John Lindberg (jazz musician)

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John Lindberg
John Lindberg, mœrs festival 2010
John Lindberg, mœrs festival 2010
Background information
Born (1959-03-16) March 16, 1959 (age 65)
Royal Oak, Michigan, US
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Double bass
Years active1977–present
LabelsBlack Saint
Websitejohnlindberg.com

John Lindberg (born March 16, 1959) is an American jazz double-bassist.

Early life[edit]

Lindberg was born in Royal Oak, Michigan. He began his professional career at the age of 16, eventually moving to New York City in 1977.[1]

Career[edit]

After moving to New York, he played with the Human Arts Ensemble alongside Joseph Bowie and Bobo Shaw.[2] In 1977, with James Emery and Billy Bang, Lindberg co-founded the String Trio of New York.[3] In 1980 he formed a trio with Jimmy Lyons and Sunny Murray. From 1980 to 1983 he lived in Paris, playing there solo and with Murray and John Tchicai.[1] He has recorded extensively as a leader. John Lindberg studied bass with the bassist from the Battle Creek, Michigan symphony orchestra, bassist David Izenzon and jazz musician Roscoe Mitchell.

Discography[edit]

As leader[edit]

  • Comin' and Goin (Leo, 1980)
  • Unison (Cecma, 1981) with Marty Ehrlich
  • Dimension 5 (Black Saint, 1981)
  • Team Work (Cecma, 1982) - with Hugh Ragin
  • Relative Reliability (West Wind, 1982)
  • Give and Take (Black Saint, 1982)
  • Haunt of the Unresolved (Nato, 1983)
  • The East Side Suite (Sound Aspects. 1983)
  • Trilogy of Works for Eleven Instrumentalists (Black Saint, 1984)
  • As Tears Go By (ITM, 1987)
  • Shoot First (Ear Rational, 1989) with Eric Watson
  • Dodging Bullets (Black Saint, 1992)
  • Quartet Afterstorm (Black Saint, 1994)
  • Resurrection of a Dormant Soul (Black Saint, 1996)
  • Luminosity:Homage to David Izenzon (Music & Arts, 1996)
  • Bounce (Black Saint, 1998)
  • The Catbird Sings (Black Saint, 2000)
  • A Tree Frog Tonality (Between the lines, 2000)
  • Two by Five (Between the lines, 2002)
  • Ruminations Upon Ives and Gottschalk (Between the lines, 2003)
  • Winter Birds (Between the lines, 2005)
  • Duets 1 (Between the lines, 2006) with Karl Berger
  • (A)live at Roulette, NYC (Jazzwerkstatt, 2011)
  • Born in an Urban Ruin (Clean Feed, 2016) (& BC3)
  • Western Edges (Clean Feed, 2016) (wRaptor Trio)

With the String Trio of New York

As sideman[edit]

With Anthony Braxton

With Human Arts Ensemble

  • Junk Trap (Black Saint, 1978)
  • Live! Volume 1 (Circle, 1978)

With Susie Ibarra

  • Flower by Flower (Tzadik, 2002)

With Jimmy Lyons and Sunny Murray

With Kevin Norton

  • Intuitive Structures (Cadence, 2003)
  • Time-Space Modulator (Barking Hoop, 2004)

With Wadada Leo Smith

With BLOB

  • "The Awakening" (2007) (with Ted Orr, Bill Bacon, Don Davis and Karl Berger)
  • "Halloween" (Clinical Archives 2008) (with Ted Orr and Harvey Sorgen)
  • "Quantum Fugue" (Lindy Editions 2008) (with Ted Orr and Harvey Sorgen)
  • "Earphonious Swamphony" (Innova Recordings 2009) (with Ted Orr,Harvey Sorgen, and Ralph Carney)
  • "You Can'y Get Ther From There" (Lindy Editions 2009) (with Ted Orr and Harvey Sorgen)
  • "A Night At The Opera" (2010) (with Ted Orr, Jake Sorgen, and Harvey Sorgen)
  • "Metalshop" (2010) (with Ted Orr and Harvey Sorgen)
  • "BLOB Goes To Mars" (2011) (with Ted Orr, Harvey Sorgen, Don Davis, and Mars Williams)
  • Third Ear" (2011) (with Ted Orr, Harvey Sorgen, and Curtis Bahn)
  • "Summer Shorts" (2012) (with Ted Orr and Harvey Sorgen)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b John Lindberg at Allmusic
  2. ^ "Point from which creation begins": The Black Artists' Group of St. Louis ISBN 1-883-98251-0
  3. ^ The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, Sixth Edition ISBN 0-140-51521-6

External links[edit]

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