New Review Round-Up

A quick round-up of some of the great press we’ve been getting for “Accomplish Jazz”…

‘Music and More’ 01/07/10, Tim Niland

“Big, brawny, modern jazz…creative and arousing music that was played in an exciting manner.”

‘Step Tempest’ 01/05/10, Richard B. Kamins

“The music is spacious and swinging, occasionally raucous and hard-edged with solos that push at the boundaries of the songs…I like how this music can be so quiet yet so intense.”

‘All About Jazz’ 01/03/09, Raul d’Gama Rose

“Lundbom wears [his] almost childlike wonder as a rather thin mask, belying a graceful sophistication that marks an apparent determination to go beyond the mere skin of sound…To do this and make music that is so on-the-mark as far as tone and color goes is quite an achievement…’Accomplish Jazz’ may be the album that takes Lundbom & Big Five Chord to the next level, one that moves beyond the realm of experimentation into music that is distinct and shows a clear sense of direction in the swelling flood of the new avant-garde…”

‘Something Else!’ 01/03/10, Pico

“Accomplish Jazz accomplishes the kind of loose, rocking avant-jazz that few other than Jon Lundbom is capable of producing.”

‘Lucid Culture’ 12/23/09

“Great headphone music for anyone who’s just closed down the bar but needs more of the night.”

‘The Province’ 12/22/09, Stuart Derdeyn

“Five fine songs from a young, dynamic band…Grade: B”

‘Shepherd Express’ (& ‘Express Milwaukee’) 12/22/09, David Luhrssen

‘Jazzblog.ca’ (‘Ottawa Citizen’) 12/07/09, Peter Hum

‘Jazz Prospecting’ 12/07/09, Tom Hull (B+ Review)

A New JonLundbom.com!

Hey Everybody!  We’re launching a new site this week and thank you for your patience as we work out a couple of bugs.  In the meantime, check out some new live Audio and Video – exciting stuff!

Contact

To contact Jon (and/or say hello)
contact@jonlundbom.com

Websites
www.jonlundbom.com
www.bigfivechord.com
www.facebook.com/BigFiveChord
www.twitter.com/BigFiveChord

Press
Ann Braithwaite, Braithwaite & Katz

Record Labels
Hot Cup Records

Musicians
Michael Bates
Nick Broste
Jeremy Carlstedt
Eugene Chadbourne
Shawn Conley
Chris Cuzme
Jeff Davis
Moppa Elliott
Andi Rae Healy
Dave Hertzberg
Peter Van Huffel
Jon Irabagon
Aaron Irwin
Sam Kulik
Pete Lanctot
Jason Liebman
Matt Kanelos
Tim Kuhl
Dan Loomis
Andrew Morgan
Bryan Murray
Matt Nelson
Kells Nollenberger
Kyle Saulnier
Jesse Stacken
Andrew Sterman
Nate Wooley

Bands
alice.
Big Five Chord
Bryan & the Haggards
The Missing Teens
Spoke
Wolfe & the Wayside

Performance
Catch! Series
Julia May Jonas (Nellie Tinder)

Instruments
Ken Parker Archtops
Jon Lundbom plays LaBella Strings
Jon Lundbom uses pedals from Malekko Heavy Industry

Studios and Production
Fireplace Studios
Charles Lipper
The Pigeon Club
Vibromonk

Photography, Video, and Design
Brett Beyer
King Morgan
Bryan Murray Photography
Scrapworm
Aaron Wolfe

Venues & Series
68 Jay Street
The Algonquin Seaport Theater
Bait & Tackle
Banjo Jim’s
Bar 4
Beer Table
Birdsall House
Branded Saloon
Brooklyn Fire Proof
Brooklyn Lyceum
The Bushwick Starr
The Farmers’ Cabinet
The Firehouse Space
Freddy’s Backroom
Goodbye Blue Monday
Hank’s Saloon
Huckleberry Bar
Lady Jay’s
The Living Room
Local 269
The Parkside Lounge
Radegast Hall & Biergarden
Rattle N’ Hum
Rip Rig
Rodeo Bar
The Rock Shop
ShapeShifter Lab
Southpaw
The Spot
The Stone
Sycamore
Think Coffee
Vaudeville Park
The Way Station
Zebulon
Zirzamin

Mark Corroto, ‘All About Jazz’ 12/19/09

★★★★
“They [the new young lions] intend to grab jazz by the lapel and shake it with extreme prejudice. A prime example of the new young lions is the band Big Five Chord, the creation of guitarist Jon Lundbom…Lundbom creates music that is neither fusion, jazz core, nor rock. It is pure jazz with rock attitude…Lundbom’s writing presents a skewed perspective and a dissonant swing that pieces together Ornette Coleman’s harmolodics and an incessant pulse…Yes, Big Five Chord do accomplish jazz; a very new jazz.”

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