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Kevin Frenette Ensemble at Brookline Tai Chi

Kevin Frenette Ensemble (Kevin Frenette - Guitar; Andy McWain - Piano;Jane Wang - Bass; Joe Moffett - Trumpet) will play at Brookline Tai Chi on January 4th, 2008. Guitarist Kevin Frenette began playing music at the age of eleven and began working professionally in the 1990s.

He studied guitar, composition, and music theory at UMASS-Dartmouth where he received a BA in Theory/Composition and has performed throughout the Northeast USA making music that is inspired by both contemporary improvisation and avant-garde jazz. Frenette is also a freelance recording engineer.

He has performed and/or recorded with such artists as Tatsuya Nakatani, Jack Wright, Joe Giardullo, Pandelis Karayorgis, Andy McWain, Forbes Graham, Gordon Allen, Sarah Weaver, Harvey Sorgen, Brian Melick, Michael Snow, Dan DeChellis, Gwen Laster, Larry Packer, Martha Colby, Lori Freedman, David Gamper, Al Margolis, Luther Gray, Ryan McGuire, Jeff Kimmel, Adam Dotson, Joe Moffett, Jules Vasylenko, Jonathan LaMaster, Andrew Hickman, Eric Platz, Todd Keating and Gabe Cabral.

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.



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