COSA BRAVA
Genres: Jazz Related Improv, Composition • Multi-National

Cosa Brava is an experimental rock and free improvisation group formed in March 2008 in Oakland, California, by multi-instrumentalist and composer Fred Frith. The band comprises Frith on guitar, Zeena Parkins on keyboards and accordion, Carla Kihlstedt on violin, Matthias Bossi on drums, Shahzad Ismaily on bass and The Norman Conquest on sound manipulation. All About Jazz described their music as somewhere between folk, Celtic, modern chamber, Latin, funk, Eastern, and prog-rock. 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. A second album entitled The Letter was released in March 2012. The motivation behind the formation of Cosa Brava arose out of Friths nostalgia for rock music. He said, I really miss what you read more...