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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- Ikue Mori (13)
- Henry Cow (12)
- Henry Kaiser (12)
- Naked City (6)
- Material (6)
- Jean Derome (6)
- Chris Cutler (6)
- Art Bears (5)
- Zeena Parkins (4)
- Christopher Willits (3)
- Half Japanese (2)
- Skeleton Crew (2)
- French Frith Kaiser Thompson (2)
- Nick Didkovsky (1)
- Tom Cora (1)
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Influenced by
- Frank Zappa (295)
- Beatles (252)
- Captain Beefheart (35)
- John Cage (18)
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- Davy Graham (7)
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- Bill Frisell (76)
- Adrian Belew (38)
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