Apparently Gail has even threatened to remove and destroy the likeness of FZ that is in Bad Doberan – “Yes, we would definitely consider having it replaced with something we do approve,” she said.

I know you’re getting sick and tired of this dear reader — so am I.

That’s the point.

Spread the word if you can, by any means.

A permanent page, objectively documenting the progression of any of these Law Suits is in the works, and will be published as more information becomes publicly available.

Update: had to add tribute band Ugly Radio Rebellion to the list as they too are now being sued by the ZFT for alleged copyright infringement.

Carry on, Barry. Don't let the tone-deaf Zappa™ Family Trust kill the music.
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Widow's Revenge

Gail and the Zappa™ Family Trust continue their charm offensive.

Which bands, organisations and websites have heard from Gail Zappa's lawyers?

* the Arf-Society
* the Zappanale Festival
* Bogus Pomp
* Project/Object
* www.killuglyradio.com
* Sheik Yerbouti
* all of these

Way to honor Frank's legacy and keep the music alive. I'm still waiting for my cease-and-desist order.


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Playlist, December 23, 2007

Set One
Mothers of Invention; King Kong; Uncle Meat
[mic break 10:28 a.m.]

Set Two
Mothers of Invention; King Kong>Help I'm A Rock>Transylvania Boogie>Pound for a Brown>Sleeping in a Jar; Ahead of Their Time
Zappa; King Kong>Daniel Shore sings; 1988
Jean-Luc Ponty; King Kong; King Kong
[mic break 11:08 a.m.]

Set Three
Mothers of Invention; A Pound for a Brown; Uncle Meat
The Ed Palermo Big Band; A Pound for a Brown; Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
Frank Zappa; A Pound for a Brown; You Can't Do That On Stage Any More Vol. 5
Frank Zappa; A Pound for a Brown; The Yellow Shark
Frank Zappa; A Pound for a Brown; Detroit 1976
[mic break 11:47 a.m.]

Set Four
Frank Zappa; Big Swifty; Waka Jawaka
Frank Zappa; Big Swifty>King Kong; Make A Jazz Noise Here
[mic break 12:34 p.m.]

Set Five
Frank Zappa; Sofa; One Size Fits All
Frank Zappa; Po-Jama People; One Size Fits All
Frank Zappa; The Grand Wazoo; The Grand Wazoo
Frank Zappa; The Purple Lagoon; Zappa in New York
[mic break 1:22 p.m.]

Set Six
Frank Zappa; City of Tiny Lights; Paris 1979
Frank Zappa; A Pound for a Brown>Drowning Witch; UI 1981
Frank Zappa; Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up; Joe's Garage
[2:00 p.m.]

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Gail has messed by mind up

The good folks at Kill Ugly Radio received a cease-and-desist order from the Zappa™ Family Trust's lawyers.

To have transcriptions on our website of long-out-of-print magazine interviews with FZ™, which took me many late hours to type out and at times translate? Dude!

To present snippets of FZ™ lyrics on our website which showcase his incredible sense for Conceptual Continuity? What were we thinking!

To have artwork of FZ™ releases up on our discography section, so that readers would know what their next purchase at Barfko Swill could be? Not done, period!

All kidding aside: we believe the material posted on this website would fall well within the definitions of “fair use” in the event of a lawsuit. However, we simply lack the financial means to fund such a lawsuit.

Drop by their blog and show them some love.

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Playlist, December 16, 2007

Set One
Frnk Zpp; Andy>Inca Roads>Florentine Pogen; 2/12/79 Manchester UK
Juggling Suns; Sherman the Yank; sampler
[mic break 10:42 a.m.]

Set Two
Thomas Marriott/Bill Anschell; Winter Wonderland; The Cool Season (2007 Origin)
Eric Alexander; The Temple of Olympic Zeus; Temple of Olympic Zeus (2007 Highnote)
John Patitucci; Line by Line; Line by Line (2006 Concord)
Trio West; Silent Night; Plays Holiday Songs (2007 Tobias Gebb)
Steve Turre; Da Blues; Keep Searchin' (2006 Highnote)
[mic break 11:29 a.m.]

Set Three
Steve Turre; Keep Searchin' ; Keep Searchin' (2006 Highnote)
Katie Bull; Next Generation Doddlin'; The Story, So Far (2007 Corn Hill Indie)
The Roches; Family of Bones; Moonswept (2007 429)
The Kennedy Experience; Third Stone From the Sun; The Kennedy Experience (1999 Sony)
[mic break 11:50 a.m.]

Set Four
The George Benson Quartet; Love For Sale; The George Benson Quartet (2002 Sanctuary)
The Les DeMerle Band; Work Song>Caravan; Cookin' at the Corner (2007 Origin)
Miles Davis; Tout de Suite; Filles de Kilimanjaro (1969/2002 Sony)
[mic break 12:32 p.m.]

Set Five
Joni Mitchell; The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines; Mingus (1979 Asylum)
Joni Mitchell; Goodbye Pork Pie Hat; Mingus (1979 Asylum)
Weather Report; Fast City; Live and Unreleased (2002 Sony)
Weather Report; Portrait of Tracy; Live and Unreleased (2002 Sony)
Jaco Pastorius; Stuttgart Aria I; Stuttgart Aria (jazzpoint)
[mic break 1:07 p.m.]

Set Six
Victor Wooten; Bass Tribute; Soul Circus (2005 Vanguard)
Bill Heid; Covert Ops; Wet Streets (1999 Savant)
Greg Abate Quintet; Nica's Dream; Horace is Here (2005 Koko Jazz)
The Ed Palermo Big Band; Gumbo Variations (2006 Cuneiform)
Frank Zappa™; Sharleena; You Can't Do That On Stage Any More Volume 3)
Donna Jean & the Tricksters; Me & Kettle Joe; Donna Jean & the Tricksters (2007 Heart of Gold)
[2:00 p.m.]

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Playlist, December 2, 2007

Set One
Wayne Escoffery; Tightrope; Intuition (2006 Nagel Heyer)
Charles Earland; Sister Sadie; The Horace Silver Songbook (2007 Highnote)
Ella Fitzgerald; Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone; Love Letters From Ella (2007 Concord)
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson; Old Kidney Stew is Fine; Kidney Stew is Fine (2007 Delmark)
Eric Alexander; Blues for David; Temple of Olympic Zeus (2007 Highnote)
[mic break 10:38 a.m.]

Set Two
Katie Bull; Which; The Story, So Far (2007 Corn Hill Indie)
Wayne Escoffery; I Should Care; Intuition (2006 Nagel Heyer)
Gotham Wind Symphony; Swamp Stomp; Oasis Jazz Volume VII #2 (2007 Oasis)
Rashied Ali Quintet; Thing for Joe; Judgment Day #2 (2007 Survival)
[mic break 11:08 a.m.]

Set Three
Frode Haltli; Pre; Passing Images (2007 ECM)
Eberhard Weber; The Last Stage of a Long Journey; Stages of a Long Journey (2007 ECM)
Miroslav Vitous; Opera; Universal Syncopations II (2007 ECM)
[mic break 11:33 a.m.]

Set Four
Charles Earland; My Blues is Funky; The Mighty Burner (2004 Highnote)
Pater Rapanaro; Let It Snow/Winter Wonderland; The Secret of Christmas (2007 self)
Frank Morgan; Summertime>All Blues; City Nights (2004 Highnote)
Thomas Marriott/Bill Anschell/Jeff Johnson/John Bishop; Christmat Time Is Here; The Cool Season (2007 Origin)
[mic break 12:10 p.m.]

Set Five
Guitar Madness; River; Welcome Everything (2007 John McLean)
Pat Metheny Group; Going Ahead/As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls; Travels (1984 ECM)
Phish; Bathtub Gin; Hampton Comes Alive (1999 Elektra)
[mic break 12:56 p.m.]

1:00 p.m. Interview with Don Pearson of Strangers Helping Strangers

Set Six
Juggling Suns; Into Tomorrow
The Jon Hemmersham/Don Minasi Quartet; Sprint; The Jon Hemmersham/Don Minasi Quartet (2007 CDM)
Freddie Hubbard; Suite Sioux; Red Clay (2002 Sony)
[1:30 p.m.]


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