"Musician" . "1933Z"^^ . "John Leon \"Bunk\" Gardner (born May 2, 1933, Cleveland, Ohio, United states) is an American musician who most notably played for Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention until the group disbanded in 1969. He plays woodwinds and tenor sax.Gardner started playing music at the age of seven by taking piano lessons. When he was a teenager he started playing the tenor sax. In 1959 he played with Bud Wattles & his Orchestra's album Themes from the Hip. Later he played with Joanna & the Playboys in 1962."@en . "Gardner, Bunk"@en . . . "Bunk Gardner"@en . . . . "1933-05-02Z"^^ . . "John Leon Guarnera"@en . "non_vocal_instrumentalist" .