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Discovery Records
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| Tenor player Fred Anderson has finally been recognised outside his native Chicago as a major figure in free form jazz. As a founder member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and tireless promoter of performances and jam sessions at the Velvet Lounge, a neighbourhood tavern on South Indiana Ave which he took over in 1981, Anderson has helped keep Chicago’s improvisational jazz scene alive for many years. This is one of the final recordings made at the old Velvet Lounge building which, surrounded by shuttered, debris-strewn storefronts finally succumbed to the wrecker’s ball. With Harrison Bankhead on bass and Hamid Drake playing drums Fred Anderson can be heard in full flight in the setting in which he is most at home – his own bar. DVD also available. |
Reviews |
| Jazz Review - Philip Clark |
| This cd reveals Anderson as a generous creative spirit who's never short of good ideas. The audience are completely drawn into the spell created. |
| BBC Music Magazine - Richard Cook |
| Through this magisterial set, he sounds little short of titanic. The group's creativity and inventiveness are glorious and unstinting.
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| Jazz Journal - Barry McRae |
| An uncompromisingly free trio performance. Rumour has it that the Velvet Lounge is due for demolition. This album suggests that jazz will be the poorer if this occurs. |
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