Live at the Velvet Lounge

Live at the Velvet Lounge
Live at the Velvet Lounge
Live album by Fred Anderson
Released	1999
Recorded	June 1, 1998
Venue	Velvet Lounge, Chicago
Genre	Jazz
Length	73:52
Label	Okka Disk
Producer	Fred Anderson , Peter Kowald
Fred Anderson chronology

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[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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[edit]

All compositions by Fred Anderson, Peter Kowald, Hamid Drake

"Straight, but not Straight" - 33:17
"To Those Who Know" - 11:41
"Multidimensional Reality" - 28:54

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

^ Live at the Velvet Lounge at Okka Disk
^ ^a ^b Layne, Joslyn. Fred Anderson - Live at the Velvet Lounge: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
^ ^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.

[Liner_notes-1] Live at the Velvet Lounge at Okka Disk

[Allmusic-2] Layne, Joslyn. Fred Anderson - Live at the Velvet Lounge: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 14, 2014.

[Penguin_Guide-3] 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.

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v t e Fred Anderson
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	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)
Live albums	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)