Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa (le 21 de decembre 1940 - le 4 de decembre 1993) esseva un musico e cantautor statounitese. Ille es cogniscite como musico non categorisabile. Su obras crucia le generes de rock, pop, jazz, classic et avant-garde e sovente ha experimentos musical ambitiose, influentias eclectic, virtuositate instrumental, attitudes nonconformista e satiric et idiosyncrasias personal.

Nascite in Baltimore, Maryland, su familia se moveva a California del sud, ubi ille comenciava a facer musica al fin del annos 1950. Ille esseva influentiate per musica popular, musica classic et experimentos avant-garde per compositores como Edgard Varèse. In le initio del annos 1960 se univa con un banda como un guitarrista e cantator. Ille deveniva lor chef e les renominava Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. Su banda cambiava regularmente de membros, tanto plus proque Zappa non remaneva longe in le mesme stilo musical. Remarcabilemente, Frank Zappa non 'collaborava' jammais con musicos del maniera costumari in le musica pop. Ille empleava musicos, les pagava, e les dimitteva. Ille esseva un homine precise, critic, e con un enorme mania de colliger su proprie obras, registrationes e concertos.

Zappa esseva prolific; ille creava plus que 60 albumes durante su carriera. Ille habeva successo commercial nichate e influentiava musicos e compositores experimental. Foras musica, ille dirigeva filmes e videos musical e campaniava contra censura. In 1993 ille moriva de cancer de prostata.

Citatos 

"Le information non es le cognoscentia. Le cognoscentia non es le sagessa. Le sagessa non es le veritate. Le veritate non es le beltate. Le beltate non es le amor. Le amor non es le musica. Le musica es LE OPTIME..." = ab Packard Goose
"Le jazz non es morte, illo solmente odora estraniemente."

Discographia 

 Freak Out! (1966)
 Absolutely Free (1967)
 Lumpy Gravy (1967)
 We're Only In It For The Money (1968)
 Cruising With Ruben & The Jets (1968)
 Uncle Meat (1969)
 Mothermania (1969)
 Hot Rats (1969)
 Burnt Weeny Sandwich (1969)
 Weasels Ripped My Flesh (1970)
 Chunga's Revenge (1970)
 Fillmore East - June 1971 (1971)
 200 Motels (1971)
 Just Another Band From L.A. (1972) (See 1972 in music)
 Waka/Jawaka (1972) (See 1972 in music)
 The Grand Wazoo (1972) (See 1972 in music)
 Over-Nite Sensation (1973) (See 1973 in music)
 Apostrophe (1974)
 Roxy & Elsewhere (1974)
 One Size Fits All (1975)
 Bongo Fury (1975)
 Zoot Allures (1976)
 Zappa In New York (1978)
 Studio Tan (1978)
 Sleep Dirt (1979)
 Sheik Yerbouti (1979)
 Orchestral Favorites (1979)
 Joe's Garage (1979)
 Tinseltown Rebellion (1981)
 Shut Up 'N' Play Yer Guitar (1981)
 You Are What You Is (1981)
 Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (1982)
 The Man From Utopia (1983)
 Baby Snakes (1983)
 London Symphony Orchestra vol 1 (1983)
 The Perfect Stranger (1984)
 Them Or Us (1984)
 Thing-Fish (1984)
 Francesco Zappa (1984)
 FZ Meets The Mothers Of Prevention (1985)
 Does Humor Belong In Music? (1986)
 Jazz From Hell (1986)
 London Symphony Orchestra vol 2 (1987)
 Guitar (1988)
 You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore vol 1 (1988)
 You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore vol 2 (1988)
 Broadway The Hard Way (1989)
 You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore vol 3 (1989)
 The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life (1989)
 You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore vol 4 (1991)
 Make A Jazz Noise Here (1991)
 You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore vol 5 (1992)
 You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore vol 6 (1992)
 Playground Psychotics (1992)
 Ahead Of Their Time (1993)
 Zappa's Universe (1993)
 The Yellow Shark (1993)
 Civilization, Phaze III (1994)
 Strictly Commercial (1995)
 The Lost Episodes (1996)
 Läther (1996)
 Mystery Disc (1998)
 Everything Is Healing Nicely (1999)
 FZ:OZ (2002)

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