Live at the Velvet Lounge

Live at the Velvet Lounge
Live album by
Fred Anderson
Released1999
RecordedJune 1, 1998
VenueVelvet Lounge, Chicago
GenreJazz
Length73:52
LabelOkka Disk
ProducerFred Anderson, Peter Kowald
Fred Anderson chronology
Fred Anderson / DKV Trio
(1997) 		Live at the Velvet Lounge
(1999) 		Fred Anderson Quartet Volume One
(1999)

Live at the Velvet Lounge is an album by American jazz saxophonist Fred Anderson with German free jazz bassist Peter Kowald and long-time collaborator drummer Hamid Drake. The record documents a June 1998 performance at the Chicago club owned by Anderson, the Velvet Lounge, and was released on the Okka Disk label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

In her review for AllMusic, Joslyn Layne states "Before you know it, the trio is in the midst of a lively musical display that melds Anderson's all-out blowing, Kowald's extended techniques, and Drake's skill in hand percussion."[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz states "The live session comes from Anderson's own club and it has the self-indulgent relaxation of focus that comes with a home gig." [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Fred Anderson, Peter Kowald, Hamid Drake
  1. "Straight, but not Straight" - 33:17
  2. "To Those Who Know" - 11:41
  3. "Multidimensional Reality" - 28:54

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Live at the Velvet Lounge at Okka Disk
  2. ^ a b Layne, Joslyn. Fred Anderson - Live at the Velvet Lounge: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2002). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (6th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 44. ISBN 0-14-051521-6.