Live Improvisations is a 1992[a] collaborative live album of improvised music by English experimental musicians Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson.[7] It was recorded in May 1990 in England and was released on Woof Records in the United Kingdom and Megaphone Records in the United States.[5]
Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson's first performance together was when they supplied music for a dance recital in 1968 while they were students at Cambridge University. They had never played together before and Frith said "[Tim] had an alto sax, and I had my violin, and we just improvised this ghastly screaming noise for about half an hour."[8] Surprised by their performance, and to keep the momentum going, Frith and Hodgkinson formed a band, which went on to become the English avant-rock group Henry Cow.[8]
Writing in a review at AllMusic, Rick Anderson described the improvisations of Frith and Hodgkinson on this album as "cacophonic", but added that "none of it is ugly; in fact, much of it is downright lovely".[7] Anderson rated the album as "[h]ighly recommended".[7]
12This album appears to have been released in 1992,[1][2][3] even though the liner notes say "All music copyright Hodgkinson/Frith 1990",[4] and several sources list the release date as 1990.[5][6]
123Ramond, Michel; Roussel, Patrice; Vuilleumier, Stephane. "Discography of Fred Frith". New York Downtown Scene and Other Miscellaneous Discographies. Archived from the original on 19 June 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
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