Rob Frayne

Rob Frayne (born 1957) is a Canadian jazz saxophonist, arranger and bandleader based in Ottawa, Ontario. He was part of the bands Chelsea Bridge and the Angstones, but his career was interrupted by a serious car crash in 2004. Following that, he concentrated on composing, then made a gradual return to public playing.

Career Frayne was born in 1957. He had "partial paralysis and a left lung that didn't work", so even following recovery his saxophone capability was reduced.

Frayne returned to small-group public performance with a quartet gig in 2014. He continued with such appearances and commented four years later: "After getting hit by a truck, you don't really care so much about what people think [...] I just play the stuff I really like, and feel good about it."

In 2015, Frayne led an octet and the second edition of his Dream Band. He became music director of the Ottawa-based JazzWorks jazz camp in 2016. Another iteration of the Dream Band had performances in 2018.