Fraser MacPherson
John Fraser MacPherson (born April 10, 1928 in Saint-Boniface ( Manitoba ), † September 27, 1993 in Vancouver ) was a Canadian jazz musician .
MacPherson spent most of his childhood in Victoria, British Columbia , where he learned piano , clarinet , alto and tenor saxophone . In Vancouver he played in the bands of Ray Norris, Dave Robbins, Paul Ruhland and Doug Parker and led his own groups. In 1958 he went to New York City , where he also appeared as a flautist . He returned to Canada, where he made a name for himself as a studio musician. In particular, he played in the ensembles of the CBC . It was not until the 1980s that he appeared again with his own groups and released albums under his name. In 1983 he won a Juno Award for the best jazz album from Canada with I Didn't Know About You , which he recorded with Oliver Gannon . With In the Tradition , he and Ian McDougall recorded “a similarly smooth, relaxed album that could stylistically be categorized somewhere between Zoot Sims and Al Cohn ” ( Digby Fairweather in the Jazz Rough Guide ). He toured several times through what was then the USSR . In 1989 he was awarded the Order of Canada .
Encyclopedic entry
- Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : Jazz Rough Guide Stuttgart 1999
Web links
- Biography at vancouverjazz.com
- Fraser MacPherson ( English, French ) In: Encyclopedia of Music in Canada . published by The Canadian Encyclopedia .
- Entry at allmusic.com
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SURNAME | MacPherson, Fraser |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | MacPherson, John Fraser |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian jazz musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1928 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Boniface |
DATE OF DEATH | September 27, 1993 |
Place of death | Vancouver |