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- Frank_Zappa abstract "Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, bandleader, songwriter, composer, recording engineer, record producer, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. Zappa produced almost all of the more than 60 albums he released with the band The Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist. While in his teens, he acquired a taste for 20th-century classical composers such as Edgard Varèse, Igor Stravinsky, and Anton Webern along with 1950s rhythm and blues music. He began writing classical music in high school, while at the same time playing drums in rhythm and blues bands; he later switched to electric guitar.Zappa was a self-taught composer and performer, and his diverse musical influences led him to create music that was often difficult to categorize. His 1966 debut album with The Mothers of Invention, Freak Out!, combined songs in conventional rock and roll format with collective improvisations and studio-generated sound collages. His later albums shared this eclectic and experimental approach, irrespective of whether the fundamental format was rock, jazz or classical. His lyrics—often humorously—reflected his iconoclastic view of established social and political processes, structures and movements. He was a strident critic of mainstream education and organized religion, and a forthright and passionate advocate for freedom of speech, self-education, political participation and the abolition of censorship.He was a highly productive and prolific artist and gained widespread critical acclaim. He had some commercial success, particularly in Europe, and worked as an independent artist for most of his career. He also remains a major influence on musicians and composers. Zappa was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997. Zappa was married to Kathryn J. "Kay" Sherman from 1960 to 1964. In 1967, he married Adelaide Gail Sloatman, with whom he remained until his death from prostate cancer in 1993. They had four children: Moon, Dweezil, Ahmet and Diva. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at No. 71 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time", and in 2011 at No. 22 on its list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".".
- Frank_Zappa activeYearsStartYear "1955".
- Frank_Zappa alias "Zappa, Frank Vincent".
- Frank_Zappa associatedBand The_Mothers_of_Invention.
- Frank_Zappa associatedMusicalArtist The_Mothers_of_Invention.
- Frank_Zappa background "solo_singer".
- Frank_Zappa birthDate "1940-12-21".
- Frank_Zappa birthPlace Baltimore.
- Frank_Zappa birthPlace Maryland.
- Frank_Zappa birthYear "1940".
- Frank_Zappa deathDate "1993-12-04".
- Frank_Zappa deathPlace Los_Angeles.
- Frank_Zappa deathYear "1993".
- Frank_Zappa genre Classical_music.
- Frank_Zappa genre Experimental_music.
- Frank_Zappa genre Jazz.
- Frank_Zappa genre Rock_music.
- Frank_Zappa instrument Guitar_(Frank_Zappa_album).
- Frank_Zappa instrument Hagstr%C3%B6m_Viking.
- Frank_Zappa instrument Synclavier.
- Frank_Zappa occupation Musician_(magazine).
- Frank_Zappa recordLabel Barking_Pumpkin_Records.
- Frank_Zappa recordLabel Bizarre_Records.
- Frank_Zappa recordLabel DiscReet_Records.
- Frank_Zappa recordLabel Straight_Records.
- Frank_Zappa recordLabel Verve_Records.
- Frank_Zappa recordLabel Zappa_Records.
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- Frank_Zappa viafId "100234697".
- Frank_Zappa wikiPageExternalLink Zappa.com.
- Frank_Zappa wikiPageExternalLink www.zappa.com.
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- Frank_Zappa alternativeNames "Zappa, Frank Vincent".
- Frank_Zappa associatedActs "The Mothers of InventionCaptain Beefheart".
- Frank_Zappa background "solo_singer".
- Frank_Zappa birthDate "1940-12-21".
- Frank_Zappa birthName "Frank Vincent Zappa".
- Frank_Zappa birthPlace "Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.".
- Frank_Zappa caption "--01-16".
- Frank_Zappa dateOfBirth "1940-12-21".
- Frank_Zappa dateOfDeath "1993-12-04".
- Frank_Zappa deathDate "1993-12-04".
- Frank_Zappa deathPlace "Los Angeles, California, U.S.".
- Frank_Zappa description "A Zappa composition for classical ensemble from Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger.".
- Frank_Zappa description "One of Zappa's complex, percussion-based compositions featured on Zappa in New York.".
- Frank_Zappa description "One of Zappa's works for Synclavier on Civilization, Phaze III, cited as his "last great work."".
- Frank_Zappa description "The closing track on Waka/Jawaka, one of Zappa's jazz-oriented albums.".
- Frank_Zappa description "The opening track on Freak Out!. The album has "consistently been voted as one of top 100 greatest albums ever made".".
- Frank_Zappa description "The opening track on Hot Rats is considered to be one of Zappa's most enduring compositions.".
- Frank_Zappa description "The single became a hit in non-English speaking countries and helped Sheik Yerbouti become a best-seller.".
- Frank_Zappa description "The title track on Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar features Zappa's guitar improvisations.".
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- Frank_Zappa genre Classical_music.
- Frank_Zappa genre Experimental_music.
- Frank_Zappa genre Jazz.
- Frank_Zappa genre Rock_music.
- Frank_Zappa hasPhotoCollection Frank_Zappa.
- Frank_Zappa instrument "Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, synclavier, drums, percussion".
- Frank_Zappa label Barking_Pumpkin_Records.
- Frank_Zappa label Bizarre_Records.
- Frank_Zappa label DiscReet_Records.
- Frank_Zappa label Straight_Records.
- Frank_Zappa label Verve_Records.
- Frank_Zappa label Zappa_Records.
- Frank_Zappa name "Frank Zappa".
- Frank_Zappa name "Zappa, Frank".
- Frank_Zappa notableInstruments "Hagström VikingGibson ES-5 SwitchmasterGibson SGGibson Les PaulFender StratocasterSynclavier".
- Frank_Zappa occupation "Musician, songwriter, composer, conductor, record producer".
- Frank_Zappa placeOfBirth "Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.".
- Frank_Zappa placeOfDeath "Los Angeles, California, U.S.".
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- Frank_Zappa quote ""Since I didn't have any kind of formal training, it didn't make any difference to me if I was listening to Lightnin' Slim, or a vocal group called the Jewels ... , or Webern, or Varèse, or Stravinsky. To me it was all good music."".
- Frank_Zappa quote "Frank Zappa was one of the first to try tearing down the barriers between rock, jazz, and classical music. In the late Sixties his Mothers of Invention would slip from Stravinsky's "Petroushka" into The Dovells' "Bristol Stomp" before breaking down into saxophone squeals inspired by Albert Ayler".
- Frank_Zappa shortDescription "Musician, songwriter, composer, conductor, record producer".
- Frank_Zappa source "The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll".
- Frank_Zappa source "—Frank Zappa, 1989".
- Frank_Zappa title "Bobby Brown".
- Frank_Zappa title "Hungry Freaks Daddy".
- Frank_Zappa title "N-Lite".
- Frank_Zappa title "Naval Aviation in Art?".
- Frank_Zappa title "Peaches En Regalia".
- Frank_Zappa title "Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar Some More".
- Frank_Zappa title "The Black Page Drum Solo/Black Page #1".
- Frank_Zappa title "Waka/Jawaka".
- Frank_Zappa website Zappa.com.
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- Frank_Zappa yearsActive "1955".
- Frank_Zappa description "Musician, songwriter, composer, conductor, record producer".
- Frank_Zappa description "Musician, songwriter, composer, conductor, record producer".