allan zavod
Jazz pianist Allan Zavod was part of Frank Zappa's band in 1984. An Australian whose father - Edward Zavod - was a violinist, Zavod was classically trained on piano, and at the age of twelve he was taken on the road to the United States as his father's accompanist. He studied at the Melbourne Conservatorium Of Music and Berklee College Of Music in Boston. Upon graduation, he began his professional career in New York - in the early 1970s as a big band pianist, working with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Woody Herman, Mike Gibbs and Gary Burton, Maynard Ferguson, and the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, joining Jean-Luc Ponty in 1976. he remained with ponty for eight years.
More recently he has been writing lots of film scores, but he has been witnessed performing with the Zappa Instrumentaale as well.
Allan Zavod passed away on Nov 28, 2016.
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biography
(by geoff wills, 2002)
discography
mike gibbs / gary burton:
in the public interest (1973, lp, usa, polydor 6503) - feat. alan zavod |
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maynard ferguson
orchestra: chameleon (1974, lp, usa, col kc33007) - feat. alan zavod |
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new york mary:
new york mary (1975, lp, usa, arista al1019 |
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billy cobham:
life and times (1976, lp, usa, atl sd18166) - feat. allan zavod and george duke |
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jean-luc
ponty: imaginary voyage (11) (1976, lp, usa, atl(eu)w50317 |
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jean-luc
ponty: enigmatic ocean (12) (1977, lp, usa, atlantic w50409 |
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sonny fortune: infinity (1978, lp, usa, atl |
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jean-luc
ponty: cosmic messenger (13) (1978, lp, usa, atl w50505 |
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jean-luc ponty: live
(14) (1979, lp, usa, atl sd19229 |
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jean-luc ponty: a taste for passion
(15) (1979, lp, usa, atl w50666 |
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1980 jean-luc ponty- civilized evil |
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allan zavod: what's
new (1980, lp, australia, jazznote) |
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sarde, cliff- every bit better (synthesizer, keyboards) |
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frank zappa: does humour belong in
music? (1986, cd, ger, emi) |
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frank zappa: the guitar world according to frank zappa (1987, mc, usa, ??) |
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frank zappa: guitar (1988, 2cd, usa, ryko) |
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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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54 | frank zappa: you can't do that on
stage anymore vol.3 (1989, 2cd, usa, ryko) |
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frank zappa: you can't do that on
stage anymore vol.4 (1991, 2cd, usa, ryko) |
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59 | frank zappa: you can't do that on
stage anymore vol.6 (1992, 2cd, usa, ryko) |
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allan zavod: ballade for ania (1994, cd, australia, move digital) |
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frank zappa: have i offended someone? (1997, cd, usa, ryko) |
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endel rivers:
hardbite (2002, cd, ??, ??) - feat. allan zavod |
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frank zappa: trance-fusion (2006, cd, usa, zappa records) |
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