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	Cosa Brava performing at Jazzit in Salzburg, Austria, April 5, 2008.
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Origin	United States
Genres	Experimental rock; avant-rock; free improvisation;
Years active	2008–present
Labels	Intakt
Members	Fred Frith; Zeena Parkins; Carla Kihlstedt; Matthias Bossi; Shahzad Ismaily; The Norman Conquest

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Cosa Brava is an experimental rock and free improvisation group formed in March 2008 in Oakland, California, by multi-instrumentalist and composer Fred Frith (Henry Cow, Skeleton Crew, Keep the Dog). The band comprises Frith on guitar, Zeena Parkins (Skeleton Crew, Keep the Dog) on keyboards and accordion, Carla Kihlstedt (Sleepytime Gorilla Museum) on violin, Matthias Bossi (Sleepytime Gorilla Museum) on drums, and The Norman Conquest on sound manipulation.^[1] All About Jazz described their music as "somewhere between folk, Celtic, modern chamber, Latin, funk, Eastern, and prog-rock".^[2]

Cosa Brava's first performance was in Oakland, California on March 20, 2008. They then went on to tour Europe in April 2008, playing in France, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland.^[3] In May 2008 they performed at the 25th Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville in Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada,^[4]^[5] and in December 2008 at the Knitting Factory in New York City and the ICA in Boston.^[3]

Cosa Brava recorded their first album, Ragged Atlas in San Francisco in December 2008, which was released in March 2010. John Kelman in a review at All About Jazz said that the album "transcends time and genre" and is "one of 2010's most auspicious debuts".^[6] A second album entitled The Letter was released in March 2012.^[7]

Background

Fred Frith's career began as a "rock musician" with Henry Cow in 1968, but has since diversified into a number of different genres, from avant-garde jazz to contemporary classical music. He has written scores for film and dance, and music for orchestras and string quartets. He became Professor of Composition the Music Department at Mills College in Oakland, California in 1999. The motivation behind the formation of Cosa Brava arose out of Frith's nostalgia for rock music. He said, "I really miss what you can do with a rock band. I miss developing material through the push and pull of cooperative rehearsals, I miss what happens when you move away from 'the parts' and start formulating things with a collective ear, I miss the single-minded commitment to a group identity."^[8]

Frith had previously worked with Zeena Parkins in Skeleton Crew and Keep the Dog, and had collaborated with Carla Kihlstedt on several albums. The Norman Conquest had been a student of Frith's at Mills College.^[9]

Members

Fred Frith – guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, voice
Zeena Parkins – keyboards, accordion, Foley objects, voice
Carla Kihlstedt – violin, voice
Matthias Bossi – drums, voice
Shahzad Ismaily (from 2011) – bass guitar, voice
The Norman Conquest – sound manipulation

Discography

Ragged Atlas (2010, CD, Intakt Records, Switzerland)
The Letter (2012, CD, Intakt Records, Switzerland)

References

^ "Fred Frith – Cosa Brava". Vortice Associazione Culturale. Archived from the original on February 11, 2012. Retrieved April 25, 2008.
^ Corroto, Mark (May 1, 2010). "Ragged Atlas". All About Jazz. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Fred Frith concert schedule". Fred Frith homepage. Archived from the original on April 17, 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2008.
^ "25th Festival international de musique actuelle de Victoriaville". International Festival Musique Actuelle Victoriaville. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
^ "Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville: Day 5 – May 19, 2008". All About Jazz. May 22, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
^ Kelman, John (May 3, 2010). "Ragged Atlas". All About Jazz. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
^ "Cosa Brava: The Letter". Intakt Records. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
^ Frith, Fred. "Fred Frith: Cosa Brava Quartet". Inclinaisons. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2008.
^ "The Norman Conquest biography". The Norman Conquest homepage. Retrieved April 29, 2008.

External links

Every Which Way: Experimentalist Fred Frith's Cosa Brava mixes multiple musical worlds The Boston Globe.
Cosa Brava at Inclinaisons.
Cosa Brava on Myspace.
(in Italian) Fred Frith & Cosa Brava at All About Jazz.
(in Italian) Cosa Brava Archived February 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine at Vortice Associazione Culturale.
Cosa Brava concerts at Saudades Tourneen.
Cosa Brava review at FIMAV 2008. All About Jazz.
Cosa Brava at AllMusic.

[1] "Fred Frith – Cosa Brava". Vortice Associazione Culturale. Archived from the original on February 11, 2012. Retrieved April 25, 2008.

[2] Corroto, Mark (May 1, 2010). "Ragged Atlas". All About Jazz. Retrieved January 7, 2018.

[FFconcerts-3] "Fred Frith concert schedule". Fred Frith homepage. Archived from the original on April 17, 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2008.

[4] "25th Festival international de musique actuelle de Victoriaville". International Festival Musique Actuelle Victoriaville. Retrieved March 9, 2012.

[5] "Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville: Day 5 – May 19, 2008". All About Jazz. May 22, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2018.

[6] Kelman, John (May 3, 2010). "Ragged Atlas". All About Jazz. Retrieved January 7, 2018.

[Intakt-Letter-7] "Cosa Brava: The Letter". Intakt Records. Retrieved March 26, 2012.

[8] Frith, Fred. "Fred Frith: Cosa Brava Quartet". Inclinaisons. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2008.

[9] "The Norman Conquest biography". The Norman Conquest homepage. Retrieved April 29, 2008.

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-'''Cosa Brava''' is an [[experimental rock]] and [[Free improvisation|improvisation]] [[quintet]] formed in March 2008 in [[Oakland, California]] by multi-instrumentalist and composer [[Fred Frith]] ([[Henry Cow]], [[Skeleton Crew (band)|Skeleton Crew]], [[Keep the Dog]]). The band comprises Frith on guitar, [[Zeena Parkins]] (Skeleton Crew, Keep the Dog) on keyboards and accordion, [[Carla Kihlstedt]] ([[Sleepytime Gorilla Museum]]) on violin, [[Matthias Bossi]] (Sleepytime Gorilla Museum) on drums, and [[The Norman Conquest]] on sound manipulation.<ref> {{cite web |url=http://vortice.provincia.venezia.it/frith_cosa_brava.htm |title=Fred Frith - Cosa Brava |work=Vortice Associazione Culturale |accessdate=2008-04-25}} </ref> [[All About Jazz]] described their music as "somewhere between folk, Celtic, modern chamber, Latin, funk, Eastern, and prog-rock".<ref>{{cite web|last=Corroto|first=Mark|title=Ragged Atlas|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=36317|work=[[All About Jazz]]|accessdate=2010-05-28}}</ref>
+'''Cosa Brava''' is an [[experimental rock]] and [[free improvisation]] group formed in March 2008 in [[Oakland, California]], by multi-instrumentalist and composer [[Fred Frith]] ([[Henry Cow]], [[Skeleton Crew (band)|Skeleton Crew]], [[Keep the Dog]]). The band comprises Frith on guitar, [[Zeena Parkins]] (Skeleton Crew, Keep the Dog) on keyboards and accordion, [[Carla Kihlstedt]] ([[Sleepytime Gorilla Museum]]) on violin, [[Matthias Bossi]] (Sleepytime Gorilla Museum) on drums, and [[The Norman Conquest (musician)|The Norman Conquest]] on sound manipulation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vortice.provincia.venezia.it/frith_cosa_brava.htm |title=Fred Frith – Cosa Brava |work=Vortice Associazione Culturale |access-date=April 25, 2008 |archive-date=February 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211173907/http://vortice.provincia.venezia.it/frith_cosa_brava.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[All About Jazz]] described their music as "somewhere between folk, Celtic, modern chamber, Latin, funk, Eastern, and prog-rock".<ref>{{cite web|last=Corroto|first=Mark|title=Ragged Atlas|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/ragged-atlas-fred-frith-intakt-records-review-by-mark-corroto.php|work=[[All About Jazz]]|date=May 1, 2010|access-date=January 7, 2018}}</ref>
-Cosa Brava's first performance was in Oakland, California on 20 March 2008. They then went on to tour [[Europe]] in April 2008, playing in [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Austria]], [[Slovenia]], [[Italy]], [[Belgium]], [[Netherlands]], [[Spain]] and [[Switzerland]].<ref name=FFconcerts> {{cite web |url=http://fredfrith.com/concerts.htm |title=Fred Frith concert schedule |work=Fred Frith homepage |accessdate=2008-04-24}} </ref> In May 2008 they performed at the 25th [[Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville]] in [[Victoriaville]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]],<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.fimav.qc.ca/en/edition/horaire/ |title=25th Festival international de musique actuelle de Victoriaville |work=International Festival Musique Actuelle Victoriaville |accessdate=2008-04-24}} </ref><ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=29539 |title=Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville: Day 5 - May 19, 2008 |work=[[All About Jazz]] |accessdate=2008-05-25}} </ref> and in December 2008 at the [[Knitting Factory]] in [[New York City]] and the [[Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston|ICA]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]].<ref name=FFconcerts/>
+Cosa Brava's first performance was in Oakland, California on March 20, 2008. They then went on to tour [[Europe]] in April 2008, playing in [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Austria]], [[Slovenia]], [[Italy]], [[Belgium]], [[Netherlands]], [[Spain]] and [[Switzerland]].<ref name=FFconcerts>{{cite web |url=http://fredfrith.com/concerts.htm |title=Fred Frith concert schedule |work=Fred Frith homepage |access-date=April 24, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417064515/http://fredfrith.com/concerts.htm |archive-date=April 17, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In May 2008 they performed at the 25th [[Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville]] in [[Victoriaville]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fimav.qc.ca/en/archives/fimav-2008/ |title=25th Festival international de musique actuelle de Victoriaville |work=International Festival Musique Actuelle Victoriaville |access-date=March 9, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/festival-international-musique-actuelle-victoriaville-day-5-may-19-2008-by-john-kelman.php |title=Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville: Day 5 – May 19, 2008 |work=[[All About Jazz]] |date=May 22, 2008 |access-date=January 7, 2018}}</ref> and in December 2008 at the [[Knitting Factory]] in [[New York City]] and the [[Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston|ICA]] in [[Boston]].<ref name=FFconcerts/>
-Cosa Brava recorded their first album, ''[[Ragged Atlas]]'' in [[San Francisco]] in December 2008, which was released in March 2010. John Kelman in a review at All About Jazz said that the album "transcends time and genre" and is "one of 2010's most auspicious debuts".<ref>{{cite web|last=Kelman|first=John|title=Ragged Atlas|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=36378|work=[[All About Jazz]]|accessdate=2010-05-27}}</ref>
+Cosa Brava recorded their first album, ''[[Ragged Atlas]]'' in [[San Francisco]] in December 2008, which was released in March 2010. John Kelman in a review at All About Jazz said that the album "transcends time and genre" and is "one of 2010's most auspicious debuts".<ref>{{cite web|last=Kelman|first=John|title=Ragged Atlas|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/ragged-atlas-fred-frith-intakt-records-review-by-john-kelman.php|work=[[All About Jazz]]|date=May 3, 2010|access-date=January 7, 2018}}</ref> A second album entitled ''[[The Letter (Cosa Brava album)|The Letter]]'' was released in March 2012.<ref name=Intakt-Letter>{{cite web|title=Cosa Brava: The Letter|url=http://www.intaktrec.ch/204-a.htm|publisher=[[Intakt Records]]|access-date=March 26, 2012}}</ref>
 ==Background==
-[[Fred Frith]]'s career began as a "rock musician" with [[Henry Cow]] in 1968, but has since diversified into a number of different genres, from [[avant-jazz]] to [[contemporary classical music]]. He has written scores for film and dance, and music for orchestras and string quartets. He became Professor of Composition the Music Department at [[Mills College]] in [[Oakland, California]] in 1999. The motivation behind the formation of Cosa Brava arose out of Frith's nostalgia for rock music. He said, "I really miss what you can do with a rock band. I miss developing material through the push and pull of cooperative rehearsals, I miss what happens when you move away from 'the parts' and start formulating things with a collective ear, I miss the single-minded commitment to a group identity."<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.inclinaisons.com/artists/index.php?ref=fred-frith-6&id=129 |title=Fred Frith: Cosa Brava Quartet |work=Inclinaisons |first=Fred |last=Frith |accessdate=2008-04-29}} </ref>
+[[Fred Frith]]'s career began as a "rock musician" with [[Henry Cow]] in 1968, but has since diversified into a number of different genres, from [[avant-garde jazz]] to [[contemporary classical music]]. He has written scores for film and dance, and music for orchestras and string quartets. He became Professor of Composition the Music Department at [[Mills College]] in [[Oakland, California]] in 1999. The motivation behind the formation of Cosa Brava arose out of Frith's nostalgia for rock music. He said, "I really miss what you can do with a rock band. I miss developing material through the push and pull of cooperative rehearsals, I miss what happens when you move away from 'the parts' and start formulating things with a collective ear, I miss the single-minded commitment to a group identity."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.inclinaisons.com/artists/index.php?ref=fred-frith-6&id=129 |title=Fred Frith: Cosa Brava Quartet |work=Inclinaisons |first=Fred |last=Frith |author-link=Fred Frith |access-date=April 29, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713023205/http://www.inclinaisons.com/artists/index.php?ref=fred-frith-6&id=129 |archive-date=July 13, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
-Frith had previously worked with [[Zeena Parkins]] in [[Skeleton Crew (band)|Skeleton Crew]] and [[Keep the Dog]], and had collaborated with [[Carla Kihlstedt]] on several albums. [[The Norman Conquest]] had been a student of Frith's at Mills College.<ref> {{cite web |url=http://thenormanconquest.net/bio.html |title=The Norman Conquest biography |work=The Norman Conquest homepage |accessdate=2008-04-29}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} </ref>
+Frith had previously worked with [[Zeena Parkins]] in [[Skeleton Crew (band)|Skeleton Crew]] and [[Keep the Dog]], and had collaborated with [[Carla Kihlstedt]] on several albums. [[The Norman Conquest (musician)|The Norman Conquest]] had been a student of Frith's at Mills College.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thenormanconquest.net/bio |title=The Norman Conquest biography |work=The Norman Conquest homepage |access-date=April 29, 2008}}</ref>
 ==Members==
 *[[Fred Frith]] – guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, voice
-*[[Zeena Parkins]] – keyboards, accordion, foley objects, voice
+*[[Zeena Parkins]] – keyboards, accordion, Foley objects, voice
 *[[Carla Kihlstedt]] –  violin, voice
 *[[Matthias Bossi]] – drums, voice
+*[[Shahzad Ismaily]] (from 2011) – bass guitar, voice
-*[[The Norman Conquest]] – sound manipulation
+*[[The Norman Conquest (musician)|The Norman Conquest]] – sound manipulation
 ==Discography==
-*''[[Ragged Atlas]]'' (2010, CD, Intakt Records, Switzerland)
+*''[[Ragged Atlas]]'' (2010, CD, [[Intakt Records]], Switzerland)
+*''[[The Letter (Cosa Brava album)|The Letter]]'' (2012, CD, Intakt Records, Switzerland)
 ==References==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
 ==External links==
-{{ external media| align  = right| width  = 175px| image1 = [http://www.intaktrec.ch/pressebilder/161_band.jpg Cosa Brava] by Heike Liss at [http://www.intaktrec.ch/photogallery.htm Intakt Records].}}
+{{ external media| float  = right| width  = 175px| image1 = [http://www.intaktrec.ch/pressebilder/161_band.jpg Cosa Brava] by Heike Liss at [http://www.intaktrec.ch/photogallery.htm Intakt Records].}}
 *[http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2008/12/12/every_which_way/ Every Which Way: Experimentalist Fred Frith's Cosa Brava mixes multiple musical worlds] ''[[The Boston Globe]]''.
-*[http://www.inclinaisons.com/artists/index.php?ref=fred-frith-6&id=129 Cosa Brava] at ''Inclinaisons''.
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110713023205/http://www.inclinaisons.com/artists/index.php?ref=fred-frith-6&id=129 Cosa Brava] at ''Inclinaisons''.
-*{{MySpace|cosabrava|Cosa Brava}}.
+*[https://myspace.com/cosabrava Cosa Brava] on [[Myspace]].
-*{{it icon}} [http://italia.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=2714 Fred Frith & Cosa Brava] at ''All About Jazz''.
+*{{in lang|it}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110707112758/http://italia.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=2714 Fred Frith & Cosa Brava] at ''All About Jazz''.
-*{{it icon}} [http://vortice.provincia.venezia.it/frith_cosa_brava.htm Cosa Brava] at ''Vortice Associazione Culturale''.
+*{{in lang|it}} [http://vortice.provincia.venezia.it/frith_cosa_brava.htm Cosa Brava] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211173907/http://vortice.provincia.venezia.it/frith_cosa_brava.htm |date=February 11, 2012 }} at ''Vortice Associazione Culturale''.
-*[http://www.thewire.co.uk/articles/751/ Cosa Brava concerts] at ''The Wire''.
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080224024132/http://www.saudades.at/offers.html Cosa Brava concerts] at ''Saudades Tourneen''.
+*[https://www.allaboutjazz.com/festival-international-musique-actuelle-victoriaville-day-2-may-16-2008-by-john-kelman.php Cosa Brava review at FIMAV 2008]. ''[[All About Jazz]]''.
-*[http://www.saudades.at/offers.html Cosa Brava concerts] at ''Saudades Tourneen''.
+*{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=cosa-brava-mn0002671727|label=Cosa Brava}}.
+{{Fred Frith}}
-*[http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=29518 Cosa Brava review at FIMAV 2008]. ''[[All About Jazz]]''.
+{{Authority control}}
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-[[Category:2000s music groups]]
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+[[Category:Intakt Records artists]]
-[[nl:Cosa Brava]]

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