Jesper Lundgaard
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Photo: Hreinn Gudlaugsson
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| Background information | |
| Born | 12 June 1954 |
| Origin | Hillerød, Denmark |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Bassist, composer, bandleader, producer |
| Instruments | Double bass, electric bass |
| Years active | 1976 – present |
| Labels | SteepleChase Records, Storyville Records |
| Associated acts | Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, Ernie Wilkins, Doug Raney, Jimmy Raney, Tommy Flanagan, Ed Thigpen, Bob Rockwell, DR Big Band, Svend Asmussen |
| Website | Official website |
Jesper Lundgaard (born 12 June 1954) is a Danish jazz bassist, bandleader, composer and recording studio. Since his debut in the mid-1970s, he has been among the most prominent bassists in Danish jazz and as a sideman he has appeared on more than 400 albums both with Danish and leading American jazz musicians.
Jesper Lundgaard was born in 1954 in Hillerød, Denmark. After first playing guitar for a few years, he started to play bass at age 16. In 1976 he began to study music at Århus University and the same year he became part of Århus' jazz scene when he joined Bent Eriksen's trio. There he met Danish jazz musicians such as Thomas Clausen, Alex Riel, Niels Jørgen Steen, Finn Ziegler, Jesper Thilo, Jørgen Emborg and Jan Zum Vohrde as well as many American musicians, including Dexter Gordon, Harry Sweets Edison, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Joe Newman, Benny Waters, Hal Singer, Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, Pepper Adams, Howard McGhee, Roy Eldridge and Doug and Jimmy Raney. Lundgaard soon established himself as one of the leading jazz bassists on the Danish jazz scene.
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