Fred Frith

More songs, stories, and joyful noise from FF, Carla Kilhstedt, Zeena Parkins, Shahzad Ismaily, Matthias Bossi and the Norman Conquest.

Cosa Brava's May tour is now full, with eleven concerts in eleven days in Norway, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, and Italy. Our new CD The Letter is available on Intakt. In addition to the shows with Bérangère Maximin in Paris and Bordeaux, with Theresa Wong in Vicenza and Forlì, with John Edwards and Mark Sanders in London, and with Edward Perraud in Nantes, performances with film-maker/VJ Peter Mettler have also been added in Paris and Zürich. See concerts page for details.

A memorable concert recording now available on the French In Situ label.

"Ils sont libres comme une eau de spasme, indemnes de toutes les tempêtes. Guerre et paix chez eux, alarmes et fracas. Mais surtout : une improvisation qui ne ressemble à aucune autre. Un miracle?" Le Son du Grisli

"One of the best improv recordings I've ever heard" William Winant

Compositions by Fred Frith, W.A. Mathieu, Robert Morris, Roy Whelden

"The meld between poet, composers and performers is as close to ideal as you are going to find today....a masterpiece..."

Classical-Modern Music Review

A new CD of duos by Annie Lewandowski (piano, preparations) and Fred Frith (electric guitar, preparations)

"Curiosity, tenderness, mischief"

From the liner notes by Ben Piekut

Live and studio recordings for SWR's 2007 New Jazz Meeting project, with Daniela Cattivelli, Wu Fei, Marque Gilmore, Anantha Krishnan, Tilman Müller, & Patrice Scanlon

"It is not the grand, flaunting gestures that define the quality of his music but the interaction, the listening to each other, the fine tuning of sounds."

From the liner notes by Reinhard Kager

"Frith's ideas never stray far from joyous music making" All About Jazz, May 2010

"...reveals another form of beauty" Harry Lachner, WDR 5

"A masterpiece that draws from the contemporary musical cosmos of song, rock, folk and improvisation to create wonderfully strong-willed atmospheres."
Christoph Jaritz, Woche

For full catalog of works by Fred Frith on Intakt: www.intaktrec.ch