Hugo Rasmussen
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Hugo Rasmussen | |
|---|---|
| Hugo Rasmussen in Vanløse Church, May 2010 Hugo Rasmussen in Vanløse Church, May 2010 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 22 March 1941 Bagsværd, Denmark |
| Died | 30 August 2015 (aged 74) Frederiksberg, Denmark |
| Genres | Jazz, Hard Bop |
| Occupations | Musician, composer |
| Instruments | Double-bass, electric bass |
| Years active | 1962–2015 |
Hugo Rasmussen (22 March 1941 – 30 August 2015) was a Danish bassist. Rasmussen is best known for his album Sweets to the Sweet (1978).[1][2] Sweets To the Sweet was re-released in 2001 on Danish label Music Mecca.[3]
Biography
[edit | edit source]He worked with, among others, Teddy Wilson, Ralph Sutton[4] Horace Parlan, Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon, Oliver Nelson, Tom Waits, Al Grey, Wild Bill Davison, Harry Sweets Edison,[5] Doug Raney, Ole Kock Hansen, Svend Asmussen, and Jesper Thilo.[6] He was one of the most sought-after bass players in the world[7] and performed on 800 albums.[8]
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).[9] He died at the age of 74 on 30 August 2015.[10]
Awards
[edit | edit source]- 2000 – Palæ Bars Jazzpris[11]
- 2002 – Ben Webster's Prize of Honour[12]
- 2006 – Bent Jædig Prisen[13]
- 2009 – IFPI Prize of Honour (Ærespris) Danish Music Award Jazz, award from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry[14]
- 2014 – Dansk Musiker Forbund Prize of Honour[15]
- 2014 – Leo Mathisen Prize[16]
Selected discography
[edit | edit source]As leader
[edit | edit source]- Sweets to the Sweet (1978) Re-released 2001 Music Mecca CD 3046-2 Denmark
- Hugo...Partly Live (2013) Stunt STUCD 13032
As sideman
[edit | edit source]- The Jeep Is Jumping Ben Webster 1965 Released in 1991 Black Lion BLCD-760147[17]
- Ben Webster Plays Ballads 1970 Membran[18]
- Swiss Suite Oliver Nelson 1971 RCA[19]
- Birdtown Birds Joe Albany 1973 SteepleChase
- Arrival Horace Parlan 1974 SteepleChase[20]
- Motoring Along Al Cohn & Zoot Sims (Sonet, 1974)
- Harry Sweets Edison – Eddie Lockjaw Davis & Richard Boone (1976) 1997 CD Storyville[21]
- Together Again Wild Bill Davison (1977) LP SLP Cat#:4027, 1998 (CD) Storyville Cat#:8216[22]
- Introducing Doug Raney Doug Raney (1977) with Billy Hart 1994 CD Steeplechase[23]
- The Ralph Sutton Quartet Ralph Sutton (1977) 1996 CD Storyville[24]
- Al Grey and Jesper Thilo Quintet 1986 Storyville[25]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Billboard 14 Jul 1979
- ^ Walter Bruyninckx "Jazz: modern jazz, be-bop, hard bop, West Coast, Volume 5" – Page 1756
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Ralph Sutton – In Copenhagen Album Review by Tony Augarde
- ^ Rasmussun's Recording List at Amazon.com
- ^ Frandsen, Kjeld. Politikens Jazzleksikon, Politikens Forlag, 1987, s.v.
- ^ Rasmussen's Recording List at Allmusic
- ^ Rasmussen Participated in 800 recordings Archived 21 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine An article from Danish National Radio
- ^ Utterslev Jazzcafe Review
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ jazzdanmark.dk
- ^ Hugo Rasmussen modtager DMF's hæderspris | JazzDanmark
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to [[commons:Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 506: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).|Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 506: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).]].
- Hugo Rasmussen at AllMusic
- Hugo Rasmussen discography at Discogs
Lua error in Module:Authority_control at line 153: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).