Carsten Dahl
| Carsten Dahl | |
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| Background information | |
| Born |
3 October 1967 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Genres | Jazz, classical, experimental |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instruments | Piano, drums |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Website | Official website |
Carsten Dahl (born 3 October 1967 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a pianist.
Dahl began playing the drums at age 9. By 14 years old, he was a professional drummer and studio musician, and at 19 he entered the Rhythmic Music Conservatory. After two years of being taught by jazz drummers Ed Thigpen and Alex Riel, he put drums aside in favor of the piano, an instrument he had never been taught, and applied again at the conservatory – now as a pianist greatly influenced by Jørgen Nielsen and, later, Butch Lacy.
In the early 1990s Dahl began to play with Embla and Niels Præstholm, Thomas Agergaard, Anders Hentze, and Staffan Svensson. Their only CD, Embla showed Dahl's improvising, something that he would put aside for some years to explore the bebop tradition. During this collaboration, Dahl started to develop his own style, and met (via saxophonist Agergaard) drummer Thomas Blachman and bassist Lennart Ginman. Dahl appeared in Blachman jazz and hip hop projects during the 1990s, as well as records from the trio he formed with Ginman and drummer Frands Rifbjerg. This trio recorded the albums Will you make my soup hot and silver and Message from Bud. They went on to record a series of albums for the Japanese label Marshmallow Records – Blue Train and Be Boppish Rubbish Rabbit. They also recorded A Child Is Born, a quartet album with Bob Rockwell. Dahl also reunited with Thigpen and his trio, including Joe Lovano. They made three recordings together. Dahl appears on more than 150 albums
For the mid-1990s and well into the 2000s Dahl played with Anders Bergcrantz, Arild Andersen, Bent Jædig, Billy Harper, Cæcilie Norby, Charlie Mariano, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dave Liebman, Didier Lockwood, Ed Neumeister, Eddie Gomez, Eliot Zigmund, Ensemble Midtvest, Finn Ziegler, Gregory Hutchinson, Hanne Boel, Helen Davies, Jan Lundgren, Jerry Bergonzi, Jesper Lundgaard, Jesper Thilo, Jim Snidero, Johnny Griffin, Jon Christensen, Klaus Rifbjerg, Lars Danielsson, Lars Moller, Mads Vinding, Michala Petri, NHØP, Palle Mikkelborg, Per Goldschmidt, Phil Wilson, Philip Catherine, Putte Wickman, Reuben Rogers, Richard Boone, Suzanne Brøgger, Ted Curson, Thomas Hass, Tom Kirkpatrick, Tomas Franck, Ulf Wakenius, WDR Big Band, and Wynton Marsalis.
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