Fred Thomas

Artist, Musician

Born into a musical family in 1985, multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger Fred Thomas studied jazz piano at the Royal Academy of Music. As a member of the F-IRE collective, he now performs regularly with a wide variety of creative projects: Sister Mary & the Choir Boys (MD, keys) The Magic Lantern (Arranger, Percussion) Jiri Slavik/Fred Thomas Duo (Piano) Mor Karbasi (MD, Piano, Double-bass, Percussion) Kadialy Kouyate’s Sound Archive (Double-bass) School of Imagination (Keys, Arranger) El Ultimo Tango (Piano) Ensemble Nuevo Tango (Double-bass) Bubblerag & the Wavytones (Percussion) Fred has also appeared with musicians such as Oren Marshall, Horacio Icasto, Phil Robson, Mark Lockheart, Gerard Presencer, Guillermo Rozenthuler, Jason Yarde, Julian Siegel, Eduardo Vassallo, Nick Weldon, Christine Tobin, Billy Jenkins As well as having appeared in UK venues such as Symphony Hall and Town Hall (Birmingham), CBSO Centre, Warwick Arts Centre, Purcell Room, The Spitz, Ronnie Scott’s, The 606 Club, Cargo, St. Luke's, and The Vortex, Fred has toured worldwide with Mor Karbasi, Jiri Slavik, Madrid-based Ensemble Nuevo Tango and others groups. Fred has performed with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO), and has recorded the following albums: ‘It’s Time’ EP (Fred Thomas Trio) 'Repose' (Slavik/Thomas Duo) 'Londo' (KK Sound Archive) 'Sister Mary & the Choir Boys' ‘El Ultimo Tango plays Astor Piazzolla’ ‘Le Grand Tango’ (El Ultimo Tango) ‘Patriots’ EP (The Magic Lantern) '12 Tales From Abbey Rd' (Shortcuts) 'Bubblerag & the Wavytones' EP

J.S. Bach, Carl Sagan, Joao Gilberto, Lester Young, Perotin, Attenborough, Rilke, Wilde, New Music, Miro, Oren Marshall, Pierre-laurent Aimard, Paolo da Firenze and much else

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