time flies
Jeeez! Last time was in August or something. Anyway, that email was griping about the trip to Norway and now, that gig is already out on Okka so I know its been a long time.
Anyway, its cold here now.
I apologize for being so slack with this and I know not everyone can access myspace but I keep a schedule there which was the main reason for doing this "blog" and so... I am going to let it fade into the internet haze.
Hugs to you the few friends of fredsgigs.blogspot.com
Fred
PS - I heard recently that each computer server has roughly the same carbon footprint as an suv and that the planets server population has a combined carbon footprint equal to that other "awesome" industry, the airlines and yet, I would not like to go back to the middle ages where nobody went anywhere or knew what was going on on the next town let alone continent. Yikes!
truly derelict
Many apologies to the few who still look here for updates. I will try to keep up on it better. I am working on a website that should be accessible to all and will post here when it is up and running with a calendar etc!
In the meanwhile... greetings from Norway! The Brotzmann 10tet convened to play a gig at the Molde Festival. This is about as far away from Chicago as I have ever gone for just one hit. Am not entirely comfortable with the environmental costs of such forays but... "when on earth, do as the earthlings" is what I am told.
To make the trip more memorable, the check-in walla at O'Hare gave me a new pseudonym. My new rock and roll/porn name is Spencer B. Long! I caught it about 5 minutes after walking away from the counter and then had to go back to try to sort out the luggage thing. The 'cello was still there but the suitcase was gone. I ended up retrieving and rechecking it at the first transfer (very much confusing the staff there). To make matters worse, the flight out of O'Hare had sat on the runway for almost 4 hours before taking off and so.. we missed our connections and the entire trip took about 27 hours and... today we start the reverse. We fly to Oslo this evening and spend the night at the airport and then fly in the morning to Stockholm and then Chicago. Hopefully there will be no missed connections. The saying is "the music is free, we get paid for the traveling." In this case, I figured out that I barely made what the Chicagoistas call a "living wage" for my time in transit. Good thing I like playing in the band! (Really!) (you know it!)
Norway though, is beautiful. On the other hand, its about as expensive a place as I have ever been. A small bottle of water at the corner news stand is $3. Today can take a boat ride to an island for a "free" lunch (for "artists") but am not sure how much the boat ride will cost! Had a fantastic "free" dinner last night (won't tell you what, but it was unusual...) but made the mistake of having a couple of glasses of wine not realizing I would have to pay for
them and... while the wine was much better than the usual crap I drink, they worked out to about $20 per glass! Holy smokes!
Anyway... here are some of the gigs I have coming up. They are all in Chicago so... I shouldn't have any crazy travel days (a couple of them, I can even ride my bike to) and for the cost of one glass of wine here, I can get plastered! (but I don't condone drunk bike riding!)
Lotsa love and keeeesses!
Jul 31 2007
Elastic - Eric Leonardson FLH Duo
Aug 2 2007
Velvet Lounge - Keefe Jackson Quintet
Aug 3 2007
Elastic - Telegraph Series record release
Aug 5 2007
Hungry Brain - Els Vanderveer and friends
Aug 6 2007
Empty Bottle - Overova (Roebke/Adasiewicz/FLH)
Aug 7 2007
Empty Bottle - Friction Brothers (Zerang/Colligan/FLH)
Aug 9 2007
Velvet Lounge - Vandermark Double 4tet
Aug 10 2007
Velvet Lounge - Vandermark 5
Aug 11 2007
Festival Italiana! - Chris Mills and the New Misereable Bastards (early) Velvet Lounge - Ken Vandermark's Frame 4tet (late)
Aug 18 2007
Heaven Gallery - Chicago Sound Map 2007 (My piece
One Light Bandit)
Some new gigs to add. Will try to get the rest of the Brotzmann 10tet gigs up as soon as I know the details. The Valentine Trio tour is pretty set, will hopefully add the last ones in the next week.
See you round?
May 3 2007
Kraftbrau - Jorrit Dijkstra/Tony Malaby Quintet: East meets Midwest Kalamazoo, Michigan
May 4 2007
Kerrytown Concert House - Jorrit Dijkstra/Tony Malaby Quintet: East meets Midwest Ann Arbor, Michigan
May 5 2007
Chicago Cultural Center - Jorrit Dijkstra/Tony Malaby Quintet: East meets Midwest Chicago!, Illinois
May 6 2007
Hungry Brain - Jorrit Dijkstra/Tony Malaby Quintet: East meets Midwest Chicago, Illinois
May 9 2007
Hide Out - Gianni Gebbia and Lonberg-Holm, Roebke, Rosaly Chicago, Illinois
May 10 2007
Velvet Lounge - Valentine Trio Chicago, Illinois
May 21 2007
Myopic - duo w/Dr. K.E.H.Seigfried Chicago, Illinois
May 24 2007
Elastic - Fast Citizens Chicago, Illinois
May 25 2007
Heaven - Keefe Jackson, Nate McBride, FLH Chicago, Illinois
Jun 1 2007
??? - Brotzmann 10tet Koln
Brotzmann 10 on the road in Europe...
Jun 10 2007
??? - Brotzmann 10tet Crakow
Jun 20 2007
Vision Fest - Joe McPhee Survival Unit III New York, New York
Jun 23 2007
Kerry Town Concert House - Valentine Trio Ann Arbor, Michigan
Jun 26 2007
Whitewalls - Valentine Trio Buffalo, New York
Jun 27 2007
Barbes - Valentine Trio Brooklyn, New York
Jun 28 2007
An Die Musik - Valentine Trio Baltimore, Maryland
Jun 29 2007
Ars Nova - Valentine Trio Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jul 1 2007
??? - Valentine Trio Lexington, Kentucky
Jul 15 2007 1:00P
Pitchfork Festival - Lightbox Orchestra
Okay!
Well... a couple of folks actually said they don't want to (or can't) go anywhere near MySpace but like the updates so... will keep on doing this blog. I realised I can click and drag the sheet from there to here so...
BTW - the drunks of Stockholm are still very active and somewhat obnoxious until they decide to be friendly and then... look out!
Peace!
Mar 20 2007 8:00P
Lehn/Carlsson/Lonberg-Holm Vasteras
Mar 21 2007 8:00P
Lehn/Carlsson/Lonberg-Holm Goteborg (Gothenberg?)
Mar 22 2007 8:00P
Lehn/Carlsson/Lonberg-Holm Malmo
Mar 23 2007 8:00P
Lehn/Carlsson/Lonberg-Holm Umea
Mar 24 2007 8:00P
Lehn/Carlsson/Lonberg-Holm Lulea
Mar 28 2007 8:00P
Belleville - Frode Gjerstadt/Bjørnar Habbestad/FLH Oslo
Mar 29 2007 8:00P
Sting - Frode Gjerstadt/Bjørnar Habbestad/FLH Stavengar
Apr 7 2007 8:00P
Heaven - Roebke/Lonberg-Holm duets Chicago, Illinois
Apr 11 2007 8:00P
Hideout - Frame 4tet Chicago, Illinois
Apr 12 2007 8:00P
Empty Bottle - Valentine trio open for Brotzmann trio Chicago, Illinois
Apr 13 2007 8:00P
Green Mill - Vandermark 5 Chicago, Illinois
Apr 14 2007 8:00P
Green Mill - Vandermark 5 Chicago, Illinois
Apr 17 2007 8:00P
Elastic - Lightbox Orchestra Chicago, Illinois
Apr 19 2007 8:00P
Elastic - Valentine Trio Chicago, Illinois
May 5 2007 8:00P
Chicago Cultural Center - Jorrit Dijkstra/Tony Malaby Quintet: East meets Midwest
schedule
Heya,
Well, as some (a few?) (anybody?) noted. This blog's refresh rate has slowed to a crawl. Instead, I have started posting the gig schedule (which was this sites primary function) at the much more traffic intense myspace hell! Feel free to drop in. You don't need to be a member to look at it but... you have to join if you want to be my McFriend!
The URL:
http://www.myspace.com/fredlonbergholm
Peace,
Fred
Antwerp
Here in Belgium rehearsing for the tour. The first gig is tomorrow so am hoping we are ready. So far, things are coming together pretty well so... no fear!
Here's the itinerary...
14th Antwerp - De Singel - Blue Hall
15th - Cologne - Loft - Wissmannstr. 30 - Cologne
16th - Mannheim - Alte Feuerwache
18th - Salzburg - Jazzit
20th - Nickelsdorf - Jazzgalerie
21st - Krakow - Alchemia
23rd - Zagreb
25th - Poitiers - Carre Bleue
See you there?
Peace
solstice!
Ahhh... gods own holiday. Am in such a good mood I don't even mind all these minor cults gloming on to the big tiny day. Anyway... when you want to contemplate god in its immensity, why not pick the shortest day?
Anyway... Since getting back have been spending too much time messing around with a bread board and a few dollars worth of resistors and ic chips and... whatever else has little legs capable of being stuck in the breadboard. Playing the cello takes the rest of the time. Otherwise, the V5 did a few days work recording the pieces we toured with in November (sort of backwards, but... when did any of us demonstrate much shrewdness?). Also, set up a Myspace page. Please come visit!
http://www.myspace.com/fredlonbergholm
After the recording session, Vandermark, Daisy, Nate McBride and I have been rehearsing every day for a tour in January as the Frame 4tet. Its debut is listed below. Rehearsals have been good but I have no idea what it will actually be like to play the charts in public. If you can't make the Hideout show... the tour starts in Antwerp and drifts across Europe as far east as Crakow and Zagreb. Maybe you can make one of them.
Anyway...
12/27/2006 10:00 PM - Frame Quartet - Hideout
12/28/2006 10:00 PM - Vandermark Double Quartet - Elastic
12/29/2006 07:00 PM - Vandermark 5 - Beat Kitchen (Benefit For The Jackson Presley Diamond Fund, The National Vaccine Information Center, Physicians for a National Health Program, Children’s Neurobiological Solutions Foundation, Easter Seals! Several other bands are on the bill!
In January... well... who knows? The Frame tour is from the 10th until the 26th. Will post the dates soon.
AM hoping your holidays (whichever ones you like) are good.
PAX!
