THE PEACEMAKER'S CHAUFFEUR is the first solo album from the now two-time Juno-nominated Canadian reggae artist JASON WILSON. The multiple award-wining double-disc focuses on various attributes of the human experience in times of both ‘war’ and ‘peace’. The album boasts an impressive array of musical legends who offer Jason a helping hand for a project that was four years in the making. Special guests include: British fiddle legend Dave Swarbrick, Studio One reggae keyboard king the late Jackie Mittoo, James Brown and Van Morrison’s band leading saxophonist Pee Wee Ellis, Aswad’s frontman Brinsley Forde, Jamaican guitar legend Ernest Ranglin, Canadian icon Ron Sexsmith and many, many more.

Pegged by the Canadian media as a “reggae-visionary”, Wilson has recorded and performed with some of the world’s biggest reggae acts including UB40 and Sly & Robbie. An award-winning author (Lord Stanley: The Man Behind the Cup, Fenn Publishing 2006), Wilson has also worked outside the reggae world including collaborations with Alanis Morissette, Percy Sledge and The Mighty Sparrow. No other Canadian reggae artist has toured as much as Jason Wilson in the past ten years and 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. In 2007, Wilson was presented The Karl Mullings Memorial Award for commitment to reggae in Canada and this year won a national Doctoral Fellowship for his PhD study in Canadian History at the University of Guelph. Jason is now in the studio recording a full-length album with Dave Swarbrick entitled: THE LION RAMPANT (2010).

Some of the festivals that Jason has performed at during previous tours include:

· Vancouver International Jazz Festival
· Jazz on the Green (Kingston, Jamaica)
· Calgary Folk Festival

· Edmonton Folk Festival

· Calgary Reggae Festival
· Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Festival

· Vancouver Folk Festival

· Montreal International Jazz Festival
· SaskTel International Jazz Festival (Saskatoon)
· Toronto Beaches International Jazz Festival
· Cool Jazz Winnipeg Festival
· TD Canada Trust Calgary Jazz Festival
· Hillside Festival (Guelph)
· Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival
· The Small World Festival (Toronto)
· Montreal International Reggae Festival
· Irie Music Festival (Toronto)
· Rythmes Tremblant (Mont Tremblant, PQ)
· Winnipeg Ska Festival
· Saskatoon Reggae Festival
· Summer Solstice Festival (Gravelbourg, SK)
· Mount. Beat & Blues Festival (Revelstoke, BC)
· The Shoreline Festival (Rollo Bay, PEI)
· The Off Festival (Quebec City, PQ)
· Komasket Festival (Vernon, BC)
· and many more…