buzz gardner
buzz gardner
Buzz Gardner, real name Charles Guarnera 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
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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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| le jazz groupe de
paris: essais d'andré hodeir (1955, lp, fr, swing m33353) - feat. buzz gardner |
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9 |
the
mothers of invention: burnt
weeny sandwich
(1970, lp, usa, bizarre) |
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10 |
the
mothers of invention: weasels
ripped my flesh
(1970, lp, usa, bizarre) |
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| tim buckley:
starsailor (6) (1970, lp, usa, straight) - feat.bunk gardner, buzz gardner, john balkin |
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| domenic
troiano: the writings on the wall / the wear and the tear on my
mind (1972, 7", usa, mercury records) - feat. bunk gardner, buzz gardner |
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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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grandmothers: fan club talk lp (2) (1981, lp, us, panda 001) |
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| the
grandmothers: lookin' up granny's dress (3) (1982, lp, us, rhino records rnlp 804) - feat. various ex-moi; incl.zappa compositions |
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| 51 | frank zappa: you can't do that on
stage anymore vol.1 (1988, 2cd, usa, ryko) |
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57 |
frank zappa: you can't do that on
stage anymore vol.4 (1991, 2cd, usa, ryko) |
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| the mothers of invention: the ark (1991, cd, usa, rhino foo-eee records r2 70538) |
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| zappa / mothers: our man in nirvana (1991, cd, usa, rhino foo-eee records r2 71022) |
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58 |
frank zappa: you can't do that on
stage anymore vol.5 (1992, 2cd, usa, ryko) |
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grandmothers: a
mother of an anthology (1993, cd, us, one way records ow 28880) = compilation + extra tracks |
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68 |
frank zappa: mystery disc
(1998, cd, 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 |
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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 |
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| geronimo
black: welcome back (2008, download, -, crossfire publications) - feat. various ex-mothers of invention / downloadable version of the 1979 album, with six bonus tracks |
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| bunk
gardner: it's all bunk! (reloaded) (2010, download, -, crossfire publications) = revised edition - download only |
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| geronimo
black: welcome back
geronimo black (revised) (2010, download, -, crossfire publications) = revised edition - download only |
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| ant-bee:
electronic church muzik (2011, cd, usa, barking moondog records bmr1) - feat. various zappa & beefheart alumni |
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frank zappa: finer
moments (2012, cd, usa, zappa records) |
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| bunk
gardner: bunkmania (2018, cd, usa, private release) - incl. 'the little house i used to live in' (frank zappa), feat. don preston, buzz gardner, jimmy carl black |
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random notes
from: patrick neve
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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