Zappa spielt für Bach, 2022, Mats Öberg, Napoleon Murphy Brock

Zappa im Duett: Unter dem Namen "Colour Flash" präsentieren der von Geburt an blinde Keyboarder und Pianist Mats Öberg, Jahrgang 1971, aus Schweden und der US-amerikanische Sänger, Saxophonist, Flötist Standards des Komponisten Frank Zappa (1940 -1993). Als Siebzehnjähriger hatte Mats Öbergs anlässlich eines Konzerts von Frank Zappa 1988 in Stockholm wegen seines "unglaublichen" Spiels, so Zappa später, ein Jobangebot bekommen. Napoleon Murphy Brock, Jahrgang 1945, gehörte in den Siebzigern der legendären Zappa-Formation "Mothers of Invention" an und war mit seiner Bühnenpräsenz, Stimme und musikalischen Beteiligung an vielen Songs stilbildend für die Band. Im ersten Teil des St. Katharinen-Konzerts 2022 verwandelt Öberg von seiner CD "Frankful" einige Zappa-Klassiker in überraschende Improvisationen im Stile der Pianisten Keith Jarret oder Chick Corea. Im zweiten Teil heisst es "Zappa pure". Das 11. Konzert der außergewöhnlichen Musikreihe "Zappa spielt für Bach" seit 2008 dient der Musikpflege an St. Katharinen, deren große Orgel von Johann Sebastian Bach sehr geschätzt wurde. Gefördert wurde Rekonstruktion und Konzertreihe von der Hamburger Stiftung Günter und Liselotte Powalla. Konzeption: Sebastian Knauer

[@dokproduction9881]

Magical duet! Napoleon's voice has never changed since the 70's.. Amazing!

[@edpalermo1580]

Artistry at its finest. Pure genius.

[@carlosmarques9468]

This is the best version of Outside Now I ever heard. Wonderful.

[@kipponi]

Yeah but not singing!?

[@3rdmm]

That's what they call a "sensitive interpretation".

[@grandwazooX]

such a great concert, Napoleon, too, was in the form of his life.

[@syn707]

A great performance. Brock has such mastery of his voice. 😊

[@building436]

GREAT! Zappa Stuff is always amazing! Thanks to Napoleon and Mats!!

[@jacquescarrier9713]

This is so fantastic, wow from Montreal Québec , Canada

[@JackDaedelus]

Just wonderful !

[@yassat4230]

What a great playing! My most fav musician ,Mats!

[@carlcruysberghs2298]

Wow, this is magical...

[@jankrohn4735]

so sorry to miss that one😮

[@martingjsmith]

Wonderful!

[@jasonschmidt8194]

Music is the best!

[@markdearlove8634]

That was so good!

[@IronChef3]

FZ being played in a church. Wonder if that's ever happened before.

[@thomasbaskys8610]

I think Joe Jackson did Dirty Love in a Church. I saw the video.

[@The-F.R.E.E.-J.]

Nice samples. Especially like the Outside Now. Almost ruined it w/ the obligatory Trump reference, but it was still pretty good.

[@gforce4063]

Napolean

[@thomasbaskys8610]

Napoleon had to go there with Trump? So Trump is a fool? Wreck the Country like Biden and Trump gets called out! I'm teetering on never listening to Zappa again! Great job Napoleon! 🤮

[@blakebruner6173]

The uglist part iz yer miiiiiindaaah. Pruven it. Doooinnn... it. Sad cha went. Toooties. Loo. Ooo. do, do, do, do. Dat.

[@thomasbaskys8610]

@@blakebruner6173 All your children are poor unfortunate victims of systems beyond their control, a plague upon your ignorance to the great despair of your ugly lives! Napoleon is a registered sex offender, maybe that's why he believes Creepy Uncle Joe got 81 million votes! 🤔

[@The-F.R.E.E.-J.]

I totally you hear you bro, but don't deprive yourself of great music. Who knows what Frank would be now, my guess is he would be a center-right person as he was very conservative in many ways. You gotta remember, they're rock musicians who, for whatever reason, always end up being 99.9 per cent wacko liberal. BTW, saw an old interview the other day of Frank expressing disappointment in the effectiveness of our bombs compared with the Russians bombs. He specifically said that he was not against bombs, just poorly made ones because of our corrupt industrial-military complex.

[@thomasbaskys8610]

@@The-F.R.E.E.-J. Not to worry, watched the AE documentary on FZ the other night. Saw him live about 12-15 times. Had all his albums at one time, had to sell them during hard times. Saw Napoleon with Project Object at a North Side bar in Chicago years ago, his performance changed my life! Thanks for writing! 🗣 ZAPPA!

[@The-F.R.E.E.-J.]

@@thomasbaskys8610 Amen, long may their contributions live!

[@jacquescarrier9713]

Fantastic again

[@squanto2]

I'm sorry, I just can't. I don't imagine that Frank would think this was very well done.