Join Cleveland Bassist, Darren Fate at Edwins Too Edwins Too (13220 Shaker SQ) on Saturday, September 9th at 7 P.M. He will be performing his original music with his group. $10 Admission.
Darren Frate Group music has been described as world music, jazz, and jazz fusion woven together by bass-driven grooves and improvisation. The leader, bassist Darren Frate, is a Berklee College of Music graduate. The group will be debuting new compositions for this show and works from the group's CD release "Resonance". Darren Frate (bass) will be joined by Dave Kasper on saxophones/woodwinds and Ivan George on drums and percssion.
Darren Frate is a Berklee College of Music graduate, majoring in film scoring. After college Darren recorded and toured with several acts including Mike Stern, Peter Noone, Ian Hunter, The Blind Boys of Alabama as well as many others. Darren recently received an "Individual Excellence Award" grant for 2021 from the Ohio Arts Council for music composition. Darren teaches privately as well as being an instructor at the Cleveland Music Settlement's jazz program. Composition has always been foremost to Darren Frate. with the latest release "Resonance" that came to fruition. Darren is also working on a series of solo electric bass compositions for release in the summer of 2022.
