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CAN SOMEONE LIST SOME OF THE PIANO PLAYERS AND WAS BILLY PRESTON ONE OF THEM

billy preston was a piano player, yes. not with frank zappa, though.

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Let's see if I get this right. There was, um, Bobby Martin, Peter Wolf and Tommy Mars....uh....that one dude in the OZ band...Jim Pons....I suck at this.

not jim pons it was Andre Lewis in FZ:OZ. also alan zavod. Bob Harris? Mike Keneally. geroge duke

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I wasn't saying that Pons was the player in OZ.

You mean Don Preston?

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Jim Pons was a bass player.

Ian Underwood was a pianist as well. He even had a bachelor degree from some university on that instrument.

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According to Ben Watson's book, Ian Underwood has a degree in composition, not as a piano soloist. Makes you wonder whether he influenced some of FZs compositions...

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Good point Stud!

I thought he had a BA in piano and MA in composition.

EDIT: He graduated from Yale with a BA in composition in 1961 and completed a Masters degree in composition at UC Berkeley in 1966. He was a concert pianist specializing in Mozart.

http://www.united-mutations.com/u/ian_underwood.htm

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Studebaker, I hope you're proud of yourself. When I see that picture, my mind registers 'Studebaker' not 'Ian Underwood'.

Thanks alot.

haha so funny, I was just thinking the same thing upon reading this thread earlier!

Same goes to your avatar Feral? Who's that again, Satie? Sorry, I guess you already told me...

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I could only wish I that had those type of instrumental chops, though...

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A BASS PLAYER? I had some bad info then.

Yeah, it's Satie. I think that picture comes from the movie 'Cinema' by Renee Clair.

i need to get an avatar so people can register me with something...

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Thought you would like to know... Don Preston played bass with Elvin Jones for 2 years before The Mothers

Also concerning Ian, remember the intro to Little House on Burnt Weenie? He practically sight read that piece. Now that is something!

According to the below info he played for a year with Elvin Jones at the West End Cafe on bass...

http://www.united-mutations.com/p/don_preston.htm

Although you may right if you were Don Preston himself...

How else would I know that it was the West End Cafe in Detroit, an after hours club. The other members were: Yousef Lateef and Tommy Flanegan and it was 2 different years. One highlight was Milt Jackson sitting in and playing the piano with 2 fingers.