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Kevin Frenette
He has performed and/or recorded with such artists as Tatsuya Nakatani, Jack Wright, Joe Giardullo, Pandelis Karayorgis, Daniel Levin, Andy McWain, Forbes Graham, Luther Gray, Jane Wang, James Rohr, Curt Newton, John McLellan, Eric Rosenthal, Blake Newman, Kit Demos, Croix Galipault, Gordon Allen, Sarah Weaver, Harvey Sorgen, Brian Melick, Michael Snow, Dan DeChellis, Gwen Laster, Larry Packer, Martha Colby, Lori Freedman, David Gamper, Al Margolis, Ryan McGuire, Jeff Kimmel, Adam Dotson, Joe Moffett, Chris Vellieux, Ricardo Donoso, Jules Vasylenko, Jonathan LaMaster, Andrew Hickman, and Eric Platz.
In 2007, Fuller Street Music released Kevin’s first date as a leader: CONNECTIONS. That album featured Frenette with Tatsuya Nakatani on percussion, Andy McWain on piano and Todd Keating on bass. Frenette is also a freelance recording engineer.
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Kevin Frenette: Fall River Guitar Guy
by Gordon Marshall
However cool the surface of his music, Kevin Frenette is not content to serve up any sort of “easy listening." The guitarist grew up in Fall River, a small city in southeastern Massachusetts, but the beauty of his music is akin to a sylvan setting--to enter into it is to traverse a forest trail. Some themes and motifs--"organisms"--are finely formed and highly developed; some are just budding--new ideas still in the rough, offered to the ear as tokens of innovations ...
read moreKevin Frenette 4tet at Outpost 186 on May 12
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Kevin Frenette
Saturday - May 12, 2012 OUTPOST 186 186 1/2 Hampshire Street Cambridge, MA 02139 The Kevin Frenette Quartet + Dr T Kevin Frenette (guitar) James Rohr (piano) John McLellan (drums) Kit Demos (bass) + Dr T - video mix ”Kevin Frenette's cd 'Connections' is a dazzling display of sympathetic interactions with truly spontaneous results. Frenette and company combine for a powerful force of open-minded creative energy.” —John Barron ...
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Carl Testa/Kevin Frenette Quartet at Outpost 186 on 10/22
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Kevin Frenette
Saturday, October 22, 2011 OUTPOST 186 186 1/2 Hampshire Street Cambridge, MA 02139 8:00 PM Carl Testa/Kevin Frenette Quartet World renowned master bassist Carl Testa (from Anthony Braxton's 12+1tet) and Boston's own avant-jazz co-conspirators Kevin Frenette (guitar), James Rohr (piano) and John McLellan (drums) present an evening of improvised music centering on exceptionally intricate interplay, texture and timbre on Saturday, October 22. The Carl Testa/Kevin Frenette Quartet will take the stage at 8 p.m. ...
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Nakatani Gong Orchestra @ Outpost 186 on September 10th
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Kevin Frenette
Saturday, September 10, 2011 OUTPOST 186 186 1/2 Hampshire Street Cambridge, MA 02139 8:00 PM Tatsuya Nakatani Gong Orchestra World renowned master percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani will present an evening of improvised music centering on exceptionally intricate interplay, texture and timbre on Saturday, September 10. Nakatani will be performing a set of solo percussion music followed by his Nakatani Gong Orchestra (Kevin Frenette, Forbes Graham, Matt Samolis, Todd Brunel and Joe Monteiro). The music of ...
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Simons/Plsek/Frenette Trio at the Outpost on March 19th
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Kevin Frenette
OUTPOST 186 186 1/2 Hampshire Street Cambridge, MA 02139 8:00 PM The Green Umbrella Series presents: The Simons / Plsek / Frenette Trio Junko Simons—(cello) Tom Plsek—(trombone) Kevin Frenette (guitar) Cellist Junko Fujiwara Simons is both a “creative musician"/improviser and an active classical musician. She has performed with Joe Morris, Allan Chase, Jim Hobbs, Charlie Kohlhase, Tom Plsek, Jane Wang, Laurence Cook, and Luther Gray. Junko Simons has also participated ...
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Maxwell/Frenette/Gray @ Outpost 186 on 10/21
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Kevin Frenette
Thursday—October 21, 2010 OUTPOST 186 186 1/2 Hampshire Street Cambridge, MA 02139 8:00 PM David Maxwell's Quantum Mathematics David Maxwell (piano) Kevin Frenette (guitar) Luther Gray (drums) David Maxwell has amassed an enormous resume throughout the years playing piano with some of the greatest and well-known musicians in jazz and blues. David plays many styles of jazz, improvised music and blues, but he is best known for his soulful virtuosity ...
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Simons/Graham/Frenette/Cook at the Outpost on October 16th
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Kevin Frenette
Saturday October 16, 2010 OUTPOST 186 186 1/2 Hampshire Street Cambridge, MA 02139 8:00 PM Simons / Graham / Frenette / Cook Junko Simons (cello) Forbes Graham (trumpet) Kevin Frenette (guitar) Laurence Cook (drums) Cellist Junko Fujiwara Simons is both a “creative musician"/improviser and an active classical musician. She has performed with Joe Morris, Allan Chase, Jim Hobbs, Charlie Kohlhase, Tom Plsek, Jane Wang, Laurence Cook, and Luther ...
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Guitarist Kevin Frenette Interviewed at All About Jazz
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John Kelman
However cool the surface of his music, Kevin Frenette is not content to serve up any sort of “easy listening." The guitarist grew up in Fall River, a small city in southeastern Massachusetts, but the beauty of his music is akin to a sylvan setting—to enter into it is to traverse a forest trail. Some themes and motifs—"organisms"—are finely formed and highly developed; some are just budding—new ideas still in the rough, offered to the ear as tokens of innovations ...
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Tatsuya Nakatani / Kevin Frenette Ensemble at Outpost 186 on July 23
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Kevin Frenette
World renowned master percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani, bassist Carl Testa (from Anthony Braxton's 12+1tet) and Boston's own avant-jazz co-conspirators Kevin Frenette (guitar) and James Rohr (fender rhodes) present an evening of improvised music centering on exceptionally intricate interplay, texture and timbre. Please come by the Outpost and be part of this one-of-a-kind event! With Tatsuya Nakatani and Carl Testa on the bill --- it is sure to be SPECTACULAR!! Friday July 23, 2010 OUTPOST 186 186 1/2 Hampshire Street ...
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Frenette/Rohr/McLellan Trio @ Weirdo Records on 4/19
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Michael Ricci
Monday, April 19, 2010 Weirdo Records 844 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 8:00 PM The Frenette / Rohr / McLellan Trio Kevin Frenette (guitar) James Rohr (fender rhodes) John McLellan (drums) Boston area guitarist Kevin Frenette has performed throughout the Northeast USA making music that is inspired by both avant-garde jazz and contemporary improvisation. He studied guitar, composition, and music theory at UMASS-Dartmouth where he received a BA in Theory/Composition. ...
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Kevin Frenette Trio / Carl Testa Trio on March 13 - New Haven, CT
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Michael Ricci
Never Ending Books 810 State Street New Haven, CT 06511 8PM The Kevin Frenette Trio Kevin Frenette (guitar) James Rohr (fender rhodes) John McLellan (drums) and The Carl Testa Trio Carl Testa (string bass) Mike McGinnis (clarinet) Aaron Siegel (percussion) Boston area guitarist Kevin Frenette has performed throughout the Northeast USA making music that is inspired by both avant-garde jazz and contemporary improvisation. He studied guitar, ...
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