iPlayer Radio What's New?
Speaker icon LISTEN
Show more Show less
ON NOW : Hear and Now
Glasgow Tectonics Festival 2013 - Episode 1

Hear and Now Highlights from the 2013 Tectonics Festival in Glasgow: Alvin Lucier and Iancu Dumitrescu.

Jazz Library

Image for Fred Anderson

Sorry, this episode is not currently available on BBC iPlayer Radio

Fred Anderson

Duration:
1 hour
First broadcast:
Saturday 09 October 2010

Fred Anderson, who died in June, was a founder member of the AACM in Chicago and ran the city's famous club, the Velvet Lounge. Alyn Shipton visited him at the site of his historic club before it was demolished in 2006, and talked to Anderson about his best recordings.

The music features Joe Jarman, Muhal Richard Abrams and Anderson's long-term collaborator, the drummer Hamid Drake.

Music Played

8 items
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
  • Image for Fred Anderson

    Fred Anderson Ladies in Love

    Composer: Anderson Performers: Fred Anderson, ts. Velvet Lounge, Chicago, 18 Nov 2002.

    On The Run - Live at the Velvet Lounge, Delmark, DG 534, tr 1

  • Image for Joseph Jarman

    Joseph Jarman Little Fox Run

    Composer: Anderson Performers: Joseph Jarman, as; Bill Brimfield, tp; Fred Anderson, ts; Christopher Gaddy, p, marimba; Charles Clark, b; Thurman Barker, Steve McCall, d. 20 Oct 1966.

    Song For, Delmark, DD 410, tr 1

  • Image for Joseph Jarman

    Joseph Jarman Song For Christopher

    Composer: Jarman Performers: Joseph Jarman, as, bn, fl; Sherri Scott, voc; Charles Clark, b, cello, koto; Thurman Barker, d; Muhal Richard Abrams, p; Fred Anderson, John Stubblefield, ts; Lester Lashley, tb; John Jackson, tp. Chicago, 19 June 1968.

    As If It Were The Seasons, Delmark, DD 417, tr 2

  • Image for Fred Anderson

    Fred Anderson Dark Day

    Composer: Anderson Performers: Bill Brimfield, tp; Fred Anderson, ts; Steve Palmore, b; Hank Drake, d. Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, 15 May 1979.

    Dark Day / Live in Verona, Unheard Music, ALP 218 CD 1, tr 1

  • Image for Fred Anderson

    Fred Anderson Ballad for Rita

    Composer: Anderson Performers: Fred Anderson, ts; Larry Hayrod, b; Hamid Drake, d; Adam Rudolph, perc. 17 Sept 1979.

    The Missing Link, Nessa, NCD 23, tr 2

  • Image for Fred Anderson Quartet

    Fred Anderson Quartet Birdhouse

    Composer: Anderson Performers: Fred Anderson, ts; Jim Baker, p; Harrison Bankhead, b; Hamid Drake, d. Sparrow Sound Design, Chicago, 20 Feb 1995.

    Birdhouse, Okka, 12007, tr 1

  • Image for Fred Anderson

    Fred Anderson Flashback

    Composer: Anderson / Bankhead / Drake Performers: Fred Anderson, ts; Harrison Bankhead, b; Hamid Drake, d. July 2005.

    Timeless, Delmark, D 568, tr 1

  • Image for Fred Anderson

    Fred Anderson 21st Century Chase (Part 2)

    Composer: Anderson Performers: Fred Anderson, Kidd Jordan, ts; Jeff Parker, g; Harrison Bankhead, b; Chad Taylor, d. 22 March 2009.

    21st Century Chase, Delmark, 589, tr 2

Broadcasts

Free downloads

  1. Image for Jazz Library: A – M

    Jazz Library: A – M

    Alyn Shipton explores which recordings should form the cornerstone of any jazz collection in the...

  2. Image for Jazz Library: N - Z

    Jazz Library: N - Z

    Alyn Shipton explores which recordings should form the cornerstone of any jazz collection in the...

BBC © 2013 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.