Lars Danielsson
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Lars Danielsson (born September 5, 1958 in Gothenburg ) is a Swedish jazz bassist and cellist.
Live and act
Danielsson first studied classical cello at the Gothenburg Conservatory of Music ; under the impression of a jazz concert with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen , he turned to jazz music.
He worked with Mwendo Dawa , singer Cæcilie Norby , saxophonist Rick Margitza , guitarist John Abercrombie , trumpeter Kenny Wheeler and drummer Trilok Gurtu , recorded and was a member of Lars Jansson's Trio 84 and the Eternal Now and the Lars Jansson Trio by Hans Ulrik's Jazzpar 99 Combo (with John Scofield and Peter Erskine ) and Carsten Dahl's Jazzpar 2000 Combo (with Tony Coe ).
With the saxophonist David Liebman , the pianist Bobo Stenson and the drummer Jon Christensen , he founded the Lars Danielsson Quartet in 1985 , with which he recorded 10 albums (some with guests). He also played with Billy Hart , Charles Lloyd , Terri Lyne Carrington , Christopher Dell and Johannes Enders . In recent years he has also worked as a composer, arranger and producer for the Danmarks Radios RUO Orchestra as well as for Cæcilie Norby, Jonas Johansen and Viktoria Tolstoy . As Artist in Residence at the JazzBaltica Festival , he directed the Jazz Baltica Ensemble in 2004 .
Since 2004 he has released the albums under his own name on the German record label ACT . The CD 4 Wheel Drive , which he was responsible for together with Nils Landgren , Michael Wollny and Wolfgang Haffner , came in first place in the Media Control Jazz annual charts in 2019 and is therefore the best-selling jazz album of the year in Germany.
Discographic notes
- Time Unit (1983, Dragon Records ), with Anders Kjellberg , Göran Klinghagen and Anders Persson
- Lars Danielsson Quartet New Hands (1984, Dragon Records), with Jon Christensen , Bobo Stenson and David Liebman
- Tiá Diá (1987, Royal Music), with Alex Acuña , Lars Jansson , Ulf Jansson and David Wilczewski (as Tia Dia )
- Lars Danielsson Quartet Poems (1991, Dragon Records), with Jon Christensen, Bobo Stenson and David Liebman
- Fresh Enough (1992, L + R Records ), with David Liebman, Bill Evans , Niels Lan Doky , Jack DeJohnette and Ulf Wakenius
- Continuation (1994, L + R Records), with John Abercrombie , Adam Nussbaum and Tobias Sjögren
- Far North (1994, Curling Legs), with Jon Christensen, Bobo Stenson, and David Liebman
- European Voices (1995, Dragon Records), with Marilyn Mazur , Michael Riessler , Joakim Milder , Nils Petter Molvær , Tobias Sjögren, Eivind Aarset , Lars Jansson and Nils Landgren
- Origo (1997, Curling Legs), with John Abercrombie and Adam Nussbaum
- Live at Visiones (1997, Dragon Records), with Jon Christensen, Bobo Stenson and David Liebman
- Libera me (2004, ACT), with Jon Christensen, Nils Petter Molvær , Xavier Desandre Navarre , David Liebman, Anders Kjellberg, Carsten Dahl , Tobias Sjögren and the Danish Radio Concert Orchestra under Frans Rasmussen
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Leszek Możdżer , Lars Danielsson, Zohar Fresco The Time (2005, Outside Music, PL:
diamond)
- Mélange bleu (2006, ACT)
- Leszek Możdżer, Lars Danielsson, Zohar Fresco Between Us and the Light (2006, Outside Music, PL:
× 2Double platinum )
- Lars Danielsson & Leszek Możdżer Pasodoble (2007, ACT, PL:
platinum)
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Tarantella (2009, ACT), with Leszek Możdżer, Mathias Eick , John Parricelli and Eric Harland , PL:
gold)
- Liberetto (2012, ACT), with Tigran Hamasyan , Magnus Öström , Arve Henriksen and John Parricelli
- Leszek Możdżer, Lars Danielsson, Zohar Fresco Polska (2013, ACT, PL:
× 2Double platinum )
- Libretto II (2014, ACT), with Tigran Hamasyan
- Liberetto III (2017, ACT), with Magnus Öström , Arve Henriksen , Grégory Privat and John Parricelli
- Lars Danielsson & Paolo Fresu Summerwind (ACT, 2018)
- Nils Landgren, Michael Wollny, Lars Danielsson & Wolfgang Haffner 4 Wheel Drive (ACT, 2019)
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Web links
- Danielsson in Discogs (English)
- Official website (English)
- Interview (2005)
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SURNAME | Danielsson, Lars |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish jazz bassist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 5th September 1958 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Gothenburg , Sweden |