Rattrista invece il mondo zappiano la recente scomparsa di Ike Willis, da poco settantenne, uno tra i più fedeli allievi e alleati del Nostro - da Joe's Garage in avanti, attraverso You Are What You Is, Them or Us, il controverso Thing-Fish, Does Humor Belong in Music?, Broadway the Hard Way e quasi tutti gli album scaturiti dai live degli anni Ottanta - oltre che uno degli ultimi a raccoglierne le volontà (e a rispettarle): "Frank told me before he passed away to play it like you learned it. Just like he taught me. It's got to be the way it was written and performed. Those were my only instructions from Frank. He said, 'Don't change anything; don't ad-lib, don't try to get cute, don't try to spruce it up, don’t change the key that it was written in. Play the songs like I taught you.'"

https://www.discogs.com/Ike-Willis

Altro motivo di gioia per gli zappiani, nell'anno delle celebrazioni dei sessant'anni di Freak  Out!, è la riapertura a lungo auspicata degli archivi di Vaulternative Records, con la promessa di rarità e pubblicazioni inedite curate da Joe Travers con un occhio ai fan più curiosi ed esigenti, un po' nello spirito dell'antica Barfko-Swill. Si (ri)comincia con Zappa ’66 Vol. 1: Live at TTG Studios.

Historical unreleased performances of Frank Zappa and the early Mothers Of Invention recorded in conjunction with a documentary film entitled Sex In Today’s World. Zappa was asked to stage a full fledged “Freak Out” complete with lights, smoke and featuring the typical Freak contingent of Los Angeles including Vito Paulekas and Carl Franzoni. The footage would serve as an example of the current Freak events and the youth culture of LA and beyond. Recorded in October 1966, the band was going through a transition gaining an additional drummer and percussionist in Billy Mundi and the first appearance of Don Preston on keyboards. Also, the tapes are significant as they are the only Vault recordings with session guitar player Del Casher in the group.

https://www.zappa.com/unreleased-1966-live-recordings

L'Artchipel Orchestra porta al festival Trame Sonore di Mantova il suo splendido omaggio a Frank Zappa, diviso per l'occasione in due parti: prima St. Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast, The Grand Wazoo, Blessed Relief e poi Oh No, King Kong e Let’s Move to Cleveland. Questa sera in Piazza Leon Battista Alberti a partire dalle ore 21.30. 

https://oficinaocm.com/artchipel_orchestra_plays_zappa_I
https://oficinaocm.com/artchipel_orchestra_plays_zappa_II