Freedom in Fragments
Freedom in Fragments is a studio album by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith. It was composed by Frith in 1993 as "a suite of 23 pieces for saxophone quartet", and was performed by the Rova Saxophone Quartet between February 1999 and January 2000 in San Francisco. The album was released on Tzadik Records' Composer Series in 2002. Frith does not perform on this album.
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| Released | 2002 | |||
| Recorded | Feb 1999 – Jan 2000 | |||
| Studio | Mr. Toad's, San Francisco | |||
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| Length | 48:21 | |||
| Label | Tzadik (US) | |||
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| Source | Rating |
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| Pitchfork Media | 8.3/10 |
The Freedom in Fragments suite was also recorded in January 2008 by the ARTE Quartett, and released by Intakt Records (Switzerland) in January 2009 on a CD entitled The Big Picture by Fred Frith and ARTE Quartett. One of the tracks from the suite, "Freedom Is Your Friends II" was performed by the Fred Frith Guitar Quartet on their 1997 album Ayaya Moses.
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