John Lindberg

John Lindberg, mœrs festival 2010

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

Lindberg began his professional career at the age of 16, eventually moving to New York City in 1977.[1] There he played with the Human Arts Ensemble alongside Joseph Bowie and Bobo Shaw,[2] 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.[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, Steve Lacy, Eric Watson, and Louis Sclavis. He has recorded extensively as a leader. In addition to the above-mentioned, Lindberg has played with Tony Coe, Albert Mangelsdorff, George Lewis, Theo Jörgensmann, Barry Altschul, Ed Thigpen, Karl Berger, Susie Ibarra, Baikida Carroll, Wadada Leo Smith, Andrew Cyrille, Larry Ochs, Kevin Norton, Roswell Rudd and his collaborative projects, JazzHopRevolution, BLOB and Juggling Kukla.

Discography

As leader

With the String Trio of New York

As sideman

With Anthony Braxton

With Human Arts Ensemble

With Susie Ibarra

With Wadada Leo Smith

With Kevin Norton

With BLOB

References

  1. ↑ 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
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