(Chicago-based jazz saxophonist Fred Anderson passed away June 24. Valid Records’ Benjamin Lyons reflects on his passing.) The Velvet Lounge on Chicago’s Near South Side was an old-fashioned joint covered in the funkiest ’70s-style wallpaper this side of John Shaft’s imagination. I always likened it to Little People’s Place in the Treme, except the common [...]
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Fred Anderson, 21st Century Chase (Live at Anderson’s 80th Birthday Bash at the Velvet Lounge) (Delmark)
December 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
Saxophonist Fred Anderson is one of the great elder statesmen of improvised music. He has been playing, teaching, or sponsoring it for the last three-plus decades at his Chicago barroom, The Velvet Lounge. One of his great partners over the years has been his counterpart in New Orleans, the great Edward “Kidd” Jordan. Their tenor [...]
