Dark Day is an album by American jazz saxophonist Fred Anderson recorded live in 1979 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and released in a small batch on the tiny Austrian Message label. The performance was part of a series of AACM concerts presented by the museum. Anderson's Quartet features long-time partner trumpeter Billy Brimfield, bassist Steven Palmore and young drummer Hamid Drake, who contributes the piece "The Prayer", later retitled "Bombay (Children of Cambodia)".[1]
| Dark Day | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 1979 | |||
| Recorded | May 15, 1979 | |||
| Venue | Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 59:14 | |||
| Label | Message | |||
| Producer | Robert Kai Jon Kasseckert | |||
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The album was reissued on CD by Atavistic in 2001 as part of their Unheard Music Series with a bonus CD including an unreleased master recorded at Verona Jazz 1979, only four days after the Chicago concert.[1]
Reception
edit| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [3] |
In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek states about the Atavistic reissue "these two dates on a pair of very reasonably prices CDs, with great sound, are gifts rescued from the islands of obscurity, and should be listened to with the awe and wonder they inspire."[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz says that "Dark Day is the definitive Anderson performance, sombre and cutting by turns, packed with muscular phrases but also strangely tender and vulnerable."[3]
Track listing
edit- All compositions by Fred Anderson except as indicated
- "Dark Day" - 18:40
- "Saxoon" - 11:32
- "Three On Two" - 18:07
- "The Prayer" (Hamid Drake) - 10:55
- Atavistic reissue CD 2 Live in Verona
Recorded live May 19, 1979 at Palazzo Della Gran Guardia, Verona, Italy.
- "The Bull" - 16:32
- "Three On Two" - 31:46
- "Dark Day" - 25:12
Personnel
edit- Fred Anderson - tenor sax
- Billy Brimfield - trumpet
- Steven Palmore - bass
- Hamid Drake - drums, tablas
References
edit- ^ a b Dark Day / Live in Verona at Atavistic Records
- ^ a b Jurek, Thom. Fred Anderson – Dark Day + Live In Verona: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- ^ a b 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.