Frank Zappa :

(December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, musician, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa established himself as a prolific and highly distinctive composer, electric guitar player and band leader. He worked in various different musical genres and wrote music for rock bands, jazz ensembles, synthesizers and symphony orchestra, as well as musique concrète works constructed from pre-recorded, synthesized or sampled sources.

In addition to his music recordings, he created feature-length and short films, music videos, and album covers.

 

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Lumpy Gravy by Viva Zappa 2006
VIVA ZAPPA is a group of musicians who play music of Frank Zappa. Most of these songs were chosen among The Mothers of Invention period. Frank Zappa, who died in december 1993, has left a huge musical legacy. Free thinker and free composer, Zappa used a lot of different music styles : modern classic, blues, doo-wop, reggae, jazz, folk, ... His compositions have a lot of complexity int the chord changes and in the rythm changes in the same song and a sarcastic humour that describe the stupidities of the human race.