Released 1996 Artist Fred Anderson Quartet Producer Fred Anderson Genre Jazz | Length 62:59 Release date 1996 Label Okka Disk | |
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Recorded February 20, 1995
(track 4 April 7, 1994) Studio Sparrow Sound Design, Chicago Birdhouse
(1996) Fred Chicago Chamber Music
(1997) Similar The Missing Link, From the River to the Ocean, Blue Winter, Timeless - Live at the Velvet Lo, Fred Anderson / DKV Trio | ||
Matana roberts birdhouse 1 the chicago project
Birdhouse is an album by American jazz saxophonist Fred Anderson released in 1996 on Okka Disk.
Contents
The title refers to Anderson's Chicago club that closed in 1978. Three pieces are played by a quartet with pianist Jim Baker and long-time collaborators bassist Harrison Bankhead and drummer Hamid Drake, while the remaining "Waiting for M.C." is a duo Anderson-Drake performed while the tapes were rolling as they awaited pianist Marilyn Crispell for the studio rehearsal the day before the live recording Destiny. "Like Sonny" is dedicated to saxophonist Sonny Stitt.
Reception
In her review for AllMusic, Joslyn Layne states "Birdhouse finds tenor sax great Fred Anderson leading his quartet through four originals that cover a spectrum of moods."
Track listing
All compositions by Fred Anderson except as indicated- "Birdhouse" - 18:55
- "Bernice" - 16:11
- "Like Sonny" - 15:33
- "Waiting for M.C." (Fred Anderson - Hamid Drake) - 12:20
Personnel
Songs
1Birdhouse19:00
2Bernice16:12
3Like Sonny15:43