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Ian Underwood

Sound 1939-05-22 New York City, New York

Ian Robertson Underwood (born May 22, 1939) is a woodwind and keyboards player, who was a member of the original version of Frank Zappa's band the Mothers of Invention. Following the original band's split in late 1969, Underwood continued to work with Zappa extensively during the 1970s. Underwood graduated from The Choate School in 1957 and Yale University with a bachelor's degree in composition in 1961 and a master's degree in composition at UC Berkeley in 1966. He began his career by playing San Francisco Bay Ar...

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Zappa

Zappa

2020 · Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1975

200 Motels

200 Motels

1971 · Member of Mothers of Invention

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

2016 · Self (archive footage)

Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation

Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation

2007 · Self

Classic Albums

Classic Albums

1997 · Self

Uncle Meat

Uncle Meat

1987 · Self

Video from Hell

Video from Hell

1987 · Self

The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

1988 · Self

Frank Zappa - Freak Jazz, Movie Madness & Another Mothers

Frank Zappa - Freak Jazz, Movie Madness & Another Mothers

2014 · Self

Frank Zappa: Opopoppa Stockholm, Sweden

Frank Zappa: Opopoppa Stockholm, Sweden

1973 · Movie

Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention: Live at Whisky a Go Go 1968

Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention: Live at Whisky a Go Go 1968

2024 · Movie

Frank Zappa: The Freak Out List

Frank Zappa: The Freak Out List

2010 · Himself

Burnt Weeny Sandwich

Burnt Weeny Sandwich

1969 · Self

Frank Zappa: Phase II - The Big Note

2002 · Self

Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die

2000 · Self