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Fred Frith: Eleventh Hour

Read "Eleventh Hour" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
May 15, 2005

When he first emerged on the British scene in the seminal Canterbury group Henry Cow over thirty years ago, few could have envisaged that guitarist/multi-instrumentalist/composer Fred Frith would go on to a career marked by fearless pursuit, continuous parallel growth, and stylistic diversity. But if you go back to those early albums--in particular Unrest and In ...

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Fred Frith: Eleventh Hour

Read "Eleventh Hour" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
May 6, 2005

A really lovely and absorbing double CD set which documents Fred Frith's growing fascination with and mastery of composition for strings, from “Lelekovice" in '90 to “Allegory" and “Fell" in '01. It's not remotely jazz, but it is very fine music indeed, and anyone with an interest in new music should find much to enjoy and ...

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Fred Frith: Allies

by James Taylor
March 10, 2005

The story of Allies begins in 1989, when guitarist/composer Fred Frith was commissioned by choreographer Bebe Miller to compose a suite for the Brooklyn Academy of Music's “Next Wave'" series. Unhappy with the computerized beats he used on the original recording, Frith asked Naked City drummer Joey Baron to re-record the drum tracks on Allies in ...

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