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Kate Gentile is a Brooklyn-based drummer and composer who has been active in the NYC jazz and creative music scenes since 2011. Her recent work as a leader includes biome i.i (Obliquity 2023), an album-length piece commissioned by and performed with International Contemporary Ensemble, and the triple album Find Letter X (Pi Recordings 2023) with her band of the same name, featuring Jeremy Viner, Kim Cass, and Matt Mitchell.

Snark Horse, a band in which Kate co-leads and shares compositional duties with pianist Matt Mitchell, released a 6-CD box set on Pi Recordings in July 2021 featuring Kim Cass, Ben Gerstein, Jon Irabagon, Davy Lazar, Mat Maneri, Ava Mendoza, Matt Nelson, and Brandon Seabrook. Kate also co-leads Secret People, a cryptic jazz/noise rock trio with guitarist Dustin Carlson and saxophonist Nathaniel Morgan (Out Of Your Head Recordings, 2022). Other collaborative projects Gentile is a part of include Flagrances, a duo with guitarist Andrew Smiley, and Gloatmeal, a collaborative duo with Matt Mitchell focused on electro-acoustic improvisations, home-recorded compositions, and live noise sets.

Gentile plays in Will Mason’s Happy Place, Gordon Beeferman’s Organ Trio II, David Crowell’s Clocks or Clouds, and has periodic performances with Tim Berne, Anna Webber, Miles Okazaki, Dave Douglas, and others. Kate has also worked with Michaël Attias, Tim Berne, Anthony Braxton, Cloud Becomes Your Hand, Steve Coleman, God Is My Co-Pilot, Chris Speed, Chris Tordini, and John Zorn. 


 

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Bands/Projects

current:


Find Letter X

Jeremy Viner - clarinet/tenor
Matt Mitchell - piano
Kim Cass - bass
KG - drums, compositions

 

SNARK HORSE

Matt Mitchell - piano
KG - drums
+ configurations of: Kim Cass, Jon Irabagon, Ben Gerstein, Mat Maneri, Matt Nelson, Brandon Seabrook, Ava Mendoza, Davy Lazar
Plays many very, very short compositions, half of which are mine and half of which are Matt Mitchell's.

6-CD box set on Pi Recordings - check it out on Bandcamp


GLOATMEAL

Matt Mitchell - various
KG - various
collaborative duo project...extensive percussion setups, electronics, layering, home recording, etc.

listen on bandcamp



MATT MITCHELL TRIO

Matt Mitchell - piano
Kim Cass - bass
Kate Gentile - drums

a sub-grouping of both Snark Horse and Matt's band Phalanx Ambassadors that allows us to unpack dense compositions from bigger groups in other ways.
(Sometimes this is a collaborative trio where we play music by any of us, and sometimes it is Matt's trio.)


 

SECRET PEOPLE

Nathaniel Morgan - alto sax & compositions
Dustin Carlson - guitar & compositions
Kate Gentile - drums/vibes & compositions

Secret People on Bandcamp



 

older:
 

Mannequins

Jeremy Viner - clarinet/tenor
Matt Mitchell - piano
Adam Hopkins - bass
KG - drums, compositions

buy/listen on bandcamp

scores are also available directly from me for $35; please contact me to buy




       
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LESSONS

both in-person (NYC) and remote lessons are available via Zoom (or similar app of your choice).




 

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[old] press archives

interviews:

-JAZZ SPEAKS interview (Nov. 2017)

-interview by Cisco Bradley of Jazz Right Now that you can read here

-Phalanx Trio interview for The Jazz Gallery

-downbeat player profile- interview/article by Ken Micallef 

-Pop Matters - article/interview by Will Layman

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some reviews etc of Mannequins:


el intruso
free jazz collective 
avant music news 
WBGO - Nate Chinen - Take 5
marlbank
the observer 
downtown music gallery
downbeat editors picks (July 2017 )
Something Else! - review & exclusive stream
NYT 
all about jazz 
music and more