An Evening of Strange Guitar

The Kevin Frenette Trio
The Jeff Platz Ensemble
The Chris Welcome Quartet

OUTPOST 186
186 1/2 Hampshire Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
8:00 PM

The Kevin Frenette Trio

Kevin Frenette (guitar)
James Rohr (piano)
Eric Rosenthal (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. 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, Eric Rosenthal, Blake Newman, 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.

”Kevin Frenette's '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

The Jeff Platz Oh Pulsar Trio

Jeff Platz: Guitar
Kit Demos: Bass
John McLellan: Drums

Jeff Platz is a Boston area guitarist who has worked with a variety of U.S. and European based musicans. Recently the Platz Quintet performed in the 2007 Munster Jazz Festival in Munster Germany, this recording has just been released on Konnex records. Platz co manages the Skycap Records label based in Munster Germany. Recently he has released his latest CD on Skycap, “Gathering" featuring German alto player Jan Klare. Platz also hosts a monthly improvised music series in Providence Rhode Island, “Strange Guitar" which features improvising musicians from the U.S. and Europe. Jeff has organized and produced the Skycap Music Festival held each fall in Boston Massachusetts since 2004 and features musicians who have released recordings on the Skycap label.

The Chris Welcome Quartet (NYC)

Chris Welcome: Guitar
Jonathan Moritz: Saxophone
Shayna Dulberger: Bass
John McLellan: Drums