Guitarist, composer, and bandleader Jon Lundbom lives in Austin, TX. He leads Jon Lundbom & Big Five Chord, with which he has released eight albums albums (depending on how you count 'em). Over the course of 2016, they released four EPs, collected in the "2016:EPs" boxed set released live in concert at The Museum of Human Acheivement on 10/01/16. This and all Big Five Chord releases are available wherever CDs and downloads are sold, including as some remarkably-affordable downloads at www.jonlundbom.com.
Jon’s music – described as “Hardbop + Zeppelin + Schoenberg” (Dave Madden, ‘SLUG’) – is a showcase for his “intense phrasing and mind-altering solo spots” (Glenn Astarita, ‘All About Jazz’), a “boundary-shattering shot of adrenaline that screws with your head and messes with your soul” (Jordan Richardson, ‘The Seattle PI’). Jon has been called “an idiosyncratic genius harboring boundary-stretching notions in his musical make up” (CJ Bond, ‘JazMuzic.com’); “hopefully Lundbom will start getting more attention for his fresh perspective, both as a writer and player” (Mike Shanley, ‘ShanleyOnMusic’), “[Jon’s playing brings] new ideas to what jazz guitar can be” (Paul Acquaro, ‘Free Jazz Blog’); “Big Five Chord, individually and collectively, is one of the most important [ensembles] around today” (Gregory Applegate Edwards, ‘Gapplegate Guitar and Bass Blog’). "A guitarist" (The New York Times). “Olympic-caliber guitar gymnastics” (Bob Gendron, ‘Downbeat’).
