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Fred Anderson

Fred Anderson is credited on 66 releases across 20 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1955–2021 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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66

Pressings credited

20

Albums

8

Decades active

2

In collections

Biography

Fred Anderson (March 22, 1929 – June 24, 2010) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist who was based in Chicago, Illinois. Anderson's playing was rooted in the swing music and hard bop idioms, but he also incorporated innovations from free jazz. Anderson was also noted for having mentored numerous young musicians. Critic Ben Ratliff called him "a father figure of experimental jazz in Chicago". Writer John Corbett referred to him as "scene caretaker, underground booster, indefatigable cultural worker, quiet force for good." In 2001, author John Litweiler called Anderson "the finest tenor saxophonist in free jazz/underground jazz/outside jazz today."

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Credited work

66 releases · 20 albums · active 1955–2021

  • Performance · 88
  • Other credits · 22
  • Production · 6

Studios: Sound Studios, Chicago · BMG Recording Studios · Master Sound Astoria · Ter Mar Studios

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Joseph Jarman
  • Tortoise
  • Robert Barry (2)
  • Gershwin
  • Fred Anderson Quartet
  • Various
  • Original Broadway Cast

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