Ruth Underwood

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Ruth Underwood

perc, vib, mar, *1946 US
Musician / Composer of Rock
A.k.a. Ruth Underwood, born Komanoff Ruth Komanoff

American percussionist, born 23rd May 1946. Noted for her work with Frank Zappa. Underwood was professionally trained at Ithaca College and Juilliard. Her career was mostly dedicated to Frank Zappa's band from 1969 to 1982. She married fellow Zappa musician Ian Underwood in May 1969.

Instruments

Percussion
Vibraphone
Marimba

Genres

Rock
Jazz
Blues

Plays With

The Hamilton Face Band

The Mothers

The Neoteric Orchestra

Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
DC Collection: Vol. 1 - The Drummers Of Frank Zappa	Terry Bozzio, Ralph Humphrey, Chester Thompson, Chad Wackerman, Ruth Underwood	2009	Single

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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