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Jesper Lundgaard
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Born 1954 in Hilleroed, Denmark.
Started to play bass at the age of 16.
Studied music at Aarhus University from 1976, and played at the
local jazzclub Tagskaegget with many American jazz-greats, e.g
Roy Eldridge, Harry Sweets Edison, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Doug
and Jimmy Raney.
In 1978 was with the Thad Jones Mel Lewis Orchestra
doing a 3 months Europe tour.
In 1979 moved to Copenhagen, played at the
jazz clubs of La Fontaine, Slukefter, and Montmartre.
Has performed with Benny Carter, Teddy Wilson, Tommy Flanagan,
Stanley Turrentine, Joe Henderson, Chet Baker, Duke Jordan,
Michel Petrucciani, John Scofield, just to mention a few.
Has played as a member of the Thad Jones Eclipse, The Radio Jazz Group, the Ernie Wilkins Almost
Big Band, the Bob Rockwell Quartet, and the Bent Jaedig Quartet
Mette Juul: Finding the Musical Sanctuary of Change
Since she released her debut Coming in from the Dark in 2010, Danish jazz singer and songwriter, Mette Juul, has been on a path of discovery that has seen her in collaborations with many prominent musicians, including drummers Alex Riel and Rodney Green, bassist Jesper Lundgaard and trailblazing trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire. Her latest albums Change (2019) ...
read more2016
Label: Storyville Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: K.B. Blues; Walking In Circles; The Meeting; The Meaning Of The Blues; Three Birds In Paris; Doug; Stafet; Vals Fra Nørrebro; Naima; Waltz For K.
Jesper Lundgaard Trio: 2016
Danish bassist Jesper Lundgaard likens the making of the latest album with his trio to cooking a successful meal: “Eight new songs, two standards, sax, bass, guitar, three microphones, the recording machine, 12 hours playing, 12 hours mixing, 12 hours design stuff, 12 hours practical stuff, four weeks of waiting, everything stirred thoroughly." ...
read more60 Out Of Shape
Label: Storyville Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Autumn Leaves; All The Things You Are; I Can’t Get Started; My Funny Valentine; Medley: What Is This Thing Called Love, Everything I Love, Round Midnight; Oleo.
Jesper Lundgaard, featuring Enrico Pieranunzi & Alex Riel: 60 Out Of Shape
Back in the glory days the Copenhagen jazz club Montmartre was known as “The Village Vanguard of Europe." In the 1960s some of the biggest names in the music played there: Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz... the list goes on. And on: Roland Kirk, Sonny Rollins, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans, Charles Mingus, ...
read moreA New Danish Bassist on Top: Introducing Morten Haxholm
There is little doubt that Denmark has a proud tradition of fostering exceptional bassists -just think of names like Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Jesper Lundgaard, Bo Stief, Jesper Bodilsen and, more recently, Anders Christensen, Jonas Westergaard and Richard Andersson. Add Morten Haxholm to this ever growing list. Haxholm has been ambitious from the start. ...
read moreVinterjazz Copenhagen: Carsten Dahl Trio w/ Reuben Rogers and Greg Hutchinson at Jazzhus Montmartre
Carsten Dahl Trio w/ Reuben Rogers Vinterjazz 2014 Jazzhus Montmartre Copenhagen, Denmark February 20-21, 2014 Vinterjazz Vinterjazz has the same setup as the Jazzfestival Copenhagen in the summer. It is spread over the whole city but on a smaller scale. During the ten days in February ...
read moreThe Jazz Coin: Scott Hamilton & John Escreet
Twenty-first century jazz has a greater breadth and depth than any time previously. Granularity in jazz genre has become so reduced that genre designations are almost meaningless. In jazz, we are approaching a time when jazz will no longer be “jazz" but music in the most liberal sense of the word. But, until that time, we ...
read moreAlex Riel Special Quartet: Full House
In 1963, at the tender age of 23, Alex Riel became the house drummer at Montmartre-the Copenhagen jazz club-backing such US giants as Dexter Gordon, Paul Gonsalves, Don Byas, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Kenny Dorham and Archie Shepp. In 2010, he returned to the legendary Scandinavian venue which had recently reopened as a jazz ...
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