Blue Winter
Blue Winter | ||||
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Live album by Fred Anderson | ||||
Released | 2005 | |||
Recorded | December 12, 2004 | |||
Venue | Dibden Center for Arts, Johnson State College, Johnson, Vermont | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 109:26 | |||
Label | Eremite | |||
Producer | Michael Ehlers | |||
Fred Anderson chronology | ||||
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Blue Winter is a double album by American jazz saxophonist Fred Anderson, which was recorded live at Vermont's Johnson State College in 2004 and released on Eremite, a label founded by producer Michael Ehlers. The set features four long improvisations by a trio with bassist William Parker and drummer Hamid Drake. While the three have worked together before, in quartet with Kidd Jordan on the album 2 Days in April, this is their first trio recording.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
The All About Jazz by Kurt Gottschalk states "Blue Winter is pure Anderson —with the best rhythm section in the land to be sure— and an indispensable selection of energy improv."[3]
In an article for the Chicago Tribune, Howard Reich ranked the album as number 2 jazz record of 2005 and notes that "Anderson rarely has been more faithfully recorded, the often leathery quality of his midrange, the acidity of his high notes and the barreling quality of his nethermost pitches captured more vividly than ever before."[4]
Track listing
- All compositions by Anderson / Drake / Parker
- "I" - 44:16
- "II" - 37:59
- "III" - 13:08
- "IV" - 14:03
Personnel
- Fred Anderson - tenor sax
- Hamid Drake - drums
- William Parker - bass, nagaswaram
References
- ^ Blue Winter at Eremite Records
- ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
- ^ Gottschalk, Kurt. Blue Winter review at All About Jazz
- ^ Reich, Howard. A productive, remarkably original year at Chicago Tribune
- v
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- The Missing Link (1979)
- Vintage Duets (with Steve McCall, 1980)
- Black Horn Long Gone (1993)
- Birdhouse (1995)
- Fred Chicago Chamber Music (1996)
- Fred Anderson / DKV Trio (1996)
- Back Together Again (with Hamid Drake, 2003)
- From the River to the Ocean (with Hamid Drake, 2007)
- Staying in the Game (2008)
- Dark Day (1979)
- The Milwaukee Tapes Vol. 1 (1980)
- Destiny (with Marilyn Crispell and Hamid Drake, 1994)
- Live at the Velvet Lounge (1998)
- Fred Anderson Quartet Volume One (1998)
- 2 Days in April (1999)
- Fred Anderson Quartet Volume Two (1999)
- Duets 2001 (with Robert Barry, 1999)
- Birthday Live 2000 (2000)
- On the Run, Live at the Velvet Lounge (2000)
- Back at the Velvet Lounge (2002)
- The Great Vision Concert (2003)
- Blue Winter (2004)
- Timeless, Live at the Velvet Lounge (2005)
- Live at the Velvet Lounge Volume III (2007)
- A Night at the Velvet Lounge Made in Chicago 2007 (2007)
- 21st Century Chase (2009)