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Fred Anderson: On the Run
by Jeff Stockton
Tenor saxophonist Fred Anderson has seen it all in his 75-plus years. One of the founders of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) in the '60s, Anderson has been tireless in his mission to nurture young jazz talent in his hometown of Chicago, Ill.. With his first club in the '70s, The Birdhouse ...
Back Together Again
Label: Thrill Jockey
Released: 2004
Track listing: Leap Forward; Black Women (for Beatrice Anderson and Amelia Drake); Back Together Again;
Losel Drolma; A Ray From THE ONE; Louisiana Strut; Know Your Advantage (The Great Tradition);
Lama Khyenno (Heart?s Beloved).
Back at the Velvet Lounge
Label: Delmark Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Fougeux; Olivia; Job Market Blues; Syene; King Fish.
Fred Anderson's Legendary Velvet Lounge
by Jeff Stockton
It was broad daylight the first time I drove down to Chicago's South Loop, just to see where Fred Anderson's legendary Velvet Lounge was. I went right passed it. In the middle of the afternoon, there isn't much going on in the area that surrounds the city's mammoth convention center, McCormick Place. Squeezed in between an ...
Fred Anderson and Hamid Drake: Back Together Again
by Rex Butters
Hamid Drake has been a member of Fred Anderson’s extended family for years. Drake took drum lessons from Fred’s son and replaced him in Fred’s quartet. Now a leading light in his own right, Drake returns to play with family on Together Again. The intimate sessions show the tangible bond between the two, and their ease ...
Fred Anderson/Hamid Drake: Back Together Again
by Mark Corroto
The image America projects around the world is one of largeness. Big movies, big SUVs, big footballers, and loud rock music. Even the impression of our jazz is loud and large, sometimes Ellingtonian, but large. From Wynton's Blood On The Fields to Ornette's Skies Of America, the largeness is apparent and flowing. The reactions ...
Fred Anderson: Back at the Velvet Lounge
by Rex Butters
At 74, Fred Anderson reasserts his royalty on the tenor saxophone with Back at the Velvet Lounge recorded live at Anderson's club. If anyone plays free-bop, it's Anderson. With Anderson, an athletic technique marries a fountain of melody. While Fred's more closely associated with the avant-garde, Johnny Griffin and Gene Ammons look over his shoulder now ...
Back At The Velvet Lounge
Label: Delmark Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Fogeux; Olivia; Job Market Blues; Syene; King Fish.
Fred Anderson: Back at the Velvet Lounge
by Derek Taylor
Certain musicians are dependable. Their very names on an album cover suggest an immediate indication of what's in store for the listener with near certainty. Sometimes, though, dependability can be detrimental. Occasionally a musician can fall into a rut of repetition, treading the same trails until once fertile soil becomes trampled and stale. Fred Anderson, one ...
Fred Anderson Finally Gets His Due: And His Records Back In Print
by Todd R. Brown
Next door to the Velvet Lounge in Chicago's Near South Side neighborhood is Fitzee's Bar-B-Que, a chicken joint whose counter sports a bullet-proof window separating the kitchen and dining room. Across the street is a recently constructed LaSalle Bank branch, complete with ritzy landscaping. Walking down the street on a recent Saturday night, you might not ...
