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Forbes Graham is a composer, trumpet player, and electronic musician currently based in the Boston area. He has appeared on over 30 recordings, including studio appearances on such labels as Metal Blade, Tzadik, and Troubleman. Forbes has performed and recorded with a very diverse group of artists, including Erase Errata, Steve Lantner, Daughters, Raqib Hassan, Jim Hobbs, The One Am Radio, and Luther Gray. His composition “Variations on the Fibonacci Sequence” was commissioned by the Greenwall Foundation and world premiered at the 2007 Festival of New Trumpet. Forbes has also written music for the new music/rock ensemble Normal Love. He has appeared at numerous festivals including High Zero and The Wire’s Adventures in Modern Music. His work incorporates many genres including drum n’bass, jazz, contemporary classical, noise, and hip-hop.


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Jazz Poetry

Trumpet

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for Forbes GrahamArc shoots to treble tongue tripfingertip tapping valve topstraps the sinuous sound round the quartet's quartal vibe, tribeof truth, sooth of soothingtunes turned back on themselves lost in vertical vertigo. Thenthe trumpet picks them up,passes brass baton unto the soldered sound until nowa bric-a-brac. Attack! The spearappears, piercing the pieces

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Live Review

Forbes Graham at Cafe Fixe: Streaming Consciousness

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Forbes GrahamCafe FixeBrookline, MassNovember 9, 2010 The sound of a bubbling stream seeped out of Forbes Graham's computer as he performed his sound check. In attendance was a small but dedicated crowd of admirers. With intense eyes and a mysterious smile, Graham brings electricity to a room, giving it a glow even when the lights are dimmed, as they were when the performance began in proper, the stream rising again and mounting ...

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Forbes Graham: Magenta Haze

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Forbes Graham isn't hell-bent on taking the jazz world over by fiat. Then again, a sterling tone like Louis Armstrong's, a sense of stride and a sidewinder sleekness position him to do so. He brings spot-on timing, inherited from his key precursor, Don Cherry, into the icy age of post jazz--and swings, too, situated comfortably within the classic idiom.It is a prismatic phenomenon, his playing. Shades and tints channel through his trumpet, an ever-shifting panoply--not so ...

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Recording

The Friday Morning Listen: Taylor Ho Bynum, Forbes Graham - The Middle Picture/Echoes (2007)

The Friday Morning Listen: Taylor Ho Bynum, Forbes Graham - The Middle Picture/Echoes (2007)

Source: Something Else!

By Mark Saleski In our society, it seems like there's a constant battle between idealism and cynicism. A person will take a stand on a particular issue, and no matter how quietly they do it, there is always an opposing force with the can of hot tar at the ready. It's a phenomenon that contributes to the growing blandification of the culture—one in which those with truly new points of view are looked at with a suspicious eye. As you ...

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Performance / Tour

Kevin Frenette/Forbes Graham Duo @ 119 Gallery on 2/13

Kevin Frenette/Forbes Graham Duo @ 119 Gallery on 2/13

Source: Michael Ricci

Saturday, February 13, 2010 119 Gallery 119 Chelmsford Street Lowell, MA 01851 8PM Kevin Frenette / Forbes Graham Duo Kevin Frenette (guitar) Forbes Graham (trumpet) + Dr T - video mix 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. He has ...

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Interview

Trumpeter Forbes Graham Interviewed at AAJ

Trumpeter Forbes Graham Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz

Forbes Graham isn't hell-bent on taking the jazz world over by fiat.

Then again, a sterling tone like Louis Armstrong's, a sense of stride and a sidewinder sleekness position him to do so. He brings spot-on timing, inherited from his key precursor, Don Cherry, into the icy age of post jazz--and swings, too, situated comfortably within the classic idiom.

AAJ Contributor Gordon Marshall spoke recently with Graham about his background, numerology and music, and the road from thrash metal to ...

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Forbes Graham's Wild May @ The Stone on Jan. 5thforbes Graham's Wild May @ The Stone on Jan. 5th

Forbes Graham's Wild May @ The Stone on Jan. 5thforbes Graham's Wild May @ The Stone on Jan. 5th

Source: Michael Ricci

Tuesday - January 5, 2010 The Stone E 2nd St & Ave C New York, NY 10009 10:00 PM Wild May: Forbes Graham - trumpet Kevin Frenette - guitar Ryan McGuire - double bass Luther Gray - drums Wild May is the brainchild of trumpet player and composer Forbes Graham. Heavily influenced by magic squares, architecture, and poetry, Wild May's music is a reflection of a ...

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Forbes Graham / Kevin Frenette Duo - April 30 @ Hyde Park Library

Forbes Graham / Kevin Frenette Duo - April 30 @ Hyde Park Library

Source: All About Jazz

Thursday April 30, 2009

Hyde Park Library 35 Harvard Avenue Hyde Park, MA 02136 6:00 PM

Forbes Graham / Kevin Frenette Duo

Forbes Graham (trumpet) Kevin Frenette (guitar)

Forbes Graham is a composer, trumpet player, and electronic musician currently based in the Boston area. He has appeared on over 30 recordings, including studio appearances on such labels as Metal Blade, Tzadik, and Troubleman. Forbes has performed and recorded with a very diverse ...

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Forbes Graham Trio @ 119 Gallery on September 8

Forbes Graham Trio @ 119 Gallery on September 8

Source: All About Jazz

Saturday, September 8, 2007 - 8:00pm FORBES GRAHAM TRIO Forbes Graham - Trumpet & Electronics Ryan McGuire - Bass Kevin Frenette - Guitar 119 Gallery 119 Chelmsford St Lowell, MA 01851 Forbes Graham has appeared on over 30 recordings, ranging in style from contemporary classical, metal, and jazz. His compositions are extremely mathematical, highly contrapuntal, vivacious, and invigorating, drawing from the cross-cultural experiences he has lived. His solo ...

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Forbes Graham / Kevin Frenette / Ryan McGuire @ Newsong Arts Center on August 19th

Forbes Graham / Kevin Frenette / Ryan McGuire @ Newsong Arts Center on August 19th

Source: All About Jazz

Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 5:00pm FORBES GRAHAM / KEVIN FRENETTE / RYAN MCGUIRE Forbes Graham - Trumpet Kevin Frenette - Guitar Ryan McGuire - Bass Newsong Arts Center 76 Park St. Rockland, MA Opening for Lillian Schrank Solo Photography and Sculpture Exhibit Forbes Graham has appeared on over 30 recordings, ranging in style from contemporary classical, metal, and jazz. His compositions are extremely mathematical, highly contrapuntal, vivacious, and invigorating, ...

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Forbes Graham Quartet April 2 in Hyde Park, MA

Forbes Graham Quartet April 2 in Hyde Park, MA

Source: All About Jazz

Artists-at-Large presents: The Forbes Graham Quartet

The Forbes Graham Quartet performs Monday, April 2 at 8:30pm as part of the “Music Workshop" series at the Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge (15 Dana Ave, Hyde Park, MA; 617-276-3223. A $7 dollar donation is suggested.

featuring:

Forbes Graham - trumpet Raqib Hassan - reeds Ryan McGuire - bass Luther Gray - drums

For more information: Visit the Music Workshop on Myspace.

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"A sterling tone like Louis Armstrong's, a sense of stride and a sidewinder sleekness... He brings spot-on timing... into the icy age of post-jazz—and swings, too, situated comfortably within the classic idiom." —Gordon Marshall, All About Jazz

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