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Maxi Jazz
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British rapper (1957–2022)
Film & TV
Brixton, London, England
Maxi Jazz is an English musician, rapper, singer-songwriter and DJ. He is best known for his role as the lead vocalist of British electronic band Faithless from 1995 to 2011 and 2015.
Known for
- Faithless: iTunes Festival London 2010 — Himself2011
- Tomorrowland: 2011 — Self2011
- Faithless: Passing the Baton - Live From Brixton — Vocals2011
- Radio 1's Big Weekend — Self2010
- Faithless - Live In Moscow — Himself2008
- Faithless: Live At Alexandra Palace2005
- Live 82005
- web62.com InterViews — Maxi Jazz2005
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- [Worldwide]
- Active from
- 1957
- Active to
- 2022
Discography
Member of
- Faithless1995–2011
- Faithless2015–2016
- Faithless2015–2016
- Maxi Jazz & The E‐Type Boys2015–?
- OneWorld
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,352
- Total plays
- 25,155
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Maxi Jazz (born Maxwell Fraser in Brixton, London, on 15 June 1957; died 23 December 2022) was an English Sōka Gakkai musician, rapper, singer-songwriter and DJ. He is best remembered as the lead vocalist of British band Faithless from 1995 to 2011 and again during 2015. Fraser founded The Soul Food Cafe System as a DJ in 1984, having discovered hip-hop a year earlier. He transferred this sound to pirate radio station LWR in 1987. In 1989 The Soul Food Cafe Band was picked up by Tam Tam Reco
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alexander
- Family name
- Fraser
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Brixton
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Field of work
- music
- Genre
- dance music
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.maxi-jazz.com
- Image
- 2015 RiP Maxi Jazz - by 2eight - DSC5599.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1957-06-14
- Commons category
- Maxi Jazz
- pseudonym
- Maxi Jazz
- start of work period
- 1983-00-00
- member of
- Faithless
- date of death
- 2022-12-23
- copyright representative
- PRS for Music
- end of work period
- 2022-00-00
- birth name
- Maxwell Alexander Fraser
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