Bassist/composer/producer
John Lindberg embarked on his professional
career in 1975 at the age of sixteen. After having toured America working
as a bassist in a variety of musical genres, he arrived in New York
in 1977 and immersed himself in the world of jazz and improvised music,
while pursuing private bass studies with Dr. David Izenzon and Dave
Holland.
In the same year he co-founded the String
Trio of New York, a composers collective performance unit that has
produced fifteen recordings and presented hundreds of concerts worldwide,
and which is now celebrating its 30th anniversary season.
In 1979 he formed his first ensemble dedicated to the performance of
his compositions, and since has made more than two dozen recordings
that feature his works, under his name. In all there are over eighty
original pieces that have been recorded to date, some repeatedly
in various versions. His ensembles and duo
collaborations have performed throughout Europe, North and South America,
East Asia and the Middle East.
As a bassist he has appeared on over sixty discs, including landmark
recordings with Anthony Braxton, Jimmy Lyons, Steve
Lacy, and Tony Coe, among others. Currently he is active
composing for, performing and recording with his various ensemble projects,
as a solo bassist, and with the String Trio of New York, while being
actively involved in teaching through the giving of workshops and lecture/demonstrations
on composition, improvisation, and bass and ensemble performance in
diverse educational settings. His course Words and Sounds (connecting
literature and music) has been widely taught at colleges and universities.
Additionally, with the String Trio of New York, he has created the innovative Human Residency, linking musical creation with a variety of the
humanities.
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Meet The Composer's Commissioning Music/USA Program (2005) for a new mixed quartet work
for the John Lindberg/Kevin Norton Quartet
Chamber Music America's New Works for Five Rays of Light (2006) for quartet
Wiener Musik Galerie for Ruminations upon Ives and Gottschalk (2001) for quartet
Commissioning Music/USA for Nature, Time, Patience (1999) for string trio
The New York Chamber Ensemble for Groundings (1997) for seventeen instrumentalists
Bermuda Triangle for The Terrace (1993) for voice, piano, bass trio
Watson/Lindberg duo through Meet The Composer for Pluckin’ - A Tribute to Pops Foster (1991)
for piano, bass duo
The Pittsburgh New music Ensemble for Encounters (1989) for seventeen instrumentalists
String Trio of New York through Meet The composer for Middle Eastern Essay (1988)
for string trio
Arts Council of Orange County for Hudson Valley Ruminations (1987) for eleven instrumentalists
West Deutsch Radio Koln for The Arrival (1986) for string quintet
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New York Foundation for the Arts - music composition
(1998 and 1990)
Arts International Collaborative Works, compositions for basses (1992)
National Endowment for the Arts - jazz performance (1988)
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Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust Recording Program
(2000, 1996, 1994, 1992)
Diploma de Honor - Gobernacion de Cordillera, Chile (1995)
Aaron Copland Fund for Music Recording (1994)
Fund for US Artists at International Festivals (1990-97)
ASCAP Special Awards (1984 - 2007)
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Palazzo Cittanova, Cremona; Tampere Jazz Happening,
Finland; Herbst Theater, San Francisco, Lincoln Center, New York; Mardel
Jazz Festival, Buenos Aires; Opera de Lyon, France; Theater Kunstlerhaus,
Wien.
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John Lindberg-Karl Berger, Duets 1 (between the lines)
John Lindberg Quartet - Winter Birds (between the lines)
String Trio of New York with Oliver Lake - Frozen Ropes (Barking Hoop)
John Lindberg - Ruminations upon Ives and Gottschalk (between the lines)
String Trio of New York - Gut Reaction (Omnitone)
John Lindberg - Two by Five (between the lines)
John Lindberg Ensemble - A Tree Frog Tonality (between the lines)
John Lindberg Ensemble - The Catbird Sings (Black Saint)
John Lindberg Solo Bass - Luminosity (Music and Arts)