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Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was widely known as an American composer, bandleader, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist; but he was also a satirist, film director, graphic designer, a campaigner against censorship, and an autodidact. When combined with his interest in multiple other topics it can be a challenge to document it all.

For over thirty years Zappa composed rock, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestral and musique concrète works. He produced most of the 60+ albums that he released with his bands, variously known as the Mothers of Invention, The Mothers or as Zappa. These recordings were primarily distributed as vinyl phonograph records and, later, as compact discs.^[1]

Zappa considered his work a continuum:

It's all one album. All the material in the albums is organically related and if I had the master tapes and I could take a razor blade^[2] and cut them apart and put it together again in a different order it still would make one piece of music you can listen to....

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Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa
Zappa in 1977
Birth name	Frank Vincent Zappa
Born	(1940-12-21)December 21, 1940 Baltimore, Maryland, US
Died	December 4, 1993(1993-12-04) (aged 52) Los Angeles, California, US
Genres	Progressive rock, jazz, experimental rock, alternative rock, classical
Occupation(s)	Musician, producer
Instruments	Guitar, voice, bass, keyboards
Years active	1950s–1993
Website	Zappa.com

Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an Americanmusician and composer. He was known for his strange style of music, which was often weird and funny. He made various types of music and many albums. Zappa worked with many other musicans, most notably his 1960s group The Mothers of Invention^[1] and his friend and bluessingerCaptain Beefheart. Some people think he is the best composer in popular music or even any non-classical music.

Zappa was born in Baltimore, Maryland, but spent most of his life in Southern California. He grew up in Baltimore, in Florida, and in Monterey, Claremont and El Cajon, Calif

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Frank Zappa

American musician (1940–1993)

"Zappa" redirects here. For other uses, see Zappa (disambiguation).

Frank Zappa
Zappa performing at Ekeberghallen in Oslo, Norway, in 1977
Born	Frank Vincent Zappa (1940-12-21)December 21, 1940 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Died	December 4, 1993(1993-12-04) (aged 52) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary
Occupations	Composer guitarist bandleader
Years active	1955–1993
Spouses	Kay Sherman ​ ​ (m. 1960; div. 1963)​
Children
Musical career
Origin	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Instruments
Discography	Frank Zappa discography
Labels
Formerly of
Musical artist
Website	zappa.com

Frank Vincent Zappa^{[nb 1]} (ZAP-ə; December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestral