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Celebrating the best contemporary jazz, with exclusive concert recordings and features

From free jazz to fusion, post-bop to electronica – Jazz on 3 celebrates the music as a living and developing art form, with exclusive concert recordings and in-depth features

Jazz on 3: Fred Frith

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10/09/2012

Fred Frith

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz on 3, Fred Frith

Jez Nelson presents avant-garde guitarist Fred Frith with John Edwards and Mark Sanders.

Jez Nelson and Stuart Maconie introduce a concert given by avant-garde guitarist and composer Fred Frith, with bassist John Edwards and drummer Mark Sanders.

Jez Nelson and Stuart Maconie introduce British guitarist and composer Fred Frith in a first-time collaboration with leading UK free-improvisers John Edwards (bass) and Mark Sanders (drums). Frith co-founded the avant-rock band Henry Cow in the late 1960s and cemented his reputation on the improvisation scene with the landmark album Guitar Solos a few years later. He has spent much of the last 30 years living in the US, playing with the likes of John Zorn's Naked City and experimental rock band Massacre, and composing for contemporary music ensembles such as the Arditti Quartet and Bang On A Can All-Stars. 

The programme also explores the influence of American composer John Cage on jazz, in the centenary year of his birth. 

Presenter: Jez Nelson
Producers: Peggy Sutton & Phil Smith.

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