F. Anderson & H. Bankhead - The Great Vision Concert

Derek Taylor, Dusted Magazine

Poll those who attended the 2003 Vision Festival and the set named most often as deserving of keynote merit is probably the one captured on this Ayler release. Chicagoans Fred Anderson and Harrison Bankhead took the cluttered Orensanz Art Center stage and gave a master class in improvisatory rapport. Initially, Fred rolls out his customary cerulean peregrinations, but Harrison’s subtle coaxing pulls the older man out of his comfort zone. The recorded document The Great Vision Concert may not rival my rarified memory of the event, but it’s still a handy facsimile and simultaneously one of the most satisfying entries in either man’s discography.