FRED LONBERG-HOLM
Genres: Avant-Garde Jazz, Jazz Related Improv, Composition, Post-Fusion Contemporary, Swing • United States

Chicago based cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm has played and studied music in a variety of situations from the Juilliard School to the gutter.   A former student of Anthony Braxton, Morton  Feldman, Bunita Marcus and Pauline Oliveros,  his primary projects are his Valentine Trio and The Lightbox Orchestra.  He is also a member of a number of ongoing collective projects (The Boxhead Ensemble, The Friction Brothers with Michaels Zerang and Colligan, The Flatlands Collective,  Keefe Jackson's Fast Citizens) as well as participating in numerous one off "ad-hoc" or in frequently convening ensembles.  He also currently plays in groups led by Joe McPhee (Survival Unit III),  Peter Brotzmann (Chicago 10tet),  and Ken Vandermark (Vandermark 5, Frame 4tet, Territory Ensemble).   Improvisors he has worked with include Jim Baker, John Butcher,  Wilbert DeJoode, Axel Doerner, Mats Gustafsson, Charlotte Hug, Glenn Kotche, Peter Kowald, read more...