Zappanale #21
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Zappanale 21 from August 13th to 15th, 2010
Numero 21 will probably go down in the collective memory of the Zappanists as the 'rain edition'. The audience, celebrating its annual return in a mixture of comfortable serenity and exuberant devotion, didn't let the weather forecast stop them from expressly enjoying three days of 'music and more'.
The kick-off was on Tuesday with the opening concert in St. Catherine's Church in Hamburg: "Zappa plays Bach". There are already CD editions of this from previous years, this year the Finnish Ensemble Ambrosius, which also celebrated its magical set in Bad Doberan, gave the benefit concert together with Napoleon Murphy Brock. One day later, on Wednesday, bands played in Bad Doberan's Kamp-Theater, films were shown, Jim Cohen moderated a relaxed talk show with Napoleon, Ike Willis, Denny Walley, Ray White and Robert Martin - the invited guests, Zappa's companions, who lived in the Later during the festival, one or the other band stood and played on both festival stages. Thursday: Concerts, film, reading, session in the Kamptheater. Another 'extra event', as it is called in the festival programme, was Jim Cohen's "Outside Now - Joe's Garage and The Future" - those who were only able to arrive on Friday evening missed a lot - and not only with Jim Cohen's lecture a decisive one event.
Two stages - Main and Truck Stage - shared the attention of festival visitors with different characteristics. While the main stage celebrated the 'big' gigs, the truck jam sessions, bone-dry avant-garde rock, all kinds of extravagant eccentricities and other contributions from the main acts.
The festival area, in the second year stretching to the right of the trotting track, is pleasantly set up, with everything a festival visitor's heart desires (LP and CD stands, clothing, memorabilia, food, drinks, drinks, drinks, etc.), Dixie toilets for free and paid toilets for a neater exit, AND, AND: for the first time without a circus tent. But those who looked a bit discouraged at first could soon enjoy an improvement that made a decisive contribution to the enjoyment of the concert: the stage was not, as in the previous year, facing towards the Baltic Sea, but towards Bad Doberan, in front of it, the audience area, lifted up and up , on an elevated position, a white tent stretched across a wide space so that everyone, whether close to the stage or further away, had an excellent view of the shows and could see every performance perfectly. The more relaxed fans in their casually comfortable garden chairs planted themselves at the edge of the tent (two beer wagons stood close by on either side) and the auditorium standing in front of it could be looked over heads (balds and pigtails) and everyone was happy.
The program was finely sorted and had unimagined treasures up its sleeve, which positively developed the elation of the watching crowd. After LiLo's Zapmospheres refreshing solo prelude, the Jazzhunde, the permanent institution of the festival, followed. Hardly any Zappa in the program. But the finest, grandiose jazz rock. Illustrated and fed up. Again and again please!
Bongo Fury rocked 60s and 70s Zappa in a trio formation, rapidly and violently. Beardfish's Rikard Sjöblom – who was still on stage with his fine progressive rock band on Saturday – put in a lot of effort with Rasmus Diamant (b) and Petter Diamant (dr). The quality brand was set high right from the start. The official opening followed, the audience was welcomed by the head department, then the Ambrosius ensemble played a folkloric Zappa, finely arranged, played with verve and intensity. Napoleon Murphy Brock – who repeatedly took a dip in the crowd over the three days and calmly enjoyed the attention – appeared in front of the band disguised as a small (big!) Muck and for the second half of the concert he was an inseparable part of the band. Fabulous!
Presenting The Muffin Men means taking owls to Athens and enough other things are being transferred there at the moment so that I can only say: finally again! One of the top bands in Europe, the Zappa with British humor and all sorts of snippets from rock history
