Anderson, Fred / Staying In The Game
| Album: | Staying In The Game | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Anderson, Fred | Added: | Jul 2009 | |
| Label: | Engine Studios | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2009-08-30 | Pull Date: | 2009-11-01 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Nov 1 | Oct 18 | Oct 11 | Oct 4 | Sep 13 | Sep 6 |
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| Airplays: | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 30, 2009: | No Cover, No Minimum, No Chit-Chat
Changes In Bodies And Tones |
4. | Oct 17, 2009: | Music Casserole
Springing Winter |
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| 2. | Oct 27, 2009: | 8 dollar bohemian café fufu orange latte-gasm ()
Sunday Afternoon |
5. | Oct 13, 2009: | Memory Select, guest Aram Shelton
Sunday Afternoon |
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| 3. | Oct 27, 2009: | Memory Select
Springing Winter |
6. | Oct 09, 2009: | No Cover, No Minimum
Wandering |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2009-08-30
Reviewed 2009-08-30
FRED ANDERSON: Staying in the Game
Engine Studios, 2009
AVANT-BOP – Anderson, an icon of Chicago’s free-bop sound at age 80, continues to turn out fresh, vigorous and inventive tenor sax lines in this lo-fi trio recording, made late last year with bassist Harrison Bankhead and drummer Tim Daisy. Bass is wonderfully varied but sometimes buried in the mix; drums have a wide, enveloping sound.
* * * * | All good. Fo’s Picks: 2, 4, 5, 6
1. 24:38 – relaxed bop stroll, ever so gradually heats up; clusters of sax notes over thick walking rhythm… cooking by the halfway point; collapses for excellent bass solo with 8:00 to go, ramps back up swiftly at end.
2. 8:21 – duet gets busy: firm sax statements spar with dense bass scribbles
3. 10:50 – trio rumbles ‘n’ rolls, maintains a steady level; sax has lots to say
4. 6:40 – soothing kalimba/bass & melodic sax, flutters about, then gentle walk
5. 6:13 – duo: hot sax, chattering percolation over rumbling drums
6. 10:22 – rich solo drum patter, joined by scribbly arco bass, calming sax… meditative over turbulence, fine three-way interplay
[ Fo ] 08/30/09
Engine Studios, 2009
AVANT-BOP – Anderson, an icon of Chicago’s free-bop sound at age 80, continues to turn out fresh, vigorous and inventive tenor sax lines in this lo-fi trio recording, made late last year with bassist Harrison Bankhead and drummer Tim Daisy. Bass is wonderfully varied but sometimes buried in the mix; drums have a wide, enveloping sound.
* * * * | All good. Fo’s Picks: 2, 4, 5, 6
1. 24:38 – relaxed bop stroll, ever so gradually heats up; clusters of sax notes over thick walking rhythm… cooking by the halfway point; collapses for excellent bass solo with 8:00 to go, ramps back up swiftly at end.
2. 8:21 – duet gets busy: firm sax statements spar with dense bass scribbles
3. 10:50 – trio rumbles ‘n’ rolls, maintains a steady level; sax has lots to say
4. 6:40 – soothing kalimba/bass & melodic sax, flutters about, then gentle walk
5. 6:13 – duo: hot sax, chattering percolation over rumbling drums
6. 10:22 – rich solo drum patter, joined by scribbly arco bass, calming sax… meditative over turbulence, fine three-way interplay
[ Fo ] 08/30/09
Track Listing
| 1. | Sunday Afternoon | 4. | Wandering | |||
| 2. | The Elephant And The Bee | 5. | Springing Winter | |||
| 3. | 60 Degrees In November | 6. | Changes In Bodies And Tones |