Guitars In NYC: Fred Frith, Frank Zappa, Jonathan Richman,
Robert Cray, Lenny Kaye, Bob Mould, Frank Marino, Jim Hall &
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October 30, 2010  In the old days, when English guitarist Fred
Frith Fred Frith Fred Frith lived in New York, locals could bask
in his constant presence on the scene. Following this 14 year
period, from 1979, Frith moved to Stuttgart in Germany, and has
now been teaching at Mills College in Oakland, California since
1997. On his way to a performance at the Huddersfield
Contemporary Music Festival in England, he stopped off in NYC to
play two sets at The Stone.  The first of these was a duo with
the joint's owner John Zorn John Zorn John Zorn sax, alto . The
small corner-space had reached capacity long before its 8pm
start-time, so the pair decided to begin early, at around
7.50pm. Not surprisingly, the tense chemistry between Zorn and
Frith produced improvisations that were mostly constructed from
curt, sudden bursts, gaggling