Mads La Cour
Mads La Cour Langelund (* 1980 in Svendborg as Mads Langelund) is a Danish jazz musician ( trumpet , flugelhorn , cornet ).
Act
Langelund, who started playing the trumpet at the age of five, is a graduate of the Funen Music Conservatory. First he made a name for himself locally in bands like QUARTz, Tads Ta Tour, Horn Amok and Anders Mogensens Gifted Youth . In 2006 he played with Helle Hansen & Tiptoe Bigband. Since 2006 he has been a member of the Danish Radio Big Band , with which u. a. was involved in recordings with Charlie Watts or Curtis Stigers . Since 2008 he has released several albums with his own groups. He also belonged to The Pulse ; With this band he released an album of the same name in 2009. As a studio musician he can be heard on the album Continents by The Eclectic Moniker .
In 2007 he was named Jazz Musician of the Year by Funen; in the same year he won the P2 Jazz Awards from Danmarks Radio .
Discographic notes
- À La Cour (Stunt Records 2008), with Philipp Gropper , Håvard Wiik , Andreas Lang , Kresten Osgood and Kasper Tom Christiansen
- Mads La Cour & Im Beruf Grandpa Left You Nothing (Stunt Records 2010)
- Mads la Cour's Almugi Quartet ( WhyPlayJazz 2015), with Lars Greve, Andreas Lang, Kasper Tom Christiansen
- Mads la Cour's Almugi Duo (WhyPlayJazz 2015), with Anders Mogensen
- Mads la Cour's Almugi Large Ensemble (WhyPlayJazz 2015), with Steen Hansen , Peter Fuglsang, Peter Hellesø, Kaspar Vadsholt, Erik Svendsen Laustsen, Hal Parfitt Murray, Andreas Tophøj
Web links
- Web presence
- Portrait (sundance.dk)
- Mads La Cour at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Musik er ikke det vigtigste , fyens.dk, January 27, 2007
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | La Cour, Mads |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Langelund, Mads (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish jazz musician (trumpet) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Svendborg |