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Michael Dalgas

Danish drummer educated with a diploma degree at the Academy of Music

Michael Dalgas' playing is characterised by a great dynamic range, energetic groove as well as a highly developed sense of time. The music of Michael Dalgas is melodic and often melancholy but with great nearness and character. Michael Dalgas' second solo album with Michael Dalgas Trio called "Death of a Tree" is released on the Danish label Gateway Music 29th of July 2020.

Started to play the snare drum at the age of 11 in a local marching band. Starts taking piano lessons in high school and was introduced to music theory, fusion and jazz. Was introduced to drummers like Tony Williams, Elvin Jones, Ben Riley, Philly Joe Jones and Ed Thigpen. Studied at Vestbirk music folk high school in the spring of 2001 Got accepted at the Conservatory of Music in 2002. Master degree from the Conservatory of Music in 2008. Release debute record as bandleader called "Skylight Lounge", 2009 at Barefoot Records. Release second album as bandleader with Michael Dalgas Trio "Death of a Tree, 2020 Gateway Music. Teaches drums guitar, piano and ensemble playing.

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Album Review

Hogo Fogo: Repeat

Read "Repeat" reviewed by Phillip Woolever


The debut release by this electronics-based quartet from Denmark arrives with a smooth sounding formula that indicates good things ahead. The group has promise but at times over the album's 43 minutes things remain a bit too close to the title, Repeat. While there's plenty of talent in the band, drummer Michael Dalgas, guitarist Spencer Gross, bassist Soren Lund and keyboardist Lars Emil Riis haven't reached the depth of Dalgas' trio album Death of a Tree (Gateway 2020).

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Michael Dalgas Trio: Death of a Tree

Read "Death of a Tree" reviewed by Phillip Woolever


Danish drummer Michael Dalgas' second release was composed while he overcame some considerable challenges, including a bout of depression and an extensive physical rehabilitation process which lasted over ten years. The result is a very good album, with a discernably powerful emotional foundation and varying selection of solid songs. “In 2010 I fell while having a friendly fight with a friend and broke both bones in the left forearm," Delgas told All About Jazz. “I had to go ...

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Album Review

Anders Bast & The Bast'ards: Through Space & Time

Read "Through Space & Time" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Calling your band The Bast'ards may be an obvious move if your surname is Bast, even if it might cost a few namechecks in some sectors of the media (the apostrophe softens the impact in print, but not over the airways). It's a name that suggests a certain aggressive edge, a punk-meets-jazz approach to music, a spot of agit-prop noise making. Through Space & Time, the band's debut release, does demonstrate the band's ability to play with power, but it ...

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Recording

Danish Drummer Michael Dalgas and Skylight Lounge Release Debut Album

Danish Drummer Michael Dalgas and Skylight Lounge Release Debut Album

Source: All About Jazz

Michael Dalgas & Skylight Lounge has released their debute album-- simply called Skylight Lounge--on the Danish record label Barefoot Records. The debut album of Michael Dalgas and Skylight Lounge invites the listener into the diverse musical universe of drummer Michael Dalgas. The style is best described as modern jazz with hints of rock, where mood, melody and energy are keywords. Skylight Lounge consists of some of the most talented young musicians in Denmark, and they give the music life and ...

"...Evoking panoptic views, Michael Dalgas Trio delicately explore its boundaries..."

Jazztrail (US)

“...With it’s almost exclusive immersion and laid backness, Michael Dalgas Trio taps in to something special in our time...”

Capac (DK)

“...Michael Dalgas' trio album Death of a Tree is extremely well done and very recomendable. One of this years big Danish jazz records..."

Jazznyt
 (DK)

“...The music feels like a gentle summerwind an early evening while you cycle through the park and the sun is shining..."

Salt Peanuts (SE)

” ...Listen a couple of times to Michael Dalgas & Skylight Lounge. Here a bridge is being beautifully build between the experimental music, the classic jazz and rock…”

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Primary Instrument

Drums

Location

Copenhagen

Willing to teach

Intermediate to advanced

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Mozambique (Single)

Gateway Music
2021

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15 Ways (Single)

Gateway Music
2021

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Repeat

Gateway Music
2021

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Repeat

Gateway Music
2021

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Death of a Tree

Gateway Music
2020

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Through Space & Time

Self Produced
2020

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Big Nine

From: Repeat
By Michael Dalgas

Church Song

From: Death of a Tree
By Michael Dalgas

Purple Mellow

From: Repeat
By Michael Dalgas

15 Ways

From: 15 Ways (Single)
By Michael Dalgas

Mozambique

From: Mozambique (Single)
By Michael Dalgas

Motian

From: Death of a Tree
By Michael Dalgas

South of North Dakota

From: Through Space & Time
By Michael Dalgas

Inuendo

From: Domino Landscape
By Michael Dalgas

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