Peter Fraize


Peter Fraize is a saxophonist and George Washington University professor best known for his freestyle jazz and for performing as a part of the Peter Fraize Quintet.

Biography

Raised in northern Virginia, Fraize attended the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston where he studied classical saxophone. He later studied at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague under Dutch saxophonist Leo van Oostrom. While there Fraize worked with Scapes, a quintet which won first prize at the 1989 Middelzee Jazz Concours.
On returning to the United States in 1989, Fraize formed the fusion group Stickman, which performed at the Mellon Jazz Festival in Pittsburgh. He is a member of the Greg Hatza Organization and is also in a rock group, The Emptys. His jazz group, The Peter Fraize Quartet, won the 1999 Wammie award for Contemporary Jazz Ensembles.
Fraize is the director of jazz studies at George Washington University.

Discography

As leader or co-leader

Chord Lines/In the Groove Facts + Figures Organic Matter Third Attention You St.: Live at State of the Union Stickman
With Gilbert EngleSupernatural Absence Jazz Fusion 1 thru 5 Jazz Fusion 1 thru 3 Jazz Reggae Fusion Odd Time Signature Fusion Petite Jazz Fusion Magnum Opus Jazz Fusion
With The EmptysBridge Across the Ocean Pick Your Ears Up
  • ''Loveversesnothing''

As sideman or guest

With Larry BrownHard Bop Cafe The Long Goodbye
With Greg HatzaTo a New Place
With Vaughn NarkPanorama Somethin' Special
With Giancarlo SchiaffiniDeconstruction! Post – Deconstruction
With Mark StanleyLive at Blues Alley Humans
With othersThe Fisher Prince
  • King James and the Serfs of Swing, Introducing...
  • Jose Bowen, A Jazz Shabbat Service
  • Origem, Ijexa
  • Radio Mosaic, Look Around
  • Ritmo Junction, Suburban Descarga
  • Dan Reynolds, To Be Sure
  • Sharón Clark, Finally
  • River, Songs for the Harbinger
  • Red Letter Day, Four Bowls of Colour Music for Film and Television
  • June Rich, Rain Primal Virtue
  • ''Fusion Hackers''