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Rempis / Harnik / Lonberg-Holm / Daisy: Earscratcher

Label: Aerophonic
Product Code: 32823
Catalog Code: AR037
Country: USA
 
Price: $13.95



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Formed in 2019, the quartet of Dave Rempis on alto sax, Elisabeth Harnik on piano, Fred Lonberg Holm on cello and Tim Daisy on drums celebrate Elisabeth Harnik's 50th birthday in 2020, originally planned as part of a European tour that year but prevented by pandemic, instead recording this well-balanced and often unbridled 2022 concert at Alte Gerberei, St. Johan in Tirol, Austria.


Graewe / Lonberg Holm / Gratkowski: Trilinear Polarity

Label: Fundacja Sluchaj!
Product Code: 32390
Catalog Code: 13 | 2022
Country: Poland
 
Price: $15.95



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In 2004 legendary European Free Jazz pianist Georg Graewe and German multi-reedist Frank Gratkowski met with Chicago cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm on the stage at LOFT in Cologne, Germany to perform these six collective improvisations with an innate chamber jazz feeling, particularly the four part "Trilinear Polarity"; a spectacular set available for the first time.


Chicago Plan, The (Swell / Ullmann / Lonberg-Holm / Zerang): For New Zealand

Label: Not Two
Product Code: 32218
Catalog Code: MW-2 1018-2
Country: Poland
 
Price: $15.95



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Featuring compositions from both trombonist Steve Swell and tenor saxophonist & bass clarinetist Gebhard Ulmann, the second album from The Chicago Plan with cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm and drummer Michael Zerang is captured in the studio in Augsburg, Germany for six exceptional modern jazz recordings from a profoundly masterful and experienced transatlantic band.


Lee, Charmaine / Fred Lonberg-Holm / Gabby Fluke-Mogul / Joanna Mattrey / Weston Olencki: Live in Accord [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]

Label: Notice Recordings
Product Code: 32205
Catalog Code: NTR070
Country: USA
 
Price: $8.95



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Four configurations of far-reaching free improv at Notice Recordings's 2021 event in Accord, NY: a solo performance by Charmain Lee on voice & electronics; a duo between Lee and Weston Olnecki on synths & trombone; a trio from Gabby Fluke-Mogul on violin, Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello and Joanna Mattrey on viola; a duo between Lonberg-Holm and Olencki.


M (feat. Ben Stapp / Fred Lonberg-Holm / Marco Colonna / Steve Swell): Broken Songs

Label: Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!)
Product Code: 32101
Catalog Code: off 01 | 2022
Country: Poland
 
Price: $15.95



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A set of blues songs of a personal nature, concepts for a broken yet hopeful age, written and sung by improvising guitarist Marcin "M" Olak (Gadt/Osborne/Zakrocki/Olak, Agusti Fernandez) performed and expanded by a set of stellar improvisers: Ben Stapp on tuba, Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello, Marco Colonna on flute and Steve Swell on trombone.


Ballister (Dave Rempis / Fred Lonberg-Holm / Paal Nilssen-Love): Chrysopoeia

Label: Not Two
Product Code: 31519
Catalog Code: MW 1026
Country: Poland
 
Price: $15.95



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Two burning improvisations from the Chicago / Norwegian trio Ballister of Dave Rempis on alto & tenor saxophones, Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello & electronics and Paal Nilssen-Love on drums & percussion, performing live at Alchemia in Krakow, Poland in 2019 in an exuberantly assertive concert from three incredibly active artists in the trans-Atlantic community of improvising musicians.


Survival Unit III (McPhee / Lonberg-Holm / Zerang): The Art of Flight: For Alvin Fielder [VINYL + DOWNLOAD]

Label: Astral Spirits
Product Code: 31498
Catalog Code: AS127/IR001LP
Country: USA
 
Price: $19.95



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A fully acoustic set of creative free improvisation from the Survival Unit III trio of Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello, Joe McPhee on tenor saxophone & pocket trumpet and Michael Zerang on percussion, performing at the 2018 The Instigation Festival in New Orleans in a set of concerts that also was drummer Alvin Fielder's last concert, to whom this album is dedicated.


Brotzmann, Peter Chicago Tentet: Ultraman vs. Alien Metron [SINGLE SIDED VINYL]

Label: Corbett vs. Dempsey
Product Code: 31240
Catalog Code: CvsD LP002
Country: USA
 
Price: $27.95



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Recorded during the 2002 studio sessions that yielded the albums A Short Visit to Nowhere and Broken English, this unreleased recording of a Mars Williams composition is issued as a 1-sided LP with the stellar lineup of Brötzmann with Williams, Ken Vandermark, Jeb Bishop, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Kent Kessler, Michael Zerang, Hamid Drake, Mats Gustafsson and Joe McPhee.


Lonberg-Holm / Moimeme / Santos: Transition Zone

Label: Creative Sources
Product Code: 31135
Catalog Code: cs712
Country: Portugal
 
Price: $15.95



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With a history of collaboration in the Lisbon improvisation scene through bands including Variable Geometry Orchestra, IKB, Isotope Ensemble, &c., guitarist Abdul Moimême (performing on two guitars simultaneously) and electronics artist Carlos Santos join with Chicago cellist & electronic improviser Fred Lonberg-Holm for five elaborate alien soundscapes of impressive detail and skill.


McPhee, Joe / Michael Bisio / Fred Lonberg-Holm / Juma Sultan: The Sweet Spot

Label: RogueArt
Product Code: 31093
Catalog Code: ROG-0114
Country: France
 
Price: $15.95



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Bringing together four masterful players into the studio in NYC--Joe McPhee on saxophones, Michael Bisio on double bass, Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello and Juma Sultan on percussion--for a set of with one composition each from McPhee, Sultan and Lonberg-Holm, two collective improvisations, Charlie Haden's "Human Being" and Henry Grimes "For Django".


Williams, Mars Presents: An Ayler Xmas Vol. 4: Chicago vs. NYC [VINYL]

Label: Astral Spirits / Soul What Records
Product Code: 29788
Catalog Code: AS154LP/SWR008_LP
Country: USA
 
Price: $24.95



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This year's An Ayler Xmas, the 4th in the series from saxophonist Mars Williams, expands to a double CD with recordings from two bands: Josh Berman, Jim Baker, Kent Kessler, Brian Sandstrom & Steve Hunt (Chicago); and Steve Swell, Hilliard Greene, Chris Corsano, Nels Cline & Fred Lonberg-Holm (NYC); in incredible free jazz mashups and bash-ups of Holiday favorites.


Gjerstad, Frode / Fred Lonberg Holm / Steve Swell / William Parker: Tales From

Label: Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!)
Product Code: 29563
Catalog Code: FSR 18 | 2020
Country: Poland
 
Price: $15.95



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After a tour through upstate New York State with Chicago cellist and electronic artist Fred Lonberg-Holm, saxophonist Frode Gjerstad headed to New York City for a planned trio recording which evolved into this informed quartet with Steve Swell on trombone and William Parker on bass, tuba, cornet & flutes, an outstanding example of Transatlanic collective improvisation.


Ballister: Znachki Stilyag

Label: Aerophonic
Product Code: 29510
Catalog Code: AR028
Country: USA
 
Price: $13.95



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The tenth year of the working and touring international Ballister trio of Dave Rempis on alto & tenor saxophones, Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello & electronics, and Paal Nilssen-Love on drums & percussion, here in an outrageously powerful yet explorative concert at Dom Cultural Center, in Moscow, Russia in 2019, a fierce example of what this band is capable of.


Rodrigues / Lonberg-Holm / Pinheiro: Multiforms

Label: Creative Sources
Product Code: 29482
Catalog Code: cs659
Country: Portugal
 
Price: $15.95



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A dynamic encounter between Chicago improvising cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm, Red Trio pianist Rodrigo Pinheiro, and Creative Sources label leader, violist Ernesto Rodrigues, performing live during the CreativeFest XIII at O'Culto da Ajuda, in Lisbon, Portugal, in one extended improvisation and a relatively concise coda; powerful and assertive, masterful work.


Stirrup + 6 (Lonberg-Holdm / Macri / Rumback): The Avondale Addition

Label: Cuneiform
Product Code: 29419
Catalog Code: Rune 473
Country: USA
 
Price: $14.95



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The Stirrup trio of cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm, Nick Macri (bass), and Charles Rumback (drums) is merged with improvisers from Lonberg-Holm's Lightbox Orchestra project--Keefe Jackson & Mars Williams on reeds, guitarist Peter Maunu, violist Jen Clare Paulson, trumpeter Russ Johnson & Zoots Houston on electronics -for this compelling structured performance at Elastic Arts.


Swell, Steve (w / Cyrille / Hwang / Bart / Lonberg-Holm / Boston): The Center Will Hold featuring Andrew Cyrille

Label: Not Two
Product Code: 29377
Catalog Code: MW 1006-2
Country: Poland
 
Price: $15.95



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An essential asset of the NY Downtown scene since the 70s, trombonist Steve Swell leads and composes for an exemplary and uniquely orchestrated sextet bridging generations: Jason Kao Hwang on violin, viola & electronics, Ariel Bart on harmonica, Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello & electronics, Robert Boston on piano & organ, and Andrew Cyrille on drums & percussion.


Brotzmann, Peter / Lonberg-Holm, Fred: Memories Of A Tunicate

Label: Relative Pitch
Product Code: 29360
Catalog Code: RPR1104
Country: USA
 
Price: $13.95



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While both improvisers were in New York City for the 2019 Vision Festival, multi-reedist and European Free Improv legend Peter Brötzmann met Chicago cellist and electronics artist Fred Lonberg-Holm to record their 3rd album together, their 1st album in the studio a diverse set of incredible concentration, with Brötzmann performing on tenor saxophone, woodwind, and clarinet.


Bennett, Ben / Zoots Houston / Fred Lonberg-Holm: Pinkie No [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]

Label: Notice Recordings
Product Code: 28476
Catalog Code: NTR052
Country: USA
 
Price: $8.95



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Captured live at Chicago's Elastic Arts, the trio of Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello, Ben Bennett on percussion, and Zoots Houston on synthesizer, work on a nearly microscopic level as they use extended techniques and unusual synthetic timbres, transforming from abrasive and gritty to broad tonal environments, from monumental sound to moments of pin drops; fascinating.


Rodrigues, Ernesto / Fred Lonberg-Holm / Miguel Mira: Incidental Projections

Label: Creative Sources
Product Code: 24772
Catalog Code: cs427
Country: Portugal
 
Price: $15.95



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Lopes, Luis / Fred Lonberg-Holm: The Pinneaple Circumstance

Label: Creative Sources
Product Code: 23878
Catalog Code: cs370
Country: Portugal
 
Price: $15.95



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Portuguese electric guitarist Luis Lopes met Chicago free improvising cellist and electronic artist Fred Lonberg-Holm in the studio in Lisbon to record these five improvisations, both using innovative approaches to effect processing to expand their sound into unusual sonic environments, balancing beauty and abrasive sound.


Stirrup (Lonberg-Holm / Macri / Rumback): Cut

Label: Clean Feed
Product Code: 22263
Catalog Code: CF378
Country: Portugal
 
Price: $12.95



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Chicago free improvising mainstay Fred Lonberg-Holm's Stirrup trio with Nick Macri on double bass and Charles Rumback on drums crosses genres and grooves in an album balancing lyrical and hard-grooved tunes, with Lonberg-Holm taking up guitar on a number of tracks.


Vandermark, Ken / Fred Lonberg-Holm: Resistance

Label: Bocian
Product Code: 20754
Catalog Code: bc - kf
Country: Poland
 
Price: $12.00



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Live recordings from the duo of frequent collaborators Ken Vandermark on sax & reeds and Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello and electronics performing at Chicago's Heaven Gallery in 2013, for a superb set with surprising twists and turns and a great range of dynamics and approaches.


Ballister (Rempis / Lonberg-Holm / Nilssen-Love): Worse For The Wear

Label: Aerophonic
Product Code: 20143
Catalog Code: AR008
Country: USA
 
Price: $13.95



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The fifth release from the international power trio of Dave Rempis (sax), Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello & electronics) and Paal Nilssen-Love (drums) in a rewarding release of heavy grooves, offset by introspective soundscapes and moments of quiet beauty.


Gregorio, Guillermo: Faktura

Label: Hat [now] ART
Product Code: 18491
Catalog Code: Hat[now]ART146
Country: Switzerland
 
Price: $17.95



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Guillermo Gregorio produces a series of compositions that reinterprets the structural concepts of Constructivism, Concretism, and Madi, focusing on the physicality of sound.


VCDC (Motland / Lonberg-Holm / Solberg / Gjerstad): Insult

Label: FMR
Product Code: 18011
Catalog Code: FMR 359
Country: Great Britain
 
Price: $14.95



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Following their 2011 album on the Norwegian Hispid label, the quartet of clarinetist Frode Gjerstad, cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm, drummer Stale Liavik Solberg and vocalist Stine Janvin Motland perform two excellent extended improvisations at Galleri Sult in Stavanger.


Ballister (Lonberg-Holm / Nilssen-Love / Rempis): Mi Casa Es En Fuego

Label: Ballister Music
Product Code: 17322
Catalog Code: BA002
Country: USA
 
Price: $12.95



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A live show from Montreal's Casa Del Popolo in 2012 from the amazing transnational free jazz trio of saxophonist Dave Rempis, cellist/guitarist/electronic artist Fred Lonberg-Holm, and drummer/percussionist Paal Nilssen-Love.


Ballister (Dave Rempis, Fred Lonberg-Holm and Paal Nilssen-Love): Mechanisms

Label: Clean Feed
Product Code: 15887
Catalog Code: CF245
Country: Portugal
 
Price: $14.95



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Chicago and Norway collide in the continuing collaboration of the "free-wheeling trio" of Ballister: Dave Rempis, Fred Lonberg-Holm and Paal Nilssen-Love, amazing and forward-thinking free jazz.


Genetti / Smith / Lonberg-Holm: Sense of Hearing

Label: Balance Point Acoustics
Product Code: 15196
Catalog Code: bpa005
Country: USA
 
Price: $13.95



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8 duos recorded in the studio between bassist Damon Smith and free vocalist Carol Genetti, and 4 trio tracks adding Fred Lonberg-Holm on violoncello and performing live at Chicago's Empty Bottle.


Gjerstad / Lonberg-Holm / Sen / Nilssen-Love: The Cello Quartet

Label: FMR
Product Code: 11152
Catalog Code: 121-0906
Country: Great Britain
 
Price: $14.95



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Extraordinary reed player Gjerstad on alto sax and clarinet in a quartet with two cellos (Fred Lonberg-Holm & Amit Sen) and all around drummer Paal Nielsen-Love.


Gregorio, Guillermo: Degrees Of Iconicity

Label: Hat [now] ART
Product Code: 02702
Catalog Code: Hat [now] ART134
Country: Switzerland
 
Price: $17.95



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