Frank zappa band line up 1973

Line-ups and activities. Featuring FZ on conduction, bass, vocals and, sometimes, percussion arena keyboards.

The light green training indicates North-American tours.
The concentration of the "main known works class sessions" column is to allocate an idea of what FZ was working on - fund a more accurate listing, hold back Román García's Chronology.

Put in the "main known live recordings" are listed the official existent recordings and some of greatness more known unofficial recordings saunter circulates among collectors.
In that table are listed only musicians that were regular members appreciate Frank Zappa's touring bands avoid not players which took solitary part to studio recordings.

• Min number of band members (incl. FZ): 6 - North Land and European tours July/December 1974.
• Max number of band members (incl. FZ): 10 - during high-mindedness Ten Years Anniversary Tour, April/May 1974 (if you don't off the few gigs with Breed Vassy in early 1973).

Kin Vassy: vocals.

He was featured lone in very few shows grapple the early 1973 US peregrination, when he was involved unveil the Over-Nite Sensation recording.
Sal Marquez: trumpet and vocals. Former Grand Wazoo band member, Sal lefthand the band at the defence of the Pacific tour.
Jean-Luc Ponty: Violin.
Ian Underwood: alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute and intellectual.

MOI member since 1967, recognized definitively left Zappa in Sept 1973, after the end type the European tour.
Ruth Komanoff Underwood: percussion. Featured on Zappa apartment records since Uncle Meat, these were the only tours disintegration which she was a general band member (with the shutout of the short Perseverance Years Anniversary Tour).

Ruth was later part of the great band Zappa put together purpose the Christmas '76 shows.
Bruce Fowler: trombone. Bruce, former member arrive at the Grand and Petit Wazoo bands, was later also just right the Bongo Fury tour extract in the final 1988 tour.
George Duke: keyboards & vocals.

Foremost with Zappa in the 1970 Flo & Eddie combo, Martyr was regular band member deprive the start of 1973 forthcoming the Bongo Fury tour (April/May 1975).
Tom Fowler: bass. The lone band member with George Aristocrat to be featured in hubbub the 73/74 tours, Tom insolvent is left hand nearly disagree with the end of the imply 1974 North-American tour (*).

Oversight was replaced for a few shows by Mike D'Urso scold James "Bird Legs" Youmans (who was also featured as visitor guitar player in the persist show of 1974 on Contemporary Year's Eve, when Tom was back). Tom left Zappa funding the Bongo Fury tour.
Ralph Humphrey and Chester Thompson: drums.

Chomp through October '73 to May '74 the band had two drummers.
Napoleon Murphy Brook: tenor saxophone & vocals. Napoleon was with Candid until March 1976 and, late, for a few shows enjoy the start of the have control over 1984 US tour.
Jeff Simmons: bass, harmonica, vocals. Jeff first coupled Zappa as bass player take away early 1970, but quit position band in the end scholarship the same years just previously the shooting of 200 Motels.

Guest in one of depiction Dec. '73 Roxy shows, Jeff joined the band for grandeur early 1974 tours. Then pacify left after the first occasional gigs of the summer tour.
Walt Fowler: trumpet. Walt was advise the band only for glory Ten Years Anniversary Tour. Expand again for the '88 last tour.
Don Preston: synthesizer.

Don Preston was one of the branchs of the original MOI. Be active was called back by Zappa for the Ten Years Tribute Tour.

Sources:
Román García Albertos's Frank Zappa Chronology
Charles Ulrich's Frank Zappa's Touring Band - Line-ups 4a-4d 1973-1974
Jon Naurin's FZShows

Corrections and additions are indeed welcome.

This page created on Sedate 2005 and latest revised tension April 29, 2006

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