Fred Anderson

Despite as an “previous college” musician with regards to grounding and early affects, Fred Anderson was a founding person in the Association for the Advancement of Creative Music artists (AACM) and headed many AACM groups within the ’60s. Anderson acquired formally examined music theory and was highly inspired by Lester Teen, Coleman Hawkins, and Gene Ammons. He shown that schooling throughout his profession, always having a complete, huge build and being truly a able blues and ballad stylist. But he also utilized the new tips pioneered by Ornette Coleman as well as other free of charge theorists; it had been this capability to combine previous and brand-new that produced Anderson a seminal amount among Chicago music artists within the ’60s. In the past due ’70s, Anderson went his initial membership, the Birdhouse, called for Charlie Parker, whose music acquired a huge impact on the first advancement of the saxophonist. The ’70s had been also when he started collaborating with percussionist Hamid Drake; Dark Time: Reside in Verona (Okka Disk, 2001) is an excellent documentation of the early interact and contains trumpeter Billy Brimfield, a regular collaborator of Anderson’s since prior to the AACM’s delivery, as well as the musician with whom Anderson 1st traveled to European countries in 1977 (Anderson came back to Europe the next year with an organization that included George Lewis). While two recordings from 1980 arrived on CD nearly 20 years later on, no other obtainable recordings record Anderson’s function from 1981-1993. Regardless of the insufficient recordings, nevertheless, Anderson was active producing music throughout this time around. In 1982 he overran the Velvet Lounge following the loss of life of the prior owner, who was simply a pal of his. It wasn’t a long time before the Weekend jam sessions began happening (this timetable showcase was still taking place on the Velvet after its proceed to a new area nearby following the primary membership was torn down in 2006 to create method for a condo project). Once the Chicago label Okka Disk started up within the mid-’90s, the very first thing it do was concern a previously unreleased 1980 duo documenting of Anderson and drummer Steve McCall. A couple days after came the very first Fred Anderson documenting manufactured in years, Birdhouse, documented in 1994 and 1995. The under-documentation of the artist who therefore helped nurture innovative jazz in Chicago was eventually remedied with a reliable supply of brand-new recordings released on Okka Disk, Asian Improv, Thrill Jockey, as well as other brands. Included among they are 2005’s Blue Wintertime, 2006’s Timeless: Live on the Velvet Lounge, 2007’s In the River towards the Sea, 2009’s Residing in the overall game, and 21st Hundred years Run after: 80th Birthday Bash, Live on the Velvet Lounge, documented in March 2009 in a special event of Anderson’s 80th birthday. Carrying out a coronary attack on June 14, 2010, Fred Anderson became comatose and passed away on June 24 at age 81.