Harold Fethe is a professional jazz guitarist

Jazz guitarist

Jazz guitarists are guitar players who play jazz music on the guitar using an approach to playing chords, melodies, and improvised solo lines which is called jazz guitar playing. The guitar has fulfilled the roles of accompanist and soloist in small and large ensembles and also as an unaccompanied...

 in San Francisco, California

San Francisco, California

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 who began his recording career later than most. For more than two decades he worked in biotechnology

Biotechnology

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 instead, but decided in 2002 to give that up and become a full time musician. He has recorded on the albums of others in the past, but has only one album ("Out of Nowhere", 2006) as bandleader

Bandleader

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 to his credit. The date features an all-star cast of musicians, including Johnny Frigo

Johnny Frigo

Johnny Frigo was an American jazz violinist and bassist.His son, Derek John Frigo, was the lead guitarist for the rock band Enuff Z'nuff. Derek Frigo died of a drug overdose on May 28, 2004....

 on violin

Violin

The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....

, Jim Cox on acoustic bass

Double bass

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, Joe Vito on piano

Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

 and accordion

Accordion

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, and Joanie Pallatto

Joanie Pallatto

Joanie Pallatto is a Chicago based singer born in Xenia, Ohio. She moved to Chicago in 1979 after a stint with the Glen Miller band. A singer, composer, record producer and recording engineer, she has worked with Bob Dorough, Von Freeman, Don Moye, Tatsu Aoki and Willie Pickens.-External links:*...

 on vocals. The album received favorable reviews from both Jazz Review

Jazz Review

Jazz Review was a British jazz magazine, founded in 1998 by a former editor of The Wire and jazz writer Richard Cook and Roger Spence of the talent management agency Direct Music. The magazine covered the entire range of jazz history from early jazz, through Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz and the...

 and Allmusic, among others.http://www.jazzreview.com/cd/review-18125.html[]

Harold Fethe albums

Released	Album	Notes	Label
2006-01-01	"Out of Nowhere Out of Nowhere (Harold Fethe album) Out of Nowhere is the debut album of jazz guitarist Harold Fethe, who performs on this outing in the style of Django Reinhardt. Accompanying him is the legendary Johnny Frigo on violin, who like Fethe got a late start with his own career.- Track listing :... "	debut	Southport Records