Fred Frith

USA

Born: 17 February 1949

Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000

Genres: Avant-Garde, Pop/Rock, Jazz

Styles: Experimental Rock, Art-Rock/Experimental, Free Improvisation, Improvised Music, Avant-Garde Jazz, Modern Composition, Experimental, Canterbury Scene, Prog-Rock

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In the '60s and '70s, much (if not most) contemporary improvisation was jazz-based. That began to change in the '80s, when a significant number of rock musicians began exploring the possibilities of free improvisation and new classical forms. Fred Frith is one of the more prominent. Co-founder of the underground British band Henry Cow in 1968, composer/improviser/guitarist Frith moved to the U.S. in the late '70s, where he began associations with such New York-based experimental musicians as cellist Tom Cora, harpist Zeena Parkins, saxophonist ...

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