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Fred Anderson - Hamid Drake: From the River to the Ocean
by AAJ Italy Staff
Che il rapporto tra Fred Anderson e Hamid Drake sia in qualche modo qualcosa di speciale, non è una sorpresa: si tratta di un legame profondo e radicato nel tempo: all'arrivo a Chicago del giovane batterista della Louisiana fu proprio il già esperto sassofonista - vicino di casa - l'interlocutore privilegiato per la crescente presa di consapevolezza dell'orizzonte espressivo di Drake. Anche più recentemente i due hanno inciso - sia in trio che in duo (Back Together Again sempre per ...
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by J Hunter
Fred Anderson and Hamid Drake's association goes back three decades. What was once a mentor/prodigy relationship is now a dynamic partnership with chemistry similar to Coltrane's late-career collaboration with Rashied Ali. Back Together Again (Thrill Jockey, 2004) was an intimate sonic conversation between two old friends; for From the River to the Ocean, the septuagenarian club owner and globetrotting percussionist pull together some of Chicago's finest players, and the result is as exploratory and energizing as anything you'll hear this ...
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by Troy Collins
Expanding on a musical relationship that stretches over thirty years, From the River to the Ocean finds tenor saxophonist Fred Anderson and drummer Hamid Drake, joined by three fellow Chicagoans, in a carefree mood. Guitarist Jeff Parker and bassists Harrison Bankhead and Josh Abrams join the duo on a lively set that encapsulates the highly conversational nature of today's best avant-garde jazz hailing from the Windy City.
Anderson and Drake's previous album on Thrill Jockey, 2004's Back Together ...
Continue ReadingFred Anderson & Hamid Drake: From The River To The Ocean
by Eyal Hareuveni
Chicago-based sax legend Fred Anderson and globetrotting drummer and percussionist Hamid Drake have collaborated many times over the last three decades. Their close relationship comes, in part, from a similar background--both hail from the same small town of Monroe, Louisiana. They shared an almost familial relationship, with Drake beginning his career in his early teens by taking lessons with Anderson's son. On their new demonstration of this ongoing friendship, From The River To The Ocean, they continue to reaffirm and ...
Continue ReadingFred Anderson: Timeless - Live At The Velvet Lounge
by Glenn Astarita
Eminent Chicago tenor saxophonist Fred Anderson is relocating his famed Velvet Lounge to another space in town. On these performances recorded shortly before the original venue's demolition, Anderson steers his trio through a propulsive and climactic sequence of movements. He blows the walls down with blossoming exuberance and a monstrous tone. And it all clicks in rather seamless fashion. Whether the trio's music entails fiery swing vamps or a free-form schema, the music is imbued with intuition and clarity of ...
Continue ReadingFred Anderson: Timeless/Live At The Velvet Lounge
by Nic Jones
Fred Anderson Timeless/Live At The Velvet Lounge Delmark Records 2006
If there's a particularly effective way of documenting free jazz on DVD, this could be it. The fact that the old Velvet Lounge, the club saxophonist Fred Anderson owns, has now disappeared beneath the ravages of the bulldozers, ensures that the disc is about social history, and the changes it can bring, almost as much as it is about the music itself. ...
Continue ReadingFred Anderson: Timeless, Live At The Velvet Lounge
by Troy Collins
Fred Anderson Timeless: Live At The Velvet Lounge Delmark 2006
Shot during the final days of the original Velvet Lounge, Timeless presents tenor saxophonist Fred Anderson's trio playing one of his last shows at the Southside Chicago bar he has run since the early 1980s. A victim of poor urban planning, the bar was located in a block recently demolished by the city, but Anderson has persevered, relocating the club to ...
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