The Great Vision Concert is an album by American jazz saxophonist Fred Anderson with bassist Harrison Bankhead, which was recorded live at the 2003 Vision Festival and released four years later on Ayler Records, a Swedish label founded by Jan Ström and Åke Bjurhamn.[1]
| The Great Vision Concert | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 2007 | |||
| Recorded | May 22, 2003 | |||
| Venue | St. Patrick's Center, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 57:12 | |||
| Label | Ayler | |||
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Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| The Free Jazz Collective |   [2] |
In a multiple review for All About Jazz Kurt Gottschalk states "This is the relaxed Anderson, stretching out with a friend, in no hurry to go anywhere: three long improvisations (15 to 22 minutes) followed by a 5-minute vamp."[3]
A reviewer for The Free Jazz Collective wrote: "it is great from beginning to end... it is inspiring music, fun to hear, a joy for the attentive listener. Technical and musical skills abound, but the players' main focus is on the common project: the musical end result."[2]
The authors of the 2008 Britannica Book of the Year called the album "some of his finest recent work."[4]
Track listing
edit- All compositions by Fred Anderson
- "Cloverleaf" - 15:26
- "Wandering" - 22:29
- "Trying to Cath the Rabbit" - 14:14
- "The Strut" - 4:56
Personnel
editReferences
edit- ^ The Great Vision Concert at Ayler Records
- ^ a b "Fred Anderson & Harrison Bankhead: The Great Vision Concert". The Free Jazz Collective. August 2, 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
- ^ Gottschalk, Kurt. The Great Vision Concert review at All About Jazz
- ^ Britannica Book of the Year 2008. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Incorporated. 2008. p. 274.