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Bunk Gardner

Cleveland, United States

Bunk Gardner is credited on 800 releases across 73 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1967–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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800

Pressings credited

73

Albums

7

Decades active

238

In collections

Biography

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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Credited work

800 releases · 73 albums · active 1967–2025

  • Performance · 1,976
  • Other credits · 370
  • Engineering · 15
  • Production · 1

Studios: Apostolic Studios · Royal Festival Hall · UMRK · T.T.G. Studios

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