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Ed Mann
Ed Mann is credited on 854 releases across 132 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1977–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
854
Pressings credited
132
Albums
6
Decades active
336
In collections
Biography
Edward L. Mann (January 14, 1955 – May 31, 2024) was an American musician best known for his mallet percussion performances onstage with Frank Zappa's ensemble from 1977 to 1988, and his appearances on over 30 of Zappa's albums, both studio recordings and with Zappa's band live. Mann also released a number of CDs as a bandleader and composer.
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Credited work
854 releases · 132 albums · active 1977–2025
- Performance · 2,575
- Other credits · 84
- Production · 16
- Engineering · 3
Studios: UMRK · The Palladium, NYC · Hammersmith Odeon · UMRK Mobile
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Sheik Yerbouti
1979
Joe's Garage Act I
1979
Zappa In New York
1977
Joe's Garage Acts II & III
1979
You Are What You Is
1981
Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch
1982
Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III
1987
Them Or Us
1984
Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar
1981
Jazz From Hell
1986
The Man From Utopia
1983
Tinsel Town Rebellion
1981
Guitar
1988
Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show
2021
Baby Snakes
1983
Halloween 81
2020
The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life
1991
Make A Jazz Noise Here
1991
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3
1989
Broadway The Hard Way
1988
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore (Sampler)
1988
Halloween 77
2017
Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention
1985
Thing-Fish
1984
Frequent collaborators
- Frank Zappa
- Zappa
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Mick Karn
- Julia Fordham
- Seraphim Shock
- Repercussion Unit
- Mark Isham
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