JESTER FRETLESS (Barry Hyman and Jared Carrozza)

The two members of JESTER FRETLESS (Jared Carrozza, bass; Barry Hyman, guitar, pedal steel) started playing together in the band ZUELA in 2004, then formed the DREAD RESISTORS in 2016.  Their duo JESTER FRETLESS began in 2018 dedicated to performing and documenting improvisational music.  During the pandemic, when all the venues closed, they started shooting informal outdoor art music videos, and after getting 4900 views on facebook, they transferred their work to this channel in 2020.  Their performances are a mix of spontaneous world fusion instrumentals, Barry's political reggae songs, rehearsed compositions, and a few unusual cover tunes.  Musical influences include afropop, indian, latin, caribbean, arabic, celtic, but also jazz, blues, funk, folk, and country.  This youtube channel is the best site for seeing and hearing JESTER FRETLESS, although they have more audio recordings up on soundcloud and at barryhyman.com.