Bazaar (1976–2012) was a Danish band. Their music, which featured

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, has been classified as world,

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and

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. The band was dissolved in 2012, playing their last concert in July.

Members

Peter Bastian Peter Bastian (25 August 1943 in Copenhagen – 27 March 2017) was a Danish musician. He was educated in theoretical physics and classical bassoon. He was a member of The Danish Wind Quintet (Den Danske Blæserkvintet) and the Danish band Baza ...

: bassoon, clarinet,

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percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

* Anders Koppel: Hammond B-3 Orgel *

Flemming Quist Møller Flemming Oluf Quist Møller (19 May 1942 – 31 January 2022) was a Danish director, cartoonist, children's author, drummer, screenwriter, and actor. Career As a director, he started with small experimental animation, often in collaboration with ...

: Congas,

bongos Bongos ( es, bongó) are an Afro-Cuban percussion instrument consisting of a pair of small open bottomed hand drums of different sizes. They are struck with both hands, most commonly in an eight-stroke pattern called ''martillo'' (hammer). The ...

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...

darbuka The goblet drum (also chalice drum, tarabuka, tarabaki, darbuka, darabuka, derbake, debuka, doumbek, dumbec, dumbeg, dumbelek, toumperleki, tumbak, or zerbaghali; arz, دربوكة / Romanized: ) is a single-head membranophone with a goblet-s ...

Discography

*Bazaar Live (1978) *Gibbon Jump (1980) *Nimbus (1983) *Gypsy Joker (1986) *En Gudedrøm (1987) *Live In Concert (1987) *Bazaar Musik (1993) *Trilogy (2006) *Vintage (2008) *Play Bazaar (2018)

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Danish folk music groups Olufsen Records artists World music groups Musical groups established in 1976 Musical groups disestablished in 2012 1976 establishments in Denmark 2012 disestablishments in Denmark {{Denmark-band-stub