Fred Frith
Musician
United StatesUnited States

17 February 1949

Fred Frith

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Fred Frith (born February 17, 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer and improvisor.

Probably best-known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-prog group Henry Cow. Frith was also a member of Art Bears, Massacre and Skeleton Crew. He has collaborated with a number of prominent musicians, including Robert Wyatt, Brian Eno, Lars Hollmer, The Residents, Lol Coxhill, John Zorn, Bill Laswell, Derek Bailey, Iva Bittová and Bob Ostertag. He has also composed several long works, including Traffic Continues (1996, performed 1998 by Frith and Ensemble Modern) and Freedom in Fragments (1993, performed 1999 by Rova Saxophone Quartet).

Style over time

Genres of the artist's albums over the years: the higher the line, the stronger the genre on that album

  1. 1974
  2. 1976
  3. 1980
  4. 1981
  5. 1983
  6. 1988
  7. 1992
  8. 1994
  9. 1995
  10. 1997
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  12. 1999
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  22. 2009
  23. 2011
  24. 2014
  25. 2016
  26. 2018
  27. 2019
  28. 2020

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