Hugh
Fraser
Native Victorian Hugh
Fraser has been a positive
force to the beautiful
world of music for over
two decades. He formed
the 13 member Vancouver
Ensemble of Jazz Improvisation
(VEJI) in 1980, then went
on to international success
with the Hugh Fraser Quintet
from 1986. The Quintet
tours Europe, North and
South American yearly.
He was voted 1996 and
1998 Canadian Trombonist
of the Year by Toronto's
Jazz report Awards.
Hugh
has recorded over one
hundred of his compositions
on 17 albums as a leader.
He won two Juno Awards
and many nominations
for these recordings,
and appears on over
twenty albums as a sideman
including recent releases
by Cuban bands Chucho
Valdes and Irakere on
Bembe Records, Perspectiva
on Egrem Records, and
Kenny Wheeler on ECM
Records.
Hugh is currently the
Head of Jazz Studies
at the University of
Victoria in British
Columbia and holds an
honourary Doctorate
from McMaster University.
Hugh has served as the
Program Head of Jazz
at the Banff Centre
for Fine Arts; Head
of Jazz Composition
at the Royal Academy
of Music in London,
England; Head of the
University of Ulster
Summer Jazz Workshop
in Ireland; and is much
sought after as a guest
clinician by all major
progressive institutions.
Hugh
has performed and/or
recorded with Jaki Byard,
Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie,
Maynard Ferguson, Billy
Ekstein, Slide Hampton,
Frank Foster, Don Thompson,
Shorty Rogers, Kenny
Wheeler, Dave Holland,
Muhal Richard Abrams,
Robin Eubanks, Dave
Liebman, Sheila Jordan,
and Jean Toussaint.
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