Other Valentines

Lonberg-Holm Trio - Other Valentines

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Artist: Lonberg-Holm Trio
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2009-03-31
Music Label: ATAVISTIC
Soundtracks:

East Of Uz
Fool
Arnold Layne
Almost Mid-Day
Vals Pa Vinegar
Flo
Winter In America
Jesus Etc.
I Got Nothing
To My Buddy, Buddy

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Music Review: Stunning
Rating: 5 Stars

Consider Fred Lonberg-Holm's Terminal 4 project, where the erstwhile cellist utilized an instrumental ensemble to execute a program of jazzy improvisations of his own indie pop/rock flavored compositions, "Other Valentines" is not only a follow up to his previous album, "Valentines for Fred Katz" but a jazz based excursion into the contemporary world of pop music itself. Spinning variations on the popular music he admires, Fred Lonberg-Holm delivers one of the most lyrically gorgeous instrumental pop cover records committed by a jazz improviser in recent memory.

Where "Valentines for Fred Katz" was specifically geared towards shedding light upon the work of post-war jazz cellist Fred Katz, "Other Valentines" is a love letter of sorts to Lonberg-Holm's own personal music heroes. Although the covers are extended improvisations based on simple pop music themes, Holm never allows his cello, bass and drums based trio's interpretations to get overly busy or needlessly complex, thereby diluting the direct but powerful emotional content that such material is capable of delivering. Take for example "Fool," Cat Power's recent folksy dirge, as re-interpreted by the trio it sounds as though it could have been conceived as an instrumental piece so fully vested is Lonberg-Holm in the melodic content, working simple variations on the theme over and over gain, with and without dissonance and extrapolation, expanding the piece to allow for a more nuanced and rich interpretation. Wilco's "Jesus, etc" is executed with a sprightly but obtuse rhythm that gives its bittersweet melodic core a decidedly optimistic outlook. Tunes by Syd Barrett, Gil Scott-Heron and Sun Ra are given stellar treatment as well.

An amazingly beautiful crossover album, "Other Valentines" imparts heartfelt integrity to virtuosic instrumental interpretations of current pop music that few other improvising artists seem either capable or desirous of.

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