Jesper Lundgaard

Jesper Lundgaard ( born June 12, 1954 in Hillerød ) is a Danish bassist of modern jazz.

Lundgaard studied in Aarhus and played in local jazz club with gas- animal border American musicians such as Roy Eldridge, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Harry Sweets Edison and Jimmy Raney. In 1978 he became a member of the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Big Band and toured with her through Europe. In 1979, he moved to Copenhagen and worked in the Montmartre Jazzhus. In 1992, he belonged to the group of Svend Asmussen. In 1999 he formed with Bob Rockwell Quartet 's repertoire and recorded six albums; In 2001 he formed the Jesper Lundgaard Trio, with whom he recorded the albums " celluloid ", " Sculping " and "Plays Cornelis ". He was also employed at over a hundred recordings as a sideman in the 1980s with Benny Carter, and Teddy Wilson at their sessions in Scandinavia, Chet Baker, Paul Bley, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Horace Parlan, Frank Foster, Warne Marsh, Kirk Lightsey ( " isotopes ", 1983), Bernt Rosengren, Michal Urbaniak, Ernie Wilkins and Jimmy Raney, with his album " The Master ", he participated in 1983. In the 1990s he was also on recordings by Tommy Flanagan ( "Let's " on Enja ), Lee Konitz, Arne Domnerus, Jesper Thilo and Alex Riel, eventually involved 2001 by Thomas Clausen. Lundgaard also works as a sound engineer and has his own recording studio.

Awards and prizes

Lundgaard received the 1982 Ben Webster Prize and the 1992 JASA Award.