Tristan Fry is a British drummer and percussionist. Fry began his career by joining the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 17. He was a founder member of a number of ensembles, such as the Nash, Fires of London and the London Sinfonietta. He also worked as a session musician with various pop artists such as The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Olivia Newton-John, John Martyn, Elton John and David Essex, amongst others. He also played in various other recordings including TV and movie soundtracks, and as Tristan was the timpanist with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra he has performed on many of their recorded works and concerts.

From 1979 - 1995 he was the drummer with the classical/rock fusion group Sky

Sky (band)

Sky was a British instrumental group that specialised in fusing a variety of musical styles including light rock, progressive rock, classical and jazz. The group's best known members were classical guitarist John Williams, bass player Herbie Flowers Sky was a British instrumental group that...

. with John Williams, Kevin Peek, Francis Monkman, Herbie Flowers and later Steve Grey when Monkman left to pursue other projects. It was during this period that he attained a cirtain reputation as a live drummer, with a revolving double 'Premier' Kit, long drum solos in tracks such as 'Hotta' (from the album sky2), 'Meheeco' (from the album sky3) and 'Son of Hotta' (from the later 'Cadmium' album) and an ability to loose his glasses whilst playing them. The appropriately named track 'Tristans Magic Garden' (from Sky's most popular album Sky2) was arguably the most vibrant showcase of Tristan's talent as a percussionist, being as it was recorded almost entirely with percussion instruments by the man himself.

1980s

• 1980 Sky 2 (Ariola)
• 1981 Sky 3 (Ariola)
• 1982 Sky Forthcoming (Ariola)
• 1983 Sky Five Live (Ariola)
• 1983 Sky Cadmium ... (Ariola)
• 1885 Sky The Great Ballon Race (Epic)
• 1988 Sky Mozart (with the St Martin in the Fields Orchestra and sir Neville Marriner)(Mercury)