Bunk Gardner

Film & TV

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Bunk Gardner (born John Leon Guarnera; May 2, 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American musician who most notably played for the original version of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention until the group disbanded in 1969. He plays woodwinds and tenor sax. His older brother, Buzz, was also in the Mothers of Invention.

Known for

• Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention: Live at Whisky a Go Go 19682024
• Zappa — Self - Played with Zappa 1966-19692020
• Kosmische Brocken - Frank Zappa und die Deutschen2018
• Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words — Self (archive footage)2016
• Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention: In the 1960's2009
• Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation — Self (archive footage)2007
• Classic Albums — Self (archive footage)1997
• An American Dissident: un tributo a Frank Zappa — Self1994
• The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels — Self (archive footage)1988
• Uncle Meat — Self1987

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

US

Active from

1933-05-02

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

117

Total plays

744

Born John Leon Guarnera on May 2, 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio. Bunk Gardner joined the Mothers Of Invention in early 1967. He recorded and toured with Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention until late 1969. Shortly after he had left The Mothers, Bunk performed with Menage A Trois, with his brother Buzz and with John Balkin. Bunk Gardner also toured and recorded with Geronimo Black and with The Grandmothers. In early 2000, a couple of albums of The Don And Bunk Show got released, the duo that Bunk h

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Family name

Gardner

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Cleveland

Occupation

multi-instrumentalist

Genre

jazz

Instrument

bassoon

Record label

Bizarre Records

Image

The Grandmothers (former Frank Zappa's Mothers of invention).jpg

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