Fred Anderson

• DOUBLE VINYL GATEFOLD EDITION

• 4 1/2 stars all music guide

The closest of relationships gives its members space to expand, change, develop, and play. Tenor saxophonist Fred Anderson and drummer Hamid Drake have just that kind of partnership, one that has seen them periodically move apart and work extensively on other fronts – Anderson tending to the recent relocation of his major jazz venue the Velvet Lounge; Drake in a dizzying array of globetrotting ensembles – but always returning to the fold, digging in together and checking out what’s been learned in the interim.

Over the course of some three decades, master saxophonist and prodigy percussionist have continued to reconfirm their commitment to their joint project.

TRACKS & PERSONNEL:

• LP ONE

• A1. PLANET E
• Harrison Bankhead, Joshua Abrams - (bass)
• Hamid Drake - (drums)
• Jeff Parker - (guitar)
• Fred Anderson - (sax)

• B. STRUT TIME
• Harrison Bankhead - (cello)
• Hamid Drake - (drums)
• Jeff Parker - (guitar)
• Fred Anderson - (sax)
• _____________________________

• LP TWO

• C1. FOR BROTHER THOMPSON
• Joshua Abrams - (bass)
• Hamid Drake - (drums)
• Harrison Bankhead - (piano)
• Fred Anderson - (sax)
• C2. SAKTI / SHIVA
• Joshua Abrams - (gumbri)
• Fred Anderson - (sax)

• D1. FROM THE RIVER TO THE OCEAN
• Harrison Bankhead - (bass)
• Hamid Drake - (drums)
• Joshua Abrams - (gumbri)
• Jeff Parker - (guitar)
• Fred Anderson - (sax)