alocispepraluger102 Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=1209891a9d427e8e9d3378d50&id=014c82048a&e=d1b37da18b CHICAGO – Jazz and gospel music will be featured in a free concert, 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, at the site where the Chicago Park District is building a park named for the late Chicago jazz musician Fred Anderson. Homemade foods and cold drinks will be sold by the True Rock Ministries congregation to help fund their community center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Litweiler Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Wish I could be there. How rare to have a public place in Chicago named after a fine artist. Yet somehow I remember in the 1970s how city pressure forced Fred to close his no alcohol-no food music venue The Birdhouse, which he'd opened in a white neighborhood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uli Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 It's great to have a Fred Anderson Park! Here a post by Neil Tesser giving a bit of history on it http://www.chicagomusic.org/blog/fred-anderson-park-dedication-ari-brown-september-21#.UjtPvdK-pgp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Members should know Uli was a trusted bartender at the Velvet Lounge for a number of years and he is a great music booster. Thanks for your service sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Reynolds Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Members should know Uli was a trusted bartender at the Velvet Lounge for a number of years and he is a great music booster. Thanks for your service sir. Plus the second time I was able to go to the Velvet Lounge back around 1999 or so, I went there with Uli and it was that night that I heard Fred Anderson play live Thanks Uli - you must be very happy that one of our heroes has a park named for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Credit should also be given to Andy Pierce for all he has done for Fred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted September 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Credit should also be given to Andy Pierce for all he has done for Fred. amen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uli Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Credit should also be given to Andy Pierce for all he has done for Fred. Yep. The driving force behind the naming of the park/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted September 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Credit should also be given to Andy Pierce for all he has done for Fred. Yep. The driving force behind the naming of the park/ as i recall, andy works for the city of chicago as a building inspector. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 thats so awesome they named a park after him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uli Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 official opening coming Sunday! http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/reich/ct-fred-anderson-park-chicago-jazz-20150526-column.html#page=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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