Ed Mann

American drummer (1955–2024)

Not to be confused with Edward Mann.

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Ed Mann

Mann in 2007

Background information
Birth name| Edward L. Mann
Born| (1955-01-14)January 14, 1955
Great Barrington, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died| May 31, 2024(2024-05-31) (aged 69)
Occupations|

* Musician
* composer
* record producer

Instruments|

* Mallet percussion
* electronic keyboards

Years active| 1975–2024

Musical artist

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.

## Life and career

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Mann described himself as "a drummer and piano dabbler since childhood."[1] He formed a band with Tommy Mars in mid 1973; by the end of that year he was studying with John Bergamo at CalArts. In 1977, Frank Zappa asked Bergamo to do some overdubbing on the Zappa In New York album and Bergamo in turn recommended Mann.

A few months later Ruth Underwood told Mann that Zappa was looking for a second keyboard player. When Mann called to recommend Tommy Mars ("At midnight, the only time when you could reach Frank by phone"[This quote needs a citation]), Zappa invited him to come to his house. Mann went to the house, where Terry Bozzio, Patrick O'Hearn, and Adrian Belew were jamming with Zappa. By 2:00am Mann was in the band. He later commented: "It took a few days for that all to sink in."[This quote needs a citation]

Mann can be heard playing gongs on J21's Yellow Mind:Blue Mind album.

Until mid-2014, Mann was a member of The Band From Utopia which had featured many Zappa alumni such as Robert Martin, Chad Wackerman, Albert Wing, Tom Fowler, Ray White and Ralph Humphrey over the years. In 2008, he toured with Project Object and sat in with Agent Moosehead at the New York Harvest Festival and Freedom Rally. In 2013, Mann began performing on percussion and electronics with The Z3, an organ, guitar and drums trio that adapts Zappa music to the Hammond organ-centered jazz-funk tradition. Mann played on The White Album and gave a virtuoso performance on the song "Apple A Day". Mann played on two of David Arvedon's albums.

Mann joined Northeast blugrasstafarian jam band Desert Rain for their set at the Wormtown Music Festival in late 2015. From then on he joined the group at clubs throughout the northeastern United States.

In July 2016, Mann joined Mike Dillon for three dates of Dillon's northeast US tour.[citation needed]

Mann died on May 31, 2024, at the age of 69.[2]

## Discography with Zappa

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* Zappa in New York (Frank Zappa, 1978)
* Sheik Yerbouti (Frank Zappa, 1979)
* Joe's Garage Act I (Zappa, 1979)
* Joe's Garage Acts II & III (Zappa, 1979)
* Tinseltown Rebellion (Frank Zappa, 1981)
* Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar (Zappa, 1981)
* You Are What You Is (Zappa, 1981)
* Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch (Zappa, 1982)
* The Man From Utopia (Zappa, 1983)
* Baby Snakes (Frank Zappa, 1983)
* London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 1 (Zappa, 1983)
* Them or Us (Zappa, 1984)
* Thing-Fish (Zappa, 1984)
* Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention (Frank Zappa, 1985)
* Jazz from Hell (Frank Zappa, 1986)
* London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 2 (Zappa, 1987)
* Guitar (Frank Zappa, 1988)
* You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 (Zappa, 1988)
* Broadway the Hard Way (Frank Zappa)
* You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 (Zappa, 1989)
* The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life (Frank Zappa, 1991)
* Make a Jazz Noise Here (Frank Zappa, 1991)
* You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 (Zappa, 1991)
* You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5 (Zappa, 1992)
* You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 (Zappa, 1992)
* Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute (Frank Zappa, 1996)
* Halloween (Frank Zappa – Audio DVD, 2003)
* QuAUDIOPHILIAc (Zappa – kvadrofon Audio DVD, 2004)
* Trance-Fusion (Zappa Records 2006)
* The Dub Room Special (CD, Zappa Records, 2007)
* One Shot Deal (Zappa Records ZR 20006, 2008)
* Hammersmith Odeon (album) (Zappa, 2010)

Mann performances can be seen in the Zappa films Baby Snakes, Dub Room Special & Video From Hell.

## Solo discography

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* Get Up (1988)
* Perfect World (1991)
* Global Warming (1994) with Brian Hand
* Have No Fear (1997)
* (((GONG))) Sound Of Being (1998)

## References

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1. ^ "Ed Mann". United-mutations.com.
2. ^ "Edward L. Mann". Inmemoriamservices.com. Retrieved 4 June 2024.

## External Links

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* Ed Mann Discography of CDs  at Cduniverse.com
* Perfect World Cutout at Amazon.com
* Project/Object with Ike Willis & Ed Mann Plan NE Shows Article at Glidemagazine.com
* Ed Mann at IMDb
* Ed Mann discography at Discogs

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Official releases
(1966–1993)|

| 1960s|

* Freak Out!
* Absolutely Free
* We're Only in It for the Money
* Lumpy Gravy
* Cruising with Ruben & the Jets
* Mothermania
* Uncle Meat
* Hot Rats

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1970s|

* Burnt Weeny Sandwich
* Weasels Ripped My Flesh
* Chunga's Revenge
* Fillmore East – June 1971
* 200 Motels
* Just Another Band from L.A.
* Waka/Jawaka
* The Grand Wazoo
* Over-Nite Sensation
* Apostrophe (')
* Roxy & Elsewhere
* One Size Fits All
* Bongo Fury
* Zoot Allures
* Zappa in New York
* Studio Tan
* Sleep Dirt
* Sheik Yerbouti
* Orchestral Favorites
* Joe's Garage Act I
* Joe's Garage Acts II & III

1980s|

* Tinsel Town Rebellion
* Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
* Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More
* Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
* You Are What You Is
* Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch
* The Man from Utopia
* Baby Snakes
* London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. I
* The Perfect Stranger
* Them or Us
* Thing-Fish
* Francesco Zappa
* The Old Masters, Box I
* Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention
* Does Humor Belong in Music?
* The Old Masters, Box II
* Jazz from Hell
* London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. II
* The Old Masters, Box III
* Guitar
* You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1
* You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2
* Broadway the Hard Way
* You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3

1990s|

* The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life
* Make a Jazz Noise Here
* 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 Yellow Shark

Posthumous
official releases|

| 1990s|

* Civilization Phaze III
* The Lost Episodes
* Läther
* Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute
* Have I Offended Someone?
* Mystery Disc
* Everything Is Healing Nicely

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2000s|

* FZ:OZ
* Halloween
* Joe's Corsage
* QuAUDIOPHILIAc
* Joe's Domage
* Joe's XMASage
* Imaginary Diseases
* Trance-Fusion
* The MOFO Project/Object
* The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)
* Buffalo
* The Dub Room Special!
* Wazoo
* One Shot Deal
* Joe's Menage
* The Lumpy Money Project/Object
* Philly '76

2010s|

* Greasy Love Songs
* "Congress Shall Make No Law..."
* Hammersmith Odeon
* Feeding the Monkies at Ma Maison
* Carnegie Hall
* Understanding America
* Road Tapes, Venue #1
* Finer Moments
* AAAFNRAA: Baby Snakes – The Compleat Soundtrack
* Road Tapes, Venue #2
* A Token of His Extreme Soundtrack
* Joe's Camouflage
* Roxy by Proxy
* Dance Me This
* 200 Motels: The Suites
* Roxy the Soundtrack
* Road Tapes, Venue #3
* The Crux of the Biscuit
* Frank Zappa for President
* ZAPPAtite: Frank Zappa's Tastiest Tracks
* Meat Light: The Uncle Meat Project/Object Audio Documentary
* Chicago '78
* Little Dots
* Halloween 77
* The Roxy Performances
* Zappa in New York 40th Anniversary
* Orchestral Favorites 40th Anniversary
* Halloween 73
* The Hot Rats Sessions

2020s|

* The Mothers 1970
* Halloween 81
* Halloween 81 Highlights
* Zappa - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
* Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show
* 200 Motels 50th Anniversary Edition
* The Mothers 1971
* Zappa/Erie
* Zappa '75: Zagreb/Ljubljana
* Waka/Wazoo
* Zappa '80: Mudd Club/Munich
* Funky Nothingness
* Over-Nite Sensation 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition
* Whisky a Go Go 1968
* Apostrophe(') 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition

Miscellaneous|

* Lumpy Gravy (Primordial)
* The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa
* Beat the Boots!
* Beat the Boots! II

| Compilations|

* The **** of the Mothers
* Strictly Commercial: The Best of Frank Zappa
* Strictly Genteel: A "Classical" Introduction to Frank Zappa
* Cucamonga
* Cheap Thrills
* Son of Cheep Thrills

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Birthday Bundle series|

* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
* 2011

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Singles|

* "Trouble Comin' Every Day"
* "Who Are the Brain Police?"
* "WPLJ"
* "My Guitar"
* "Peaches en Regalia"
* "I'm the Slime"
* "Cosmik Debris"
* "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow"
* "Du Bist Mein Sofa"
* "Find Her Finer"
* "Disco Boy"
* "Dancin' Fool"
* "Bobby Brown"
* "Joe's Garage"
* "I Don't Wanna Get Drafted"
* "You Are What You Is"
* "Valley Girl"
* "Cocaine Decisions"
* "Stairway to Heaven"

Other
compositions|

* "Absolutely Free"
* "Advance Romance"
* "The Adventures of Greggery Peccary"
* "America Drinks & Goes Home"
* "Are You Hung Up?"
* "Billy the Mountain"
* "The Black Page"
* "Brown Shoes Don't Make It"
* "Camarillo Brillo"
* "Cheepnis"
* "Duodenum"
* "Father O'Blivion"
* "Help, I'm a Rock"
* "G-Spot Tornado"
* "I Have Been in You"
* "Inca Roads"
* "Jewish Princess"
* "Let's Make the Water Turn Black"
* "A Little Green Rosetta"
* "Memories of El Monte"
* "Montana"
* "Muffin Man"
* "Nanook Rubs It"
* "Plastic People"
* "The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet"
* "Rollo"
* "Sleep Dirt"
* "St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast"
* "Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance"
* "A Token of My Extreme"
* "The Torture Never Stops"
* "Uncle Remus"
* "Watermelon in Easter Hay"
* "Who Needs the Peace Corps?"
* "Willie the Pimp"
* "Wind Up Workin' in a Gas Station"

Filmography|

* 200 Motels
* Baby Snakes
* The Dub Room Special
* Does Humor Belong in Music?
* Video from Hell
* Uncle Meat
* The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
* The Amazing Mr. Bickford

Relatives|

* Gail Zappa
* Moon Zappa
* Dweezil Zappa
* Ahmet Zappa
* Diva Zappa

Influence|

* In popular culture
* Zappa Plays Zappa
* Pachygnatha zappa
* Phialella zappai
* Zappa confluentus
* 3834 Zappafrank
* Frankly a Cappella
* King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa
* Zappa's Universe

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