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Ian Underwood, born 5/22/1939 in New York, NY was the 'multi-instrumentalist' Zappa had been seeking in the late 60's to more fully present his musical ideas. Ian's "story" of meeting and joining Zappa is chronicled in the track [[Ian Whips It Out]] on the [[Uncle Meat]] release. Precious little biographical info is available for someone so prolific; unless you've removed yourself from popular culture for the last 20 years or so, then you've almost certainly heard Ian's keyboard work. Among the more "significant" studio credits of his outside of Zappa - and there is a '''lot''' - is a song called "We Are The World."
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'''Ian Underwood''' (New York, NY, 22 May 1939) is an American musician. He was 'multi-instrumentalist' within the Mothers of Invention. He graduated from Yale with a BA in composition in 1961 and completed a Masters degree in compostion at UC Berkeley in 1966. He  was a concert pianist specializing in Mozart.  
  
Ian Underwood provided piano, organ, keyboards, woodwinds, guitar, and/or vocal for [[We're Only In It For The Money]] [[Cruising With Ruben & The Jets]], [[Uncle Meat]], [[Hot Rats]], [[Burnt Weeny Sandwich]], [[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]], [[Chunga's Revenge]], [[Fillmore East, June 1971]], [[Frank Zappa's 200 Motels]], [[Just Another Band From L.A.]] [[Over-Nite Sensation]], [[Apostrophe (')]], [[Zoot Allures]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 5]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6]], [[Playground Psychotics]], [[Ahead Of Their Time]], [[The Lost Episodes]], [[Mystery Disc]], [[QuAUDIOPHILIAc]], and [[Joe's Domage]]; also for the [[Beat The Boots]] series disks [[The Ark (BTB)]], [[Freaks & Motherfuckers (BTB)]], [['Tis The Season To Be Jelly]], [[Piquantique (BTB)]], [[Disconnected Synapses (BTB)]], [[Tengo Na Minchia Tanta (BTB)]], [[Electric Aunt Jemima (BTB)]], [[At The Circus (BTB)]], [[Swiss Cheese/Fire! (BTB)]], & [[Our Man In Nirvana (BTB)]]. Ian can be seen in the Zappa movies [[200 Motels (The Film)]], [[Uncle Meat (The Movie)]], [[Video From Hell (The Video)]], and [[The True Story Of 200 Motels (The Saturday Morning Children's Animated Series)]].
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Married [[Ruth Komanoff]] in 1970.
  
Ian Underwood currently (?) lives in Portland, OR suburb of Lake Oswego.
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Apart from his work with Zappa he has contributed to many recordings by artists ranging from [[Gabor Szabo]] to Barbra Streisand.  
  
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Since the 1980's he has worked on many film soundtracks including ''Blade Runner'', ''Aliens'', ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'' and ''Titanic''.
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==Zappa and Ian Underwood==
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Ian's "story" of meeting and joining Zappa is chronicled in the track ''[[Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live On Stage In Copenhagen)|Ian Underwood Whips It Out]]'' on the ''[[Uncle Meat]]'' release. Underwood provided piano, organ, keyboards, woodwinds, guitar, and/or vocal for:<br>
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'''[[:Category:Original Albums|Original Albums]]'''
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*[[We're Only In It For The Money]]
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*[[Cruising With Ruben & The Jets]]
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*[[Uncle Meat]]
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*[[Hot Rats]]
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*[[Burnt Weeny Sandwich]]
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*[[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]]
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*[[Chunga's Revenge]]
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*[[Fillmore East, June 1971]]
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*[[Frank Zappa's 200 Motels]]
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*[[Just Another Band From L.A.]]
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*[[Over-Nite Sensation]]
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*[[Apostrophe (')]]
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*[[Zoot Allures]]
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*[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1]]
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*[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3]]
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*[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4]]
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*[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 5]]
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*[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6]]
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*[[Playground Psychotics]]
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*[[Ahead Of Their Time]]
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*[[The Lost Episodes]]
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*[[Mystery Disc]]
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*[[QuAUDIOPHILIAc]]
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*[[Joe's Domage]]
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*[[Wazoo]]
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'''[[:Category:Beat The Boots|Beat The Boots]]'''
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*[[The Ark (BTB)]]
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*[[Freaks & Motherfuckers (BTB)]]
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*[['Tis The Season To Be Jelly]]
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*[[Piquantique (BTB)]]
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*[[Disconnected Synapses (BTB)]]
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*[[Tengo Na Minchia Tanta (BTB)]]
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*[[Electric Aunt Jemima (BTB)]]
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*[[At The Circus (BTB)]]
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*[[Swiss Cheese/Fire! (BTB)]]
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*[[Our Man In Nirvana (BTB)]]
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Ian can be seen in the Zappa movies
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*[[200 Motels (The Film)]]
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*[[Uncle Meat (The Film)]]
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*[[Video From Hell]]
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*[[The True Story Of 200 Motels]]
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Ian Underwood was also mentioned and thanked in the liner notes of ''[[The MOFO Project/Object]]'' (2006) album. <ref>http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/notes/The_MOFO_Project_Object.html#Contributors</ref>
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==Sources==
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==External links==
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* [[Wikipedia:Ian Underwood]]
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[[Category:Bandmembers|Underwood, Ian]]
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[[Category:Musicians|Underwood, Ian]]
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[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Underwood, Ian]]

Revision as of 21:19, 18 August 2019

Ian Underwood (New York, NY, 22 May 1939) is an American musician. He was 'multi-instrumentalist' within the Mothers of Invention. He graduated from Yale with a BA in composition in 1961 and completed a Masters degree in compostion at UC Berkeley in 1966. He was a concert pianist specializing in Mozart.

Married Ruth Komanoff in 1970.

Apart from his work with Zappa he has contributed to many recordings by artists ranging from Gabor Szabo to Barbra Streisand.

Since the 1980's he has worked on many film soundtracks including Blade Runner, Aliens, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and Titanic.

Zappa and Ian Underwood

Ian's "story" of meeting and joining Zappa is chronicled in the track Ian Underwood Whips It Out on the Uncle Meat release. Underwood provided piano, organ, keyboards, woodwinds, guitar, and/or vocal for:

Original Albums

Beat The Boots

Ian can be seen in the Zappa movies

Ian Underwood was also mentioned and thanked in the liner notes of The MOFO Project/Object (2006) album. [1]

Sources

External links