Frank Zappa. (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) Frank Zappa was one of the first to try tearing down the barriers between rock, jazz, and classical music. In the late Sixties his Mothers of Invention would slip from Stravinsky’s “Petroushka” into The Dovells’ “Bristol Stomp” before breaking down into saxophone squeals inspired by Albert Ayler The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll
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