# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fred-frith
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:10:46.513Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fred-frith"
name: "Fred Frith"
slug: "fred-frith"
description: "Jeremy Webster \"Fred\" Frith is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser. Best known for his guitar playing, Frith first came to attention as a founding member of the English avant-rock group Henry Cow. He was also a member of the groups Art Bears, Massacre, and Skeleton Crew. He has collaborated with numerous musicians, including Robert Wyatt, Derek Bailey, the Residents, Lol Coxhill, John Zorn, Brian Eno, Mike Patton, Lars Hollmer, Bill Laswell, Iva Bittová, Jad Fair, Kramer, the ARTE Quartett, and Bob Ostertag. He has also composed several long works, including Traffic Continues and Freedom in Fragments. Frith produces most of his own music, and has also produced many albums by other musicians, including Curlew, the Muffins, Etron Fou Leloublan, and Orthotonics."
tagline: "English musician, composer and improvisor"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1949-02-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  country:  null
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totalFollowers: 1500
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump