Live in Prague and Washington

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[8]
Babyblaue Seiten	[9]
Cadence	favourable[10]

In a review of the CD release of the album in the improvised jazz and blues magazine Cadence, Carl Baugher wrote that this type of music "truly defies categorization", and that while it has elements of free jazz and classical music structures, "Frith and Cutler demand to be evaluated on their own terms".[10] Baugher said that "Moscow" has moments that are "riveting" and others that are "distracted impersonal textures". He called "Prague" the album's "most interesting composition" in terms of structure and improvisation, adding that "tonality is hinted at but ... seldom used". Baugher described "Washington" as "strangely controlled and peaceful" compared to the other pieces.[10] Baugher declared Live in Moscow, Prague & Washington "an unqualified success", and stated that more CDs like this would "make the world of improvised music a more interesting place".[10]

In her 1990 book, Sonic Transports: New Frontiers in Our Music, Nicole V. Gagné wrote that the Prague concert credit "4500 Czechs: ambiance and opinions" is "no joke", as the audience contributes to the music. She said, "The murmuring undercurrent of voices, the whistling, clapping, and crying out, all affected the musicians and prompted several of the things they did."[11]

All music by Chris Cutler and Fred Frith.

• Chris Cutler – drums, electrified drums, contact mics, telephone mouthpieces, jetsam
• Fred Frith – guitars, Vox Organ guitar, table guitars, adapted guitars, bass guitar, six-string bass guitar, violin, voice, flotsam
• 4500 Czechs (Prague concert) – ambiance, opinions[lower-alpha 1]

Sources: Liner notes,[1][2] Discogs,[3][4] Fred Frith discography.[5]