Ian Underwood
Born in New York City, New York — May 22 1939
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Ian Robertson Underwood (born May 22, 1939) is a woodwind and keyboards player, who was a member of the original version of Frank Zappa's band the Mothers of Invention. Following the original band's split in late 1969, Underwood continued to work with Zappa extensively during the 1970s. Underwood graduated from The Choate School in 1957 and Yale University with a bachelor's degree in composition in 1961 and a master's degree in composition at UC Berkeley in 1966. He began his career by playing San Francisco Bay Area coffeehouses and bars with his improv…
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Classic Albums
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Apocalypto
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Braveheart
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Commando
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Police Academy
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The Driver
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Zappa
Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1975
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
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Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
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The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
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200 Motels
Member of Mothers of Invention
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
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Frank Zappa: Phase II - The Big Note
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Uncle Meat
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Frank Zappa: The Freak Out List
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Frank Zappa - Freak Jazz, Movie Madness & Another Mothers
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Video from Hell
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Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention: Live at Whisky a Go Go 1968
Frank Zappa: Opopoppa Stockholm, Sweden
Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die
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Burnt Weeny Sandwich
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