Thomas Clausen (musician)

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Thomas Clausen

Thomas Clausen (born October 5, 1949 in Copenhagen ) is a Danish jazz musician (pianist, keyboardist, composer, arranger).

Live and act

Thomas Clausen studied at the Copenhagen Music Academy and became known in the Danish jazz scene in the mid-1970s for his participation in recordings with US Americans staying in Denmark such as Jackie McLean / Gary Bartz (1973), Dexter Gordon ( More Than You Know , 1975) , Eddie Lockjaw Davis ( Swingin 'till the Girls Come Home , 1976), and Frank Rosolino / Bo Stief ( Frank Talks , 1978).

Clausen worked in the 1980s with bassist Chris Minh Doky , trumpeter Jens Winther , Lars Møller and other musicians from the Danish jazz scene. In 1982 he played in the WDR Big Band Cologne under the direction of Jiggs Whigham , in 1984 in Peter Herbolzheimer's Rhythm Combination & Brass . In 1985 he worked as a member of the Danish Radio Big Band on the production of the album Aura by Palle Mikkelborg and Miles Davis . In 1988 he played on Tomas Franck 's first album Bewitched and in the quartet of Allan Botschinsky ( The Night ).

In 1989 Clausen recorded a first solo album ( piano music ) and a trio album with Mads Vinding and Alex Riel on MA Music . In 1991 he and his trio accompanied vibraphonist Gary Burton on his album Cafe Noir , and in 1994 trombonist Bob Brookmeyer ( Old Friends ); In addition, another sensational trio album with Vinding and Riel ( Psalm ) was created for the Storyville label . That year he also worked on Karsten Houmark's album Four and played with his formation The Jazz Participants (from Tomas Franck and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen ) with jazz veteran Roy Haynes .

In 1996 he cooperated with Jesper Thilo ( Jesper Thilo / Ann Farholt Meets Thomas Clausen ). In 1997 he recorded the duo album Turn Out the Stars in a duo with the vibraphonist Sereri Pyysalo and recorded the album Follow the Sun with Brazilian musicians , which he followed in 2000 with the album Prelude to a Kiss . In 2001 he worked with Tim Berne and Danish musicians ( Open, Coma ). In 1997/99 he also worked in the Copenhagen Art Ensemble with Marilyn Mazur . Clausen also worked with Jesper Lundgaard , Andrea Marcelli , Simon Spang-Hanssen and Hans Ulrik .

Prizes and awards

Clausen received the Ben Webster Prize in 1989 and the JASA Prize in 1990 . He was also awarded the Fanfare Prize (1992) and the composer's prize from the Danish Society for Jazz, Rock and Folk Composers .

Discographic notes

  • She Touched Me (MA MUSIC, 1989) with Mads Vinding, Alex Riel
  • Flowers and Trees (MA MUSIC, 1991) with Gary Burton
  • Psalm (Storyville, 1994) with Mads Vinding, Alex Riel
  • Turn Out the Stars (Storyville, 1997) Sereri Pyysalo
  • Prelude to a Kiss (Stunt, 2000)
  • My Favorite Things (Stunt, 2003) with Jesper Lundgaard , Peter Danemo
  • Balacobaco (stunt, 2005)
  • Carlos Malta & Thomas Clausen: Dreamland (2017)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The critics Richard Cookk and Brian Morton consider Psalm to be Clausen's currently best album and rated it with the highest grade in the Penguin Guide to Jazz ; it is an "exemplary trio game that shows Clausen's imaginative power."
personal data
SURNAME Clausen, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish jazz musician (pianist, keyboardist, composer, arranger)
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen