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Napoleon Murphy Brock was born on 7 June, 1945 in San Jose, California, U.S., is an American singer, saxophonist and flautist (born 1943). Discover Napoleon Murphy Brock's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?

Popular As Napoleon Murphy Brock
Occupation Musician, songwriter, record producer
Age 78 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 7 June 1945
Birthday 7 June
Birthplace San Jose, California, U.S.
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1943

Napoleon Murphy Brock (born April 23, 1943) is an American singer, saxophonist and flute player who is best known for his work with Frank Zappa in the 1970s, including the albums Apostrophe ('), Roxy & Elsewhere, One Size Fits All, and Bongo Fury.

He contributed notable vocal performances to the Zappa songs "Village of the Sun," "Cheepnis," and "Florentine Pogen."

1960

Brock's musical career began in the San Francisco South Bay Area in the late 1960s with a seven and eight piece band he had organized named "Communication Plus".

He was the lead singer, songwriter, and arranger of the band's strongly R&B-influenced rock performances.

He also played the saxophone and flute.

He played in a variety of local clubs including The Brass Rail, The Mecca, and Gary R. Schmidt's, The Odyssey Room.

Brock, while studying psychology and music at San Jose State University, was employed in the mid-1960s as a counselor at Rancho Linda, a "residential center for special education" where Dully lived after having the procedure and being released from juvenile hall and a mental asylum.

Dully had fond memories of Brock, and described him as "cool" and having "played all kinds of instruments."

1969

The song originally appeared on Frank Zappa's 1969 Hot Rats LP.

Brock has appeared in several Zappa documentaries and movies.

They include:

1970

He was discovered playing for a dance band in Hawaii in the early 1970s by Zappa's road manager.

The participation of George Duke and Jean-Luc Ponty convinced Brock to join the band as lead singer.

Brock's numerous performances with Zappa include the role of the "Evil Prince" on the Thing-Fish album.

He has also performed with George Duke, Captain Beefheart and more recently with Neonfire and.

He remains a regular performer at Zappanale.

2002

He is most frequently seen fronting The Grand Mothers Of Invention with Roy Estrada, Tom Fowler and Don Preston (the only Frank Zappa alumni from The Mothers of Invention regularly performing the music of Frank Zappa), performing over 91 times since 2002.

2003

His own most recent release is the 2003 album Balls.

2005

Brock appeared in the 2005 film Rock School, a documentary about The Paul Green School of Rock Music, an extracurricular music program that he and Project/Object have closely supported for several years.

2006

In 2006, he toured with Frank Zappa's son Dweezil on the latter's Zappa Plays Zappa shows.

He also regularly tours with fellow Zappa alumnus Ike Willis and others with Andre Cholmondeley's Project/Object.

Other Zappa related projects in which he has been involved include the Tampa, Florida based band Bogus Pomp, and the 16 piece Ed Palermo Big Band from New York City.

2007

Brock is mentioned in the 2007 memoir My Lobotomy by Howard Dully and Charles Fleming, which describes Dully's experiences before and after undergoing an icepick transorbital lobotomy in 1960, at 12 years of age.

2009

At the 51st Grammy Awards on February 8, 2009, Napoleon won a Grammy for his performance of the song "Peaches en Regalia" with the band Zappa Plays Zappa, which also featured Steve Vai and Dweezil Zappa.