Fred's 80th Birthday Party.....

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Here are a handful of photos from Fred Anderson's 80th Birthday Bash a week ago. Many great sets...glad I had the chance to be there several nights.

Mwata Boden

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...Jeff Chan

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...Jimmy Ellis!

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...Tatsu Aoki

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...Birthday boy Fred Anderson!

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...another shot of Fred

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...Corey Wilkes

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...Ernest Dawkins

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...one of my favorite bass players and man in general....Harrison Bankhead....great guy!

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...Dee Alexander

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...Nicole Mitchell

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...another shot of Dee

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... Kidd Jordan on the left....Hamiet Bluiett on the right!

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...the Great Hamiet Bluiett

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...Henry Grimes

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....Kidd Jordan playing Happy Birthday for Fred!

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...Fred on the left...Kidd on the right!

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....Henry Grimes on violin!

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....Jeff Parker, Kidd Jordan, Billy Brimfield, Fred and Henry.

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....the guy on the far left is Fred's son Eugene....first time they have played together in 30 years....very moving show! Also note Ken Vandermark who sat in one a tune.

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......one last shot of Mwata Boden.

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...and finally Douglas Ewart...great player and a wonderful human being!

Too many other photograhs taken but wanted to share a sampling from the event.

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[paul secor]

:tup Thanks for sharing, Mark.

[Guest Bill Barton]

Bright Moments, Mark! Thanks for all of these superb photos. Wish I coulda been there...

[Niko]

thank you so much for these great photographs!