Hamid Drake is an American jazz drummer and percussionist.
Hamid Drake at Moers Festival 2006, Germany
Hamid Drake, Vision XIII Festival
Drake performing with Iva Bittová in Moscow in January 2014
Fred Anderson was an American jazz tenor saxophonist who was based in Chicago, Illinois. Anderson's playing was rooted in the swing music and hard bop idioms, but he also incorporated innovations from free jazz. Anderson was also noted for having mentored numerous young musicians. Critic Ben Ratliff called him "a father figure of experimental jazz in Chicago". Writer John Corbett referred to him as "scene caretaker, underground booster, indefatigable cultural worker, quiet force for good." In 2001, author John Litweiler called Anderson "the finest tenor saxophonist in free jazz/underground jazz/outside jazz today."
Fred Anderson in 2005; photo by Seth Tisue