Fred Anderson

A long-overdue second dive into the tapes of Fred Anderson's searing performance in Milwaukee in 1980 – a brilliant document of a group that was not recorded often, and who shine here in a way that really illuminates the genius that Anderson was capable of in the decade before the world began to give him greater recognition!

There's a quality here that's almost a lost chapter in the development of avant jazz, especially the Chicago scene – earlier AACM energies given a bit more focus, and a bit bolder expression – by a quartet that also includes Billy Brimfield on trumpet, Larry Hayrod on bass, and Hamid Drake on drums – players who have a taught, urgent approach to the music that makes for completely captivating listening all the way through! The material is a key addition to Anderson's catalog, and a record that may well stand at the top of it as well.

PERSONNEL:

• Fred Anderson - (tenor saxophone)
• Billie Brimfield - (trumpet)
• Larry Hayrod - (bass)
• Hamid Drake - (drums)

Recorded live in Milwaukee, January or February, 1980

TRACKS:

• 01. Bernice
• 02. Another Place
• 03. Our Theme
• 04. He Who Walks Alone
• 05. 3 on 2