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Dean Fraser (às vezes aparecendo como Dean Frazer) nasceu Dean Fraser Ivanhoe,em Kingston, Jamaica em 4 de Outubro de 1955. É um saxofonista,produtor,arranjador,engenheiro de som e mixagem jamaicano que tem contribuído para centenas de gravações de reggae desde meados dos anos 1970. Dean foi condecorado com a Medalha de Musgrave pelo governo da Jamaica em 1993 em reconhecimento a seus serviços à música. Fraser começou a tocar clarinete com a idade de 12 anos. Em torno deste tempo ele conheceu Ronald 'Nambo' Robinson Ronald e Junior 'Chico' Chinn em um clube de jovens em Jonestown e os três meninos acabariam por formar uma seção de metais. Fraser assumiu saxofone com a idade de 15 anos. O trio tornou-se a seção de metais principal na Jamaica na década de 1980. Em 1977 ele se juntou a Lloyd Parks "We The Band People, suportando Dennis Brown em várias de suas gravações para a Joe Gibbs . Gravou primeiramente em 1975,alguns singles para Lloyd "Gitsy" Willis..
O primeiro álbum de Fraser, 1978 de Black Horn Man foi produzido por Gibbs. Isto foi seguido em 1979 por Pure Horns e Double Dynamite , e em 1980 por Revolutionary Sounds para o produtor Donovan Germain . Fraser fez o metais para Sly & Robbie na década de 1980, tanto em registro como em turnê. Dean Fraser apareceu no Reggae Sunsplash de 1981 na Jamaica, executando uma versão instrumental do recém-falecido Bob Marley "Redemption Song" o que levou o álbum 1984 de bombeamento de ar na Island Records no rótulo Mango. Fraser passou a gravar dois álbuns de Marley nos metais, Dean Plays Bob Volume 1 e Dean Plays Bob Volume II. A era digital do reggae, que é definida pelo uso de computadores e máquinas de tambor para criar a música de fundo, não afetou sua produção desde os instrumentos acústicos como o saxofone ainda estavam na demanda. Fraser lançou vários álbuns solo instrumentais ,e mais uma vez que ele foi reconhecido como um dos melhores músicos da Jamaica.Fraser fez várias turnês com Luciano a partir do final dos anos 1990 a meados dos anos 2000, bem como executou e adicionou a produção de vários álbuns do cantor, incluindo A New Day , Serious Times e Jah Is My Navigator . Mais recentemente, Fraser trabalhou com gravação, produção e turnê com os cantores Tarrus Riley e Duane Stephenson . Além disso, Dean Fraser refez 16 faixas no CD duplo "We Remember Gregory Isaacs", que foi gravado em 2011 empela VP Records,em homenagem ao inesquecivel cantor e amigo Gregory Isaacs.. Dean é tio do Mc Reggiimental do Hip Hop..
Além do saxofone,Dean Frser toca também outros instrumentos de metais como o trombone,a percussão e é vocalista..
Tocou com nomes como Bunny Wailer,Culture,Chalice,Gregory Isaacs,Dennis Brown,Mighty Diamonds,Delroy Wilson ,Cornell Campbell e centenas de outros artistas..
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DISCOGRAFIA
1978 - BLACK HORN MAN (label Joe Gibbs)
1979 - PURE HORNS (label Cha Cha)
1979 - DOUBLE DYNAMITE (label Crystal)
1980 - REVOLUTIONARY SOUNDS (label Germain)
1984 - PUMPIN' AIR (labels Sonic Sounds ; Island (UK))
1988 - SINGS & BLOWS (labels Denis Star ; Greensleeves ; Shanachie)
1988 - DANCEHALL SAX (label Witty)
198? - DEAN FRAZER (label WKS)
1989 - RAW SAX (label Greensleeves)1989 - CALL ON DEAN (label Techniques (VP))
1990 - MOONLIGHT (labels Two Friends (VP) ; Greensleeves)
1992 - TAKING CHANCES (label RAS)
1994 - DEAN PLAYS BOB (label RAS)
1994 - CLASSICS (labels Dennis Star ; Rhino (UK))
1995 - THE VERDICT (label VP)
1995 - MYSTICAL SAX (label Lagoon)
1996 - DEAN PLAYS BOB VOLUME TWO (label RAS)
1997 - JESUS LOVES ME (label Sonic Sounds)
1997 - SLOW MELODIES (label VP)
1997 - BIG UP (label Island Jamaica Jazz)
1997 - RAS PORTRAITS (label RAS)
1997 - DUB N SAX (label Gone Clear)
1999 - RETROSPECT (label VP)
19?? - LOVE SONGS SERENADE ( label SIGHT)
2000 - FEVER, VOL. 1 (label D-3)
2000 - I'M GLAD IT'S YOU (label Jazztown
2001 - TRIBUTE TO KING TUBBY (label VP)
2002 - KINGS OF REGGAE (label Nocturne (Fr))
2003 - SAX OF LIFE (label VP)
2003 - COLLECTOR'S SERIES (label Penthouse)
2005 - KILL DEM WID SAX (label RAS)
2005 - PLAYS REGGAE SONGS OF PRAISES (label Joe Frasier (USA))
2006- WITTY HENRY PRESENTS NICODEMUS & DEAN FRASER (label Cactus)
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Releases
Productions
- Dean Fraser - Pumpin' Air [1984]
Appears on
- Alcatraz
- Blockbuster Reggae Instrumentals
- DJ Derek Presents... Sweet Memory Sounds
- Dub Sessions
- Fisherman Style
- King Jammy's Selector's Choice Vol 1
- King Jammy's Selector's Choice Vol 2
- King Jammy's Selector's Choice Vol 3
- King Jammy's Selector's Choice Vol 4
- Middle East
- Reggae Horn
- Roots To Roots, Soul To Soul Vol 2
- Shank I Sheck
- Sly & Robbie Presents The Unmetered Taxi
- Stalag 17
- Strictly For Lovers
- The RAS Portrait Series
- The Rhythm King
- Tree Of Satta Vol 1
- Trojan Dancehall Box Set
- We Are Getting Bad
- What One "Riddim" Can Do
- Yard Style Christmas
Albums engineered by Dean Fraser
Mixing Engineer
- Desi Roots - Children In Exile [1982]
Engineer
- Massive Dread - Strictly ... Bubbling [1982]
As a musician
Horns
- Albert Griffiths & Gladiators - Country Living [1985]
- Barrington Levy - Here I Come [1985]
- Barrington Levy - Open Book [1982-84]
- Beres Hammond - Beres Hammond [1985]
- Bingy Bunny - Me And Jane [1982]
- Black Slate - Sirens In The City [1981]
- Brigadier Jerry - Jamaica Jamaica [1982]
- Bunny Wailer - Crucial Roots Classics [1978-82]
- Bunny Wailer - Live ! [1983]
- Bunny Wailer - Marketplace [1985]
- Bunny Wailer - Rock'n'Groove [1981]
- Bunny Wailer - Roots Radics Rockers Reggae [1983]
- Bunny Wailer - Sings The Wailers [1981]
- Bunny Wailer - Struggle [1978]
- Bunny Wailer - Tribute [1981]
- Buro - Buro [1983]
- Chalice - Standard Procedure [1983]
- Colour Man - Cool Profile [198X]
- Cornell Campbell - Follow Instructions [1983]
- Cornell Campbell - What's Happening To Me [1982]
- Culture - Culture In Culture [1986]
- Danny Dread I - Hit Me With Music [1983]
- Dean Fraser - Black Horn Man [1978]
- Delroy Melody - Dread Must Be Fed [197X]
- Delroy Williams - Darkness With Fire [1986-87]
- Delroy Williams - I Stand Black [1982]
- Delroy Wilson - Hit After Hit After Hit [1984]
- Delroy Wilson - Reggae Classics [1984]
- Delroy Wilson - The Dean Of Reggae [1985]
- Delroy Wilson - Worth Your Weight In Gold [1984]
- Dennis Brown - Love's Gotta Hold On Me [1984]
- Dennis Brown - More [1982]
- Dennis Brown - Slow Down [1985]
- Dennis Brown - Spellbound [1980]
- Dennis Brown - Stagecoach Showcase [1982]
- Dennis Brown - The Best Of Dennis Brown Part 2 [197X]
- Dennis Brown - Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow [1982]
- Dennis Brown & Gregory Isaacs - Judge Not [1984]
- Derrick Lara - Right On Time [1982]
- Don Carlos - Day To Day Living [1982]
- Echo Minott & Frankie Paul - Echo Minott Meets Frankie Paul [1986]
- Echo Minott Along With Sly & Robbie - Showcase [1984]
- Edi Fitzroy - Check For You Once [1982]
- Edi Fitzroy - First Class Citizen [1982]
- Edi Fitzroy - Youthman Penitentiary [1982]
- Frankie Jones - Best Of Volume 1 [1986]
- Frankie Paul - Hand Cart Man [1986]
- Frankie Paul - Strange Feeling [1983]
- Freddie McGregor - Across The Border [1984]
- Freddie McKay - I'm A Free Man [198X]
- General Trees - Ghost Rider [1985]
- Gladiators - Symbol Of Reality [1982]
- Gregory Isaacs - Private Beach Party [1985]
- Gregory Isaacs - The Best Of Vol 2 [1981]
- Horace Martin - Pozitive Vibez [1983-85]
- Horace Martin - Watermelon Man [1985]
- I Roy - African Herbsman [1979]
- I Roy - The Classic I Roy [1986]
- Itals - Cool And Dread [1982-83]
- Jah Thomas - Dance Hall Connection [1982]
- Jah Thomas Meets King Tubby - Jah Thomas Meets King Tubby Inna Roots Of Dub [1979-81]
- Jimmy Riley - Put The People First [1982]
- Jimmy Riley - Rydim Driven [1981]
- John Holt - Police In Helicopter [1982]
- John Holt - Vibes [1985]
- Johnny Osbourne - Dancing Time [1984]
- Johnny Osbourne - Warrior [1981]
- Junior Delgado - Bush Master Revolution [1982]
- Junior Reid - Original Foreign Mind [1985]
- King Sounds & Israelites - There Is A Reward [198X]
- Knowledge - Judgement [1980]
- Knowledge - Straight Outta Trenchtown [1975-80]
- Kojak - Life Is A Journey [198X]
- Lacksley Castell - Princess Lady [1983]
- Leroy Sibbles - On Top [1982]
- Leroy Sibbles - Selections [1985]
- Little John - Reggae Dance [1982]
- Lloyd Parks - Jeans, Jeans [1985]
- Lone Ranger - Rosemarie [1981]
- Lone Ranger - Rosemarie Meet DJ Daddy [1981-82]
- Meditations - Greatest Hits [197X]
- Meditations - Guidance [1978]
- Michael Palmer - Ghetto Living [1985]
- Michael Palmer - Lick Shot [1982]
- Michael Prophet - Certify [1983]
- Michael Prophet - Michael Prophet [1981]
- Michael Prophet - Settle Yu Fe Settle [1987]
- Michigan & Smiley - Step By Step [1982]
- Mighty Diamonds - Heads Of Government [198X]
- Mighty Diamonds - Kouchie Vibes [1978-84]
- Mighty Diamonds - Leaders Of Black Country [1983]
- Nicodemus - Mr. Fabulous [1986]
- Nicodemus - The Very Best Of Nicodemus [1983]
- Nicodemus Junior - Snakes And Ladders [1983]
- Peter Metro & Captain Sinbad With Little John - Sinbad & The Metric System [1983]
- Peter Metro & Friends - Dedicated To You [1984]
- Peter Tosh - No Nuclear War [1987]
- Phillip Frazer - I Who Have Nothing [1984]
- Prince Alla - King Of The Road [1982]
- Prince Junior - On Top [1980]
- Ranking Joe - Natty Superstar [1980]
- Ranking Toyan - Ghetto Man Skank [1983]
- Ras Midas - Rastaman In Exile [1980]
- Ring Craft Posse - St. Catherine In Dub [1972-84]
- Roots Radics - Radicfaction [1982]
- Roots Radics Meet Mighty Revolutionaires - Outernational Riddim [1980]
- Roots Radics Meet Soul Syndicate - Roots Radics Meet Soul Syndicate In Dub [198X]
- Ruddy Thomas - First Time Around [1981]
- Ruddy Thomas - Reggae By Ruddy Thomas [1983]
- Scientist - Scientist Rids The World Of The Evil Curse Of The Vampires [1981]
- Sly & Robbie - Presents The Sixties, Seventies, Eighties Vol. II [198X]
- Sons Of Jah - Universal Message [1982]
- Tappa Zukie - Raggy Joey Boy [1982]
- Techniques - I'll Never Fall In Love [1983]
- Tetrack - Trouble [1983]
- The Rolands - Johnny Dollar [1982]
- Trinity - Full House [1981]
- Triston Palmer - Joker Smoker [1982]
- Triston Palmer - Show Case [1982]
- Triston Palmer - Touch Me, Take Me [1982]
- Tyrone Evans - Don Evans [1983]
- U Brown - Jam It Tonight [1983]
- U Roy - Line Up And Come [1987]
- Various Artists - Alcatraz [1986]
- Various Artists - King Stur-Gav Live At Negril [1983]
- Various Artists - One-A-Way Style [198X]
- Various Artists - Reggae Stars Explosion Vol 1 [1985]
- Various Artists - Top Ranking D.J. Session Volume II [1980]
- Viceroys - Brethren And Sistren [1983]
- Wailing Souls - Baby Come Rock [1982]
- Welton Irie - Army Life [1982]
- Zion Initation - Jah Light [1985]
Saxophone
- Barrington Levy - Barrington Levy In Dub [1979]
- Barrington Levy - Life Style [1983]
- Bebo - In A Dub Style [1985]
- Beres Hammond - Let's Make A Song [1981]
- Beres Hammond - Red Light [1983]
- Black Uhuru - Anthem [1983]
- Bob Andy - Friends [1983]
- Burning Spear - People Of The World [1986]
- Burning Spear - Resistance [1986]
- Carlton Livingston - Trodding Through The Jungle [1983]
- Culture - More Culture [1981]
- Delroy Wilson - Living In The Footsteps [1980]
- Dennis Brown - Love Has Found Its Way [1982]
- Dennis Brown - Wolf And Leopards [1976-77]
- Desi Roots - Children In Exile [1982]
- Earl Chinna Smith - Dub It [1983]
- Earth & Stone - Kool Roots [1976-78]
- Ethiopian & Gladiators - Dread Prophecy [1986]
- Fatman Riddim Section - Fatman Reddim Section Meets Downtown Horns At Channel One [1979]
- Freddie McGregor - Come On Over [1983]
- Freddie McGregor - Rhythm So Nice [1983]
- George Allison - Exclusive [198X]
- Gladiators - Serious Thing [1984]
- Gregory Isaacs - All I Have Is Love, Love, Love [1986]
- Israel Vibration - The Same Song [1978]
- J.C. Lodge - Revealed [1984]
- Jah Thomas & Roots Radics - Prophecy Of Dub [1980-82]
- Jimmy Cliff - Special [1982]
- Jimmy Reid - Are You Ready [1985]
- Johnny Osbourne Meets Roots Radics - 1980-1981 Vintage [1980-81]
- June Lodge Featuring Prince Mohammed - Someone Loves You Honey [1982]
- Junior Reid & Don Carlos - Firehouse Clash [1986]
- K.C. White - Try A Little Happiness [1982]
- K.C. White - Try A Little Happiness [198X]
- Kotch - Sticks And Stones [1986]
- Leroy Smart - Exclusive [1984]
- Louie Lepkie - Latenight Movie [1981]
- Mighty Diamonds - Backstage [1983]
- Mutabaruka - The Mystery Unfolds [1986]
- Osbert Maddo - You Wanna Turn Me On [1982]
- Pablo Moses - In The Future [1983]
- Pablo Moses - Pave The Way [1981]
- Pablo Moses - Tension [1985]
- Paragons - Sly & Robbie Meet The Paragons [1981]
- Peter Tosh - Mama Africa [1983]
- Phillip Frazer & Triston Palma - The Big Showdown [1984]
- Ruddy Thomas - When I've Got You [1983]
- Sam Carty & Astronauts - International Slackness [1981]
- Scientist Meets Roots Radics - Scientist Meets The Roots Radics [1981]
- Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespeare & Various Artists - Unmetered Taxi [198X]
- Sly & Robbie Presents Paragons - Memories By The Score [197X]
- Trinity - Bad Card [1981]
- Tyrone Taylor - Cottage In Negril [1983]
- Various Artists - High Times All Stars Explosion [1985]
- Various Artists - Life Goes In Circles [1974-79]
- Various Artists - Reggae Hits Of The 80's [1982]
- Various Artists - Sly & Robbie's Taxi Sound [198X]
- Welton Irie - It Feels So Good [1980]
- Willie Lindo - Tuned In Reggae [1980]
Tenor Saxophone
- B.B. Seaton - I'm Aware Of Love [1979]
- Dean Frazer - Pure Horn [1979]
- Desi Roots - Doing It Right [1980]
- Joe Gibbs & Professionals - African Dub Chapter 4 [1979]
- King Sounds - Come Zion Side Happiness [1979]
- Lone Ranger - M 16 [1982]
- Mighty Diamonds - Pass The Kouchie [198X]
- Peter Tosh - Wanted Dread & Alive [1981]
- Ronnie Davis - Wheel Of Life [197X-8X]
- Sid Lovejoy - Jah Jah Knows [1982]
- Toyan - Toyan [1982]
- Twinkle Brothers - Burden Bearer [1983]
- Twinkle Brothers - Dub Massacre Part 1 & 2 [1983-87]
- Twinkle Brothers - Enter Zion [1984]
- Twinkle Brothers - Me No You [1981]
- Various Artists - Clive Hunt Ruff'N'Tuff [1982]
- Viceroys - Chancery Lane [1984]
- Yellowman - Them A Mad Over Me [1982]
Alto Saxophone
- Desi Roots - Doing It Right [1980]
- Junior Reid & Don Carlos - Firehouse Clash [1986]
- Lloyd Parks - What More Can I Do [1983]
- Lone Ranger - M 16 [1982]
- Mighty Diamonds - Reggae Street [1981]
- Peter Tosh - Wanted Dread & Alive [1981]
- Ronnie Davis - Wheel Of Life [197X-8X]
- Sly & Robbie - Gamblers Choice [198X]
- Toyan - Toyan [1982]
- Various Artists - Clive Hunt Ruff'N'Tuff [1982]
- Yellowman - Them A Mad Over Me [1982]
Backing Vocals
- Delroy Wilson - Reggae Classics [1984]
- Desi Roots - Children In Exile [1982]
- J.C. Lodge - Revealed [1984]
- Lloyd Parks - Jeans, Jeans [1985]
- Lloyd Parks - What More Can I Do [1983]
- Ruddy Thomas - First Time Around [1981]
- Ruddy Thomas - When I've Got You [1983]
- Various Artists - Clive Hunt Ruff'N'Tuff [1982]
Soprano Saxophone
- Cedric Im Brooks - United Africa [1978]
- Lloyd Parks - What More Can I Do [1983]
Percussions
- Ruddy Thomas - When I've Got You [1983]
- Willie Lindo - Tuned In Reggae [1980]
Vocals
- Dean Fraser - Black Horn Man [1978]
Trombone
- Ras Midas - Stand Up Wise Up [1984]
- Superstar Yellowman Has Arrived With Toyan - Superstar Yellowman Has Arrived With Toyan [1982]
Horns Arranger
- Joy White - Sentimental Reasons [1978]
- Ruddy Thomas - When I've Got You [1983]
Others
Arranger
- Cultural Roots - Drift Away From Evil [1982]
- Cultural Roots - Revolutionary Sounds [1978]
- Desi Roots - Children In Exile [1982]
- Lacksley Castell - Princess Lady [1983]
Dean Fraser | |||||
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Background information | |||||
Birth name | Dean Ivanhoe Fraser | ||||
Born | c.1955, Kingston, Jamaica | ||||
Genres | Reggae , Jazz | ||||
Occupations | Saxophonist | ||||
Instruments | Saxophone , Vocals | ||||
Years active | mid 1970s – present | ||||
Labels | Joe Gibbs , Germain , Island , Greensleeves , Shanachie , VP , RAS | ||||
Associated acts | We The People Band , Sly & Robbie , Luciano , Tarrus Riley |
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