LONDON — Jimmy Carl Black, who went from drummer in Frank Zappa's avant-garde Mothers of Invention to doughnut shop worker and house painter, has died at 70. Black died Saturday of cancer in Siegsdorf ...

WESTPORT — Manny Gerard of Westport, a self-taught drummer who fell in love with the percussion instrument at an early age, has worked hard most of his life to fine-tune his rhythm and technique. And ...

Ed Mann, Frank Zappa’s longtime percussionist, has reportedly died. He was 70. Musician and longtime collaborator Chad Wackerman announced the news on social media, though no cause of death was ...

Jimmy Carl Black, 70, who went from drummer in Frank Zappa's avant-garde Mothers of Invention to doughnut shop worker and house painter, died Nov. 1 of cancer in Siegsdorf, Germany, said Roddie ...

A pair of unreleased Frank Zappa concerts from 1980 — highlighting shows from a tiny New York club and a packed German arena — will feature on the latest archival release excavated from the Zappa ...