Caetano Emanuel Viana Telles Veloso is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist.

Uncle Meat is the sixth album by the Mothers of Invention, and seventh overall by Frank Zappa, released as a double album in 1969. Uncle Meat was originally developed as a part of No Commercial Potential, a project which spawned three other albums sharing a conceptual connection: We're Only in It for the Money, Lumpy Gravy and Cruising with Ruben & the Jets. The album also served as a soundtrack album to the film of the same name, which Zappa eventually finished and released direct-to-video in 1987. The music is diverse in style, drawing from orchestral, jazz, blues and rock music. The Uncle Meat album was a commercial success upon release, and has been highly acclaimed for its innovative recording and editing techniques, including experiments in manipulation of tape speed and overdubbing, and its diverse sound.

Mothermania (1969), subtitled The Best of the Mothers, is a compilation album by the Mothers of Invention. While the songs were previously released on Freak Out!, Absolutely Free and We're Only in It for the Money, it contains unique mixes or edits made specifically for this compilation.

Release Date: Jul 30, 1969 Recording Period: Feb 1969 Label: Columbia Records Miles Davis, Trumpet Wayne Shorter, Soprano Saxophone John McLaughlin, Electric Guitar Herbie Hancock, Electric Piano Chick Corea, Electric Piano Joe Zawinul, Organ Dave Holland, Bass Tony Williams, Drums Teo Macero, Producer Stan Tonkel, Engineer 12th Annual GRAMMY Awards, Mar 11, 1970 Nominated for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group Or Soloist With Small Group GRAMMY Hall of Fame Inductee, Feb 21, 2001 Some covers have a subtitle "Directions In Music By Miles Davis" printed on front cover bottom right.

Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, electronic, orchestral, and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. Zappa produced almost all of the more than 60 albums he released with the band The Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist.