No Idea Residency #1: The music of Fred Anderson + Dennis González, performed by Frerck, González, Vandermark

The music of legendary musician Fred Anderson, a founding member of the AACM and a mentor for numerous musicians, is rarely heard outside of Chicago. Vandermark was fortunate enough to work with Anderson on a regular basis, record an album of his compositions with the DKV Trio, as well as feature Anderson as a guest soloist on the Territory Band album, Collide (2007). Vandermark will present a selection of Fred Anderson’s pieces in a trio with North Texas musicians Stefan González and Matthew Frerck.

The trio will also perform selections of music from Dallas’ pioneering trumpeter, artist and educator Dennis González. González established the Dallas Association for Avant-Garde and Neo Impressionistic Music (daagnim) in the late 1970s, at the suggestion of Anthony Braxton and Art Lande. The daagnim organization, which functioned both as a group of musicians and as a record label, was based on and named after Chicago’s AACM. Dennis’ youngest child, drummer and vibraphonist Stefan González, will present selections of their father’s music heavily influenced by his work with Chicago colleagues Malachi Favors and Alvin Fielder (via Mississippi), among others.

Ken Vandermark – tenor saxophone, Bb clarinet
Matthew Frerck – double bass
Stefan González – drumset

[photo of Fred Anderson by Donald Bromley, photo of Dennis González courtesy of Stefan González’s Facebook page]