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Fred Anderson Funeral / Wake / Memorial / Going Home Services Info - Velvet Lounge Founder and Chicago "Free Jazz" Tenorist Will Be Missed
A great Jazzman and founder of The Velvet Lounge jazz club located in Chicago, Illinois, Fred Anderson, passed away Thursday June 24th, 2010... according to his sons Eugene and Michael Anderson... Fred had suffered a massive heart attack on June 14th... checkout Howard Reich's Chicago Tribune article here on Fred Anderson and his legacy and impact ...
Robert Byrd, Respected Voice of the Senate, Dies
Robert C. Byrd, who used his record tenure as a United States senator to fight for the primacy of the legislative branch of government and to build a modern West Virginia with vast amounts of federal money, died early Monday. He was 92. Senator Robert C. Byrd served in the Senate for 51 years. His office ...
Francis Dreyfus: 1940 - 2010
Music publisher and record producer Francis Dreyfus died Thursday, June 24, 2010, at the age of 70. Through his labels Disques Motors and Dreyfus Records, Francis Dreyfus launched the careers of prominent artists, including Christophe and Jean Michel Jarre. His love of jazz led to the creation of the Dreyfus Jazz label which brought together such ...
Fred Anderson, 1929-2010
By PicoFred Anderson, a forward thinking tenor saxophonist for more than six decades and a major force in Chicago's vital jazz scene, died Thursday following a heart attack. He was 81 years old. What I've found so remarkable about Anderson isn't so much that he lived so long, but that he lived ...
Fred Anderson, Saxophonist and Club Owner, Dies at 81
Fred Anderson, a tenor saxophonist who tied the bebop innovations of Charlie Parker to the explorations of later avant-garde musicians and who owned the Velvet Lounge, a South Side Chicago club known for fostering the careers of emerging players, died on Thursday. He was 81. The Associated Press and The Chicago Tribune reported that Mr. Anderson's ...
Fred Anderson Dies Age 81: Velvet Lounge Founder and Chicago "Free Jazz" Tenorist Will Be Missed
A great Jazzman and founder of The Velvet Lounge jazz club located in Chicago, Illinois, Fred Anderson, passed away Thursday June 24th, 2010...according to his sons Eugene and Michael Anderson... Fred had suffered a massive heart attack on June 14th...checkout Howard Reich's Chicago Tribune article here on Fred Anderson and his legacy and impact on the ...
Fred Anderson, R.I.P.
Fred Anderson, who exemplified the Chicago avant garde as a tenor saxophonist and as a club owner gave it work, has died at 81. The Chicago Tribune's Howard Reich followed Anderson's career. He writes in the newspaper: His was a rigorous, demanding brand of jazz improvisation that bridged the bebop idiom of Charlie Parker (an Anderson ...
RIP Fred Anderson
Howard Reich has the details on the passing of Fred Anderson following a heart attack earlier in the month. I'm not particularly familiar with Mr. Anderson's work but I understand his leadership role in Chicago, a city that is laudably proud of its contributions. One thing I noticed in the article was the role of Dan ...
Pete Quaife, a Bassist for the Kinks
Pete Quaife, a bassist who joined forces with two schoolmates to form the Kinks, one of the leading rock bands of the 1960s British Invasion, died on Wednesday in Herlev, Denmark. He was 66. The cause was kidney failure, a spokeswoman for the band said. Born Peter Alexander Greenlaw Quaife on Dec. 31, 1943, he went ...
We Will Miss You Dearly, Mr. Fred Anderson
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Chicago's beloved Fred Anderson. Words cannot express what he meant to the music world, and specifically the Chicago creative jazz community. Please go out and support Chicago's Velvet Lounge--Fred Anderson's home for Chicago Jazz! Thank you for your kindness and generosity. Kevin Johnson Delmark Records
