John Lindberg (born March 16, 1959) is an American
jazz
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double-bassist.
Early life
Lindberg was born in
Royal Oak, Michigan
Royal Oak is a city in Oakland County, Michigan, Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Metro Detroit, Detroit, Royal Oak is located roughly north of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 cens ...
. He began his professional career at the age of 16, eventually moving to New York City in 1977.
[ John Lindbergat Allmusic]
Career
After moving to New York, he played with the
Human Arts Ensemble alongside
Joseph Bowie
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Career
Bo ...
and
Bobo Shaw. In 1977, with
James Emery and
Billy Bang
Billy Bang (September 20, 1947 – April 11, 2011), born William Vincent Walker, was an American free jazz violinist and composer.
Biography
Bang's family moved to New York City's Bronx neighborhood while he was still an infant, and as a ...
, Lindberg co-founded the
String Trio of New York.
[The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, Sixth Edition ] In 1980 he formed a trio with
Jimmy Lyons and
Sunny Murray
James Marcellus Arthur "Sunny" Murray (September 21, 1936 – December 7, 2017) was an American musician, and was one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming.
Biography
Murray was born in Idabel, Oklahoma, where he was raised by an ...
. From 1980 to 1983 he lived in Paris, playing there solo and with Murray and
John Tchicai
John Martin Tchicai ( ; 28 April 1936 – 8 October 2012) was a Danish free jazz saxophonist and composer.
Biography
Tchicai was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, to a Danish mother and a Congolese father. The family moved to Aarhus, where he s ...
.
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
As leader
* ''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
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Surname
* Alice Emma Ives (1876–1930), American dramatist, journalist
* Burl Ives (1909–1995), American singer, author and actor
* Charles Ives (1874–1954), Ame ...
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
*''
First String'' (Black Saint, 1979)
*''
Area Code 212
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'' (Black Saint, 1981)
*''
Common Goal'' (Black Saint, 1983)
*''
Rebirth of a Feeling'' (Black Saint, 1983)
*''
Natural Balance'' (Black Saint, 1986)
*''
Octagon
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'' (Black Saint, 1992)
*''
Blues...?'' (Black Saint, 1993)
*''Frozen Ropes'' (Barking Hoop, 2005)
As sideman
With
Anthony Braxton
Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945) is an American experimental composer, educator, music theorist, improviser and multi-instrumentalist who is best known for playing saxophones, particularly the alto. Braxton grew up on the South Side of Chi ...
* ''
Creative Orchestra (Köln) 1978'' (hatART, 1978
995
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Events
By place
Japan
* 17 May - Fujiwara no Michitaka (imperial regent) dies.
* 3 June: Fujiwara no Michikane gains power and becomes Rege ...
* ''
Performance (Quartet) 1979'' (hatART, 1979
981
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Events
By place
Europe
* Spring – Emperor Otto II (the Red) leads the imperial court to Rome, making the city his imperial capital, and receiv ...
* ''
Seven Compositions 1978'' (Moers Music, 1979)
* ''
Six Duets (1982)'' (Cecma, 1982)
* ''
Four Compositions (Quartet) 1983'' (Black Saint, 1983)
* ''
Six Compositions (Quartet) 1984'' (Black Saint, 1984)
* ''
Prag 1984 (Quartet Performance)'' (Sound Aspects, 1984)
* ''
Orchestra (Paris) 1978'' (Braxton Bootleg, 2011)
* ''
Quartet (Wilhelmshaven) 1979 - Part 1'' (Braxton Bootleg, 2012)
* ''
Quartet (Wilhelmshaven) 1979 - Part 2'' (Braxton Bootleg, 2012)
* ''
Quartet (Mulhouse) 1983'' (Braxton Bootleg, 2012)
* ''
Quartet (Sweet Basil) 1985 - 02.11'' (Braxton Bootleg, 2013)
* ''
Quartet (Salzburg) 1985 - 05.19'' (Braxton Bootleg, 2014)
With
Human Arts Ensemble
*''Junk Trap'' (Black Saint, 1978)
*''Live! Volume 1'' (Circle, 1978)
With
Susie Ibarra
Susie Ibarra (born Anaheim, California, Anaheim, November 15, 1970) is an American contemporary composer and percussionist who has worked and recorded with jazz, classical music, classical, world, and indigenous musicians. One of SPIN's "100 Grea ...
*''Flower by Flower'' (Tzadik, 2002)
With
Jimmy Lyons and
Sunny Murray
James Marcellus Arthur "Sunny" Murray (September 21, 1936 – December 7, 2017) was an American musician, and was one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming.
Biography
Murray was born in Idabel, Oklahoma, where he was raised by an ...
* ''
Jump Up / What to Do About'' (Hat Hut, 1981)
With
Kevin Norton
Kevin Norton (born January 21, 1956) is an American percussionist and composer active in the New York City jazz and contemporary music scenes. He has performed and recorded with a diverse group of musicians, including Anthony Braxton, Paul Dunmal ...
* ''Intuitive Structures'' (Cadence, 2003)
* ''Time-Space Modulator'' (
Barking Hoop, 2004)
With
Wadada Leo Smith
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* ''
Lake Biwa
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'' (Tzadik, 2004)
* ''
Eclipse
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'' (La Huit, 2005)
* ''
Tabligh'' (Cuneiform, 2008)
* ''
Spiritual Dimensions'' (Cuneiform, 2009)
* ''
Heart's Reflections'' (Cuneiform, 2011)
* ''
Ten Freedom Summers'' (Cuneiform, 2012)
* ''
Occupy The World'' (TUM, 2013)
* ''
The Great Lakes Suites'' (TUM, 2014)
* ''
Celestial Weather'' (TUM, 2015)
* ''
America's National Parks'' (Cuneiform, 2016)
* ''
The Chicago Symphonies'' (TUM, 2021)
With BLOB
* "The Awakening" (2007) (with Ted Orr, Bill Bacon, Don Davis and
Karl Berger
Karl Hans Berger (March 30, 1935 – April 9, 2023) was a German-American jazz pianist, vibraphonist, composer, and educator. He was a leading figure in jazz improvisation from the 1960s when he settled in the United States for life. He founde ...
)
* "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
Marc Charles "Mars" Williams (May 29, 1955 – November 20, 2023) was an American jazz and rock saxophonist. He was a member of the American new wave band The Waitresses from 1980 to 1983, and a member of the British post-punk band The Psyched ...
)
* Third Ear" (2011) (with Ted Orr, Harvey Sorgen, and Curtis Bahn)
* "Summer Shorts" (2012) (with Ted Orr and Harvey Sorgen)
References
External links
John Lindbergat Discogs
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American jazz double-bassists
American male double-bassists
Jazz musicians from Michigan
Living people
American male jazz composers
1959 births
21st-century American double-bassists
20th-century American male musicians
21st-century American male musicians
Human Arts Ensemble members
String Trio of New York members
20th-century American jazz composers
NoBusiness Records artists
Leo Records artists
Black Saint/Soul Note artists