About Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa(December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, guitarist, singer, film director, and satirist. In his more than 30-year long career, Frank Zappa established himself as one of the most prolific and distinctive musician-composer-band leaders of his era. Zappa worked in almost every musical genre and wrote music for rock bands, jazz ensembles, synthesisers and symphony orchestra, as well as radiophonic works constructed from pre-recorded, synthesised or sampled sources. He wrote and recorded hundreds of musical works, spread over almost sixty albums released during his lifetime (plus several posthumous releases). Although he only occasionally achieved major commercial success — his first gold album award was Apostrophe in 1974 — he maintained a highly productive career that encompassed composing, recording, touring, producing and merchandising his own and others' music, as well as many other business and creative activities. He received multiple Grammy nominations and won a Grammy award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 1987 for his avant-garde instrumental LP Jazz From Hell. In addition to his music recordings, he created feature-length and short films, music videos, graphic art, album covers.



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