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PHILLY JAZZ CONNECT
14 members
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CUBA JAZZ CONNECT
28 members
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NEW JERSEY JAZZ CONNECT
16 members
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BOSTON JAZZ CONNECT
32 members
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PITTSBURGH JAZZ CONNECT
35 members
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Profile Information
- What is your profession?
- Musician, Songwriter, Singer, Producer, Promoter, Composer, Other Jazz professional, Writer, Journalist, Author, Poet, Listener, Educator
- What Instrument Do you Play?
- Congas, Djembe, Percussion, Vocals
- Where Are you located?
- Brooklyn, New York
- How did you find out about TGJN?
- Via email
- About Me:
- My endeavors call for sustained professional activity in several professional areas including that of : Musician, Jazz Journalist, Writer, Lecturer, Composer, Singer, Arranger,Publisher, Songwriter, Producer, Promoter,Publicist, Poet,Photographer, Recording Artist, Manufacturer
My most recent endeavor involves the business of manufacturing CDs and DVDs with state of the art packaging, artwork and barcodes. Additional services include CD reviews, and liner notes.We do short runs of 25 CDs and up as well as the large orders with the quickest turn around time in the business. We provide the lowest prices without sacrificing quality products. for information: call 718-797-2459 or email: ericconga@aol.com
I was born in Harlem, New York City and raised in Brooklyn, New York in a family of eight children. I ran track and road races for 27 years. My love of the physical culture and creative expression led me to the study of the Conga Drum, Djembe Drum and African Dance.
My recordings exemplify a world of music including Jazz, Swing, BeBop, Salsa, R&B. Calypso and Blues. My CD's were best sellers in the Old tower Record stores and now J&R Records has filled that void.
I hosted my own television talk show called “Cultural Horizons” on Queens Public Access Cable TV in 1998 and have made personal appearances on The Hambone Cable TV show (BCAT), The Camille Yarborough Manhattan Cable TV Show, along with my gifted and talented daughter Du Ewa Frazier (author of her latest book "Check The Rhyme" and CEO of Litnoire Publishing Company www.litnoirepublishing.com), The Jazzy Jazz Show (BCAT-TV), Producer’s Profile (BCAT-TV), Caribbean Soul (BCAT-TV), and BET Jazz Discovery and Bet On Jazz Cable TV shows. I was the co-host of WLIU Jazz radio 88.1 FM on BCAT Cable TV channel 57 (Time Warner) and Channel 70 (CableVision) with host Rudy Walker; and have appeared on numerous radio stations across the USA.
I've had the pleasure of performing in such historic New York venues as the famous Rainbow Room, Madison Square Garden Theater, The Iridium Jazz Club, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music and The Apollo Theater as well as great Jazz venues of Chicago, New Jersey, Philadephia, PA, St. Louis, MO, Washington DC , Hartford, CT, Los Angeles, CA, San Diego, CA, Miami, Florida and numerous Universities and colleges. Some of my festival performances include the: Cape May Jazz Festival, Chicken Bone Beach Jazz Festival, Jazz Improv Festival, NYC, Brooklyn International Film Festival, Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival, International African Arts Festival, Fort Green Park Festival, Metrotech Music Festival, NYC, and numerous others.
My interest in Dance, Music, Theater and Writing are evident throughout my background. Otis Gould, former Chi-lites drummer and college friend, taught me to play Congas for bands. I learned the Djembe drum from Ibrahim, famous master teacher from The Dance Company of Senegal. I was inspired in dance by my younger brother, the gifted and talented Gary Ellis Frazier, formerly with The Alvin Ailey Dance Company. I performed with such dance groups as Katherine Dunham, Olatunji, Charles Moore, Chief Bey, The International African Ballet, Alafia Drummers and Dancers. and Varshaa Bardhan and Chandra Baneyei of The Tanusree Shankar Dance Company of India (Headed by Ananda Shankar, son of the great Ravi Shankar).
I was a solo artist for the play “Wemmins of the Dark” at the historic Henry Street Playhouse in Soho, New York City and went on tour in the New York Metropolitan area performing my own poetry for The Rennick Playright Company. I have authored books of poetry including: “Family, Friends and You,” “Thought of a black Child” and “Black Gold and You.” Additional writings include scholarly articles, Jazz Columns, publications and letters. I currently do workshops and lecture at conferences, Corporations, Colleges, Universities, High Schools and institutions of learning.
I have had the pleasure of great artists accompany me in my bands and on my recordings, such as Reggie Workman, Robin Kenyatta, Carlos Garnett, Jimmy Ziegler, Bob Cunningham, Bill Saxton, T.K. Blue, Stanley Banks, Danny Mixon and Onaje Allan Gumbs. In addition to performing with legends such as Pharaoh Sanders and Jack McDuff, my recordings have included the talents of young giants as well, such as Jeremy Pelt, Anthony Wonsey, Wayne Escofery and Maurice Brown.
Max Roach, renown as one of the most legendary Jazz Drummers in history, first heard me as a solo artist on October 25, 1998. He was inspired to get on the Mic and tell the audience to savor the moment because they were in the midst of a great conga player. I was quite humbled by his words. It took me ten years to understand his statement. He was a master and inventor of poly rhythms on the drums. That is what he was seeing on the congas. I grew up a few miles from where Max lived. His music is what I would hear most as a kid, "BeBop." That sound seeped into my soul and unconsciously appeared the moment I began playing congas.
My latest CD is entitled "The Eric Frazier Quintet Live @ Humphrey's By The Bay." I'm hoping that it adds value to all of your listening moments.
My recordings are available here; J&R Music World, Target, NYC, Burnside Distribution Retail stores. www.bdcdistribution.com, www.ericfraziermusic.com, www.cdbaby.com, www.jrrecords.com, www.itunes.com
Eric Frazier Music provides viewers and listeners with original music that is eclectic, upbeat, inspirational and empowering! You will find song lyrics that are clever and quite catchy; and conga drums that are masterfully presented. Combine the aforementioned statements and you get the formula for the success of Eric Frazier's recordings. You will find straight out Jazz, Latin Jazz, Blues, R&B, Swing, Calypso, Salsa, Bebop,Spoken Word, New Orleans swing, World Music, Shuffle Blues, and more; all within the confines of six recordings to date. See what the press has to say about Eric Frazier's music.
DISCOGRAPHY
"Count Your Blessings" released Oct. 1996
"Smile Inside Your Soul" released Aug. 2000
"The Eric Frazier Quintet Live at The Knitting Factory" released Sep. 2003
"Find Yourself (Then Find Me)" released Aug. 2004
"In Your Own Time" released June 2006
"The Eric Frazier Quintet Live at Humphrey's by The Bay" released March 2008
Appearances on Other Recordings:
‘Life of a Superstar’ by Pamela McPherson-Cornelius 2007
Eric Frazier, Composer “it’s All Love” Track 3
“A Taste of Honey” by Neil Woodard 2006
Eric Frazier, Congas Tracks 1-3, 6, 10
Bebopbraineez DVD, Children's Jazzy DVD Series, 2008 http://www.bebopbraineez.com/index.html
"Da Stuy" DVD movie written by Joseph Grant 2006 http://www.ghettoeyez.com/
I was educated at the famed “Boys High School in Brooklyn, New York. and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in three years at Southern Illinois University, (Carbondale, Illinois) in Black American Studies with minors in Economics and Sociology and Cultures and two Masters degrees and a Doctoral ABD at Columbia University Teachers College in New York City in Education Administration and policy.
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Workout
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“Grazie”
December 17, 2009 from 6pm to 9pm – Ivrea
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Tish Oney - The Peggy Lee Project
January 10, 2010 from 7pm to 8:15pm – The Triad
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Jazz On Edge Volume 2
February 6, 2010 from 6pm to 10pm – Garden Theatre
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I was in the city breifly - only had time for one gig at the Friars Club - it was intereseting to say the least. ;-)
I'll be in NY again Feb! Hope I can watch you jam. Stay in Touch!
~ Courtney
I was looking at your page and somehow thought we were friends already! I was also reading your bio and saw we have the same alma mater for our undergraduate work, SIU-C!
Hope you'll accept my friend request and best wishes to you.
Janie
HEY ERICMERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR MY BROTHER. ALL IS FINE AND SHALL BE UP IN THE NEW YEAR. I'LL HIP YOU AND MAURICE AND I SHALL HANG BIG TIME.
GOD BLESS AND MY PEACE
YOUR BROTHER
MILTON
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