Born into a musical family in 1985, multi-instrumentalist and composer Fred Thomas studied jazz piano at the Royal Academy of Music. He now performs regularly with a wide variety of creative projects: original and improvised music with his own band, the Fred Thomas Trio, featuring Robin Fincker and Ben Bryant; classical and improvised music with the Fred Thomas/Jiri Slavik Duo; Blues with Sister Mary & the Choir Boys; traditional and contemporary Senegalise music (on double-bass) with Kadialy Kouyate’s Sound Archive; folk (on percussion) with The Magic Lantern; Argentinian tango with El Ultimo Tango; contemporary classical music with the Fernando Egozcue Quartet; and Ladino music with Mor Karbasi. Fred has also appeared with musicians such as Horacio Icasto, Phil Robson, Mark Lockheart, Alec Dankworth, Guillermo Rozenthuler, Jason Yarde, Julian Siegel, Eduardo Vassallo, Nick Weldon and Christine Tobin.
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, The Barbican Centre, and The Vortex. Fred has performed extensively abroad at venues such as Teatro Liceo and Café Central (Spain), Czech Centre (Paris), and has toured the USA, Mexico, France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland and the Czech Republic with Madrid-based Ensemble Nuevo Tango and others groups.
Fred has performed with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and has recorded several albums and EPs:
‘It’s Time’ - Fred Thomas Trio
‘El Ultimo Tango plays Astor Piazzolla’
‘Le Grand Tango’ – El Ultimo Tango
‘Patriots’ – The Magic Lantern
