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BIO:
As
leader of the internationally-acclaimed progressive reggae act
Tabarruk, JASON WILSON has been pegged by the Canadian
media as a “reggae-visionary” and the “future of reggae”.
Nominated for a Juno Award for Best Reggae Recording,
Wilson has recorded and performed with some of the world’s biggest
reggae acts including; UB40, Sly & Robbie, Jackie Mittoo,
Ernest Ranglin and many, many more.
Wilson has made a profound impact on
Canada’s reggae scene in the past fifteen years and with Tabarruk,
has performed over 2,000 shows around the globe. Yet, Wilson has
also worked outside the reggae world including collaborations with
Alanis Morissette, Percy
Sledge, the Mighty
Sparrow
and Amanda
Marshall. Still, it is within the reggae genre that Wilson is
best known. Apart from his work with Tabarruk, Wilson is also the
current on-stage musical director for the award-winning project
Jamaica to Toronto (NOW Magazine Album
of the Year 2006), and co-leader of the popular Marley/Dylan
tribute act The Two Bobs.
After feature
documentaries on CBC Television (THE NATIONAL with Peter
Mansbridge) and BBC radio in England (Lively Up Yourself
Documentary), this Toronto-born Scottish-Canadian is only now
being recognized for his role as a reggae ambassador. Last
year Wilson was presented The Karl Mullings Memorial Award
for commitment to reggae in Canada. Jason Wilson is currently
working on his fifth studio album entitled, The Peacemaker's
Chauffeur (2007).
INTERNATIONAL
PRESS:
CBC’s
THE NATIONAL on Jason Wilson – Peter Mansbridge
“Jason
Wilson is one to watch and his band is one to hear”
The
Calgary Sun
– interview with Brinsley Forde (Aswad)
“[Wilson’s]
writing was just astounding — it just stuck out. . . It’s not trying
to copy traditional reggae, it’s just completely fresh, it’s Jason —
it’s the Canadian voice!”
NOW
Magazine
review of dREaD & BLUE – Jason Richards
"High-calibre musicianship, too, with a bevy of talented
instrumentalists"
Boot Box
review of dREaD & BLUE – Ted Boothroyd - Jahworks.Org
“[Wilson] has been able to make a brand of reggae that never falls
back on the clichés of the genre, and his music is all the more
credible as a result. . . it is a creative expression of a valid
artistic vision, well worth both your time and money.” Rating: A
ReggaePlus Radio on
Jason Wilson
“...it may well be that to chart
the future of reggae music you have to look to Canada and check
Jason Wilson”
Word Magazine review
of dREaD & BLUE
“Outstanding jazz-infused reggae’
Thunder Bay
Chronicle-Journal review of dREaD & BLUE
"A remarkable sound, a
refreshingly inventive band, and the kind of album you’ll want to
have in your music collection"
Excess Weekly
– JAMAICA
“The
music is wild! Beyond what I had expected.This album, if given the
right push, will be a classic”
Rockers Reggaezine
– BELGIUM
“So
virtuous is the music he has developed . . . perhaps Sting is the
right reference – like him, Jason Wilson dares to join reggae
rhythms with jazz vibes and pop influences”
Radio 2
– ESTONIA
“As UB40 have done a
great job in broadening the reggae audience, I think Jason Wilson
has done the same in Canada”
Soundscape
– SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA
“Each song sounds
painstakingly crafted and produced into a piece of
striking
contemporary reggae”
Reggae Power
Network –
YUGOSLAVIA
“I hope
that Canadian audiences can appreciate the quality of Jason Wilson
and Tabarruk’s music and message”
Reggae Vibes
– THE NETHERLANDS
“Jonah’ is a striking
album” |