Frank Zappa

producer, guitar, vocal, arranger, electric guitar, conductor, synclavier, engineer, percussion, bass, piano, performer, mix, other instruments, temple blocks, editor, wood block, acoustic guitar, tambourine, harpsichord, sound, drumset, guitars, keyboard, samples from artist, tom-tom

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Artist name Roles Recordings
Frank Filipetti mix Advance Romance, Ain't Got No Heart, Andy, Audience Participation, Baby Snakes, Black Napkins, Bobby Brown, Broken Hearts Are for Assholes, Buffalo Drowning Witch, Camarillo Brillo, Chrissy Puked Twice, Chunga's Revenge, City of Tiny Lites, Convocation / The Purple Lagoon, Cosmik Debris, Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, Dancin' Fool, Dead Girls of London, Dinah-Moe Humm, Dirty Love, Disco Boy, Dong Work for Yuda, Easy Meat, Envelopes, Find Her Finer, Flakes, Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?, I Don't Wanna Get Drafted, I Have Been in You, I'm So Cute, Joe's Garage, Jones Crusher, Keep It Greasy, King Kong, Manx Needs Women, Ms. Pinky, Mudd Club, Muffin Man, Peaches En Regalia, Pick Me, I'm Clean, Pound for a Brown, Punky's Whips, Rudy Wants to Buy Yez a Drink, San Ber'Dino, Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously?, Stick It Out, Stink-Foot, Stranded in the Jungle, Terry Firma, The "Real World" Thematic Extrapolations, The Black Page #2, The Little House I Used to Live In, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, The Poodle Lecture, The Purple Lagoon, The Torture Never Stops, Tinsel Town Rebellion, Titties 'n Beer, Tryin to Grow a Chin, Tryin' to Grow a Chin, Watermelon in Easter Hay, What Kind of Girl Do You Think We Are?, Wind Up Workin' in a Gas Station, Would You Go All the Way?, You Are What You Is, You Didn't Try to Call Me
Patrick O’Hearn bass, double bass, electric bass guitar Advance Romance, Audience Participation, Baby Snakes, Black Napkins, Bobby Brown, Broken Hearts Are for Assholes, Camarillo Brillo, Chrissy Puked Twice, City of Tiny Lites, Convocation / The Purple Lagoon, Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, Dancin' Fool, Dinah-Moe Humm, Dirty Love, Disco Boy, Dong Work for Yuda, Envelopes, Find Her Finer, Flakes, Flambay, Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?, I Have Been in You, Jones Crusher, King Kong, Manx Needs Women, Muffin Man, Peaches En Regalia, Planet of My Dreams, Pound for a Brown, Punky's Whips, Rudy Wants to Buy Yez a Drink, San Ber'Dino, Spider of Destiny, Stink-Foot, Stranded in the Jungle, The Black Page #2, The Little House I Used to Live In, The Ocean Is the Ultimate Solution, The Poodle Lecture, The Purple Lagoon, The Torture Never Stops, Titties 'n Beer, Tryin to Grow a Chin, Tryin' to Grow a Chin, Watermelon in Easter Hay, What Kind of Girl Do You Think We Are?, Wind Up Workin' in a Gas Station, Would You Go All the Way?, You Didn't Try to Call Me
Terry Bozzio vocal, drums Advance Romance, Audience Participation, Baby Snakes, Black Napkins, Bobby Brown, Broken Hearts Are for Assholes, Camarillo Brillo, Chrissy Puked Twice, City of Tiny Lites, Convocation / The Purple Lagoon, Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, Dancin' Fool, Dinah-Moe Humm, Dirty Love, Disco Boy, Dong Work for Yuda, Envelopes, Filthy Habits, Find Her Finer, Flakes, Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?, I Have Been in You, Jones Crusher, King Kong, Manx Needs Women, Muffin Man, Peaches En Regalia, Pound for a Brown, Punky's Whips, Rudy Wants to Buy Yez a Drink, San Ber'Dino, Stink-Foot, Stranded in the Jungle, Terry Firma, The Black Page #2, The Little House I Used to Live In, The Ocean Is the Ultimate Solution, The Poodle Lecture, The Purple Lagoon, The Torture Never Stops, Titties 'n Beer, Tryin to Grow a Chin, Tryin' to Grow a Chin, Watermelon in Easter Hay, What Kind of Girl Do You Think We Are?, Wind Up Workin' in a Gas Station, Would You Go All the Way?, You Didn't Try to Call Me
The Mothers of Invention
Ray White vocal, guitar Advance Romance, Baby, Take Your Teeth Out, Be in My Video, But Who Was Fulcanelli?, Camarillo Brillo, City of Tiny Lites, Do Not Pass Go, For Duane, Frogs With Dirty Little Lips, GOA, Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?, In France, Jim & Tammy’s Upper Room, Marqueson’s Chicken, Move It or Park It, Once Again, Without the Net, Planet of My Dreams, Republicans, Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Sharleena, Sinister Footwear II, Stevie’s Spanking, Sunrise Redeemer, That Ol’ G Minor Thing Again, That’s Not Really Reggae, The Closer You Are, Things That Look Like Meat, Truck Driver Divorce, Watermelon in Easter Hay, Were We Ever Really Safe in San Antonio?, When No One Was No One, Whipping Post, Winos Do Not March

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Artist name Roles Recordings
Frank Filipetti mix Advance Romance, Ain't Got No Heart, Andy, Audience Participation, Baby Snakes, Black Napkins, Bobby Brown, Broken Hearts Are for Assholes, Buffalo Drowning Witch, Camarillo Brillo, Chrissy Puked Twice, Chunga's Revenge, City of Tiny Lites, Convocation / The Purple Lagoon, Cosmik Debris, Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, Dancin' Fool, Dead Girls of London, Dinah-Moe Humm, Dirty Love, Disco Boy, Dong Work for Yuda, Easy Meat, Envelopes, Find Her Finer, Flakes, Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?, I Don't Wanna Get Drafted, I Have Been in You, I'm So Cute, Joe's Garage, Jones Crusher, Keep It Greasy, King Kong, Manx Needs Women, Ms. Pinky, Mudd Club, Muffin Man, Peaches En Regalia, Pick Me, I'm Clean, Pound for a Brown, Punky's Whips, Rudy Wants to Buy Yez a Drink, San Ber'Dino, Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously?, Stick It Out, Stink-Foot, Stranded in the Jungle, Terry Firma, The "Real World" Thematic Extrapolations, The Black Page #2, The Little House I Used to Live In, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, The Poodle Lecture, The Purple Lagoon, The Torture Never Stops, Tinsel Town Rebellion, Titties 'n Beer, Tryin to Grow a Chin, Tryin' to Grow a Chin, Watermelon in Easter Hay, What Kind of Girl Do You Think We Are?, Wind Up Workin' in a Gas Station, Would You Go All the Way?, You Are What You Is, You Didn't Try to Call Me
Patrick O’Hearn bass, double bass, electric bass guitar Advance Romance, Audience Participation, Baby Snakes, Black Napkins, Bobby Brown, Broken Hearts Are for Assholes, Camarillo Brillo, Chrissy Puked Twice, City of Tiny Lites, Convocation / The Purple Lagoon, Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, Dancin' Fool, Dinah-Moe Humm, Dirty Love, Disco Boy, Dong Work for Yuda, Envelopes, Find Her Finer, Flakes, Flambay, Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?, I Have Been in You, Jones Crusher, King Kong, Manx Needs Women, Muffin Man, Peaches En Regalia, Planet of My Dreams, Pound for a Brown, Punky's Whips, Rudy Wants to Buy Yez a Drink, San Ber'Dino, Spider of Destiny, Stink-Foot, Stranded in the Jungle, The Black Page #2, The Little House I Used to Live In, The Ocean Is the Ultimate Solution, The Poodle Lecture, The Purple Lagoon, The Torture Never Stops, Titties 'n Beer, Tryin to Grow a Chin, Tryin' to Grow a Chin, Watermelon in Easter Hay, What Kind of Girl Do You Think We Are?, Wind Up Workin' in a Gas Station, Would You Go All the Way?, You Didn't Try to Call Me
Terry Bozzio vocal, drums Advance Romance, Audience Participation, Baby Snakes, Black Napkins, Bobby Brown, Broken Hearts Are for Assholes, Camarillo Brillo, Chrissy Puked Twice, City of Tiny Lites, Convocation / The Purple Lagoon, Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, Dancin' Fool, Dinah-Moe Humm, Dirty Love, Disco Boy, Dong Work for Yuda, Envelopes, Filthy Habits, Find Her Finer, Flakes, Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?, I Have Been in You, Jones Crusher, King Kong, Manx Needs Women, Muffin Man, Peaches En Regalia, Pound for a Brown, Punky's Whips, Rudy Wants to Buy Yez a Drink, San Ber'Dino, Stink-Foot, Stranded in the Jungle, Terry Firma, The Black Page #2, The Little House I Used to Live In, The Ocean Is the Ultimate Solution, The Poodle Lecture, The Purple Lagoon, The Torture Never Stops, Titties 'n Beer, Tryin to Grow a Chin, Tryin' to Grow a Chin, Watermelon in Easter Hay, What Kind of Girl Do You Think We Are?, Wind Up Workin' in a Gas Station, Would You Go All the Way?, You Didn't Try to Call Me
Ray White vocal, guitar Advance Romance, Baby, Take Your Teeth Out, Be in My Video, But Who Was Fulcanelli?, Camarillo Brillo, City of Tiny Lites, Do Not Pass Go, For Duane, Frogs With Dirty Little Lips, GOA, Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?, In France, Jim & Tammy’s Upper Room, Marqueson’s Chicken, Move It or Park It, Once Again, Without the Net, Planet of My Dreams, Republicans, Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Sharleena, Sinister Footwear II, Stevie’s Spanking, Sunrise Redeemer, That Ol’ G Minor Thing Again, That’s Not Really Reggae, The Closer You Are, Things That Look Like Meat, Truck Driver Divorce, Watermelon in Easter Hay, Were We Ever Really Safe in San Antonio?, When No One Was No One, Whipping Post, Winos Do Not March
Arthur Barrow bass, electric bass guitar, percussion Ain't Got No Heart, Andy, Bobby Brown, Broken Hearts Are for Assholes, Buffalo Drowning Witch, Chunga's Revenge, City of Tiny Lites, Cosmik Debris, Dancin' Fool, Dead Girls of London, Easy Meat, Frogs With Dirty Little Lips, Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?, I Don't Wanna Get Drafted, I'm So Cute, In France, Joe's Garage, Keep It Greasy, Ms. Pinky, Mudd Club, Outside Now (original solo), Pick Me, I'm Clean, Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously?, Stick It Out, Systems of Edges, The "Real World" Thematic Extrapolations, The Closer You Are, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, The Torture Never Stops, Tinsel Town Rebellion, Ya Hozna, You Are What You Is
Chad Wackerman drums Baby, Take Your Teeth Out, Be in My Video, But Who Was Fulcanelli?, Do Not Pass Go, For Duane, Frogs With Dirty Little Lips, GOA, In France, Jim & Tammy’s Upper Room, Marqueson’s Chicken, Move It or Park It, Once Again, Without the Net, Planet of My Dreams, Republicans, Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Sharleena, Sinister Footwear II, Stevie’s Spanking, Sunrise Redeemer, That Ol’ G Minor Thing Again, That’s Not Really Reggae, The Closer You Are, Them or Us, Things That Look Like Meat, Truck Driver Divorce, Watermelon in Easter Hay, Were We Ever Really Safe in San Antonio?, When No One Was No One, Whipping Post, Winos Do Not March, Ya Hozna
Peter Henderson (Sound Engineer) recording Audience Participation, Baby Snakes, Black Napkins, Bobby Brown, Broken Hearts Are for Assholes, Camarillo Brillo, City of Tiny Lites, Convocation / The Purple Lagoon, Dancin' Fool, Dinah-Moe Humm, Disco Boy, Dong Work for Yuda, Envelopes, Flakes, I Have Been in You, Jones Crusher, King Kong, Muffin Man, Peaches En Regalia, Pound for a Brown, Punky's Whips, San Ber'Dino, Terry Firma, The Black Page #2, The Little House I Used to Live In, The Torture Never Stops, Titties 'n Beer, Tryin to Grow a Chin, Watermelon in Easter Hay
Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer) drums Ain't Got No Heart, Andy, Bobby Brown, Broken Hearts Are for Assholes, Buffalo Drowning Witch, Chunga's Revenge, City of Tiny Lites, Cosmik Debris, Dancin' Fool, Dead Girls of London, Easy Meat, Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?, I Don't Wanna Get Drafted, I'm So Cute, Joe's Garage, Keep It Greasy, Ms. Pinky, Mudd Club, Outside Now (original solo), Pick Me, I'm Clean, Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously?, Stick It Out, Systems of Edges, The "Real World" Thematic Extrapolations, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, The Torture Never Stops, Tinsel Town Rebellion, You Are What You Is
Scott Thunes Minimoog, bass Baby, Take Your Teeth Out, Be in My Video, But Who Was Fulcanelli?, Do Not Pass Go, For Duane, GOA, Jim & Tammy’s Upper Room, Marqueson’s Chicken, Move It or Park It, Once Again, Without the Net, Republicans, Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Sharleena, Sinister Footwear II, Stevie’s Spanking, Sunrise Redeemer, That Ol’ G Minor Thing Again, That’s Not Really Reggae, Them or Us, Things That Look Like Meat, Truck Driver Divorce, Watermelon in Easter Hay, Were We Ever Really Safe in San Antonio?, When No One Was No One, Whipping Post, Winos Do Not March
George Douglas (Sound engineer on Frank Zappa productions.) recording Ain't Got No Heart, Andy, Bobby Brown, Broken Hearts Are for Assholes, Buffalo Drowning Witch, Chunga's Revenge, City of Tiny Lites, Cosmik Debris, Dancin' Fool, Dead Girls of London, Easy Meat, Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?, I Don't Wanna Get Drafted, I'm So Cute, Joe's Garage, Keep It Greasy, Ms. Pinky, Mudd Club, Pick Me, I'm Clean, Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously?, Stick It Out, The "Real World" Thematic Extrapolations, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, The Torture Never Stops, Tinsel Town Rebellion, You Are What You Is
Ian Underwood alto saxophone, clarinet, electric piano, flute, guitar, keyboard, organ, piano, pipe organ, saxophone, tenor saxophone, woodwind "There Is No Heaven From Where Slogans Go To Die", Chunga’s Revenge, Intro, It Must Be a Camel, Little Umbrellas, Mozart Piano Sonata in B-flat, Peaches en Regalia, Road Ladies, Rudy Wants to Buy Yez a Drink, Sharleena, Sleazette, Son of Mr. Green Genes, Squeeze It, Squeeze It, Squeeze It, Tell Me You Love Me, The Gumbo Variations, The Nancy & Mary Music, The Old Curiosity Shoppe, The Subcutaneous Peril, The Walking Zombie Music, Transylvania Boogie, Twenty Small Cigars, Uncle Rhebus, Willie the Pimp, Would You Go All the Way?
Tommy Mars vocal, keyboard Baby Snakes, Baby, Take Your Teeth Out, But Who Was Fulcanelli?, Disco Boy, Do Not Pass Go, Frogs With Dirty Little Lips, In France, Jim & Tammy’s Upper Room, Jones Crusher, Marqueson’s Chicken, Move It or Park It, Outside Now (original solo), Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Sharleena, Stevie’s Spanking, Systems of Edges, That Ol’ G Minor Thing Again, The Closer You Are, When No One Was No One, Whipping Post, Ya Hozna
George Duke vocal, electric piano, keyboard, organ, piano, trombone Big Swifty, Blessed Relief, Cletus Awreetus‐Awrightus, Eat That Question, Flambay, Planet of My Dreams, Regyptian Strut, Road Ladies, Rudy Wants to Buy Yez a Drink, Sharleena, Spider of Destiny, Tell Me You Love Me, The Nancy & Mary Music, Time Is Money, Would You Go All the Way?, Ya Hozna, Your Mouth
Steve Vai electric guitar, guitar Baby, Take Your Teeth Out, But Who Was Fulcanelli?, Dirty Love (feat. Steve Vai and Dweezil Zappa), Do Not Pass Go, Frogs With Dirty Little Lips, Jim & Tammy’s Upper Room, Marqueson’s Chicken, Move It or Park It, Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Sharleena, Sinister Footwear II, Sofa (feat. Steve Vai), Stevie’s Spanking, That Ol’ G Minor Thing Again, Things That Look Like Meat, Truck Driver Divorce, When No One Was No One, Whipping Post, Ya Hozna
Aynsley Dunbar drums, tambourine, washboard Big Swifty, Blessed Relief, Chunga’s Revenge, Cletus Awreetus‐Awrightus, Eat That Question, It Just Might Be a One‐Shot Deal, Road Ladies, Rudy Wants to Buy Yez a Drink, Sharleena, Tell Me You Love Me, The Grand Wazoo, The Nancy & Mary Music, The Old Curiosity Shoppe, The Subcutaneous Peril, Transylvania Boogie, Waka/Jawaka, Would You Go All the Way?, Your Mouth
Peter Rundel conductor, violin Be‐Bop Tango, Dog Breath Variations, Exercise #4, Food Gathering in Post‐Industrial America, 1992, Get Whitey, G‐Spot Tornado, III Revised, None of the Above, Outrage at Valdez, Pentagon Afternoon, Pound for a Brown, Questi Cazzi di Piccione, Ruth Is Sleeping, The Girl in the Magnesium Dress, Times Beach II, Times Beach III, Uncle Meat, Welcome to the United States
Ed Mann vocal, harmonica, percussion Baby, Take Your Teeth Out, But Who Was Fulcanelli?, Do Not Pass Go, Flakes, Frogs With Dirty Little Lips, Jim & Tammy’s Upper Room, Move It or Park It, Outside Now (original solo), Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Sharleena, Sinister Footwear II, Stevie’s Spanking, Systems of Edges, That Ol’ G Minor Thing Again, Things That Look Like Meat, Truck Driver Divorce, When No One Was No One, Whipping Post
Bobby Martin (US french horn, saxophone & keyboard player) vocal, keyboard, saxophone But Who Was Fulcanelli?, Do Not Pass Go, For Duane, GOA, Jim & Tammy’s Upper Room, Move It or Park It, Once Again, Without the Net, Republicans, Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Sunrise Redeemer, That Ol’ G Minor Thing Again, That’s Not Really Reggae, Things That Look Like Meat, Watermelon in Easter Hay, Were We Ever Really Safe in San Antonio?, When No One Was No One, Winos Do Not March
Ike Willis vocal, guitar Baby, Take Your Teeth Out, Be in My Video, GOA, In France, Once Again, Without the Net, Planet of My Dreams, Republicans, Stevie’s Spanking, Sunrise Redeemer, That’s Not Really Reggae, The Closer You Are, Watermelon in Easter Hay, Were We Ever Really Safe in San Antonio?, Winos Do Not March
Lady Bianca (Keyboardist and singer. Toured with Frank Zappa in 1976 aka Bianca Odin) vocal Black Napkins, Camarillo Brillo, Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, Dinah-Moe Humm, Dirty Love, Find Her Finer, Rudy Wants to Buy Yez a Drink, Stranded in the Jungle, Tryin' to Grow a Chin, What Kind of Girl Do You Think We Are?, Wind Up Workin' in a Gas Station, Would You Go All the Way?, You Didn't Try to Call Me
Roy Estrada vocal, bass "There Is No Heaven From Where Slogans Go To Die", Frogs With Dirty Little Lips, Intro, Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two, Mozart Piano Sonata in B-flat, Sleazette, Squeeze It, Squeeze It, Squeeze It, Stevie’s Spanking, The Walking Zombie Music, Uncle Rhebus
Jimmy Carl Black vocal, drums "There Is No Heaven From Where Slogans Go To Die", Harder Than Your Husband, Intro, Lonesome Cowboy Burt, Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two, Mozart Piano Sonata in B-flat, Sleazette, Squeeze It, Squeeze It, Squeeze It, The Walking Zombie Music, Uncle Rhebus
Robert A. Martin vocal, harmonica, keyboard, saxophone Baby, Take Your Teeth Out, Be in My Video, Frogs With Dirty Little Lips, In France, Marqueson’s Chicken, Sharleena, Sinister Footwear II, Stevie’s Spanking, The Closer You Are, Truck Driver Divorce, Whipping Post
Don Preston (piano/keyboards, member of Mothers of Invention) Minimoog, keyboard, piano "There Is No Heaven From Where Slogans Go To Die", Intro, Mozart Piano Sonata in B-flat, Sleazette, Squeeze It, Squeeze It, Squeeze It, The Grand Wazoo, The Subcutaneous Peril, The Walking Zombie Music, Uncle Rhebus, Waka/Jawaka
Ensemble Modern performing orchestra A Pig With Wings, Moggio, Naval Aviation in Art?, Night School, Peaches en Regalia, Put a Motor in Yourself, Revised Music for Low Budget Orchestra, The Adventures of Greggery Peccary, The Beltway Bandits, What Will Rumi Do?
Jonathan Stockhammer conductor A Pig With Wings, Moggio, Naval Aviation in Art?, Night School, Peaches en Regalia, Put a Motor in Yourself, Revised Music for Low Budget Orchestra, The Adventures of Greggery Peccary, The Beltway Bandits, What Will Rumi Do?
Jim “Motorhead” Sherwood vocal, baritone saxophone "There Is No Heaven From Where Slogans Go To Die", Intro, Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two, Mozart Piano Sonata in B-flat, Sleazette, Squeeze It, Squeeze It, Squeeze It, The Walking Zombie Music, Uncle Rhebus
Bunk Gardner English horn, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, bass flute, bassoon, contrabass clarinet, flute, oboe, piccolo, saxophone, soprano clarinet, tenor saxophone, woodwind "There Is No Heaven From Where Slogans Go To Die", Intro, Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two, Mozart Piano Sonata in B-flat, Sleazette, Squeeze It, Squeeze It, Squeeze It, The Walking Zombie Music, Uncle Rhebus
Sal Marquez vocal, brass, chimes, flugelhorn, trumpet Big Swifty, Blessed Relief, Cletus Awreetus‐Awrightus, Eat That Question, It Just Might Be a One‐Shot Deal, The Grand Wazoo, Waka/Jawaka, Your Mouth
Tony Duran (slide guitarist) vocal, guitar, slide guitar Big Swifty, Blessed Relief, It Just Might Be a One‐Shot Deal, Portland Improvisation, Rollo (includes: Rollo, The Rollo Interior Area, Rollo Goes Out), The Grand Wazoo, Waka/Jawaka, Your Mouth
Max Bennett bass Chunga’s Revenge, It Must Be a Camel, Little Umbrellas, Son of Mr. Green Genes, The Gumbo Variations, Transylvania Boogie, Twenty Small Cigars, Willie the Pimp
Alex Dmochowski vocal, bass Big Swifty, Blessed Relief, Cletus Awreetus‐Awrightus, Eat That Question, It Just Might Be a One‐Shot Deal, The Grand Wazoo, Waka/Jawaka, Your Mouth
Arthur Dyer Tripp III drums, percussion "There Is No Heaven From Where Slogans Go To Die", Enigmas 1 Thru 5, Intro, Mozart Piano Sonata in B-flat, Sleazette, Squeeze It, Squeeze It, Squeeze It, The Walking Zombie Music, Uncle Rhebus
Allan Zavod keyboard For Duane, GOA, Once Again, Without the Net, Sunrise Redeemer, That’s Not Really Reggae, Watermelon in Easter Hay, Were We Ever Really Safe in San Antonio?, Winos Do Not March
Jeff Simmons vocal, Hawaiian guitar, bass It Just Might Be a One‐Shot Deal, Road Ladies, Rudy Wants to Buy Yez a Drink, Sharleena, Tell Me You Love Me, The Nancy & Mary Music, Would You Go All the Way?
Jean-Luc Ponty violin It Must Be a Camel
Buzz Gardner trumpet "There Is No Heaven From Where Slogans Go To Die", Intro, Mozart Piano Sonata in B-flat, Sleazette, Squeeze It, Squeeze It, Squeeze It, The Walking Zombie Music, Uncle Rhebus
Flo & Eddie vocal Road Ladies, Rudy Wants to Buy Yez a Drink, Sharleena, Tell Me You Love Me, The Nancy & Mary Music, Would You Go All the Way?
John Guerin drums It Must Be a Camel, Little Umbrellas, Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two, Twenty Small Cigars, Willie the Pimp
Ali N. Askin (German pianist and composer of Turkish origin) arranger Be‐Bop Tango, Dog Breath Variations, G‐Spot Tornado, Ruth Is Sleeping, The Girl in the Magnesium Dress, Uncle Meat
Mike Altschul baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, bass flute, piccolo, tenor saxophone, woodwind Blessed Relief, Cletus Awreetus‐Awrightus, Eat That Question, The Grand Wazoo, Waka/Jawaka, Your Mouth
Ken Shroyer (trombonist) baritone horn, brass, trombone Cletus Awreetus‐Awrightus, Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two, The Grand Wazoo, Waka/Jawaka
Dweezil Zappa electric guitar, guitar Dirty Love (feat. Steve Vai and Dweezil Zappa), Loops Jam, Sharleena, Stevie’s Spanking, Whippin' Post
Michael Zearott conductor Bogus Pomp, Naval Aviation in Art?, Pedro’s Dowry, Strictly Genteel, The Duke of Orchestral Prunes
Ruth Underwood percussion Flambay, Regyptian Strut, Spider of Destiny, Time Is Money
Bob Harris (Keyboards player) vocal, keyboard Baby, Take Your Teeth Out, Frogs With Dirty Little Lips, Planet of My Dreams, The Old Curiosity Shoppe
Chester Thompson (US session drummer) drums Flambay, Regyptian Strut, Spider of Destiny, Time Is Money
Barking Pumpkin Digital Grafitication Consort performer, performing orchestra Jonestown, Love Story, Outside Now Again, The Girl in the Magnesium Dress
Dick Kunc engineer, sound "There Is No Heaven From Where Slogans Go To Die", Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two, Squeeze It, Squeeze It, Squeeze It
Jean-Marie Lamothe bassoon Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
Antoine Cure trumpet Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
Sophie Cherrier flute Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
Jacques Deleplancque horn Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
Jacques Ghestem violin Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
Daniel Ciampolini percussion Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
Jean Sulem viola Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
Jean-Jacques Gaudon trumpet Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
Earle Dumler woodwind Portland Improvisation, Rollo (includes: Rollo, The Rollo Interior Area, Rollo Goes Out), The Grand Wazoo
David Ocker programming Jonestown, Love Story, The Girl in the Magnesium Dress
Jens McManama horn Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
David Parlato bass Filthy Habits, Portland Improvisation, Rollo (includes: Rollo, The Rollo Interior Area, Rollo Goes Out)
Ensemble intercontemporain performer, performing orchestra Dupree’s Paradise, Naval Aviation in Art?, Perfect Stranger
Joel Peskin tenor saxophone, woodwind Blessed Relief, Eat That Question, Your Mouth
Dick Barber vocal Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two, Music from "The Big Squeeze"
John Rotella English horn, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, bass flute, bassoon, contrabass clarinet, flute, oboe, piccolo, saxophone, soprano clarinet, woodwind Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two, The Grand Wazoo
Chrichan Larsson cello Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
Bruce Fowler (Trombonist, played with Zappa) brass, trombone Portland Improvisation, Regyptian Strut, Rollo (includes: Rollo, The Rollo Interior Area, Rollo Goes Out)
Jérôme Naulais trombone Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
Didier Pateau oboe Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
Garth Knox viola Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
Alan Estes bells, gongs, marimba, percussion, timbales, timpani, vibraphone Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two, The Grand Wazoo
Lawrence Beauregard flute Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
Benny Sluchin trombone Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
Alain Neveux piano Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
László Hadady oboe Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
Malcolm McNab brass, trumpet Portland Improvisation, Rollo (includes: Rollo, The Rollo Interior Area, Rollo Goes Out), The Grand Wazoo
Marie-Claire Jamet harp Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
Maryvonne le Dizès violin Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
Guy Arnaud bass clarinet Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
Gérard Buquet tuba Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
Michel Cerutti percussion Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
Don "Sugarcane" Harris organ, violin Chunga’s Revenge, The Gumbo Variations, Willie the Pimp
Alain Damiens clarinet Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
Napoleon Murphy Brock vocal Be in My Video, In France, Ya Hozna
Vincent Bauer percussion Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
Paul Meyer (clarinetist) clarinet Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
Steve Dufaria performer Jonestown, Love Story, The Girl in the Magnesium Dress
Charles André Linale violin Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
Pierre Boulez conductor Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
Pierre Strauch cello Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
Frédéric Stochl double bass Naval Aviation in Art?, Outside Now Again, Perfect Stranger
Barry Keene recording Portland Improvisation, Rollo (includes: Rollo, The Rollo Interior Area, Rollo Goes Out)
Howard Kaylan cowbell, guitar, tambourine Rudy Wants to Buy Yez a Drink, The Old Curiosity Shoppe
Tom "Bones" Malone piccolo trumpet, saxophone, trumpet, tuba Portland Improvisation, Rollo (includes: Rollo, The Rollo Interior Area, Rollo Goes Out)
David Allen Duke (US french horn player) French horn Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Bernard Kundell strings Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
J.K. Adams vocal Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Billy Byers baritone horn, trombone The Grand Wazoo, Waka/Jawaka
Dennis Budimir guitar Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
James Barbour vocal Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
James Getzoff strings Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Denny Walley slide guitar Outside Now (original solo), Systems of Edges
Janet Neville-Ferguson Hof vocal It Just Might Be a One‐Shot Deal, The Grand Wazoo
Al Viola guitar Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Bob Ross arranger Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Bob West (US session bassist, producer & songwriter) bass Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Victor Feldman (jazz musician) bells, gongs, marimba, timbales, timpani, vibraphone Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Don Christlieb English horn, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, bass flute, bassoon, contrabass clarinet, flute, oboe, piccolo, saxophone, soprano clarinet Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Jerome Reisler strings Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Sid Sharp conductor Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Jerry Kessler (cellist) strings Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Jesse Ehrlich strings Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Jim Gordon (Drummer (Derek and the Dominos)) drums, steelpan Portland Improvisation, Rollo (includes: Rollo, The Rollo Interior Area, Rollo Goes Out)
Jim Haynes (US guitarist) guitar Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Jim Pons bass The Old Curiosity Shoppe, The Subcutaneous Peril
Tony Rizzi guitar Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Jimmy Bond bass Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Don van Vliet vocal Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Jimmy Zito trumpet Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Shelly Manne drums Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Vincent DeRosa French horn Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
John Balkin bass Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Arnold Belnick strings Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
John Judnich engineer, recording Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
John Kilgore vocal Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
William Kurasch strings Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Tibor Zelig strings Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Emil Richards bells, gongs, marimba, timbales, timpani, vibraphone Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Joseph DiFiore strings Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Joseph Saxon strings Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Jules Jacob (US jazz woodwind player) English horn, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, bass flute, bassoon, contrabass clarinet, flute, oboe, piccolo, saxophone, soprano clarinet Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Arthur Briegleb French horn Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Cal Schenkel vocal Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Kenneth Watson bells, gongs, marimba, timbales, timpani, vibraphone Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Eric Clapton vocal Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Thomas Poole bells, gongs, marimba, timbales, timpani, vibraphone Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Larry Fanoga vocal Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Thana Harris vocal Baby, Take Your Teeth Out, Planet of My Dreams
Tommy Tedesco guitar Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Leonard Malarsky strings Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Leonard Selic strings Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Lew McCreary trombone Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Lincoln Mayorga celesta, harpsichord, piano Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Warren Cuccurullo guitar Outside Now (original solo), Systems of Edges
Louie Cuneo vocal Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Lowell George guitar "There Is No Heaven From Where Slogans Go To Die", Squeeze It, Squeeze It, Squeeze It
Lyle Ritz bass Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Frank Capp drums Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Arthur Maebe French horn Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Ted Nash (40s-80s US swing reedman, uncle of the other) English horn, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, bass flute, bassoon, contrabass clarinet, flute, oboe, piccolo, saxophone, soprano clarinet Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Ronnie Williams (US bassist & drummer, asssociated with Frank Zappa) vocal Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Charlie Phillips vocal Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Rockapella performer Elvis Has Just Left the Building (feat. Rockapella), Heavenly Bank Account (feat. Rockapella)
Gail Zappa vocal Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Adrian Belew vocal City of Tiny Lites, Jones Crusher
Gary Barone trumpet Portland Improvisation, Rollo (includes: Rollo, The Rollo Interior Area, Rollo Goes Out)
Gene Cipriano English horn, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, bass flute, bassoon, contrabass clarinet, flute, oboe, piccolo, saxophone, soprano clarinet Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Mike Lang (American pianist and composer) celesta, harpsichord, piano Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Moon Unit Zappa vocal Valley Girl, Ya Hozna
Gene Estes bells, gongs, marimba, timbales, timpani, vibraphone Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Alexander Koltun strings Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Nick Venet producer Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
George Price French horn Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Paul Humphrey drums Son of Mr. Green Genes, The Gumbo Variations
Glenn Ferris trombone Portland Improvisation, Rollo (includes: Rollo, The Rollo Interior Area, Rollo Goes Out)
Paul Smith (jazz pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader) celesta, harpsichord, piano Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Pete Jolly celesta, harpsichord, piano Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Chuck Berghofer bass Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Col. Bruce Hampton vocal Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Peter Wolf (Austrian classical/jazz composer/producer, keyboards for Zappa) keyboard Outside Now (original solo), Systems of Edges
Philip Goldberg strings Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Harold Ayres strings Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Harold Bemko strings Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Harold Kelling vocal Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Richard Perissi French horn Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Ralph Schaeffer strings Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Harry Hyams strings Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Raymond Kelly strings Lumpy Gravy, Part One, Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
James Youman acoustic guitar, bass Regyptian Strut, Sleep Dirt
Rainer Römer (Musician, Member of the Ensemble Modern) vocal Welcome to the United States
Robert Zimmitti percussion The Grand Wazoo
Mats Öberg keyboard Big Swifty
Ron Selico drums Peaches en Regalia
Mark Volman cowbell, tambourine The Old Curiosity Shoppe
Linda Ronstadt vocal Remington Electric Razor
Lee Clement gong Eat That Question
Kerry McNabb engineer The Subcutaneous Peril
Johnny “Guitar” Watson vocal In France
Joanne Caldwell McNabb woodwind The Grand Wazoo
Shuggie Otis bass Peaches en Regalia
Jerry Hansen sound Enigmas 1 Thru 5
Sneaky Pete Kleinow pedal steel guitar It Just Might Be a One‐Shot Deal
Ilene Rappaport (Chunky) vocal Cletus Awreetus‐Awrightus
Hilary Sturt (violist) vocal Food Gathering in Post‐Industrial America, 1992
Hermann Kretzschmar vocal Welcome to the United States
Morgan Ågren drums Big Swifty
Florence Marley vocal Space Boy
Ernie Watts saxophone Cletus Awreetus‐Awrightus
The Persuasions performer Hot Plate Heaven at the Green Hotel (feat. Dale Bozzio and The Persuasions)
Ernie Tack brass The Grand Wazoo
Eddie Jobson violin Black Napkins
Dave Samuels vibraphone "There Is No Heaven From Where Slogans Go To Die"
Dale Bozzio vocal Hot Plate Heaven at the Green Hotel (feat. Dale Bozzio and The Persuasions)
Captain Beefheart vocal Willie the Pimp
Bruce Margolis engineer The Nancy & Mary Music
Brad Cole (US keyboardist/woodwind player) piano Them or Us
Anthony Ortega (jazz saxophonist) woodwind The Grand Wazoo
Al Di Meola guitar Clownz on Velvet
Fred Jackson woodwind The Grand Wazoo

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
The Mothers of Invention arranger, conductor, producer, vocal, bass, guitar America Drinks, America Drinks & Goes Home, Amnesia Vivace, Any Way the Wind Blows, Aybe Sea, Big Leg Emma, Brown Shoes Don’t Make It, Call Any Vegetable, Do You Like My New Car?, Go Cry on Somebody Else’s Shoulder, Happy Together, Help, I’m a Rock, Holiday in Berlin, Full‐Blown, How Could I Be Such a Fool?, Hungry Freaks, Daddy, I Ain’t Got No Heart, Igor’s Boogie, Phase One, Igor’s Boogie, Phase Two, Invocation and Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin, I’m Not Satisfied, Little House I Used to Live In, Lonesome Electric Turkey, Motherly Love, Overture to a Holiday in Berlin, Peaches en Regalia, Plastic People, Soft‐Sell Conclusion, Son of Suzy Creamcheese, Status Back Baby, Tears Began to Fall, The Duke Regains His Chops, The Duke of Prunes, The Mud Shark, The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet, Theme From Burnt Weeny Sandwich, Trouble Every Day, Uncle Bernie’s Farm, Valarie, WPLJ, Wedding Dress Song / Handsome Cabin Boy, Who Are the Brain Police?, Why Don’tcha Do Me Right?, Willie the Pimp Part Two, Wowie Zowie, You Didn’t Try to Call Me, You’re Probably Wondering Why I’m Here
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band producer Ant Man Bee, Bills Corpse, China Pig, Dachau Blues, Dali’s Car, Ella Guru, Fallin’ Ditch, Frownland, Hair Pie: Bake 1, Hair Pie: Bake 2, Hobo Chang Ba, Moonlight on Vermont, My Human Gets Me Blues, Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish, Old Fart at Play, Orange Claw Hammer, Pachuco Cadaver, Pena, She’s Too Much for My Mirror, Steal Softly Thru Snow, Sugar ’n Spikes, Sweet Sweet Bulbs, The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica), The Dust Blows Forward ’n the Dust Blows Back, Veteran’s Day Poppy, Well, When Big Joan Sets Up, Wild Life
George Duke guitar, guitars Love, Old Slipper
The GTO's producer, percussion, tambourine Do Me in Once and I'll Be Sad, Do Me in Twice and I'll Know Better (Circular Circulation), I Have a Paintbrush in My Hand to Color a Triangle, I'm in Love With the Ooo-Ooo Man, Kansas and the BTO's, Love on an Eleven Year Old Level, Miss Christine's First Conversation With the Plaster Casters of Chicago, Miss Pamela and Miss Sparky Discuss Stuffed Bras and Some of Their Early Gym Class Experiences, Miss Pamela's First Conversation With the Plaster Casters of Chicago, Rodney, TV Lives, The Captain's Fat Theresa Shoes, The Eureka Springs Garbage Lady, The Ghost Chained to the Past, Present, and Future (Shock Treatment), The Moche Monster Review, The Original GTO's, Who's Jim Sox?, Wouldn't It Be Sad If There Were No Cones?
Grand Funk Railroad engineer, producer 1976, Big Buns, Can You Do It, Crossfire, Don't Let 'em Take Your Gun, Goin' for the Pastor, Just Couldn't Wait, Miss My Baby, Out to Get You, Pass It Arround, Release Your Love
007 arranger, producer Bob in Dacron, First Movement, Bob in Dacron, Second Movement, Bogus Pomp, Envelopes, Mo ’n Herb’s Vacation, First Movement, Mo ’n Herb’s Vacation, Second Movement, Mo ’n Herb’s Vacation, Third Movement, Pedro’s Dowry, Sad Jane, First Movement, Sad Jane, Second Movement, Strictly Genteel
Absoulut Karnage producer Be‐Bop Tango (of the Old Jazzmen’s Church), Cheepnis, Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing?, Dummy Up, Echidna’s Arf (of You), More Trouble Every Day, Penguin in Bondage, Preamble, Pygmy Twylyte, Son of Orange County, Village of the Sun
New Kingston producer 200 Years Old, Advance Romance, Carolina Hard‐Core Ecstasy, Cucamonga, Debra Kadabra, Man With the Woman Head, Muffin Man, Poofter’s Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead, Sam With the Showing Scalp Flat Top
Jean-Luc Ponty arranger, guitar America Drinks and Goes Home, How Would You Like to Have a Head Like That, Idiot Bastard Son, King Kong, Music for Electric Violin and Low Budget Orchestra, Twenty Small Cigars
Burt Ward arranger, conductor Boy Wonder I Love You, Oranged Colored Sky
Pink Floyd guitar Interstellar Overdrive
Gene Simmons vocal, guitar Black Tongue
Brigitte Essler performer Dead Girls of London