Person · Male
Bunk Gardner
- From
- Cleveland, United States
- Since
- 1933–present
- Releases
- 0
- jazz
- rock
About
Bunk Gardner (born John Leon Guarnera; May 2, 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American musician who most notably played for the original version of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention until the group disbanded in 1969. He plays woodwinds and tenor sax. His older brother, Buzz, was also in the Mothers of Invention.
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The Mothers of Invention woodwind
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