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Jay Frederick is an American artist whose work includes many mediums. Having impressed musicians and critics alike with his highly personal approach to the drumset as a powerful yet uncommonly delicate and sensitive instrument, Frederick's aesthetic has expanded to include photography, film, electro-acoustic soundscapes, as well as popular and rock songcraft. Inspired and connected to visual arts, Frederick follows a unique path in creating compositional works.

In the mid 90´s Frederick attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham where he majored in music theory and composition (with a concentration in music technology) and philosophy (with a concentration in Value Theory). While in school, he began performing regularly with bassist Cleve Eaton (of the Count Basie Orchestra and Ramsey Lewis Trio). After several years with Eaton, Frederick became a member of the Ken Watters Group performing modern acoustic jazz at clubs and festivals throughout the US. With this ensemble, he has recorded three critically acclaimed albums entitled Brothers II, Southern Exposure and Brothers III. All three CD´s were released internationally on Summit Records and made the US mainstream jazz charts. In 2003, Frederick enrolled in William Paterson University´s renowned Jazz Studies program. The following year, he moved to Manhattan and in 2005, received a Bachelor of Music Degree in Jazz Performance. During this time, Frederick worked with a wide range of consummate musicians in the jazz world including Benny Golson, Frank Wess, Ernie Watts, James Spaulding, Dave Binney, Barry Harris, James Williams, Eric Reed, Milt Hinton, Cleve Eaton, Rodney Whittaker, and Delfayeo Marsalis, among others.

In 2004, Frederick began to focus on capturing sound and image. As a result, he formed the COMMUNICATIONS CONSPIRACY, a jazz/new music multimedia performance group that focuses on creating audiovisual events. With this group, Frederick presents his work as a composer, drummer, photographer, avant-garde small-gauge filmmaker, and digital sound artist. By creating electroacoustic soundscapes mediated by an array of portable electronics and combining avant-garde cinema with jazz/new music performance, the result is a multimedia audiovisual experience realized through a marriage of new and vintage technologies.

Frederick also works with many pop/rock singer-songwriters. In this context his playing typically melds deceptively simple grooves with a casual, loose feel that is executed with precision. He has performed on national and international tours with New York singer/songwriter Diane Birch as well as several television performances including The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. He has performed and recorded for artists such as Edie Brickell, Putnam Murdock, Dave Cieri, the Reverend John Delore, Steve Lewis, Kara Suzanne, King Wilkie, Yarn, The Kings County Caravan and countless others.

Frederick has performed live broadcasts on various television and radio shows all across the US including NPR´s popular talk show Whad´ Ya Know hosted by Michael Feldman, NPR’s Mountain Stage, and NBC’s The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien.

Frederick has also written music for film, the most recent of which was debuted as part of Robert B. Lisek´s (artist, mathematician and founder of Fundamental Research Lab) FLOAT installation--an on-line community channel providing "experimental space" and a variety of user tools. The work was presented at Harvestworks Digital Media Art Center in New York City.

Most recently, Frederick has recorded music for the Ken Burns' documentaries Prohibition and The Roosevelts, as well as music for NBC Sports.

As leader
•Memento Independent Nov 25, 2012

•Devil's Ring Independent Dec 10, 2012

As sideman
With Ken Watters

•Brothers II Summit Records March 09, 1999

•Southern Exposure Summit Records April 1, 2001

•Brothers III Summit Records May 01, 2003

With Kara Suzanne

•Aumsville Sublimity Jul 01, 2006

•Live From the Dream Sublimity Jul 01, 2008

With Reverend John Delore

•Live on Fair Game at WNYC May 27, 2008

•Moisopolon Domos Independent Jul 01, 2008

•Ode to an American Urn Independent May 02, 2009

•Little John The Conqueror Independent June 04, 2011

•Songs From Church Avenue Independent December 07, 2011

•Sweet Talk For Pretty Daughters Independent October 16, 2012

With Putnam Murdock

•Fiction Blue Monday Records Jul 01, 2008 (Jay Frederick on tracks 1,5,8, 12)

•Brand New Widow Blue Monday Records Oct 01, 2011

With Yarn

•Yarn Ardsley Music March 30, 2007

•Empty Pockets Ardsley Music August 13, 2008

•Come On In United For Opportunity 2010

With Kings County Caravan

•Volume One Sublimity Jul 01, 2008

With David Cieri

•Ether Variations Independent Apr 29, 2009

With King Wilkie

•The Wilkie Family Singers Independent May 04, 2009

With Peter Nevins

•Take That, Vile Scum! Independent 2009