Other Dimensions in Sound presents Josh Berman/Fred Lonberg-Holm Duo
Other Dimensions in Sound is our Friday music series curated and hosted by Boohaabian multi reed player extraordinare David Boyce. Each week David will be inviting different musical guests to join him in our galeria for a night of sonic sustenance.
Tonight’s sonic sustenance is being provided by Josh Berman(cornet) and Fred Lonberg-Holm(cello).
Fred Lonberg-Holm is a musician / free improviser / cellist currently living in El Cerrito CA. Recent collaborators include Farida Amadou, Michael Bisio, Tomeka Reid, Simon Camatta, John Edwards, Ahmed El Mottassem, Helena Espvall, Frode Gjerstad, Mat Maneri, Joe McPhee, Paal Nilssen-Love, Dave Rempis, Roscoe Mitchell and Ben Vida to name a few.
While mostly focusing on free improvising in “ad-hoc” situations, current ongoing projects include Ballister, Survival Unit III, Ear Scratcher, Camatta/Lonberg-Holm, Jakal, The Flying Cellos, the Lightbox Orchestra, Party Knullers and Stirrup.
As a session musician, he has contributed cello sounds to numerous recording projects including those of Califone, Freakwater, Kaki King, God-is-my-co-pilot, Simon Joyner, Smog, Super Chunk, US Maple, Wilco, Protomartyr, Ryley Walker and many others.
Past projects of note include the Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet, Vandermark 5, Anthony Coleman’s Selfhaters, Joelle Leandre’s Atlantic Septet, and his own Terminal 4 and the Valentine Trio.
Josh Berman is an internationally recognized cornetist and composer. He has led the acclaimed Old Idea, Josh Berman and his Gang, and his own trio. In addition to being an indispensable contributor to Chicago’s jazz and improvised music scene, Berman has been a concert presenter in Chicago, producing hundreds of shows over the past 20 years. Berman’s work has been critically acclaimed in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, JazzTimes, and DownBeat, among others. His recordings can be found on the Chicago’s legendary Delmark Records and more recently on Austin’s Astral Spirits Records.