Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
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Discography
- My Name Is Albert Ayler 1963 (with Albert Ayler)
- Kirk in Copenhagen 1963 (with Roland Kirk)
- Ben Webster in Denmark 1965-1971 (Kenny DrewKenny DrewKenneth Sidney "Kenny" Drew was an American jazz pianist.-Biography:Born in New York City, New York, he first recorded with Howard McGhee in 1949, and over the next two years recorded with Buddy DeFranco, Coleman Hawkins, Milt Jackson, Charlie Parker, Buddy Rich, and Dinah Washington...
, NHØP, Alex RielAlex RielAlex Riel, , is a Danish jazz and rock drummer. His first group Alex Riel/Palle Mikkelborg Quintet won Montreux Grand Prix Award at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1968 and it was published in Billboards June 1968 edition.-Biography:Riel has recorded with, among others, Kenny Drew, Kenny Werner, Bob...
, Teddy WilsonTeddy WilsonTheodore Shaw "Teddy" Wilson was an American jazz pianist whose sophisticated and elegant style was featured on the records of many of the biggest names in jazz, including Louis Armstrong, Lena Horne, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald.-Biography:Wilson was born in Austin, Texas in...
and more) Live at Danish Radio studios, Jazzhus Montmartre and Odd Fellow Palæet - Universal Music Denmark - One Flight UpOne Flight UpOne Flight Up is an album by American jazz saxophonist Dexter Gordon recorded in 1964 in Paris and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:...
1964 (with Dexter GordonDexter GordonDexter Gordon was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and an Academy Award-nominated actor . He is regarded as one of the first and most important musicians to adapt the bebop musical language of people like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Bud Powell to the tenor saxophone...
) - Sunday Walk 1969 (with Jean-Luc PontyJean-Luc PontyJean-Luc Ponty is a French virtuoso violinist and jazz composer.- Early years:Ponty was born into a family of classical musicians on 29 September 1942 in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano...
) - Great ConnectionGreat ConnectionGreat Connection is a 1971 album by Oscar Peterson. -Track listing:# "Younger Than Springtime" – 5:24# "Where Do I Go from Here?" – 5:53...
1971 (with Oscar PetersonOscar PetersonOscar Emmanuel Peterson was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. He was called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington, "O.P." by his friends. He released over 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards, and received other numerous awards and honours over the course of his career...
and Louis HayesLouis HayesLouis Hayes is an American jazz drummer.-Biography:His father played drums and piano and his mother the piano and he refers to the early influence of hearing jazz, especially that of big bands, on the radio...
) - Duo 1973 (with Kenny DrewKenny DrewKenneth Sidney "Kenny" Drew was an American jazz pianist.-Biography:Born in New York City, New York, he first recorded with Howard McGhee in 1949, and over the next two years recorded with Buddy DeFranco, Coleman Hawkins, Milt Jackson, Charlie Parker, Buddy Rich, and Dinah Washington...
) - The TrioThe Trio (1973 album)The Trio is a 1973 live album by Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen.At the Grammy Awards of 1975, The Trio won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Group.-Reception:...
1973 (with Oscar PetersonOscar PetersonOscar Emmanuel Peterson was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. He was called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington, "O.P." by his friends. He released over 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards, and received other numerous awards and honours over the course of his career...
and Joe PassJoe PassJoe Pass was an Italian-American jazz guitarist of Sicilian descent. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century...
) - Jaywalkin 1975 (with Philip CatherinePhilip CatherinePhilip Catherine is a Belgian jazz guitarist.-Biography:He was born in London from an English mother and Belgian father....
) - Double Bass 1976 (with Sam JonesSamuel Jones (musician)Samuel Jones was a jazz bassist, cellist, and composer.Sam Jones was born in Jacksonville, FL and moved to New York city in 1955. There, Jones played with Bobby Timmons, Tiny Bradshaw, Les Jazz Modes, Kenny Dorham, Illinois Jacquet, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk...
) - Pictures 1976 (with Kenneth Knudsen)
- Live at Montmartre (vols. 1 and 2) 1977 (with Stan GetzStan GetzStanley Getz was an American jazz saxophone player. Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of his idol, Lester Young. Coming to prominence in the late 1940s with Woody Herman's big band, Getz is described by critic Scott...
) - Roy Eldridge 4/Montreux 77 1977
- Tania Maria 1978
- ChopsChops (Joe Pass album)Chops is an album by American jazz guitarist Joe Pass and bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, released in 1978 . It was re-issued in 1993 on CD by Original Jazz Classics.-Track listing:...
1978 (with Joe PassJoe PassJoe Pass was an Italian-American jazz guitarist of Sicilian descent. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century...
) - The Touch of Your Lips 1979 (with the Chet BakerChet BakerChesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and singer.Though his music earned him a large following , Baker's popularity was due in part to his "matinee idol-beauty" and "well-publicized drug habit."He died in 1988 in Amsterdam, the...
Trio) - Daybreak (Live In Montmartre Vol.1) 1979 (with the Chet BakerChet BakerChesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and singer.Though his music earned him a large following , Baker's popularity was due in part to his "matinee idol-beauty" and "well-publicized drug habit."He died in 1988 in Amsterdam, the...
Trio) - This is Always (Live In Montmartre Vol.2) 1979 (with the Chet BakerChet BakerChesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and singer.Though his music earned him a large following , Baker's popularity was due in part to his "matinee idol-beauty" and "well-publicized drug habit."He died in 1988 in Amsterdam, the...
Trio) - Someday My Prince Will Come 1979 (with the Chet BakerChet BakerChesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and singer.Though his music earned him a large following , Baker's popularity was due in part to his "matinee idol-beauty" and "well-publicized drug habit."He died in 1988 in Amsterdam, the...
Trio) - Northsea NightsNorthsea NightsNorthsea Nights is a live album by American jazz guitarist Joe Pass and bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, released in 1979...
1979 (with Joe PassJoe PassJoe Pass was an Italian-American jazz guitarist of Sicilian descent. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century...
) - Night ChildNight ChildNight Child is an album by Canadian pianist Oscar Peterson, accompanied by Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and Louie Bellson. It is notable in that all compositions are by Peterson and he plays the majority of the songs on electric piano....
1979 (with The Oscar PetersonOscar PetersonOscar Emmanuel Peterson was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. He was called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington, "O.P." by his friends. He released over 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards, and received other numerous awards and honours over the course of his career...
Quartet) - Tania Maria & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen 1979
- George Shearing/Louis Stewart/NHOP, "The MPS Trio Sessions", 4 CDs (Universal reissue) 1977 - 1981
- BluesologyBluesologyBluesology was a 1960s English R&B group, best remembered as being the first professional band of which Reggie Dwight - later known as Elton John - was a member.-History:...
1981 (with Dado MoroniDado MoroniEdgardo “Dado” Moroni is an Italian jazz pianist and composer.A self-taught musician, Dado, who was born in Genoa, Italy, started playing piano at age four...
) - Kansas City 6Kansas City 6-Track listing:#"Opus Six" – 6:29#"Vegas Drag" – 6:14#"Scooter" – 4:36#"Wee Baby Blues" – 5:33#"Blues for Little Jazz" – 4:58#"St. Louis Blues" -Track listing:#"Opus Six" (Count Basie) – 6:29#"Vegas Drag" – 6:14#"Scooter" – 4:36#"Wee Baby Blues" (Pete Johnson, Big Joe Turner) – 5:33#"Blues for...
1981 (Count BasieCount BasieWilliam "Count" Basie was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. Basie led his jazz orchestra almost continuously for nearly 50 years...
) - Looking at BirdLooking at BirdLooking at Bird is a studio album by American jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp and bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, featuring performances recorded in 1980 and released on the Danish-based SteepleChase label...
1981 (with Archie SheppArchie SheppArchie Shepp is a prominent African-American jazz saxophonist. Shepp is best known for his passionately Afrocentric music of the late 1960s, which focused on highlighting the injustices faced by the African-Americans, as well as for his work with the New York Contemporary Five, Horace Parlan, and...
) - EximiousEximiousEximious is an album by American jazz guitarist Joe Pass and bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, released in 1982 . It was re-issued in 2000 on CD by Original Jazz Classics.-Track listing:...
1982 (with Joe PassJoe PassJoe Pass was an Italian-American jazz guitarist of Sicilian descent. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century...
) - The Eternal Traveller 1984
- Heart to Heart 1986 (with Palle MikkelborgPalle MikkelborgPalle Mikkelborg , is a Danish jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger and record producer. He started playing professionally in 1960, and has since been a dominant figure on the Danish and international progressive jazz scene...
) - Play with Us 1987 (with Louis Hjulmand)
- Melo Perquana, ( 1988 mit Atilla EnginAtilla EnginAtilla Engin is a Turkish American fusion jazz musician. From 1974 to 2001 he was active in Denmark as a musician and educator; he organized music festivals and represented Denmark as a musical ambassador...
. Atilla Engin Group, Olufsen Records Denmark) - Hommage/Once upon a Time 1990 (with Palle MikkelborgPalle MikkelborgPalle Mikkelborg , is a Danish jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger and record producer. He started playing professionally in 1960, and has since been a dominant figure on the Danish and international progressive jazz scene...
) - Alice 1991 (with Maria JoãoMaria JoãoMaria João is a Portuguese jazz singer.She is known for her vocal flexibility and improvisational skills. While normally considered a jazz singer, her music incorporates a mix of folk/ethnic music, modern jazz, and the avant-garde...
and Aki TakaseAki Takaseis a critically acclaimed, award-winning Japanese jazz pianist and composer.-Biography:Raised in Tokyo, she studied music at Tohogakuen Music University. Starting in 1978, she performed and recorded in the USA with Lester Bowie, David Liebman, John Zorn and others...
) - Scandinavian Wood 1992 (with Ole Kock Hansen and DR UnderholdningsOrkestretDanish National Chamber OrchestraThe Danish National Chamber Orchestra is a small symphony orchestra consisting of 42 players...
) - Uncharted Land 1992
- Ambiance 1993 (with Danmarks Radios Big Band)
- Trio 2 1993 (with Philip CatherinePhilip CatherinePhilip Catherine is a Belgian jazz guitarist.-Biography:He was born in London from an English mother and Belgian father....
and Billy HartBilly HartWilliam "Billy" Hart is a jazz drummer and educator who has performed with some of the most important jazz musicians in history.-Biography:Early on Hart performed in Washington, D.C...
) - To a Brother 1993
- The song is a fairytale 1993 (with Niels Lan DokyNiels Lan DokyNiels Lan Doky is a Danish jazz pianist and record producer.-Biography:He was born in Copenhagen of a Danish mother and Vietnamese father. His father worked as a doctor, but was also a classically trained guitarist so guitar was Niels's first instrument...
and Alex RielAlex RielAlex Riel, , is a Danish jazz and rock drummer. His first group Alex Riel/Palle Mikkelborg Quintet won Montreux Grand Prix Award at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1968 and it was published in Billboards June 1968 edition.-Biography:Riel has recorded with, among others, Kenny Drew, Kenny Werner, Bob...
, music by Frederik MagleFrederik MagleFrederik Magle is a Danish composer, concert organist, and pianist. He studied composition and music theory with Leif Thybo and attended the Royal Danish Academy of Music where he studied composition and organ...
) - Misty Dawn 1994 (with Niels Lan DokyNiels Lan DokyNiels Lan Doky is a Danish jazz pianist and record producer.-Biography:He was born in Copenhagen of a Danish mother and Vietnamese father. His father worked as a doctor, but was also a classically trained guitarist so guitar was Niels's first instrument...
and Alex RielAlex RielAlex Riel, , is a Danish jazz and rock drummer. His first group Alex Riel/Palle Mikkelborg Quintet won Montreux Grand Prix Award at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1968 and it was published in Billboards June 1968 edition.-Biography:Riel has recorded with, among others, Kenny Drew, Kenny Werner, Bob...
) - Those who Were 1996
- Friends Forever 1997
- This Is All I Ask 1998
- Concerts Inédits Vol. 2 — Duo 2000 (with Michel PetruccianiMichel PetruccianiMichel Petrucciani was a French jazz pianist.-Biography:...
) - Simple ComplexSimple ComplexSimple ComplexA Jazz album of original compositions by Pianist Jon Weber, featuring an unusual ensemble of well-known musicians. Simple Complex was released in 2004 to international critical acclaim...
2004 with Pianist Jon WeberJon WeberJon Weber is a New York City and Chicago-based jazz pianist and composer whose compositions and performances have met critical and popular acclaim in many countries around the world...
External links
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