Fred Anderson
Fred Anderson
One of the founders of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians who was an avant garde recording artist. He ran a practice space called the Birdhouse for a few years in the late 1970s.
ProfessionSaxophonist
Date of Birth22 March 1929
CityMonroe, LA
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