Biography Hugh Fraser

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Hugh Fraser, the actor / voice artist / narrator

Hugh Fraser is an English actor, theatre director and author. He is best known for his portrayal of Captain Hastings in the television series Agatha Christie's Poirot opposite David Suchet as Hercule Poirot, and his role as the Duke of Wellington in the Sharpe television series.

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Hugh Fraser (born Hugh Alexander Fraser in Victoria, BC, in 1958; died 17 June 2020) a Canadian jazz musician remembered for his work as a pianist, trombonist and composer.

Fraser formed the 13-member Vancouver Ensemble of Jazz Improvisation (VEJI) in 1980 and went on to international success with the Hugh Fraser Quintet from 1986. The Quintet toured Europe, North and South American yearly. He was voted 1996 and 1998 Canadian Trombonist of the Year by Toronto's Jazz report Awards.

Fraser recorded over one hundred of his compositions on 17 albums as a leader. He won two Juno Awards and many nominations for these recordings, and appears on over twenty albums as a sideman including recent releases by Cuban bands Chucho Valdes and Irakere on Bembe Records, Perspectiva on Egrem Records, and Kenny Wheeler on ECM Records.

He was the Head of Jazz Studies at the University of Victoria in British Columbia and held an honourary Doctorate from McMaster University. He served as the Program Head of Jazz at the Banff Centre for Fine Arts; Head of Jazz Composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London, England; Head of the University of Ulster Summer Jazz Workshop in Ireland; and was a much sought after guest clinician by all major progressive institutions.

Fraser performed and/or recorded with Jaki Byard, Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, Maynard Ferguson, Billy Ekstein, Slide Hampton, Frank Foster, Don Thompson, Shorty Rogers, Kenny Wheeler, Dave Holland, Muhal Richard Abrams, Robin Eubanks, Dave Liebman, Sheila Jordan, and Jean Toussaint.

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