Lonberg-Holm, Fred / Fast Citizens / Gather
| Album: | Gather | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Lonberg-Holm, Fred / Fast Citizens | Added: | Oct 2012 | |
| Label: | Delmark Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2012-10-21 | Pull Date: | 2012-12-23 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Dec 16 | Dec 9 | Dec 2 | Nov 18 | Nov 11 | Oct 28 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 14, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum
Lazy Day |
4. | Nov 27, 2012: | Rebop
Simpler Days |
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| 2. | Dec 11, 2012: | Rebop
Lazy Day |
5. | Nov 16, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum
Later News |
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| 3. | Dec 04, 2012: | Rebop
Simpler Days |
6. | Nov 13, 2012: | Rebop
Lazy Day |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2012-10-21
Reviewed 2012-10-21
FRED LONBERG-HOLM’S FAST CITIZENS: Gather
Delmark, 2012
AVANT-GARDE – Lively, unique sextet out of Chicago mixes up wild free improv with bop energy and some hard-swinging rhythms. Lonberg-Holm plays cello, tenor guitar, and cornet (actually, every member of the band plays either trumpet or cornet as a second instrument!) These pieces refuse to sit still, shifting tempo, texture and mood midstream in unpredictable but always interesting ways. Solid.
Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 4, 6
1. 12:14 – 1st half is a goofy bounce: lumpy swing under solos; speeds up into white-hot free skronk w/harsh cello, falls apart, spins at the end.
2. 9:19 – creaky improv intro; slow sextet trudge; 2nd half is all weird geometry
3. 8:16 – catchy groove splinters under pressure, turns to blippy space-improv
4. 9:39 – slow waves of resonant harmony, gradually becomes a sneaky stroll
5. 9:27 – thick bubbling improv stew; opens up & slows down, chugs to finish
6. 10:26 – neato “backwards” guitar sound sets up relaxed but knotty solos, gets faster/more thorny as it goes along
7. 10:20 – switches up frequently: droning trumpet choir, perky bounce, near-silent improv, undulating waves, long drum solo brings it home
[ Fo ] - 21 October 2012
Delmark, 2012
AVANT-GARDE – Lively, unique sextet out of Chicago mixes up wild free improv with bop energy and some hard-swinging rhythms. Lonberg-Holm plays cello, tenor guitar, and cornet (actually, every member of the band plays either trumpet or cornet as a second instrument!) These pieces refuse to sit still, shifting tempo, texture and mood midstream in unpredictable but always interesting ways. Solid.
Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 4, 6
1. 12:14 – 1st half is a goofy bounce: lumpy swing under solos; speeds up into white-hot free skronk w/harsh cello, falls apart, spins at the end.
2. 9:19 – creaky improv intro; slow sextet trudge; 2nd half is all weird geometry
3. 8:16 – catchy groove splinters under pressure, turns to blippy space-improv
4. 9:39 – slow waves of resonant harmony, gradually becomes a sneaky stroll
5. 9:27 – thick bubbling improv stew; opens up & slows down, chugs to finish
6. 10:26 – neato “backwards” guitar sound sets up relaxed but knotty solos, gets faster/more thorny as it goes along
7. 10:20 – switches up frequently: droning trumpet choir, perky bounce, near-silent improv, undulating waves, long drum solo brings it home
[ Fo ] - 21 October 2012
Track Listing
| 1. | Infra-Pass | 5. | Faster, Citizens! Kill! Kill! | |||
| 2. | It's A Tough Grid | 6. | Simpler Days | |||
| 3. | Later News | 7. | Roses | |||
| 4. | Lazy Day | . |