Jason Jeremy Freese (born January 12, 1975) is an American musician and multi-instrumentalist. Since 2004, he has been the touring keyboard and saxophone player for the punk rock band Green Day. Freese has performed on over 50 albums, mainly on saxophones and keyboards, including for artists Green Day, Dr. Dre, Pitbull, Weezer, Avenged Sevenfold, Goo Goo Dolls, and Jewel.
Early life Freese was born on January 12, 1975, in Orange County, California. His father, Stan Freese, was leader of the Disneyland Band in Disneyland Park at the time of his birth, and went on to become a talent booker for the park. His mother, Trisha Freese (later Bridenstine), is a concert pianist and writer. Freese's older brother is drummer Josh Freese.
Beginning at the age of five and seven, Freese and his brother spent their summers at Disneyland while their father worked. They both watched him perform concerts with the Disneyland Band and sometimes participated with plastic instruments. Both boys eventually got jobs shining shoes for the park employees.
Career
Freese attended Brookhaven Elementary School, Tuffree Middle School and El Dorado High School. Then enrolled at California State University, Fullerton. At age 23, he was a year and a half away from graduation when an opportunity came up to go on tour with Joe Walsh of the Eagles.
After the Joe Walsh tour, Freese joined the Goo Goo Dolls. At the time, the Goo Goo Dolls had the same manager as Green Day. Freese has performed as a studio musician and touring member in Green Day since 2004. He has performed on their American Idiot World Tour, 21st Century Breakdown World Tour, 99 Revolutions Tour, Revolution Radio Tour, Hella Mega Tour, and Saviors World 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.
Discography Release date Artist Title Credits 1996-10-08 The Vandals Oi to the World! saxophone 1997 Ex-Idols Who We Are 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 2004-03-30 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 Klear Makin' Noise keyboards, bells, Hammond organ, whistling 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 4, 2004 keyboards, percussion, saxophone 2005-03-15 Various artists Drum Nation, Volume Two saxophone 2005-05-10 Weezer Make Believe saxophone 2005-08-23 Aphrodite Overdrive saxophone 2005-11-15 Green Day Bullet in a Bible backing vocals, saxophone, trombone, keyboards, acoustic guitar, accordion 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, backing vocals 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, backing vocals 2011-07-27 Zebrahead Get Nice! producer, instrumentation, pre-production, backing vocals, recording engineer 2012-06-01 Vicci Martinez Vicci keyboards 2012-06-19 LIT The View from the Bottom Hammond B3, piano, strings 2013-04-09 Face To Face Three Chords and a Half Truth Hammond B3, tenor sax 2014-09-29 Gerard Way Hesitant Alien baritone saxophone 2014-11-21 Pitbull Globalization saxophone 2015-07-17 Sublime With Rome Sirens drums, percussion 2015-08-07 Dr. Dre Compton saxophone 2016-10-28 Avenged Sevenfold The Stage keyboards 2017-11-17 Green Day God's Favorite Band piano 2018-06-29 The Interrupters Fight the Good Fight saxophone 2022-08-05 The Interrupters In the Wild saxophone 2023-06-02 Avenged Sevenfold Life Is But a Dream... synthesizer
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