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Carsten Lindholm Hansen

Born: June 26, 1969

Carsten Lindholm is a Drummer,Composer and Producer born in the small town og Kerteminde on the island Fünen He moved to Copenhagen in 1990 and began studying at the music concervatory D.A.R.K. He later took private lessons with Jazzlegend Ed Thigpen, Aage Tanggaard at the Rhythmic Conservatory, professor at the Royal Classic Conservatory Bent Lylloff, New Orleans drummer Jeff Boudreaux and a lot of Danish fusion drummers. In 1990 he contacted drummer Peter Erskine in order to take private lessons.However at that time it was difficult for them to match schedules, so he actually never got to study with him, but got a supportive motivating mentor and penpal instead, who he has met during his concerts and studiowork in New York, Monterey and Copenhagen In 1996 he went on Vallekilde, a danish Jazz summercamp, where he met Finish drummer Jukkis Uotila, Swedish bassplayer Lars Danielsson and norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer, all strong personalites, who became great mentors and inspired him to change his musical direction and go into nordic jazz music. In 98 he went to New York 3 months to check out the musical level of the town and to study the South Indian rhythm-language konakol.He also travelled to meet jazz-vibist and founder of Steps Ahead Mike Mainieri, who had been a hero since he first heard Steps Ahead. Mainieri had made a huge impact on him with his melodic, sophisticated and dynamic expression of music