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Fred Frith Trio
12+ albums
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The Fred Frith Trio is a San Francisco Bay Area based experimental music and free improvising group featuring Fred Frith, Jason Hoopes and Jordan Glenn. They were formed in Oakland, California in 2013, released two studio albums on Intakt Records in 2016 and 2018, and toured Europe in 2015 and 2017, and Brazil in 2018. The Fred Frith Trio comprises English guitarist Fred Frith, American bassist Jason Hoopes, and American drummer/percussionist Jordan Glenn. Frith was a founding member of the English avant-rock group Henry Cow, and from 1999 has been teaching musical improvisation at Mills College in Oakland, California. Hoopes and Glenn are members of the Oakland experimental song group Jack O' The Clock. The Fred Frith Trio was formed in Oakland in 2013 and began playing at several local live venues. In February 2015 the trio toured Europe, performing in Croatia, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium. They toured Europe again in February 2017, performing in Norway, Austria, Turkey, France, Poland, Italy and Germany. In August 2018 the trio played in Brazil with jazz trumpeter Susana Santos Silva and performance artist Heike Liss. Frith said "When I proposed this trio I had nothing in mind beyond getting together with a couple of formidable musicians who I love and respect and seeing what would happen". It was not until after their first European tour that "some themes ... start[ed] emerging". Frith explained that he found himself drawing on his "ea
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Closer to the Ground
Another Day in Fucking Paradise
Road
Another Day in Fucking Paradise (with Jason Hoopes & Jordan Glenn)
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Closer to the Ground (with Fred Frith, Jason Hoopes & Jordan Glenn)
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Closer to the Ground (with Fred Frith, Jason Hoopes & Jordan Glenn) [with Fred Frith, Jason Hoopes & Jordan Glenn]
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Another Day in F*****g Paradise (with Jason Hoopes & Jordan Glenn)
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Zebulon LA Live Recording Volume I
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Another Day in F*****g Paradise (feat. Jason Hoopes & Jordan Glenn)
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Closer to the Ground (with Fred Frith, Jason Hoopes & Jordan Glenn) [with Fred Frith, Jason
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Road [Disc 1]
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Live in New York City 3/1/12 (Disc 1)