buzz gardner
buzz gardner
Buzz Gardner, real name Charles Guanerra and brother of Bunk Gardner, played and recorded with the Mothers of Invention between November 1968 and August 1969.
Bunk Gardner, Buzz Gardner and John Balkin performed as Menage A Trois between 1969 and 1972. A couple of their recordings can be found on the first Grandmothers album.
Buzz Gardner passed away, February 1, 2004.
biography
(by geoff wills, 2002)
discography
| rené
thomas quintet: rené thomas et son quintette (1954, lp, fr, vogue ld210) - feat.buzz gardner |
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| bobby
jaspar: bobby jaspar's new jazz vol.2 (1954, lp, fr, swing) - feat.buzz gardner |
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| andré
hodeir et le jazz groupe de paris: essais (1955, lp, fr, swing m33353) - feat. buzz gardner |
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| the
mothers of invention: burnt
weeny sandwich
(9) (1970, lp, usa, bizarre) |
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| the
mothers of invention: weasels
ripped my flesh
(10) (1970, lp, usa, bizarre) |
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| tim buckley:
starsailor (6) (1970, lp, usa, ??) - feat.bunk gardner, buzz gardner, john balkin |
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| domenic troiano
domenic troiano (1972, lp, usa, mercury records) - feat. bunk gardner, buzz gardner |
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| geronimo
black: geronimo black (1) (1972, lp, universal city recs) - feat. various ex-mothers of invention |
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| geronimo
black: welcome back (2) (1980, lp, usa, helios recs) - feat. various ex-mothers of invention |
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| the
grandmothers: grandmothers (1) (1981, lp, ger, line records 6.24636 ap) - feat. various ex-moi |
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| the
grandmothers: lookin' up granny's dress (2) (1982, lp, us, rhino records rnlp 804) - feat. various ex-moi; incl.zappa compositions |
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| the
grandmothers: fan club talk lp (3) (1983, lp, us, panda 001) |
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| the
grandmothers: a
mother of an anthology (1993, cd, us, one way records ow 28880) = compilation + extra tracks |
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| frank zappa: you can't do that on
stage anymore vol.1 (51) (1988, 2cd, usa, ryko) |
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| frank zappa: you can't do that on
stage anymore vol.4 (57) (1991, 2cd, usa, ryko) |
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| frank zappa: you can't do that on
stage anymore vol.5 (58) (1992, 2cd, usa, ryko) |
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| bobby jaspar:
bobby jaspar and his modern jazz (1998, cd, eu, bmg 7432155951 2) - feat.buzz gardner |
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| andré hodeir:
the vogue sessions (1999, cd, fr, bmg 74321610202) - feat.buzz gardner |
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| roy haynes
sextet / rené thomas quintet / frank foster quartet / feat.
henri renaud: the 1954 paris sessions (1999, cd, france, bmg 74321622912) - feat.buzz gardner / = compilation |
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| domenic troiano:
the best of (2003, cd , canada, universal) - feat. bunk gardner, buzz gardner |
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| bunk
gardner: it's all bunk! (2007, cd, usa, crossfire publications) - feat. various ex-moi |
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| jimmy carl black: where’s the $%&§#@’ beer? (2007, cd, usa, crossfire publications 9508-2) - feat.various mothers of invention |
random notes
from: patrick neve
(splat@darkwing.uoregon.edu>
anyone got a good picture of buzz gardner?
from: charles ulrich (ulrich@sfu.ca)
buzz is in three group photos on page 55 of the revised edition of russo's
cosmik debris.
also fz: a visual documentary by miles--p.29 (far right), p.41 (playing
trumpet). the latter photo also appears on p.42 of fz in his own words.
one of the photos that's in the russo book is also in gray's mother! (not
to be confused with whistler's mother), between pages 64 and 65.
From Ted Alvy
December 2004
Frank Zappa dedicated a song to the new members of The
Mothers Of Invention, Lowell and Buzz, during the three hour radio interview
that took place at the KPPC-FM radio studios in the basement of The Pasadena
Presbyterian Church (PPC):
KPPC-FM 106.7 Pasadena, California Thanksgiving Eve 5pm - 8 pm November 27, 1968
when legendary deejay LES CARTER and his guest FRANK ZAPPA play Their Scratchy
45s
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