| Jason Freese | |||||||
| Birth Date: | 1975 1, mf=yes | ||||||
| Origin: | Orange County, California, U.S. | ||||||
| Occupation: | Musician | ||||||
| Years Active: | 1992–present
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Jason Freese (born January 12, 1975) is an American musician and multi-instrumentalist. As a studio musician, he has performed on over 50 albums, mainly on saxophones and keyboards, including for artists Green Day, Dr. Dre, Pitbull, Avenged Sevenfold, Goo Goo Dolls, and Jewel.[1] He is the son of tuba soloist Stan Freese and the younger brother of drummer Josh Freese.[2]
Jason has performed as a studio musician and touring member in Green Day since 2004. He has performed on their American Idiot World Tour, 21st Century Breakdown World Tour, 99 Revolutions Tour, Revolution Radio Tour, and Hella Mega Tour and appeared on their live albums Bullet in a Bible and Awesome as Fuck. His performing credits most often consist of saxophone, piano, and keyboards. His credits as a producer include Jewel's 2009 album Lullaby and Death by Stereo's 2009 album Death Is My Only Friend.
He is based in Fullerton, California.[3]
| Release date | Artist | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-10-08 | The Vandals | Oi to the World! | saxophone |
| 1997 | Ex-Idols | Who We Are | saxophone |
| 1998-06-23 | The Vandals | Hitler Bad, Vandals Good | saxophone |
| 1999-03-09 | Joe Sherbanee | The Road Ahead | tenor saxophone |
| 2000-07-11 | Josh Freese | The Notorious One Man Orgy | piano, saxophone |
| 2000-11-21 | Dweezil Zappa | Automatic | performer |
| 2001-09-18 | Los Calzones | Plastico | keyboards |
| 2001-11-27 | various artists | The Concert for New York City | keyboards |
| 2002-09-27 | Lazlo Bane | All the Time in the World | saxophone |
| 2003-01-28 | Engelbert Humperdinck | Definition of Love | backing vocals, saxophone, keyboards |
| 2003-05-06 | NOFX | The War on Errorism | saxophone |
| 2003-06-27 | Jeff Scott Soto | Prism | saxophone |
| 2003-08-05 | Stripsearch | Stripsearch | saxophone |
| 2004-09-28 | Klear | Makin' Noise | keyboards, bells, Hammond organ, whistling |
| 2004-03-30 | Rennie Pilgrem | Y4K | saxophone |
| 2004-05-04 | Kimberley Locke | One Love | horn |
| 2004-05-11 | Ellis Hall | Straight Ahead | tenor saxophone |
| 2004-07-27 | Tommy Stinson | Village Gorilla Head | saxophone |
| 2004-09-21 | Green Day | American Idiot | saxophone |
| 2004-09-28 | Afrika Bambaataa | Dark Matter Moving at the Speed of Light | saxophone |
| 2004-09-28 | The Juliet Dagger | Turn Up the Death | keyboards |
| 2004-09-28 | Last Conservative | On to the Next One | keyboards |
| 2004-10-26 | Fredalba | Uptown Music for Downtown Kids | keyboards |
| 2004-11-02 | A Perfect Circle | Emotive | baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone |
| 2004-11-23 | Goo Goo Dolls | keyboards, percussion, saxophone | |
| 2005-03-15 | various artists | Drum Nation, Volume Two | saxophone |
| 2005-05-10 | Weezer | Make Believe | saxophone |
| 2005-08-23 | Aphrodite | Overdrive | saxophone |
| 2005-11-15 | Green Day | Bullet in a Bible | backing vocals, saxophone, trombone, keyboards, acoustic guitar, accordion |
| 2006-02-25 | Goo Goo Dolls | Let Love In | keyboards |
| 2006-06-13 | Busta Rhymes | The Big Bang | saxophone |
| 2006-07-11 | Zebrahead | Broadcast to the World | musician, composer, instrumentation |
| 2006-09-19 | Faulter | Darling Buds of May | organ |
| 2006-10-31 | Viva Death | One Percent Panic | baritone saxophone |
| 2006-11-21 | Rock Star Supernova | Rock Star Supernova | musician |
| 2007-06-26 | Forty Marshas | Forty Marshas | saxophone, piano, keyboards |
| 2007-07-10 | Spoon | Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga | saxophone |
| 2007-09-10 | One Small Step for Landmines | One Small Step for Landmines | Hammond organ |
| 2008-01-22 | The Whigs | Mission Control | baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone |
| 2008-04-08 | P.O.D. | When Angels & Serpents Dance | keyboards |
| 2008-04-22 | Foxboro Hot Tubs | Stop Drop and Roll!!! | keyboard, saxophone, flute, backing vocals |
| 2008-06-03 | Jewel | Perfectly Clear | mellotron, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer organ, strings |
| 2008-06-23 | Fandangle | Fly Away | keyboards |
| 2008-08-05 | Zebrahead | Phoenix | backing vocals, musician, demo coordinator |
| 2008-08-05 | Jimmy Kane | A Constant State of Motion | piano |
| 2009-04-14 | Josh Freese | Since 1972 | saxophone[4] |
| 2009-04-28 | NOFX | Coaster | keyboards |
| 2009-05-05 | Jewel | Lullaby | producer, mellotron, triangle, accordion, piano |
| 2009-05-15 | Green Day | 21st Century Breakdown | piano |
| 2009-06-02 | Candy Now! | Candy Now! | clarinet |
| 2009-07-07 | Death by Stereo | Death Is My Only Friend | producer, backing vocals, instrumentation, recording engineer, composer |
| 2009-07-07 | Yves Klein Blue | Ragged & Ecstatic | tenor saxophone |
| 2010-06-08 | Jewel | Sweet and Wild | mellotron, glockenspiel |
| 2011-03-22 | Green Day | Awesome as Fuck | keyboards, horns, backing vocals[5] |
| 2011-07-27 | Zebrahead | Get Nice! | producer, instrumentation, pre-production, backing vocals, recording engineer |
| 2012-06-01 | Vicci Martinez | Vicci | keyboards |
| 2012-06-19 | LIT | The View from the Bottom | Hammond B3, piano, strings |
| 2013-04-09 | Face To Face | Three Chords and a Half Truth | Hammond B3, tenor sax |
| 2014-09-29 | Gerard Way | Hesitant Alien | baritone saxophone |
| 2014-11-21 | Pitbull | Globalization | saxophone |
| 2015-07-17 | Sublime With Rome | Sirens | drums, percussion |
| 2015-08-07 | Dr. Dre | Compton | saxophone |
| 2016-10-28 | Avenged Sevenfold | The Stage | keyboards |
| 2017-11-17 | Green Day | God's Favorite Band | piano |
| 2018-06-29 | The Interrupters | Fight the Good Fight | saxophone |
| 2022-08-05 | The Interrupters | In The Wild | saxophone |