Tomeka Reid / Fred Lonberg-Holm - Eight Pieces For Two Cellos

Repertoire for cello represents a little-explored niche of the greater jazz songbook. In 2013, cellists Tomeka Reid and Fred Lonberg-Holm turned their arrangerly and composerly attention to this terrain, assembling a selection of four originals (three by Lonberg-Holm, one by Reid) and four works by other composers. The latter include “Pluck It” by pioneering jazz cellist Fred Katz, member of the Chico Hamilton Quintet and soundtrack composer for Roger Corman films; “In Walked Ray” by intrepid hardbop bassist and cellist Sam Jones, who worked extensively with Cannonball Adderly; “Rally” by legendary bassist and cellist Ron Carter, who played with everyone from Miles Davis to Eric Dolphy to A

Tracklist

1. A1. Pluck It
2. A2. Alla Mingus For La Bang
3. A3. Fragile
4. A4. In Walked Ray
5. B1. Rally
6. B2. C'mon
7. B3. Monti-Cello
8. B4. How Can We?