Simon Spang-Hanssen

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Simon Spang-Hanssen (born April 13, 1955 in Copenhagen ) is a Danish jazz saxophonist.

Simon Spang-Hanssen

Live and act

Spang-Hanssen has been playing the saxophone since 1970 and became a member of John Tchicais Strange Brothers in 1976 . In 1978 he founded his first quartet Spacetrain with Ben Besiakov , Jesper Lundgaard and Alex Riel . In the same year he received the Ben Webster Prize . In the next few years he worked with musicians such as Ole Rømer , Jan Kaspersen , Peter Danstrup, Pierre Dørge , Doug Raney , Marilyn Mazur , Chuim, Mozar Terra, Attila Engin, Okay Temiz and the group Voodoo Gang from Cameroon. In 1983 he became a member of the band of the Brazilian drummer Nenê , with whom he toured Denmark and France and recorded two albums.

In 1985 he went to Paris, where he performed with his own groups, musicians such as Andy Emler , François and Louis Moutin , Denis Badault , Ramuntcho Matta, Nguyên Lê and Édouard Ferlet , and the Orchester National de Jazz (1991-94). In 1995 he founded the quintet Maneklar with Mariane Bitran , Ole Theill, Peter Danstrup and Jakob Andersen.

In 1998 Spang-Hansen returned to Copenhagen, where he played with the band Central Earth (with Bjarne Roupé , Henrik Sveidahl and Jesper Sveidahl, Poul Reimann, Fredrik Lundin , Marc Davis and Anders Mogensen , 1998), the Simon Spang-Hanssen Quartet (with Thomas Clausen , Jesper Lundgaard and Billy Hart , 1999), the Flower Machine quartet (with Thomas Agergaard , Klavs Hovman and Marilyn Mazur, 2000) and the afro-jazz quartet Eer Witness (with Felix Sabal-Lecco, Emil Spányi and Linley Marthe , 2001).

Discographic notes

  • Soul of Fire with Ben Besiakov, Peter Danstrup and Jeppe Reipurth, 1981
  • Mardi Gras, Chez Toi with François Moutin, Steve Argüelles and Xavier Desandre Navarre , 1991–94
  • Instant Blue with Bojan Zulfikarpašić , Michel Benita and Billy Hart, 1997
  • Wondering with Mariane Bitran, Peter Danstrup, Jacob Andersen, Ole Theill, Klavs Nordsoe and Marilyn Mazur, 1998
  • South of Nowhere with Jesper Sveidahl, Mariane Bitran, Fredrik Lundin , Henrik Sveidahl, Bjarne Roupe, Poul Reimann, Marc Davis, Anders Mogensen and Jacob Andersen, 2000
  • Long Shadows with Thomas Clausen, Jesper Lundgaard and Ole Rømer, 2000
  • Simon Spang-Hanssen & Ear Witness The Riddle , 2008
  • Luna Moon with Sébastien Boisseau , Christophe Lavergne , 2013
  • Speaking to the Wind , 2019

Web links

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Spang-Hanssen, Simon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish jazz saxophonist
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen