John Lindberg
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 1977, along with James Emery and Billy Bang, Lindberg co-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, Baikida Carroll, Wadada Leo Smith, Andrew Cyrille, and Larry Ochs.
Discography
As leader
- Comin' and Goin (1980)
- Unison (1981)
- Dimension 5 (Black Saint, 1981)
- Team Work (1982)
- Relative Reliability (1982)
- Give and Take (Black Saint, 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)
With the String Trio of New York
- First String (Black Saint, 1979)
- Area Code 212 (Black Saint, 1981)
- Common Goal (Black Saint, 1983)
- Rebirth of a Feeling (Black Saint, 1983)
- Natural Balance (Black Saint, 1986)
- Octagon (Black Saint, 1992)
- Blues...? (Black Saint, 1993)
As sideman
With Anthony Braxton
- Creative Music Orchestra (hat-Hut, 1978)
- 7 Compositions (Moers Music, 1979)
- Performance (Quartet) 1979 (hatART, 1979 [1981])
- Four Compositions (Quartet) 1983 (Black Saint, 1983)
- Six Compositions (Quartet) 1983 (Black Saint, 1984)
- Prague Concert (Sound Aspects, 1984)
With Human Arts Ensemble
- Junk Trap (Black Saint, 1978)
- Live! Volume 1 (Circle, 1978)
With Susie Ibarra
- Flower by Flower (Tzadik, 2002)
With Wadada Leo Smith
- Lake Biwa (Tzadik, 2004)
- Heart Reflections (Cuneiform, 2008)
With Kevin Norton
- Intuitive Structures (Cadence, 2003)
- Time-Space Modulator (Barking Hoop Recordings, 2004)
References
- John Lindberg at Allmusic