Duets 2001

2001 live album by Fred Anderson

Duets 2001

Live album by

Fred Anderson

Released| 2001
Recorded| May 22, 1999
Venue| Empty Bottle, Chicago
Genre| Jazz
Length| 53:08
Label| Thrill Jockey
Fred Anderson chronology
| Fred Anderson Quartet Volume Two
(2000)  | Duets 2001
(2001)  | On the Run, Live at the Velvet Lounge
(2001)

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Duets 2001 is an album by American jazz saxophonist Fred Anderson with former Sun Ra drummer Robert Barry, which, despite the title, was recorded live in 1999 at Chicago's Empty Bottle after having performed together only once before. It was released on the Thrill Jockey label.[1]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz| [3]

In his review for AllMusic, Glenn Astarita states "Duets 2001 is a rousing success, as the duo embarks upon a series of mid-tempo swing vamps atop free bop-style dialogue and brisk interplay, thanks to Anderson's corpulent tone, limberly executed lines, and Barry's polyrhythmic swing beats."[2]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz says "Barry is a powerful drummer, well used to marshalling the most chaotic and anarchic of ensembles, but here he can be quite delicate, and only a recording of this quality would have captured all of his quieter figures."[3]

The All About Jazz review by Mark Corroto notes that "While this session is billed as an improvising occasion, the duo is anything but loose and no musical idea finds a dead end. It seems that for every action one player takes, there is the positive reaction by the other."[4]

In an article for the Chicago Reader, Neil Tesser claims "I've been listening to tenor saxophonist Fred Anderson for about 30 years, and I can't recall a more joyful, liberated, lyrical example of his playing than his latest disc, Duets 2001".[5]

## Track listing

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1. "Bouncing" - 13:05
2. "Speed Way" - 8:17
3. "Taps" - 8:46
4. "Off Blue" - 8:41
5. "We" - 6:20
6. "Dark Day" - 7:59

## Personnel

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* Fred Anderson \- tenor sax
* Robert Barry \- drums

## References

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1. ^ Duets 2001 at Thrill Jockey
2. ^ a b Astarita, Glenn. Fred Anderson - Duets 2001: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
3. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 42. ISBN 978-0-141-02327-4.
4. ^ Corroto, Mark. Duets 2001 review at All About Jazz
5. ^ Tesser, Neil. Robert Barry & Fred Anderson at Chicago Reader

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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)

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