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Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake: From the River to the Ocean
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 ...
Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake: From The River To The Ocean
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 ...
Fred 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 ...
Timeless - Live At The Velvet Lounge
Label: Delmark Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Flashback; Ode To Tip; By Many Names; Timeless.
Fred 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 ...
Fred 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, ...
Fred 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 ...
Fred Anderson/Hamid Drake/William Parker: Blue Winter
by Michael Davis
This record is a joy. A surprise it isn't. These three men have overlapping histories of development and collaboration of such depth that when they convene nowadays, the results are always inspired. One of Hamid Drake's early mentors was AACM mainstay Fred Anderson, who decided to stay home in Chicago, tend bar, and keep his connections ...
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