Band / The Mothers

The Mothers

5 releases·36 members·6 line-ups

Fillmore East - June 1971

1971 · C

Just Another Band From L.A.

1972 · D

The Grand Wazoo

1972 · E

Over-Nite Sensation

1973 · F

Joe's Corsage (released by Frank Zappa)

2004 · A : B

Line-ups	65	65	71	71	72	73
Frank Zappa	A	B	C	D	E	F
James Black	A	B
Ray Collins	A	B
Roy Estrada	A	B
Henry Vestine		B
Aynsley Dunbar			C	D	E
Don Preston			C	D	E
Ian Underwood			C	D		F
Howard Kaylan			C	D
Jim Pons			C	D
Mark Volman			C	D
Bob Harris			C
George Duke					E	F
Salvador Marquez					E	F
Alan Estes					E
Alex Dmochowski					E
Bob Zimmitti					E
Earl Dumler					E
Ernie Tack					E
Fred Jackson					E
Janet Neville-Ferguson					E
Joanne McNab					E
Joel Peskin					E
John Rotella					E
Ken Shroyer					E
Lauren Wood					E
Malcolm McNab					E
Mike Altschul					E
Tony Duran					E
Tony Ortega					E
William Byers					E
Bruce Fowler						F
Jean-Luc Ponty						F
Ralph Humphrey						F
Ruth Underwood						F
Tom Fowler						F

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Buddy Rich Big Band

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Bob Magnusson Quintet

Bobby Shew Quintet

Buddy Rich And His Buddies

Buddy Rich And His Sextet

Charlie Parker And His Orchestra

Chuck Mangione Quintet

Count Basie Quintet

Elvin Jones Jazz Machine

Flip Phillips Quartet

Greg Abate Quintet

Lester Young Trio

Metronome All Stars

Orange Then Blue

The Bob Magnusson Quartet

The Laurindo Almeida Trio

The Lionel Hampton · Art Tatum · Buddy Rich Trio

Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra

Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band

Charley Musselwhite's South Side Band

Flying Burrito Brothers

Gary Myrick And The Figures

John Mayall's Bluesbreakers

Pacific Gas And Electric

Psychedelic Guitar Circus

Pure Food And Drug Act

The Mighty Flyers

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Captain Beefheart

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Club Foot Orchestra

Crazy Backwards Alphabet

Fast 'N' Bulbous

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Gods And Monsters

Hugh Cornwell And Robert Williams

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Rick Nelson And The Stone Canyon Band

Robert Williams

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The Killer Shrews

The Mystery Band

Don Preston Trio

Alex Cline Ensemble

G.E. Stinson Group

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Jeff Gauthier Goatette

Jeff Gauthier Quartet

Ross Hammond Quartet

Scot Ray Quintet

The Vinny Golia Quintet

Eric Burdon's i Band

Eric Burdon & The Animals

Eric Burdon Brian Auger Band

Eric Burdon · War

Eric Burdons Fire Dept.

Neal Morse Band

The Original Animals

Yellow Matter Custard

Fowler Brothers Air Pocket

Frank & Moon Zappa

Frank Zappa And The Mothers

Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention

GRP All-Star Big Band

Badfoot Brown And The Bunions Bradford Funeral Marching Band

Blood Sweat And Tears

Bob Mintzer Big Band

Bob Mintzer Quartet

Bootsy's Rubber Band

Branford Marsalis Quartet

Brecker Brothers

Burton · Corea · Metheny · Haynes · Holland

Caribbean Jazz Project

Chick Corea Akoustic Band

Chick Corea And Origin

Chick Corea And Return To Forever

Chick Corea Elektric Band

Chick Corea Quartet

Chick Corea Trio

Chico Hamilton Quintet

Corea, Clarke & White

Dave Grusin And The NY/LA Dream Band

Dave Weckl Band

David Liebman Quintet

David Matthews Trio

Duke Pearson's Big Band

Echoes Of An Era

Gary Burton Quartet

Gary Burton Quintet

Horace Silver Quintet

James Last Band

Joe Byrd And The Field Hippies

John McLaughlin · Chick Corea · Five Peace Band

Johnny Rivers And His L.A. Boogie Band

Joni Mitchell And The L.A. Express

Jun Fukamachi & The New York All Stars

Mel Lewis And The Jazz Orchestra

Michael Philip Mossman Sextet

Mike Gibbs Orchestra

Miles Davis Quintet

Miroslav Vitous Group

Ramsey Lewis Trio

Randy Brecker Quintet

Rolf Kühn Jazzgroup

The Benoit/Freeman Project

The Blue Mitchell Quintet

The Brecker Brothers Band

The Chick Corea New Trio

The Eleventh House

The Gary Burton Quintet With Eberhard Weber

The Jazz Composer's Orchestra

The John Dentz Reunion Band

The Love Symphony Orchestra

The New Amazing Chico Hamilton Quintet

The New Gary Burton Quartet

The Roy Haynes Trio

Tom Scott And The L.A. Express

Wayne Shorter Quartet

Hal McKusick Quintet

Alex Kallao Trio

Art Farmer Benny Golson Jazztet

Art Farmer Quartet

Art Farmer Quintet

Benny Golson Sextet

Benny Green Quintet

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Cannonball Adderley Quintet

Duke Jordan Quartet

Eddie Costa Quintet

Eddie Costa · Vinnie Burke Trio

Elmo Hope Sextet

Freddie Redd Quintet

George Wallington Quintet

Gigi Gryce And His Little Band

Gil Evans & Ten

Hank Mobley Quintet

Herb Ellis And His All-Stars

Ike Quebec's Quintet

International Jazz Group

Jackie McLean Quintet

Jay McShann And His Orchestra

Jay McShann Orchestra

Jimmy Heath Quintet

Kenny Drew Trio

Lee Morgan Sextet

Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra

Miles Davis And The Modern Jazz Giants

Miles Davis Sextet

Mose Allison Trio

Nat Adderley Quartet

Paul Chambers Quartet

Paul Chambers Quintet

Paul Chambers Sextet

Randy Weston Music

Red Garland Trio

Sonny Rollins Quartet

Teddy Charles And His Sextet

The Art Farmer / Benny Golson Jazztet

The Art Farmer Quartet

The Art Farmer Septet

The Barry Harris Sextet

The Butch Miles Sextet

The Curtis Fuller Jazztet

The Frank Wess Septet

The Gil Evans Orchestra

The Modern Jazz Sextet

The New Jazztet

The New Miles Davis Quintet

The Prestige All Stars

The Teddy Charles Tentet

Walter Benton Quintet

Woody Herman Sextet

Wynton Kelly Trio

Cyril Davies And His Rhythm And Blues All Stars

Nashville Teens

Neil Christian And The Crusaders

Screaming 'Lord' Sutch With The Savages

The Undertakers

It's A Beautiful Day

Cockrell & Santos

David LaFlamme Band

New Riders Of The Purple Sage

Premiata Forneria Marconi

Jefferson Starship

Electric Tigers

Jack Traylor And Steelwind

Jefferson Airplane

Joe Gallant & Illuminati

Jorma Kaukonen Band

Jorma Kaukonen Trio

Magic Christian

Missing Man Formation

Paul Kantner · Grace Slick

Paul Kantner · Jefferson Starship

Paul Kantner, Grace Slick & David Freiberg

Quicksilver Messenger Service

T Lavitz And The Bad Habitz

The Flying Other Brothers

The Great Society

The Henry Kaiser Band

The Siamese Stepbrothers

John Fahey And His Orchestra

Benny Goodman's Sextet

Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra

Gene Krupa's Swing Band

Gene Mayl's Dixieland Rhythm Kings

Louis Armstrong And The All Stars

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Philly Joe Jones · Dameronia

R.L. Watson & Josiah Jones

The Darrow Mosley Band

John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers

Coulson, Dean, McGuinness, Flint

Graham Collier Music

John Mayall With Eric Clapton

McGuinness Flint

Peter Green Splinter Group

Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac

The Jazz Ensemble

Focus Con Proby

Frumious Bandersnatch

Jonathan Cain Band

Neal Schon & Jan Hammer

Revolution Saints

Steve Miller Band

Steve Smith And Vital Information

The Dead Daisies

Vinnie Vincent Invasion

Vital Information

Bobby And The Midnites

Pure Prairie League

Stoney And Meatloaf

The Fraternity Of Man

The Honeydrippers

Mahavishnu Orchestra

Danny Thompson Trio

Jan Hammer Group

John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin And The 4th Dimension

John McLaughlin Trio

Ken Wheeler And The John Dankworth Orchestra

Marc Klock Group

Narada Michael Walden

Roy Ayers Ubiquity

The Gordon Beck Quartet

The Jan Hammer Trio

The Joe Harriott Double Quintet

The Tommy Bolin Band

The Tony Williams Lifetime

Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats

Michael Schenker Group

Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus

Hughes Turner Project

Jeff Beck · Tim Bogert · Carmine Appice

Ozzy Osbourne · Blizzard Of Ozz

The Hoochie Coochie Men

Travers & Appice

Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force

Mothers Of Invention

Oliver Nelson Orchestra

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers

Art Blakey Quartet

Bobby Shad And The Bad Men

Brooks Arthur Ensemble

Command All Stars

Count Basie And His Orchestra

Count Basie Orchestra

Gil Mellé Quintet

Julius Watkins Sextet

Leo Parker All Stars

Lou Donaldson Quintet

Mal Waldron Trio

McCoy Tyner Trio

Sam Jones Plus 10

Sam Most Quartet Plus Two

The Herbie Mann Afro-Jazz Sextet + Four Trumpets

The Leon Thomas Blues Band

The Mundell Lowe Quartet

Thelonious Monk Quintet

Urbie Green Septet

Oliver Nelson's Big Band

Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra

Bob Summers Quintet

Chet Baker Big Band

Duke Jordan Trio

Ed Thigpen Rhythm Features

Ed Thigpen Scantet

Frank Rosolino Quintet

Gil Mellé Quartet

Herb Ellis Quintet

Jack Sheldon And His All Star Band

Joe Pass Quartet

John Lindberg Ensemble

Lex Jasper Trio

Maynard Ferguson And His Octet

Oscar Peterson Trio

Paul Togawa Quartet

Rosolino - Candoli

Rune Öfwerman Trio

Shelly Manne & His Men

Shelly Manne Septet

Silent Partners

Stan Levey Quintet

The Ed Thigpen Trio

The Great Tompall And His Outlaw Band

The Jimmy Rowles Septet

The Sonny Criss Orchestra

The Woody James Septet

Vince Guaraldi Trio

Return To Forever

Brian Auger's Oblivion Express

Eef Albers Kwartet

Jaki Byard Quartet

Jan Garbarek Group

Players Association

Robert Cray Band

Stanley Cowell Trio

Stomu Yamashta's Go

Stomu Yamashta's Go Too

The Mike Varney Project

The New Elvin Jones Trio

The Stanley Clarke Trio

Twennynine Featuring Lenny White

Twennynine With Lenny White

Ruben And The Jets

Schenker-Pattison Summit

Ben Schultz Band

Mark Stein & The Pigeons

McAuley Schenker Group

Michael Schenker

Stu James And The Mojos

Faron's Flamingos

The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation

Alex Harvey - The New Band

Greg Lake & Band

The David Austin Band

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

The Bluesbreakers

The Hamilton Face Band

The Jim Chapin Sextet

Phil Woods & The Italian Rhythm Machine

Phil Woods And His European Rhythm Machine

Phil Woods Quartet

Phil Woods Quintet

The Thelonious Monk Orchestra

The Merry-Go-Round

The Phil Collins Big Band

Bootsy Collins & The Superbad Band

Crawling King Snakes

Faculty Jazz Septet

James Carter Organ Trio

Lester Bowie's New York Organ Ensemble

Pat Metheny Group

Peter Sommer Septet

The Joe Chemay Band

The Julius Hemphill Sextet

Tough Young Tenors

World Drummers Ensemble

The Modern Folk Quartet

Black Country Communion

California Breed

David Coverdale's Whitesnake

Eddie And The Hot Rods

Heavy Metal Kids

Laurence Archer

Paice Ashton Lord

Pat Travers Band

Phil Lynott's Grand Slam

Professor And The Madman

Sammy Hagar & The Circle

The Company Of Snakes

The Jason Bonham Band

The Moody Marsden Band

The Sensible Gray Cells

Ace Kefford Stand

Bad Moon Rising

Black Oak Arkansas

Black Star Riders

Blackmore's Rainbow

Coverdale · Page

David Coverdale

David Coverdale & Whitesnake

Electric Blues Duo

Elements Of Friction

Emerson, Lake & Powell

Finders Keepers

Hale And Pace And The Stonkers

Jaap Dekker Boogie Set

Jeff Beck Group

Konstantin Wecker & Die Band

MacAlpine · Aldridge · Rock · Sarzo

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