Peter Fraize

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. Fraize 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 (Washington Area Music Association) for Contemporary Jazz Ensembles. In July 2008, Fraize performed two concerts in Lima, as well as giving master classes in several colleges and institutes in Peru.

Peter Fraize is the director of jazz studies at George Washington University. and lives in Washington, DC with his wife and two sons.

Peter Fraize is completing very many new recordings with Gilbert Engle. This includes jazz fusion work and quintets. Peter will share co-writing credits on 14 albums with Gilbert Engle.

Discography

As a leader:

With composer Gilbert Engle:

With Giancarlo Schiaffini (free jazz/ avant garde):

With The Emptys (pop/ rock):

With pianist Larry Brown:

With trumpeter Vaughn Nark:

With organist Greg Hatza:

With guitarist Mark Stanley:

With various artists: