Ace saxophonist Dean Fraser has launched Sax In Dub, his latest album by Tad’s International Record.
The set has 19 songs that hears the versatile Fraser leading top musicians on classic rub-a-dub rhythms like Big Red Bum Ball, Heathen, Bangarang and Answer. There is also
Belafonte’s Ghost, a tribute to the American actor-singer-activist who died in 2023.
“Mi grow up on dub, mi come up in the roots-reggae era. This is a side of the music that kinda get forgotten, so wi show respect with these songs,” said Fraser.
The album is produced by Tad A Dawkins Jr and Fraser.
Helping him to show that respect are some of the musicians who made their names in dub during the 1970s including bassist Lloyd Parks, drummer Sly Dunbar, keyboardists Robbie Lyn and Franklin “Bubbler” Waul, and guitarist Dwight Pinkney.
Bassist Donald “Danny Bassie” Dennis and guitarist Mitchum “Khan” Chin of The Firehouse Crew, who learned the ropes of dub visionary Osbourne “King Tubby” Ruddock, also played on Sax in Dub. So too young turks Okeil McIntyre (trumpet), Oshabe Love (saxophone), and Randy Fletcher on trombone.
The track list includes Above Rockers, Too Much Question, Harvest in the Winter, Nah Fi Get We Roots, Russian, among others.
The set is available on Apple Music, Amazon, Spotify, and all digital platforms worldwide.