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Bunk Gardner
real name John Leon Guarnera
Cleveland, United States
Bunk Gardner is credited on 799 releases across 73 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1967–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
799
Credits
73
Albums
7
Decades active
249
In collections
Biography
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American reeds and flute player, born 2. May 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio, brother of Buzz Gardner. Most noted for his work with Frank Zappa.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
799 releases · 73 albums · active 1967–2025
- Performance · 1,976
- Other credits · 369
- Engineering · 15
- Production · 1
Studios: Apostolic Studios · Royal Festival Hall · UMRK · T.T.G. Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
We're Only In It For The Money
1968
Absolutely Free
1967
Uncle Meat
1969
Weasels Ripped My Flesh
1970
Burnt Weeny Sandwich
1970
Lumpy Gravy
1968
Cruising With Ruben & The Jets
1968
Mothermania (The Best Of The Mothers)
1969
Whisky A Go Go, 1968
2024
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore (Sampler)
1988
Starsailor
1970
Greasy Love Songs
2010
Cheap Thrills
1998
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4
1991
The Hot Rats Sessions
2019
Meat Light (The Uncle Meat Project/Object Audio Documentary)
2016
Frank Zappa For President
2016
Road Tapes, Venue #1
2012
Finer Moments
2012
Son Of Cheep Thrills
1999
Mystery Disc
1998
Ahead Of Their Time
1993
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 5
1992
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1
1988
Frequent collaborators
- Frank Zappa
- The Mothers Of Invention
- Zappa
- Mothers Of Invention
- Geronimo Black
- The Grandmothers
- Ant-Bee
- Grandmothers
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