Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival: Next Wave Series at The Music Gallery

Friday, July 2
Fred Frith
8pm • $15 regular, $10 MG member (member price available at the door only)
TICKETS: http://torontojazz.com/concert/fred-frith

Probably best known for his guitar work, Fred 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). He last performed at the Music Gallery in 2007 alongside Anne Bourne, Wilbert de Joode, John Oswald and Owen Pallett.

The Next Wave Series is produced in collaboration with the Music Gallery and AIMToronto, Toronto's premier collective of creative, improvising musicians.