John Lindberg

Trilogy Of Works For Eleven Instrumentalists is a set of three compositions by bassist John Lindberg, written for a mixed ensemble of reeds, brass, piano, guitar, bass and drums and conducted by Anthony Braxton. It was recorded in New York in September 1984 and released by Black Saint in 1985. Lindberg was then known as a co-founder of the String Trio of New York, and this record shows him writing at a much larger scale, with Braxton standing in front of the band rather than playing in it.

The sessions took place on September 8 and 9, 1984 at Vanguard Studios, with David Baker engineering, Giovanni Bonandrini producing and notes by Francis Davis and Lindberg himself. The eleven players include trombonist Ray Anderson, trumpeter Hugh Ragin, reed player Marty Ehrlich on alto saxophone, flute and piccolo, and drummer Thurman Barker, who also plays bells and xylophone. Around them are a second trumpet, French horn, tenor and baritone saxophones with clarinet, piano and electric guitar, with Lindberg on bass. Holler opens the record at twelve and a half minutes. m To M is the shortest of the three at eight. Dresden Moods, at just over twenty minutes, takes up half the album and is the most extended piece of writing here. All three pieces are credited to Lindberg as composer.

Black Saint CD 120082-2 of the album first released on LP in 1985 as BSR 0082.