Introduction
Jason Freese (born January 12, 1975) is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and recording engineer. As a professional studio musician he has performed on over 50 albums by more than 35 different artists, including multiple albums by the Goo Goo Dolls, Green Day, Jewel, NOFX, Zebrahead, and singer Gerard Way. He is the son of tuba soloist Stan Freese and the younger brother of professional drummer Josh Freese, and has performed on his brother's solo albums as well as on albums by his band The Vandals. Jason has performed as a touring member of Green Day on their American Idiot World Tour, their 21st Century Breakdown World Tour and their 99 Revolutions 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.
Discography
| Release date | Artist | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-10-08 | The Vandals | Oi to the World! | 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 | Live in Buffalo: July 4th, 2004 | keyboards, percussion, saxophone |
| 2005-03-15 | various artists | Drum Nation, Volume Two | saxophone |
| 2005-08-23 | Aphrodite | Overdrive | saxophone |
| 2005-11-15 | Green Day | Bullet in a Bible | backing vocals, horn, keyboard, |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2011-07-27 | Zebrahead | Get Nice! | producer, instrumentation, pre-production, backing vocals, recording engineer |
| 2012 | Vicci Martinez | Vicci | Keyboards |
| 2012 | LIT | The View from the Bottom | Hammond B3, piano, strings |
| 2013 | Face To Face | Three Chords and a Half Truth | Hammond B3, tenor sax |
| 2014 | Gerard Way | Hesitant Alien | Horn |
| 2014 | Pitbull | Globalization | Saxophone |
| 2015 | Sublime With Rome | Sirens | Saxophone |
| 2015 | Dr. Dre | Compton | Saxophone |
| 2016 | Green Day | Revolution Radio Tour | keyboards, horns |
| 2016 | Avenged Sevenfold | The Stage | keyboards |