Lennart Ginman

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Lennart Ginman (2009)
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The Color of Dark (with Eivør )
  DK 32 09/19/2014 (1 week)

Lennart Ginman (born March 2, 1960 ) is a Danish musician (bassist, composer) who works primarily in the field of modern jazz .

Live and act

Ginman made his debut as a singer and guitarist in the mid-1970s before switching to bass. He made his first professional appearances between 1982 and 1984 in Copenhagen with the Joe Banks Blues Band and saxophonist Joe Pender .

In 1986 he founded the band Page One , with whom he performed in Germany, France and Canada the following year and recorded his first album as a band leader in 1988. After two more albums with the band, two albums with Cæcilie Norby were created for Blue Note Records in 1995 . In the same year he received the JASA Prize, the Danish Jazz Critics' Prize.

Ginman has worked with Steen Jørgensen since 1997 . Her album Ginman / Jørgensen was 1998 Danish "Jazz Album of the Year". In 2000 Ginman composed the musical Snedronningen (The Snow Queen) and released the album of the same name on Sony / Columbia. In 2001 he composed the music for the dance production of the Venezuelan choreographer Sara Gebran Fantasy of Boredom Dummies . The music for the 25-part TV crime series Skjulte Spor was also created between 2000 and 2002 .

Since 2001, Lisa Rosenmeier has worked on projects such as House of Love (2001), The Extended Now (2002), A Temporal Twin (2003) and Black Circle (2003). In 2003 the trio Ginman Blachman Dahl was the first European band to record two albums on the American label Verve Records .

In 2004 Ginman gave concerts in Vietnam with his new band Ginman de Luxe (including Ho Hoai Anh and the DJ Track72 ). At the “Copenhagen Jazz Festival” he performed with the band and the Japanese DJ Tatsuki Oshima . Since 2006 he has been working with Jimmy Jørgensen on the fusion of jazz and electronic music; In 2007 the album Deep was created .

Ginman u. a. with Lee Konitz , Clark Terry , Benny Golson , Art Farmer , Harry Sweets Edison , Duke Jordan , Randy Brecker , Wild Bill Davison , John Taylor , Johnny Griffin , Jim McNeely , Horace Parlan , Slim Gaillard , Kenny Werner , Scott Hamilton , Al Foster , Keith Copeland , Mike Clark , Herlin Riley , Adam Nussbaum and Billy Hart . In 2009 he received the Ben Webster Prize .

Discographic notes

  • Beatin 'Bop , 1988
  • 1991 with Kirk Lightsey , 1990
  • Live At Ronnie Scotts , 1991
  • Ginman / Jørgensen , 1998
  • Snedronningen , 2000
  • GinmanBlachmanDahl: The Library Bar Concerts , 2003
  • GinmanBlachmanDahl , 2004
  • Uffe Steen / Adam Nussbaum / Lennart Ginman Dust in My Coffee , 2005
  • Deep , 2007
  • The Color of Dark with Eivør , 2014

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  1. ↑ The Color of Dark (Ginman & Eivør) in the Danish charts

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personal data
SURNAME Ginman, Lennart
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish jazz bassist
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1960