| Bio en français : |
Nick Fraser est un membre actif et engagé de la communauté de jazz et de musique improvisée de Toronto depuis qu’il a quitté Ottawa pour s’y installer en 1996. Il a travaillé avec tous les grands noms de l’improvisation et du jazz canadiens, dont Justin Haynes, Mike Murley, Rich Underhill, P.J. Perry, Phil Dwyer, Michael Snow, John Oswald, Andrew Downing, Jean Martin, Christine Duncan, Joe Sorbara, Lina Allemano, Quinsin Nachoff, Dave Restivo, Jim Vivian, David Braid, Ryan Driver, Rosemary Galloway, David Occhipinti, William Carn, Nancy Walker, Kieran Overs, Kelly Jefferson, John Geggie, John MacLeod, Ken Aldcroft, Scott Thomson, Marilyn Lerner, David Mott, Lori Freedman, Jean Derome, Ron Samworth, John Stetch et Kirk MacDonald. De plus, il a eu la chance de jouer et d’endisquer avec des artistes de stature internationale, dont Michael Moore, Bobby Shew, Donny McCaslin, Marilyn Crispell, Anthony Braxton, Joe McPhee, William Parker, Jean-Luc Ponty, Bela Fleck, Joe Lovano, John Scofield, Wynton Marsalis, David Binney, Steve Turre, Matt Welch, Bill Carrothers et Bill Mays. Sa discographie à titre de leader comprend Owls in Daylight (1997) et Nick Fraser and Justin Haynes are faking it (2004). Il a travaillé étroitement avec Rob Clutton et Ronda Rindone au sein du trio coopératif This Moment, dont le premier disque, Beautiful Line, est paru en 2002 sur l’étiquette 9Winds. Il codirige aussi le collectif Drumheller avec Brodie West, Rob Clutton, Eric Chenaux et Doug Tielli. Ce groupe a lancé un premier disque, éponyme, sur l’étiquette Rat-Drifting en 2005, repris sur l’étiquette Wives en 2006. Les autres projets qui occupent Nick régulièrement sont Vertigo de Michael Herring, l’AIMToronto Orchestra, The Ugly Beauties (avec Marilyn Lerner et Matt Brubeck), Quorum de Ronda Rindone, le Lina Allemano , Deep Dark United et The Bill Grove Quartet. Nick est membre fondateur de l’Association of Improvising Musicians of Toronto, un organisme à but non lucratif qui se consacre à la communauté des improvisateurs de Toronto. |
| Bio en anglais : |
Nick Fraser has been an active and engaging presence in the Toronto new jazz and improvised music community since he moved there from Ottawa in 1996. He has worked with a veritable “who’s who” of Canadian jazz and improvised music including Justin Haynes, Mike Murley, Rich Underhill, P.J. Perry, Phil Dwyer, Michael Snow, John Oswald, Andrew Downing, Jean Martin, Christine Duncan, Joe Sorbara, Lina Allemano, Quinsin Nachoff, Dave Restivo, Jim Vivian, David Braid, Ryan Driver, Rosemary Galloway, David Occhipinti, William Carn, Nancy Walker, Kieran Overs, Kelly Jefferson, John Geggie, John MacLeod, Ken Aldcroft, Scott Thomson, Marilyn Lerner, David Mott, Lori Freedman, Jean Derome, Ron Samworth, John Stetch and Kirk MacDonald. In addition, he has had the opportunity to perform and/or record with such international artists as Michael Moore, Bobby Shew, Donny McCaslin, Marilyn Crispell, Anthony Braxton, Joe McPhee, William Parker, Jean-Luc Ponty, Bela Fleck, Joe Lovano, John Scofield, Wynton Marsalis, David Binney, Steve Turre, Matt Welch, Bill Carrothers and Bill Mays. Nick’s recorded works as a leader include Owls in Daylight (1997) and Nick Fraser and Justin Haynes are faking it (2004). He has worked extensively with Rob Clutton and Ronda Rindone in the cooperative trio This Moment whose debut album Beautiful Line was released in 2002 on the 9Winds label. He also co-leads the co-operative group Drumheller with Brodie West, Rob Clutton, Eric Chenaux and Doug Tielli who released their self-titled debut CD on the Rat-Drifting label in 2005 and Wives in 2006. Other projects that occupy Nick regularly are Michael Herring’s Vertigo, The AIMToronto Orchestra, the Ugly Beauties (with Marilyn Lerner and Matt Brubeck), Ronda Rindone’s Quorum, the Lina Allemano 4, Deep Dark United and The Bill Grove Quartet. He is a founding member of The Association of Improvising Musicians of Toronto, a non-profit organization dedicated to the Toronto improvising community. |