Birdhouse (album)

Birdhouse
Studio album by Fred Anderson
Released	1996
Recorded	February 20, 1995 (track 4 April 7, 1994) Sparrow Sound Design, Chicago
Genre	Jazz
Length	62:59
Label	Okka Disk
Producer	Fred Anderson , Bruno Johnson
Fred Anderson chronology
Destiny (1995) Birdhouse (1996) Fred Chicago Chamber Music (1997)

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

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, while the remaining "Waiting for M.C." is a duo Anderson-Drake performed while the tapes were rolling as they awaited pianist Marilyn Crispell for the studio rehearsal the day before the live recording Destiny. "Like Sonny" is dedicated to saxophonist Sonny Stitt.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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

• Fred Anderson - tenor sax
• Jim Baker - piano
• Harrison Bankhead - bass
• Hamid Drake - drums

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.