Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Albums
A virtuoso bassist who graced hundreds of recordings during his career (which began in his teens), {Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen}'s debut as a leader is a bit of a mixed [more]
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{Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen} was quite comfortable in extending an invitation to Sam Jones for this unusual recording date, which features the two bassists, along [more]
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Famous for his work as a teenager in Europe playing with veteran American greats, and for his many recordings as a sidemen with the veteran straight-ahead jazz [more]
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Niels Pedersen made many rewarding recordings over several decades as a sideman with the late pianist Kenny Drew, so his making of a CD in [more]
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Appearances
In jazz, ballads have a way of separating the men from the boys and the women from the girls. They show what an improviser is made of emotionally. On ballads, [more]
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Along with Gene Ammons and Stanley Turrentine, Dexter Gordon was one of the top ballad players of the '60s. Having already made his name in the bebop era and as an expatriate in Europe, [more]
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Violinist {Stéphane Grappelli}'s maturity is nicely mapped by this Verve Jazz Masters compilation containing 14 recordings made between September 1966 and May 1992. A [more]
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One of the nice things about jazz is the cross-pollination of different players in multiple settings. No [more]
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Unlike many other American expatriates living in Europe, tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon always managed to play and record with the top musicians while [more]
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When he expatriated to Scandinavia just before this session in Paris was recorded, Dexter Gordon said he was liberated in many ways, as a jazz musician and as a human being. This is [more]
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A virtuoso bassist who graced hundreds of recordings during his career (which began in his teens), {Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen}'s debut as a leader is a bit of a mixed [more]
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Within a five day period in 1973, altoist Jackie McLean, who had only made one album (a live set) between 1968-72, cut enough material for five records. This worthy set features his [more]
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One of many Pablo albums taken from the 1977 Montreux Jazz Festival, this outing teams together pianist Oscar Peterson, bassist Niels Pedersen and drummer Bobby [more]
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Biography
- Born May 27th 1946 in Osted, Denmark
- Died Apr 19th 2005 in Ishoej, Copenhagen, Denmark
A virtuoso who mostly played in bop-oriented settings, {Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen} was in great demand since he was a teenager. One of many superb European bassists to emerge during the 1960s, Pedersen originally studied piano before starting to play bass with Danish groups when he was 14. He had to reluctantly turn down Count Basie's offer to join his orchestra when he was just 17, but worked steadily as the house bassist at the Club Montmartre and as a member of the Danish Radio Orchestra.
Whenever American jazzmen passed through Scandinavia, they asked for Pedersen; during the 1960s he played with Sonny Rollins, Bill Evans, Roland Kirk, Dexter Gordon, Bud Powell, and even Albert Ayler (although the latter's session was not too successful). In the 1970s, Pedersen was featured in a duo with Kenny Drew. Starting in the mid-'70s, he was an occasional member of the Oscar Peterson Trio and he recorded several dates as a leader for SteepleChase. Pedersen also recorded in many different settings for Pablo Records during the era. He remained very active until his sudden death in April 2005. He was 58. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
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