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Anders Christensen at the Aarhus Jazz Festival 2017 with Spacelab (Nikolaj Hess (p), Mikkel Hess (dr))

Anders "AC" Christensen (* 1972 in Vejle ) is a Danish jazz musician ( double bass , electric bass , also composition ) of modern jazz .

Live and act

Anders Christensen, who has been active in the Danish jazz scene since the early 1990s, worked a. a. with Jakob Dinesen ( Once Around the Park , 1992), Ib Glindemann , Anders Mogensen , Hans Ulrik as well as in a trio with Jakob Bro and Jacob Høyer , in the international jazz scene soon also in Paul Motian's Electric Bebop Band, with George Garzone , the Tomasz Stańko Quintet ( Dark Eyes ECM 2009), also with Caroline Henderson , Tom Harrell , Joe Lovano and Lee Konitz .

In 2008/09 Christensen recorded his debut album Dear Someone in New York and Copenhagen in trio format with Aaron Parks and Paul Motian . In the field of jazz, he was involved in 23 recording sessions between 1992 and 2013, according to Tom Lord . Most recently he had the trio Spacelab with Nikolaj Hess and Mikkel Hess; In a duo with Ned Ferm he performed at the Danish festival Vinterjazz 2019.

Discographic notes

  • Anders Christensen, Lasse M. Jensen: Go with Peace Jamil (Stunt, 2008)
  • Nikolaj Hess, Marilyn Mazur , Mikkel Hess, Anders Christensen: Rhapsody - Impressions of Hammershøi (Cloud, 2016)
  • Live Foyn Friis / Nikolaj Hess / Anders Christensen / Daniel Sommer: Willow (Foyn Records, 2018)

Web links

Commons : Anders Christensen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Meeting (Nordic Music)
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 1, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Christensen, Anders
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Christensen, AC (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish jazz musician (double bass)
DATE OF BIRTH 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Vejle