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
Week Ending: Dec 16 Dec 9 Dec 2 Nov 18 Nov 11 Oct 28
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
2. Dec 11, 2012: Rebop
Lazy Day
5. Nov 16, 2012: No Cover, No Minimum
Later News
3. Dec 04, 2012: Rebop
Simpler Days
6. Nov 13, 2012: Rebop
Lazy Day

Album Review
Fo
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

Track Listing
1. Infra-Pass   4. Lazy Day
2. It's A Tough Grid   5. Faster, Citizens! Kill! Kill!
3. Later News   6. Simpler Days
  7. Roses