On what would have been his 93rd birthday, the Creative Audio Archive is ecstatic to announce the Fred Anderson Collection. Thanks to generous donations by longtime friend and Velvet Lounge associate Andy Pierce; Sharon Friedman, Fred's partner in his first club Birdhouse; and including a forthcoming donation of photographs from Lauren Deutsch - as well as, we hope, future donations from the experimental and jazz music communities of Chicago - the Fred Anderson Collection features rare unheard recordings going back to the 1970s, live performance videos from the '80s until well into the 2000s, hard to find documentaries on Fred, his collaborators, peers, and inspirations, and photographs and ephemera from throughout his extraordinary life in music.