Aage Tanggaard (born 25 February 1957) is a
Danish
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jazz drummer
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and
record producer
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. A pupil of
Michael Carvin
Michael Wayne Carvin (born December 12, 1944) is an American jazz drummer.
Biography
Born in Houston, Texas, Carvin began his musical training at the age of six with his father, one of the top drummers in Houston. By the age of twelve, Carvin b ...
and
Ed Thigpen
Edmund Leonard Thigpen (December 28, 1930 – January 13, 2010) was an American jazz drummer, best known for his work with the Oscar Peterson trio from 1959 to 1965. Thigpen also performed with the Billy Taylor trio from 1956 to 1959.
Biograph ...
, he has been a member of several notable bands; including
Radiojazzgruppen
Radiojazzgruppen (The Radio Jazz Group) was a Swedish band led by Arne Domnérus (1967–78) and Lennart Åberg (early 1980s). Several prominent Swedish musicians have been members of the group, such as Ulf Andersson, Jan Allan, Bosse Broberg, Rol ...
,
Ernie Wilkins
Ernest Brooks Wilkins Jr. (July 20, 1922 – June 5, 1999) was an American jazz saxophonist, conductor and arranger who spent several years with Count Basie. He also wrote for Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, and Dizzy Gillespie. He was musical dire ...
'
Almost Big Band and the Hamburg-based
NDR
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Big Band. He has also performed and recorded extensively, beginning from 1982, with
Stan Getz
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,
Roland Hanna
Roland Pembroke Hanna (February 10, 1932 – November 13, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and teacher.
Biography
Hanna studied classical piano from the age of 11, but was strongly interested in jazz, having been introduced to i ...
,
Michal Urbaniak
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,
Horace Parlan
Horace Parlan (January 19, 1931 – February 23, 2017) was an American pianist and composer known for working in the hard bop and post-bop styles of jazz. In addition to his work as a bandleader Parlan was known for his contributions to the Cha ...
,
Duke Jordan
Irving Sidney "Duke" Jordan (April 1, 1922 – August 8, 2006) was an American jazz pianist.
Biography
Jordan was born in New York and raised in Brooklyn where he attended Boys High School. An imaginative and gifted pianist, Jordan was a regu ...
,
Chet Baker
Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool".
Baker earned much attention and ...
,
Paul Bley
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,
Lee Konitz
Leon Konitz (October 13, 1927 – April 15, 2020) was an American composer and alto saxophonist.
He performed successfully in a wide range of jazz styles, including bebop, cool jazz, and avant-garde jazz. Konitz's association with the cool jaz ...
,
Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and actor. He was among the most influential early bebop musicians, which included other greats such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gi ...
,
Clark Terry
Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator.
He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duke ...
and
Doug Raney
Doug Raney (August 29, 1956 – May 1, 2016) was an American jazz guitarist. He was the son of jazz guitarist Jimmy Raney.
Career
Raney was born in New York City. He began to play the guitar when he was 14, beginning with rock and blues. He was ...
among other notable artists. He is the founder of ''Audiophon Recording Studio'' where he works as a producer.
Selected discography
As sideman
*1982 ''So Nice Duke'' (
Duke Jordan
Irving Sidney "Duke" Jordan (April 1, 1922 – August 8, 2006) was an American jazz pianist.
Biography
Jordan was born in New York and raised in Brooklyn where he attended Boys High School. An imaginative and gifted pianist, Jordan was a regu ...
)
*1982 ''
The House That Love Built'' (
Frank Foster)
*1983 ''Montreux'' (
Ernie Wilkins
Ernest Brooks Wilkins Jr. (July 20, 1922 – June 5, 1999) was an American jazz saxophonist, conductor and arranger who spent several years with Count Basie. He also wrote for Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, and Dizzy Gillespie. He was musical dire ...
)
*1983 ''Plays Standards, Vol. 1: Autumn Leaves'' (Duke Jordan)
*1984 ''
Blue and White'' (
Doug Raney
Doug Raney (August 29, 1956 – May 1, 2016) was an American jazz guitarist. He was the son of jazz guitarist Jimmy Raney.
Career
Raney was born in New York City. He began to play the guitar when he was 14, beginning with rock and blues. He was ...
)
*1984 ''
Glad I Found You
''Glad I Found You'' is an album by American jazz pianist Horace Parlan featuring performances recorded in 1984 and released on the Danish-based SteepleChase label. '' (
Horace Parlan
Horace Parlan (January 19, 1931 – February 23, 2017) was an American pianist and composer known for working in the hard bop and post-bop styles of jazz. In addition to his work as a bandleader Parlan was known for his contributions to the Cha ...
)
*1984 ''Take Good Care of My Heart'' (Michal Urbaniak)
*1985 ''
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'' (Paul Bley)
*1988 ''My Favourite Songs, Vols. 1-2: The Last Great Concert'' (Chet Baker)
*1994 ''This Time It's Real'' (Roland Hanna)
*1997 ''I Remember You: The Legacy, Vol. 2'' (Chet Baker)
*1998 ''Bravissimo, Vol. 2: 50 Years of NDR Big Band Germany'' (NDR Big Band)
*2006 Resource/Action. Re. Action (
Svend Asmussen
Svend Asmussen (28 February 1916 – 7 February 2017) was a Danish jazz violinist, known as "The Fiddling Viking". A Swing style virtuoso, he played and recorded with many of the other jazz musicians, including Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and ...
/
Ed Thigpen
Edmund Leonard Thigpen (December 28, 1930 – January 13, 2010) was an American jazz drummer, best known for his work with the Oscar Peterson trio from 1959 to 1965. Thigpen also performed with the Billy Taylor trio from 1956 to 1959.
Biograph ...
Quartet)
*2009 ''I Should Care'' (Duke Jordan)
References
Danish jazz drummers
Living people
1957 births
Almost Big Band members
Radiojazzgruppen members
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