Avantgarde The New Thing

Aapostrophe (‘) Turns 50! Arguably the most popular album in the Frank Zappa catalog, apostrophe (‘) has consistently been a best-seller. It was Zappa’s first Gold Record Award in the U.S., peaking at #10 on the Billboard 200 chart. The “Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow” single also made the Billboard Top 100 Hits chart, peaking at #87. The success of Apostrophe(‘) brought along a new awareness for Zappa and through the years, the album has been a go-to for most when discovering his music.
For the 50th Anniversary, Zappa Records and UMe have compiled a 5-CD + Blu-ray Audio set featuring the original album newly remastered by Bernie Grundman, session outtakes from the Vault and two bonus concerts spanning the year of 1974. The Blu-ray contains the new remaster in hi-res formats, brand-new Dolby Atmos remixes by Karma Auger and Erich Gobel and FZ’s 1974 Quadraphonic mix, back in print for the first time in 50 years. The package features new historical essays by Simon Prentis & Vaultmeister Joe Travers, along with never-before-seen images from the archive of Sam Emerson, who shot the now iconic front cover photo."

Back to Nowhere is Heavy Tin’s fifth record and comes eight years after their critically acclaimed fourth “Makeover” a JamBand heavy-rotation-chart-topping favorite on traditional radio. Back To Nowhere opens with a tune called Dem Keys a languid bop number with piano swinging over a slick walked bass with just enough synth to give it identity and flavor. One thing’s for sure Dem Keys is new and compelling. G Blues is a tune built like a metal fortress with bop jazz and rockabilly ramparts. The tune compounds uniquely in nondescript meters of both five and seven with basses so dense it’s like an army on the march. Seven Flights Down lands on a lighter tone keeping an easy flowing meter of seven throughout.

The motto of the Double Moon labels remains: »Just Good Music«. The emphasis is on improvised music, but the stylistic range is nearly umlimited. From mainstream jazz to avantgarde, from acoustic jazz to electronic, from »world jazz« to »lounge« you will find a great variety of just good music. Among the main artists there are established names like Chico Freeman, Jean-Paul Bourelly and Enrico Rava and sidemen like Joe Lovano, Roy Hargrove, and Mark Turner. The label moreover very much cares about new talents. In a unique series, launched together with the popular German jazzmagazine »Jazz thing«, Double Moon presents young artists that serve wider recognition – the next generation of jazz. With Nature by Lintett these series have reached its 68th volume. The dynamic, exciting and diverse sound experience on this debut album of Kira Linn and her band will take you on a journey through the diversity of nature.