Fred Lonberg-Holm / Nick Stephens

Fred Lonberg-Holm / Nick Stephens: Crackle: Six improvisations for Cello and Double Bass

by Eyal Hareuveni
August 2, 2014

These improvisations between Chicago's ubiquitous cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm and veteran British double bassist Nick Stephens, known for ongoing collaborations with Norwegian reed master Frode Gjerstad and South-African drummer Louis Moholo- Moholo, were recorded in 2011 in Stephens' home-town, Northwood. The duo immediately establish a common language that encompasses organic elements of fiery free jazz, through exploration of extended bowing techniques or often simple, straight- forward and lyrical, chamber playing. The two juggle between these shifting elements, ...