Rasmus Henriksen

Rasmus Henriksen is an award winning composer, arranger, trombone player and band leader living in Odense, Denmark. Graduated from the Carl Nielsen Academy of Music in 2009 with trombone as his main instrument. He has released two albums as a leader: “Rasmus Henriksen Oktet fortolker Herman Bang” in 2018 with text by the Danish author Herman Bang (1875-1912) and “Out of the Shadows” in 2016 with his own big band. Both albums contains original compositions and arrangements by it's leader. He has been increasingly used as arranger by several orchestras such as the Danish Chamber Orchestra, Roger Berg Big Band, The Tivoli Big Band, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Göteborg Wind Orchestra and The Danish Radio Big Band.

CD's can be ordered from Gateway Music: https://www.gatewaymusicshop.dk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1010

Download: https://rasmushenriksen.bandcamp.com/releases

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The arrangements are very elegant and interesting, typical of European Big Band approach, which treats the Big Band as a complex instrument. […] Very impressive for a debut album and definitely worth getting!” Adam Baruch, The Soundtrack of my life

“Med “Out of the Shadows” viser Rasmus Henriksen en original og personlig tilgang til harmonik og orkestrering, inspireret af nogle af orkesterjazzens mere obskure genier. Udgivelsen er bemærkelsesværdig, både i kraft af Henriksens gennemarbejdede kompositioner og i kraft af den tydelige retning han udstikker for orkesterets ensemblespil.” Peter Jensen, komponist og arrangør, 2016

“Hans inspiration til mange af albummets kompositioner er hørbar: Brookmeyer, Evans, Ellington blandt andre