John Lindberg
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John Lindberg (b. Mar. 16, 1959, Royal Oak, Michigan) is an American jazz double-bassist.
Lindberg studied at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and moved to new York City in 1977. There he played with the Human Arts Ensemble alongside Joseph Bowie and Bobo Shaw, and he was in ensembles with Anthony Braxton from 1978-1985. In 1979, Lindberg and several others founded the String Trio of New York, which he continues to be a member of. 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. He has recorded extensively as a leader. In addition to the above mentioned, Lindberg has played with Steve Lacy, Tony Coe, Eric Watson, Albert Mangelsdorff, George Lewis, Martin Mayes, Theo Jörgensmann, Barry Altschul, Ed Thigpen, Karl Berger, Susie Ibarra, Bakida Carroll, Wadada Leo Smith, Andrew Cyrille, and Larry Ochs.
[edit] Discography
- Comin' and Goin (1980)
- Unison (1981)
- Dimension 5 (1981)
- Team Work (1982)
- Relative Reliability (1982)
- Give and Take (1982)
- The East Side Suite (1983)
- Trilogy of Works for Eleven Instrumentalists (1984)
- As Tears Go By (1987)
- Dodging Bullets (1992)
- Quartet Afterstorm (1994)
- Resurrection of a Dormant Soul (1996)
- Luminosity:Homage to David Inzenson (1997)
- Bounce (1998)
- The Catbird Sings (2000)
- A Tree Frog Tonality (2000)
- Two By Five (2002)
- Ruminations Upon Ives and Gottschalk (2003)
- Winter Birds (2005)
- Duets 1 (2006)
