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Wright / Frenette / McGuire / Gray @ 119 Gallery on August 8th
Wednesday, August 8, 2007 - 8:00pm
WRIGHT / FRENETTE / MCGUIRE / GRAY
Jack Wright - Saxes
Kevin Frenette - Guitar
Ryan McGuire - Bass
Luther Gray - Drums
119 Gallery
119 Chelmsford St
Lowell, MA 01851
Jack Wright has been a full-time saxophonist of strange music since the late 70's, one of the most tour-obsessed musicians around. In Europe he finds like-minded players and drags them back to the states to tour and make friends here. He plays a lot of different ways, from the “real notes" of free jazz to no-recognizable-sax-sound. He wears shorts in all kinds of weather so he can mute against his bare leg, which is his trademark. Known to play with everyone, but actually he only plays with people who interest him musically, which is still a lot. He may be obscure but he comes close to doing exactly what he wants, and that is no simple matter for any of us.
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, Joe Giardullo, Andy McWain, Forbes Graham, Gordon Allen, Sarah Weaver, Harvey Sorgen, Brian Melick, Michael Snow, Gwen Laster, Martha Colby, Lori Freedman, Ryan McGuire, Adam Dotson, 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.
Bassist and composer Ryan McGuire has perfo rmed with Jim Hobbs, Raqib Hassan, Forbes Graham and others, and has toured the U.S. and Canada on several occasions. Originally from Cape Cod, McGuire studied composition and performance at UMass-Lowell and Berklee, and has recordings on Tzadik, Hydrahead, Robotic Empire, and Holy Roar Records. He currently performs with Dilettante, Raqib Hassan's Interdimensional Science Research Orchestra, and the Forbes Graham Quartet.
Drummer Luther Gray was born March 10, 1972 in New Orleans, LA. His family moved to Washington, D.C. where, as a teenager, he started playing drums in punk rock bands. Though largely self-taught, his musical training involved drum lessons from Kim Martin, Larry Bright, Steve Bagby, and Mickey Newman. In 1995 he graduated the University of Miami with a Bachelor of Music, after which he taught privately and performed in the Washington , D.C. area with, among others, Butch Warren, Cecil Payne, Webster Young, Tsunami, Liquorice, Peter Edelman, Jenny Toomey, B ob Butta, and Buck Hill. Since moving to Boston he has resumed teaching private drum lessons and has played with Joe Morris, Jay Hoggard, Joe McPhee, Timo Shanko, Cameron Brown, Allan Chase, Joseph Daley, Sabir Mateen, Roy Campbell, Ida, Geoff Farina, Andrew White, Rob Brown, Bill Lowe, Greg Abate, Raqib Hassan, Bill Pierce, Mitch Seidman, Steve Swell, Joe Beck, Fred Anderson, Ken Vandermark and many others. In addition to his performing schedule Luther teaches art and music at an after-school program for elementary school children.
WRIGHT / FRENETTE / MCGUIRE / GRAY
Jack Wright - Saxes
Kevin Frenette - Guitar
Ryan McGuire - Bass
Luther Gray - Drums
119 Gallery
119 Chelmsford St
Lowell, MA 01851
Jack Wright has been a full-time saxophonist of strange music since the late 70's, one of the most tour-obsessed musicians around. In Europe he finds like-minded players and drags them back to the states to tour and make friends here. He plays a lot of different ways, from the “real notes" of free jazz to no-recognizable-sax-sound. He wears shorts in all kinds of weather so he can mute against his bare leg, which is his trademark. Known to play with everyone, but actually he only plays with people who interest him musically, which is still a lot. He may be obscure but he comes close to doing exactly what he wants, and that is no simple matter for any of us.
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, Joe Giardullo, Andy McWain, Forbes Graham, Gordon Allen, Sarah Weaver, Harvey Sorgen, Brian Melick, Michael Snow, Gwen Laster, Martha Colby, Lori Freedman, Ryan McGuire, Adam Dotson, 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.
Bassist and composer Ryan McGuire has perfo rmed with Jim Hobbs, Raqib Hassan, Forbes Graham and others, and has toured the U.S. and Canada on several occasions. Originally from Cape Cod, McGuire studied composition and performance at UMass-Lowell and Berklee, and has recordings on Tzadik, Hydrahead, Robotic Empire, and Holy Roar Records. He currently performs with Dilettante, Raqib Hassan's Interdimensional Science Research Orchestra, and the Forbes Graham Quartet.
Drummer Luther Gray was born March 10, 1972 in New Orleans, LA. His family moved to Washington, D.C. where, as a teenager, he started playing drums in punk rock bands. Though largely self-taught, his musical training involved drum lessons from Kim Martin, Larry Bright, Steve Bagby, and Mickey Newman. In 1995 he graduated the University of Miami with a Bachelor of Music, after which he taught privately and performed in the Washington , D.C. area with, among others, Butch Warren, Cecil Payne, Webster Young, Tsunami, Liquorice, Peter Edelman, Jenny Toomey, B ob Butta, and Buck Hill. Since moving to Boston he has resumed teaching private drum lessons and has played with Joe Morris, Jay Hoggard, Joe McPhee, Timo Shanko, Cameron Brown, Allan Chase, Joseph Daley, Sabir Mateen, Roy Campbell, Ida, Geoff Farina, Andrew White, Rob Brown, Bill Lowe, Greg Abate, Raqib Hassan, Bill Pierce, Mitch Seidman, Steve Swell, Joe Beck, Fred Anderson, Ken Vandermark and many others. In addition to his performing schedule Luther teaches art and music at an after-school program for elementary school children.
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