Jesper Lundgaard

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Jesper Lundgaard (* 12. June 1954 in Hillerød ) is a Danish bassist of the Modern Jazz .

Jesper Lundgaard

Live and act

Lundgaard studied in Aarhus and played in the local jazz club with guest American musicians such as Roy Eldridge , Eddie Lockjaw Davis , Harry Sweets Edison and Jimmy Raney . In 1978 he became a member of the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Big Band and toured Europe with them. In 1979 he moved to Copenhagen and worked at the Jazzhus Montmartre . In 1992 he was part of Svend Asmussen's group . In 1999 he formed the Repertoire Quartet with Bob Rockwell and recorded six albums; In 2001 he formed the Jesper Lundgaard Trio , with whom he recorded the albums “Celluloid”, “Sculping” and “Plays Cornelis”. In 2013 the album "Love and Peace: The Music of Horace Parlan" followed. He celebrated his 60th birthday in a concert with Enrico Pieranunzi and Alex Riel ( 60 Out of Shape ).

He was also involved in over 200 recordings as a sideman, in the 1980s with Benny Carter and Teddy Wilson at their sessions in Scandinavia, Chet Baker , Paul Bley , Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Horace Parlan , Frank Foster , Warne Marsh , Kirk Lightsey (“ Isotope ”, 1983), Bernt Rosengren , Michal Urbaniak , Ernie Wilkins and Jimmy Raney , on whose 1983 album“ The Master ”he participated. In the 1990s he was also involved in recordings of Tommy Flanagan ("Let's" on Enja ), Lee Konitz , Arne Domnérus , Jesper Thilo and Alex Riel , finally in 2001 by Thomas Clausen . Lundgaard also works as a sound engineer, has his own recording studio and produces amplifiers for bass and guitar.

Honourings and prices

Jesper Lundgaard (2015)

Lundgaard received the Ben Webster Prize in 1982 and the JASA Prize in 1992.

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Commons : Jesper Lundgaard  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Lundgaard, Jesper
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish jazz bassist
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Hillerød , Denmark