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 "Pure jazz with rock attitude...Yes, Big Five Chord do accomplish jazz; a very new jazz."
- Mark Corroto, 'All About Jazz'
"Hardbop + Zeppelin + Schoenberg"
- Dave Madden, 'SLUG Magazine'
"Forward-thinking, boundary-stretching jazz"
- Eric Snider, 'Creative Loafing'
"['Accomplish Jazz' is] an incredibly impressive third release from a deliriously talented group."
- Dave Wayne, 'JazzReview.com'
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"Lundbom doesn't fit the boxes that music is so conveniently placed in. His music is just as free as it's funky. It's both old-fashioned and ultramodern, avant-garde and mainstream. Simply put, it's good music, which invites active participation. Accomplished jazz indeed."
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"Lundbom's muscular jazz-rock outfit Big Five Chord shows off its supple side on a new release, 'Accomplish Jazz.' But don't be surprised to hear the band's loping, funky grooves give way to noisy catharsis from the leader and sax firebrand Jon Irabagon."
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"Big Five Chord play the kind of forward-thinking, boundary-stretching jazz that still manages to sit well on more mainstream ears...an expansive yet succinct statement that remains consistently exhilarating from first note to last."
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"Like when the Brits overtook civil rights jazz in the late 60s, Lundbom and his crew delight in the asymmetrical and off beat making a fine stew for those who like their jazz sitting down. Clearly a wild ride."
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"I dig the way Jon's guitar solo [on 'Truncheon'] is in between styles and crafty without showing off...The guitar solo [on 'Phoenetics'] is slow, mysterious and often mesmerizing...Lundbom writes quirky yet memorable songs that are refreshing with unexpected twists that occur before you notice them...songs that unfold in unexpected ways...There is something charming, creative and cool about this music that is not so easy to explain but it does make me smile...”
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"Big! Five Chord has more muscle than your average jazz-rock project: Guitarist Jon Lundbom's spiky riffs skronk alongside keening sax lines from Jon Irabagon - one of the city's most deadly hornmen..." |
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"Somewhere down the road from the Knitting Factory, on the outskirts of 70s stadium rock, you’ll find Jon Lundbom & Big Five Chord, a crew once again proving that jazz isn’t dead – it’s just getting started! This live recording finds the band letting loose in the city (New York), completely unrestrained and bouncing between free jazz and 60s bop masters. ...the crew walks a line of structural retention and freedom from the original works that fuses a healthy dose of virtuosic improvisation with an uncanny ability to come back to center before wandering too far into the cosmos." |
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Accomplish Jazz (2009)
All the Pretty Ponies (2005)
Big Five Chord (2003)
