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. [1]
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. [2] 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, [3] 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. [4] His jazz group, The Peter Fraize Quartet, won the 1999 Wammie award (Washington Area Music Association) for Contemporary Jazz Ensembles. [5]
Fraize is the director of jazz studies at George Washington University. [6]
With Gilbert Engle
With The Emptys
With Larry Brown
With Greg Hatza
With Vaughn Nark
With Giancarlo Schiaffini
With Mark Stanley
With others
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. [1]
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. [2] 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, [3] 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. [4] His jazz group, The Peter Fraize Quartet, won the 1999 Wammie award (Washington Area Music Association) for Contemporary Jazz Ensembles. [5]
Fraize is the director of jazz studies at George Washington University. [6]
With Gilbert Engle
With The Emptys
With Larry Brown
With Greg Hatza
With Vaughn Nark
With Giancarlo Schiaffini
With Mark Stanley
With others