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Hugo Rasmussen

Hugo Rasmussen
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Hugo Rasmussen in Vanløse Church, May 2010
Background information
Born (1941-03-22)22 March 1941
Bagsværd, Denmark
Died 30 August 2015(2015-08-30) (aged 74)
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Genres Jazz, Hard Bop
Occupation(s) Musician, composer
Instruments Double-bass, electric bass
Years active 1962–2015
Associated acts Hugo Rasmussen AllStarz

Hugo Rasmussen (22 March 1941 – 30 August 2015) was a Danish bassist. Rasmussen is best known for his album Sweets to the Sweet (1978).Sweets To the Sweet was re-released in 2001 on Danish label Music Mecca.

He worked with, among others, Teddy Wilson, Ralph SuttonHorace Parlan, Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon, Oliver Nelson, Tom Waits, Al Grey, Wild Bill Davison, Harry Sweets Edison,Doug Raney, Ole Kock Hansen, Svend Asmussen, and Jesper Thilo. He was one of the most sought-after bass players in the world and performed on 800 albums.

Rasmussen was the acoustic bassist for Norbert Susemihl's New Orleans All Stars and for his own band, Hugo Rasmussen AllStarz which he formed in 1999 with Jakob Dinesen (tenor sax), Kasper Trandberg (cornet), Andrew Hyhne (trombone), Heine Hansen (piano) and Kresten Osgood (drums). He died at the age of 74 on 30 August 2015.


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