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Aage Tangaard
AAGE TANGGAARD
Born 1957. Studied with a.o. Ed Thigpen and Michael Carvin. Played from mid-seventies and onward with numerous danish groups and visiting American soloists. From late seventies very active free-lance musician in radio-TV- and recording studios, but also as a member of The Danish Radiojazzgroup, Ernie Wilkins Almost Big Band, Thomas Clausen Trio with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Palle Mikkelborg’s Entrance, Svend Asmussen Quartet, Arne Domnerus groups and NDR Big Band in Hamburg. Has toured all over Europe and extensively in Japan as a member of Duke Jordan Trio.
As one of the more prominent danish drummers, Tanggaard has played with a.o. Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz, Kenny Drew, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Duke Jordan, Horace Parlan, Clark Terry, Roy Eldridge, Bobby McFerrin, Thad Jones, Sir Roland Hanna, Mose Allison, Kai Winding, Lee Konitz, Paul Bley, Sonny Stitt, Toots Thielemans, Chet Baker, Steve Grossman, John Lewis, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Harry Sweets Edison, Pepper Adams and Johnny Griffin.
Received the Leonie Sonning Music-foundation’s grant in 1984 and The JASA-prize (given by Danish Jazz-critics) in 1985.
Selected discography:
Artist Label
Bernt Rosengren Quartet Steeplechase Doug Raney Quartet Steeplechase Ernie Wilkins Almost Big Band at Montreux Steeplechase Frank Foster Quartet Steeplechase John McNeil Quartet Steeplechase Michal Urbaniak w. Horace Parlan Trio Steeplechase Red Holloway Quartet Steeplechase Joe Bonner Trio Steeplechase Red Rodney Quartet Steeplechase Paul Bley Trio Steeplechase Horace Parlan Quintet w. Thad Jones and Eddie Harris Steeplechase Jesper Thilo/Roland Hanna Quintet Storyville Warne Marsh w. Kenny Drew Trio Storyville Carsten Dahl Jazzpar 2000 Quintet w. Tony Coe, Jörg Huke, Carsten Dahl, Lars Danielsson, Aage Tanggaard Storyville Chet Baker Quartet ENJA Chet Baker with NDR Big Band ENJA Svend Asmussen Quartet dacapo Svend Asmussen Quartet Imogena Svend Asmussen Quartet Intim Musik Svend Asmussen Quartet Storyville Duke Jordan Trio Marshmallow (Japan) Duke Jordan Trio (Live in Japan) (Japan) Bob Rockwell Quartet Marshmallow (Japan) Arne Domnerus Group (several albums) Phontastic Arne Domnerus Group LadyBird Arne Domnerus Quintet Salut Arne Domnerus/Putte Wickman Group LadyBird Arne Domnerus/Bernt Rosengren Quintet Dragon Rune Gustafsson Sonet Lena Ericsson w. Arne Domnerus etc. Phontastic Putte Wickman Quintet Phontastic Thomas Clausen Trio with NHØP Matrix Thomas Clausen Trio with NHØP JVC (Japan) Isao Suzuki Trio w. Duke Jordan (Japan) Ulf Johansson-Werre kvartet Phontastic Ernie Wilkins Almost Big Band with Putte Wickman Gazell Ernie Wilkins Almost Big Band w. Bobo Moreno Stunt Kjell Harald Langhaug (w. Jacob Fischer/Mads Vinding) OC Records Art Van Damme (w. Anders Åstrand/Jacob Fischer/Mads Vinding) OC Records Lena Ericsson (w.
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