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Kevin Frenette

About Me

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 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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Member Since: 08/12/2006
Band Members: The Kevin Frenette 4:Kevin Frenette - Guitar, Tatsuya Nakatani - Percussion, Andy McWain - Piano, Todd Keating - Bass
Record Label: Fuller Street Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Brilliant Corners Review of KF4: Connections

Kevin Frenette 4. Connections.Fuller Street Music  The timbrel, melodic and sonorous potentials sleeping in the aggregation ofguitar and piano has had few thorough investigations and these tend to br...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:26:00 GMT

JazzReview.com Review of KF4: Connections

"Using the conventional instrumental lineup of bass, piano, guitar, and percussion, the Kevin Frenette 4  a Boston-based free jazz quartet - manages to produce some mighty distinctive music on...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:54:00 GMT

Vital Weekly Review of KF4: Connections

THE KEVIN FRENETTE 4 - CONNECTIONS A new CD from the small Fuller Street Music label, specialized in jazz and improvised music. This time they give room to guitarist Kevin Frenette to make his first...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:19:00 GMT

freejazz-stef.blogspot.com Review of KF4: Connections

KEVIN FRENETTE FOUR  CONNECTIONS (FULLER STREET MUSIC, 2007) "Boston is just a stone's throw from New York, and yet the two cities are worlds apart, as far as music is concerned. While the spirit of ...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:20:00 GMT

Cadence Magazine Review of KF4: Connections

KEVIN FRENETTE - CONNECTIONS (FULLER STREET MUSIC 1781) Given the track titles it comes as no surprise that (1) is very angular and mathematical sounding music. Kevin Frenette plays guitar in the stab...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:02:00 GMT

Aiding & Abetting Review of KF4: Connections

The Kevin Frenette 4 Connections (Fuller Street Music) "Frenette plays guitar, but his backing trio of piano, bass and percussion fits right in to jazz tradition. The music, of course, is anything bu...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:34:00 GMT

Downtown Music Gallery Review of KF4: Connections

THE KEVIN FRENETTE 4 - Connections (Fuller Street 1781; USA)  "Featuring Kevin Frenette on guitar, Andy McWain on piano, Todd Keating on bass and Tatsuya Nakatani on drums. I am previously famil...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:24:00 GMT

JazzReview.com Review of KF4: Connections

"The Kevin Frenette 4 is the collaborative efforts of four like-minded, energetic musicians who approach the spontaneous inventions of Connections with a blank slate. Guitarist Kevin Frenette, pianist...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:19:00 GMT

CD Release - Kevin Frenette 4 (with Tatsuya Nakatani): CONNECTIONS

THE KEVIN FRENETTE 4: CONNECTIONS (featuring Tatsuya Nakatani) is now available on cdbaby.com and for digital download on itunes, yahoo music and digstation.com. Kevin Frenette - GuitarAndy McWa...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:03:00 GMT