Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa (Baltimore, Maryland, 21 desimber 1940 - Laurel Canyon, Kalifornje, 4 desimber 1993) wie in Amerikaansk musikus en komponist. Hy wie ferneamd om syn frjemde muzykstyl, dy't faak nuveraardich en koartswillich wie. Zappa hat mei in soad oare muzikanten wurke, dêr't The Mothers of Invention en syn freon blues sjonger Captain Beefheart de bekendsten fan wiene. Zappa mingde op syn wize rockmuzyk mei psychedelika, jazz, eksperimintele muzyk en hjoeddeiske klassike muzyk. Hy gie himsels net út de wei mei syn selsspot, humor en performance-art.

Frank Zappa
sjonger en/of muzikant
Frank Zappa (1977)
persoanlike bysûnderheden
echte namme	Frank Vincent Zappa
nasjonaliteit	Amerikaansk
berne	21 desimber 1940
berteplak	Maryland
stoarn	4 desimber 1993
stjerplak	Laurel Canyon
wurkpaad
sjenre	Rock, Blues, Jazz
ynstrumint	Gitaar
grutste hit(s)	Dancin' Fool
jierren aktyf	1955-1993

Frank Zappa (1977)

Persoanlik libben

Zappa wie sûnt 1967 troud mei Gail, berne as Adelaide Gail Sloatman op 1 jannewaris 1945, dy't it behear oer de zaken fan Zappa hie. Sy hiene fjouwer bern:

• Moon Zappa (Moon Unit Zappa, 1967)
• Dweezil Zappa (Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa, 1969), neamd nei de bynamme fan de lytse tean fan Gail.
• Ahmet Zappa (Ahmet Emuukha Rodan Zappa, 1974)
• Diva Zappa (Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen Zappa, 1979)

De soannen Dweezil en Ahmet spylje tegearre yn de band 'Z'.

Zappa stoar flak for syn 53e oan de gefolgen fan prostaatkanker.

Trivia

• Yn 1994 waard in planetoïde nei Frank Zappa neamd: (3834) Zappafrank.

Diskografy

Studio-albums

Album	Utbrocht op	Band	Single(s)
Freak Out!	27 juny 1966	The Mothers of Invention	How Could I Be Such a Fool?, Trouble Comin' Every Day, Motherly Love
Absolutely Free	26 maaie 1967		Son of Suzy Creamcheese
Lumpy Gravy	7 augustus 1967	Frank Zappa
We're Only in It for the Money	4 maart 1968	The Mothers of Invention	Lonely Little Girl
Cruising with Ruben & the Jets	2 desimber 1968		Deseri, Anyway the Wind Blows
Uncle Meat	21 april 1969
Hot Rats	10 oktober 1969	Frank Zappa	Peaches en Regalia
Burnt Weeny Sandwich	9 febrewaris 1970	The Mothers of Invention	WPLJ
Weasels Ripped My Flesh	10 augustus 1970
Chunga's Revenge	23 oktober 1970	Frank Zappa	Tell Me You Love Me
200 Motels	4 oktober 1971		Magic Fingers, What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning
Waka/Jawaka	5 july 1972
The Grand Wazoo	27 novimber 1972	The Mothers of Invention	Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus
Over-Nite Sensation	7 septimber 1973		I'm the Slime
Apostrophe (')	22 maart 1974	Frank Zappa	Cosmik Debris, Don't Eat the Yellow Snow
One Size Fits All	25 juny 1975	The Mothers of Invention	Du Bist Mein Sofa
Zoot Allures	20 oktober 1976	Frank Zappa	Find Her Finer, Disco Boy
Studio Tan	15 septimber 1978
Sleep Dirt	19 jannewaris 1979
Joe's Garage	Septimber/Novimber 1979		Joe's Garage, Stick It Out
You Are What You Is	23 septimber 1981		Harder Than Your Husband, You Are What You Is, Goblin Girl
Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch	3 maaie 1982		Valley Girl
The Man from Utopia	28 maart 1983		The Man from Utopia Meets Mary Lou, Cocaine Decisions
The Perfect Stranger	23 augustus 1984		The Girl in the Magnesium Dress
Them or Us	18 oktober 1984		Baby Take Your Teeth Out, In France
Francesco Zappa	21 novimber 1984
Thing-Fish	21 desimber 1984
Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention	21 novimber 1985
Jazz from Hell	15 novimber 1986

Live-albums

Album	Utbrocht op	Band
Fillmore East – June 1971	2 augustus 1971	The Mothers of Invention
Just Another Band from L.A.	26 maart 1972
Roxy & Elsewhere	10 septimber 1974
Bongo Fury	2 oktober 1975
Zappa in New York	3 maart 1978	Frank Zappa
Sheik Yerbouti	3 maart 1979
Orchestral Favorites	4 maaie 1979
Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar	11 maaie 1981
Tinsel Town Rebellion	17 maaie 1981
Baby Snakes	28 maart 1983
Does Humor Belong in Music?	27 jannewaris 1986
Guitar	26 april 1988
Broadway the Hard Way	14 oktober 1988
Make a Jazz Noise Here	4 juny 1991
The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life	16 april 1991
Playground Psychotics	27 oktober 1992	The Mothers of Invention
Ahead of Their Time	23 maart 1993
The Yellow Shark	2 novimber 1993	Frank Zappa

Kompilaasje-albums

Album	Utbrocht op	Band
Mothermania	24 maart 1969	The Mothers of Invention
The **** of the Mothers	oktober 1969
The Mothers of Invention	july 1970
Worst of the Mothers	maart 1971
Old Masters	1985, 1986, 1987	Frank Zappa
The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa	juny 1987
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1	16 maaie 1988
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2	25 oktober 1988
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3	13 novimber 1989
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4	14 juny 1991
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5	10 july 1992
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6
Strictly Commercial	2 augustus 1995
Strictly Genteel	20 maaie 1997
Cucamonga	17 febrewaris 1998
Cheap Thrills	28 april 1998
Son of Cheep Thrills	27 april 1999
The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle	15 desimber 2006
The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAA Birthday Bundle 2008	21 desimber 2008
The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAAA Birthday Bundle 2010	21 desimber 2010
The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAAAAM Birthday Bundle 2011	21 desimber 2011
The Frank Zappa Finer Moments	18 desimber 2012
The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle	21 desimber 2014
ZAPPAtite	septimber 2016
A Very Zappa Birthday EP	21 desimber 2020

Dvd's

• 2003: Does Humor Belong in Music?
• 2007: Apostrophe

Boeken

• Chevalier, Dominique, "Viva Zappa" (1986), Londen: Omnibus Press, SBN 0-7119-0821-4
• Courrier, Kevin, "The Dangerous Kitchen. The Subversive Art of Frank Zappa" (2001), Toronto: ECW Press, ISBN 1-55022-447-6
• Gray, Michael, "Mother! is the Story of Frank Zappa" (1984), Londen: Proteus Books, ISBN 0-86276-146-8
• James, Billy, "Necessity Is...: The Early Years of Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention" (2000), Londen: SAF Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-946719-51-9
• Kostelanetz, Richard, "Frank Zappa Companion. Four Decades of Commentary" (1997), New York: Schirmer, ISBN 0-02-864628-2
• Lennon, Nigey, "Being Frank. My Time with Frank Zappa" (1995), Los Angeles: California Classics Book, ISBN 1-879395-55-X
• Lowe, Kelly Fisher, "The Words and Music of Frank Zappa" (2006), Westport: Praeger Publishers, ISBN 0-275-98779-5
• Miles, Barry, "In His Own Words" (1993), Londen: Omnibus Press, ISBN 0-7119-3100-3
• Miles, Barry, "Frank Zappa - A Visual Documentary" (2003), Londen: Omnibus Press, ISBN 0-7119-3099-6
• Miles, Barry, "Frank Zappa" (2004), London: Atlantic Books, ISBN 1-84354-092-4 (Nederlânsk Zappa De biografie, ISBN 978-90-6005-556-4)
• Russo, Greg, "Cosmik Debris. The collected history and improvisations of Frank Zappa" (1998), USA: Crossfire Publications, ISBN 0-9648157-4-5
• Russo, Greg, "Cosmik Debris. The collected history and improvisations of Frank Zappa (Revised)" (1999), USA: Crossfire Publications, ISBN 0-9648157-7-X
• Russo, Greg, "Cosmik Debris. The collected history and improvisations of Frank Zappa (The Son Of Revised)" (2003), USA: Crossfire Publications, ISBN 0-9648157-0-2
• Slaven, Neil, "Electric Don Quixote: The Definitive Story of Frank Zappa" (2003), Londen: Omnibus Press, ISBN 0-7119-9436-6
• Walley, David, "No Commercial Potential. The Saga of Frank Zappa" (1980, Then and Now, New York: E. P. Dutton, ISBN 0-525-93153-8
• Watson, Ben, "Frank Zappa: The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play" (1996), New York: St. Martin's Griffin, ISBN 0-312-14124-6
• Watson, Ben, "Frank Zappa. The Complete Guide to His Music" (2005), Londen: Omnibus Press, ISBN 1-84449-865-4
• Zappa, Frank & Occhiogrosso, Peter, "The Real Frank Zappa Book" (1989), New York: Poseidon Press, ISBN 0-671-63870-X

Keppeling om utens

• (in) Zappa.com
• (in) Zappa Wiki Jawaka - a wiki dedicated to FZ
• (in) Bibleteek fan Frank Zappa sitaten