Cosa Brava

Cosa Brava
Cosa Brava performing at Jazzit in Salzburg, Austria, 5 April 2008.
Background information
Origin	United States
Genres	Experimental rock, Free improvisation
Years active	2008–present
Labels	Intakt Records
Associated acts	Skeleton Crew, Keep the Dog, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Tin Hat
Members	Fred Frith Zeena Parkins Carla Kihlstedt Matthias Bossi Shahzad Ismaily The Norman Conquest

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Cosa Brava by Heike Liss at Intakt Records.

Cosa Brava is an experimental rock and improvisation quintet 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.All About Jazz described their music as "somewhere between folk, Celtic, modern chamber, Latin, funk, Eastern, and prog-rock".

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. In May 2008 they performed at the 25th Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville in Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada, and in December 2008 at the Knitting Factory in New York City and the ICA in Boston.