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Nick Fraser

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Nick Fraser (drums) 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, PJ 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, David Occhipinti, William Carn, Nancy Walker, Kieran Overs, Kelly Jefferson, Mark Eisenman, John MacLeod, Ken Aldcroft, Scott Thomson, Marilyn Lerner, Lori Freedman, Jean Derome, Ron Samworth, John Stetch and Kirk MacDonald. In addition, he has had the opportunity to perform with such international artists as Michael Moore, Anthony Braxton, William Parker, Joe McPhee, Jean-Luc Ponty, Bela Fleck, Joe Lovano, John Scofield, Wynton Marsalis, Mick Beck, David Binney, Ray Vega, Steve Turre, Matt Welch, Bill Carrothers and Bill Mays

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Article: Album Review

Nicola Miller: Living Things

Read "Living Things" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


It is more than fair enough to say that Nova Scotia-based saxophonist/composer Nicola Miller's vision and understanding of things is peppered with oddly curious axioms and an astute ear for the undertow that pulls us all further out to sea or crashing into the breakers. At least that is what Living Things, Miller's first bold ...

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Living Things

Label: Cacophonous Revival Recordings
Released: 2024
Track listing: Barge; Night Crawlers; Poplar; Buffleheads; Living Things; Seaweed; Seagulls; Flies.

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Farahser

Label: Elastic Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Flatland; Twigs; Insect Mountain; Waltz; Dirge; Baby Birds; The Churn; Elevator.

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Article: Play This!

Farahser: Flatland

Read "Farahser: Flatland" reviewed by John Chacona


As Farahser, Torontonians John Kameel Farah, a classically trained pianist, and drummer/producer Nick Fraser roam the frontier where improvised and notated music meet. It is well traveled territory these days, but on their eponymous release these sonic explorers find a borderland between memory and legend, imagination and investigation. Echoes of the Palestine of Farah's ancestors ripple ...

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Article: Album Review

John Kameel Farah & Nick Fraser: Farahser

Read "Farahser" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


On their entrancing debut duo outing Farahser-- Toronto/Berlin-based keyboardist and composer John Kameel Farah and eminent Toronto area drummer Nick Fraser--engage in a thrillingly unpredictable and genre-defying musical conversation. Drawing upon their respective backgrounds in classical, jazz, and experimental music, Farah and Fraser craft a series of spontaneous compositions which distort the lines between ...

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Article: In Pictures

Tony Malaby and Firebath Ignite the Jazz Gallery

Read "Tony Malaby and Firebath Ignite the Jazz Gallery" reviewed by Dave Kaufman


I had the great pleasure of seeing Tony Malaby perform at The Jazz Gallery. Malaby moved to Boston a couple of years ago to take up a teaching position at Berklee. Although he continues to perform in New York City, I had not seen him live since he moved. On this occasion, his band presented the ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Releases From Shabaka, Benji Kaplan, Brenda Earle Stokes, Jason Robinson And More

Read "New Releases From Shabaka, Benji Kaplan, Brenda Earle Stokes, Jason Robinson And More" reviewed by Bob Osborne


On this show we feature all new releases from Shabaka, Benji Kaplan, Brenda Earle Stokes, Jason Robinson, Tania Giannouli, Irina Zubareva, John Kameel Farah & Nick Fraser, OVK3, Behn Gillece, Ivo Perelman & Tom Rainey, Matthew McDonald, The Claudio Scolari Project, The New Orleans Klezmer All Stars, Peter Daniel, Voodoo Drummer, and, Kojiro Umezaki & Hub ...

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Article: Interview

Scott Thomson Takes Over at FIMAV: Seeking a Balance Between Continuity and Change

Read "Scott Thomson Takes Over at FIMAV: Seeking a Balance Between Continuity and Change" reviewed by Mike Chamberlain


At the 2023 edition of the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville, all the talk was about the future of the festival after founding artistic director Michel Levasseur announced that he was stepping down after 40 years and 39 editions of the event. Who would take over as artistic director? Who was even qualified to ...

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Lina Allemano Four, Pipe Dream

Label: Lumo Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Banana Canon; Pipe Dream (on Prokofiev Theme); Dragon Fruit; [Plague Diaries, Part I.] Intro: Longing; [Plague Diaries, Part I.] Longing; [Plague Diaries, Part II.] Intro: Trying Not to Freak Out; [Plague Diaries, Part II.] Trying Not to Freak Out; [Plague Diaries, Part III.] Intro: Hunger and Murder; [Plague Diaries, Part III.] Hunger and Murder; [Plague Diaries, Part IV.] Doom and Doomer


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