Frank Zappa

**Frank Vincent Zappa** (Baltimore, Maryland, 21 desimber 1940 - Laurel Canyon, Kalifornje, 4 desimber 1993) wie in Amerikaansk musikus en komponist. Hy wie ferneamd om syn frjemde muzykstyl, dy't faak nuveraardich en koartswillich wie. Zappa hat mei in soad oare muzikanten wurke, dêr't The Mothers of Invention en syn freon blues sjonger Captain Beefheart de bekendsten fan wiene. Zappa mingde op syn wize rockmuzyk mei psychedelika, jazz, eksperimintele muzyk en hjoeddeiske klassike muzyk. Hy gie himsels net út de wei mei syn selsspot, humor en performance-art.

## Persoanlik libben
Zappa wie sûnt 1967 troud mei Gail, berne as Adelaide Gail Sloatman op 1 jannewaris 1945, dy't it behear oer de zaken fan Zappa hie. Sy hiene fjouwer bern:
* Moon Zappa (Moon Unit Zappa, 1967)
* Dweezil Zappa (Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa, 1969), neamd nei de bynamme fan de lytse tean fan Gail.
* Ahmet Zappa (Ahmet Emuukha Rodan Zappa, 1974)
* Diva Zappa (Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen Zappa, 1979) 

De soannen Dweezil en Ahmet spylje tegearre yn de band 'Z'.

Zappa stoar flak for syn 53e oan de gefolgen fan prostaatkanker.

## Trivia
* Yn 1994 waard in planetoïde nei Frank Zappa neamd: *(3834) Zappafrank*.

## Diskografy
### Studio-albums

### Live-albums

### Kompilaasje-albums

### Dvd's
* 2003: *Does Humor Belong in Music?*
* 2007: *Apostrophe*

## Boeken
* Chevalier, Dominique, "Viva Zappa" (1986), Londen: Omnibus Press, SBN 0-7119-0821-4
* Courrier, Kevin, "The Dangerous Kitchen. The Subversive Art of Frank Zappa" (2001), Toronto: ECW Press, ISBN 1-55022-447-6
* Gray, Michael, "Mother! is the Story of Frank Zappa" (1984), Londen: Proteus Books, ISBN 0-86276-146-8
* James, Billy, "Necessity Is...: The Early Years of Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention" (2000), Londen: SAF Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-946719-51-9
* Kostelanetz, Richard, "Frank Zappa Companion. Four Decades of Commentary" (1997), New York: Schirmer, ISBN 0-02-864628-2
* Lennon, Nigey, "Being Frank. My Time with Frank Zappa" (1995), Los Angeles: California Classics Book, ISBN 1-879395-55-X
* Lowe, Kelly Fisher, "The Words and Music of Frank Zappa" (2006), Westport: Praeger Publishers, ISBN 0-275-98779-5
* Miles, Barry, "In His Own Words" (1993), Londen: Omnibus Press, ISBN 0-7119-3100-3
* Miles, Barry, "Frank Zappa - A Visual Documentary" (2003), Londen: Omnibus Press, ISBN 0-7119-3099-6
* Miles, Barry, "Frank Zappa" (2004), London: Atlantic Books, ISBN 1-84354-092-4 (Nederlânsk *Zappa De biografie*, ISBN 978-90-6005-556-4)
* Russo, Greg, "Cosmik Debris. The collected history and improvisations of Frank Zappa" (1998), USA: Crossfire Publications, ISBN 0-9648157-4-5
* Russo, Greg, "Cosmik Debris. The collected history and improvisations of Frank Zappa (Revised)" (1999), USA: Crossfire Publications, ISBN 0-9648157-7-X
* Russo, Greg, "Cosmik Debris. The collected history and improvisations of Frank Zappa (The Son Of Revised)" (2003), USA: Crossfire Publications, ISBN 0-9648157-0-2
* Slaven, Neil, "Electric Don Quixote: The Definitive Story of Frank Zappa" (2003), Londen: Omnibus Press, ISBN 0-7119-9436-6
* Walley, David, "No Commercial Potential. The Saga of Frank Zappa" (1980, Then and Now, New York: E. P. Dutton, ISBN 0-525-93153-8
* Watson, Ben, "Frank Zappa: The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play" (1996), New York: St. Martin's Griffin, ISBN 0-312-14124-6
* Watson, Ben, "Frank Zappa. The Complete Guide to His Music" (2005), Londen: Omnibus Press, ISBN 1-84449-865-4
* Zappa, Frank & Occhiogrosso, Peter, "The Real Frank Zappa Book" (1989), New York: Poseidon Press, ISBN 0-671-63870-X

## Keppeling om utens
* Zappa.com 
* Zappa Wiki Jawaka - a wiki dedicated to FZ
* Bibleteek fan Frank Zappa sitaten