| Genre | rock, guitar, fun, trio, zappa |
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Beau Sasser, hammond organs/ synthesizers/ vocals – Tim Palmieri,guitar/ vocals – Bill Carbone,drums/ vocals and, quite often Ed Mann – Mallet instruments, percussion, dub style innovations, etc.
Some music is sacred. Like Frank’s. But that doesn’t mean that it’s an ant in amber, frozen forever in its last performance. The Z3’s “Funky Takes on Frank” is Tim, Beau and Bill and Ed’s way of playing the music they’ve obsessed over for years to the audiences that come to see them right now. They started with nothing but guitar, Hammond organ/keys, drums and three voices and tackled everything from Freak Out to Broadway the Hard Way with a playful and adventurous spirit that has thus far tickled the fancies of both diehard FZ fans as well as those that “never knew they liked him.” Recently longtime Zappa collaborator Ed Mann has joined the group on mallets, percussion and electronics, adding both the classic FZ sonic dimension of angular, rapid-fire marimba melodies and an etherial wash that fits right in with the Z3’s 21st century take on Frank.
Organist Beau Sasser and drummer Bill Carbone discovered a shared passion for Frank Zappa while touring together in the band of guitarist Melvin Sparks. They daydreamed of a trio in the organ-funk style that performed nothing but Zappa, but who would complete the triumvirate and serve as the missing-link to bridge the two genres was a mystery. When guitarist/vocalist Tim Palmieri, a diehard Zappa fan, ended up on a string of regular Wednesday night funk gigs with The Beau Sasser Trio in November 2011, the Z3 was born. The three musicians knew each other from years working in the Northeast music scene, their chemistry was undeniable, and the transition from pickup band to the Z3 was as smooth as passage of quintuplets in 9/8.
The Z3 was created for fun, and that’s probably why audiences find it so enjoyable. The initial run of Z3 shows in Northampton, MA were jammed with fans of the individual musicians and of FZ, and, as the band worked toward engaging both the FZ material and the audience, the temperature has risen. A few years later, the Z3 has rocked the Blue Note Jazz Club in NYC, peppered the summer festival circuit with their Funky Takes on Frank, and delivered a legendary 3+ hour set at the Zappanale 24 festival in Bad Doberon, Germany.
The new double CD “Live At Zappanale #24″ represents 25 years of interwoven Zappa compositions reimagined to fit their “Funky Takes on Frank” philosophy. The two CDs contain a significant portion of this three hour long concert and exhibit The Z3 in an ecstatic state, shredding, nailing the compositions and improvising, and most importantly laughing and sharing the joy of music with the type of receptive audience all musician dreams of. Give thanks for Frank!
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Beau Sasser, hammond organs/ synthesizers/ vocals – Tim Palmieri,guitar/ vocals – Bill Carbone,drums/ vocals and, quite often Ed Mann – Mallet instruments, percussion, dub style innovations, etc.
Some music is sacred. Like Frank’s. But that doesn’t mean that it’s an ant in amber, frozen forever in its last performance. The Z3’s “Funky Takes on Frank” is Tim, Beau and Bill and Ed’s way of playing the music they’ve obsessed over for years to the audiences that come to see them right now. They started with nothing but guitar, Hammond organ/keys, drums and three voices and tackled everything from Freak Out to Broadway the Hard Way with a playful and adventurous spirit that has thus far tickled the fancies of both diehard FZ fans as well as those that “never knew they liked him.” Recently longtime Zappa collaborator Ed Mann has joined the group on mallets, percussion and electronics, adding both the classic FZ sonic dimension of angular, rapid-fire marimba melodies and an etherial wash that fits right in with the Z3’s 21st century take on Frank.
Organist Beau Sasser and drummer Bill Carbone discovered a shared passion for Frank Zappa while touring together in the band of guitarist Melvin Sparks. They daydreamed of a trio in the organ-funk style that performed nothing but Zappa, but who would complete the triumvirate and serve as the missing-link to bridge the two genres was a mystery. When guitarist/vocalist Tim Palmieri, a diehard Zappa fan, ended up on a string of regular Wednesday night funk gigs with The Beau Sasser Trio in November 2011, the Z3 was born. The three musicians knew each other from years working in the Northeast music scene, their chemistry was undeniable, and the transition from pickup band to the Z3 was as smooth as passage of quintuplets in 9/8.
The Z3 was created for fun, and that’s probably why audiences find it so enjoyable. The initial run of Z3 shows in Northampton, MA were jammed with fans of the individual musicians and of FZ, and, as the band worked toward engaging both the FZ material and the audience, the temperature has risen. A few years later, the Z3 has rocked the Blue Note Jazz Club in NYC, peppered the summer festival circuit with their Funky Takes on Frank, and delivered a legendary 3+ hour set at the Zappanale 24 festival in Bad Doberon, Germany.
The new double CD “Live At Zappanale #24″ represents 25 years of interwoven Zappa compositions reimagined to fit their “Funky Takes on Frank” philosophy. The two CDs contain a significant portion of this three hour long concert and exhibit The Z3 in an ecstatic state, shredding, nailing the compositions and improvising, and most importantly laughing and sharing the joy of music with the type of receptive audience all musician dreams of. Give thanks for Frank!
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Bottega
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INTRUDO
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Montelago drums anthem 2022 (Original Montelago Celtic Festival trailer soundtrack)
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Z3
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Impatient
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Remedy
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Who?!
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T.U.R.N.T
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DEMON
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ROOTS
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