Birdhouse (album)

Birdhouse is an album by American jazz saxophonist Fred Anderson released in 1996 on Okka Disk.

Birdhouse
Studio album by
Released1996
RecordedFebruary 20, 1995
(track 4 April 7, 1994)
StudioSparrow Sound Design, Chicago
GenreJazz
Length62:59
LabelOkka Disk
ProducerFred Anderson , Bruno Johnson
Fred Anderson chronology
Destiny
(1995)
Birdhouse
(1996)
Fred Chicago Chamber Music
(1997)

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. "Like Sonny" is dedicated to saxophonist Sonny Stitt.[1] The final song, "Waiting for M.C.", is an Anderson-Drake duo from the sessions for the album Destiny (1994) by pianist Marilyn Crispell

Reception

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

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."[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Fred Anderson except as indicated
  1. "Birdhouse" - 18:55
  2. "Bernice" - 16:11
  3. "Like Sonny" - 15:33
  4. "Waiting for M.C." (Fred Anderson - Hamid Drake) - 12:20

Personnel

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References

  1. Original Liner Notes by Peter Kostakis
  2. Layne, Joslyn. Fred Anderson – Birdhouse: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2002). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (6th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 43. ISBN 0-14-051521-6.
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