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| 1. | 21st Century Chase Pt I
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| 2. | 21st Century Chase Pt II
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| 3. | Ode to Alvin Fielder
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Fred Anderson - -Tenor Saxophone
Kidd Jordan - Tenor Saxophone
Jeff Parker - Guitar
Harrison Bankhead - Bass
Chad Taylor - Drums
Henry Grimes - Bass
Chicago tenor saxophone legend and proprietor of the longest standing and most adventurous avant garde jazz club in Chicago, Fred Anderson celebrated his 80th birthday in March 2009 and Delmark was there to capture it. All three of Fred's earlier Delmark albums were live at the Velvet but the excitement level here is unmatched as the show was sold out weeks in advance. Fred is joined by Kidd Jordan, tenor saxophone; Jeff Parker, guitar; Harrison Bankhead, bass; Chad Taylor, drums.
DVD contains PCM 24 bit/48kHz stereo audio plus Dolby and DTS 5.1 surround sound, one bonus track featuring legendary bassist Henry Grimes, and a Fred Anderson commentary track.
To achieve the age of 80 is an accomplishment. To achieve the age of 80 as a saxophone player, still at the top of the game, is something else again. In march of 2009, Chicago legend Fred Anderson finished up a week of celebration in honor of his 80th at his own Velvet Lounge with this special quintet, and Delmark records was there to record it. Fred was joined by longtime bassist Harrison Bankhead, Chad Taylor on drums (Hamid Drake was unable to get back to Chicago in time), Jeff Parker on guitar, and the mighty Kidd Jordan also on tenor sax. All these players have a history with Fred, going back more than a decade in most cases. This is cooperative music making at its best. Each tune is a journey, as different players assert the lead and pull the other players along into new territory. Taylor and Bankhead are such a sympathetic rhythm section, knowing exactly when to lay back and when to push (Taylor's rim work on the first track, and Bankhead's bowed harmonics on the second are worth noting). Jeff Parker sticks to a mostly supportive role but has some really nice contributions, getting skronky in conversation with Kidd then adopting more of a bop stance at one point with Fred. But the night really belongs to the two tenors: Fred, with his huge, burly tone, and Kidd's unsurpassed abilities at the upper end of the horn's range make for some exciting music making. These guys are perfect foils because their styles are so complementary. Forget the fact that they're both seniors, there's still plenty of fire coming out of those horns. Yes, this is free jazz, but much of it is supremely melodic (which is not to say there aren't some hairy moments). Fred Anderson has been a Chicago treasure as both player and mentor for decades (he co-founded the AACM, if you didn't know). Delmark Records' Bob Koester is equally revered for documenting the Chicago sound in both jazz and blues for more than 50 years. 21st Century Chase is another high mark for both. Terrific stuff. [A DVD version was also released.] ~ Sean Westergaard, All Music Guide
Fred Anderson
Active Decades: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Mar 22, 1929 in Monroe, LA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Modern Creative, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz
Despite being an "old school" musician in terms of grounding and early influences, Fred Anderson was a founding member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) and headed several AACM groups in the '60s. Anderson had formally studied music theory and was strongly influenced by Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, and Gene Ammons. He reflected that training throughout his career, always having a full, huge tone and being a capable blues and ballad stylist. But he also absorbed the new ideas pioneered by Ornette Coleman and other free theorists; it was this ability to merge old and new that made Anderson a seminal figure among Chicago musicians in the '60s.
In the late '70s, Anderson ran his first club, the Birdhouse, named for Charlie Parker, whose music had a huge influence on the early development of the saxophonist. The '70s were also when he began collaborating with percussionist Hamid Drake; Dark Day: Live in Verona (Okka Disk, 2001) is a good documentation of their early work together and includes trumpeter Billy Brimfield, a frequent collaborator of Anderson's since before AACM's birth, and the musician with whom Anderson first traveled to Europe in 1977 (Anderson returned to Europe the following year with a group that included George Lewis). While two recordings from 1980 came out on CD almost 20 years later, no other available recordings document Anderson's work from 1981-1993.
Despite the lack of recordings, however, Anderson was busy making music throughout this time. 1982 found him taking over Velvet Lounge after the death of the previous owner, who was a friend of his. It wasn't long before the Sunday jam sessions started happening (this schedule highlight was still going on at the Velvet as of 2009). When the Chicago label Okka Disk started up in the mid-'90s, the first thing it did was issue a previously unreleased 1980 duo recording of Anderson and drummer Steve McCall. Not too long after came the first Fred Anderson recording made in years, Birdhouse, recorded in 1994 and 1995. Since then the under-documentation of this artist who so helped nurture creative jazz in Chicago was remedied with a steady supply of new recordings released on Okka Disk, Asian Improv, Thrill Jockey, and other labels. Included among these are 2005's Blue Winter, 2006's Timeless: Live at the Velvet Lounge, and 2007's From the River to the Ocean.
---Ron Wynn & Joslyn Layne, All Music Guide |
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