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Richard Andersson

Richard Andersson (b. Oct. 1982) is a Danish/Faroese/Icelandic bass player and composer based in Copenhagen where he is known as “one of the most interesting characters of the Danish jazz scene” (Ivan Rod/Gaffa Music Magazine.).

Andersson grew up in a musical family but never showed much interest in music until the age of 14 when his life was turned upside down after a fireworks accident that cost him his sight. Now, around 20 years later, Richard Andersson has gained great recognition for his work as a composer and bass player in the modern jazz field. He has released several albums as a bandleader with Danish and international musicians such as Oskar Gudjonsson (IS), Rudi Mahall (DE), Kasper Tranberg (DK), Jerry Bergonzi (US), Ra-Kalam Bob Moses (US), Tony Malaby (US) and Bill McHenry (US).

Also Andersson can be found in collaborations with musicians such as Jeff “Tain” Watts (US), Tomas Franck (S), Kresten Osgood (DK), Henrik Walsdorff (DE), , Sigurdur Flossason (IS) …

Education: Diploma Degree. Carl Nielsen Academy of Music, Denmark (2003-2008). Masters program at Manhattan School of Music in New York (2008-2009) Advanced Postgraduate Diploma at the Rhythmic Conservatory in Copenhagen (2010-2014)

Awards

”Best of the year 2015: Honorable Mention – New Releases” The NYC Jazz Record (for the record Richard Andersson/Splitting up in Boston – Garzone/Bergonzi/Moses/Andersson) -“Best Danish Releases of 2010” AllAboutJazz (for the record Richard Andersson Sustainable Quartet/Please Recycle) -”Stjerneprisen 2010” -”Funen Jazz musician of the Year 2010” -”The NHØP Honorable Mention” at The international Bassconvention, 2013.


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Album Review

Ocean Fanfare: First Nature

Read "First Nature" reviewed by Mark Corroto


If you were to play a game of 'name that artist' while listening to the recording First Nature, roughly half of the contestants would identify the band as the Dave Douglas Quartet, not because Tomasz Dąbrowski has a derivative sound, but more as a compliment to his range and imagination. The Polish trumpeter, now a Scandinavian resident, penned half the compositions heard on this recording, and alto saxophonist Sven Dam Meinild the remainder. Dąbrowski's Danish quartet is rounded out by ...

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Ocean Fanfare: First Nature

Read "First Nature" reviewed by Troy Dostert


It can be difficult to keep up with trumpeter Tomasz Dabrowski. His incessant musical explorations have kept him in the forefront of European jazz since 2012, when he debuted his Tom Trio (ILK Music), the first of several different projects he has formed. Most recently he released Ninjazz (For Tune, 2018), a well-conceived outing featuring three like-minded Japanese musicians, which was both inventive and accessible. Here he returns to a group he started in 2013, Ocean Fanfare, which released Imagine ...

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Garzone / Bergonzi / Moses / Andersson: Splitting up in Boston

Read "Splitting up in Boston" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


Back in 2013, renowned saxophonists George Garzone and Jerry Bergonzi recorded an album together that came out in 2014 on the Danish label Stunt. The name of the album was Quintonic and it sounded just as one might expect; wonderful music with fiery blowing, swinging tunes, tight grooves and razor-sharp twists and turns and lyric moments of beauty. They recorded it with two Danish musicians, pianist Carl Winther and drummer Anders Mogensen, and the Finnish bassist Johnny Åman.

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Richard Andersson: UDU

Read "UDU" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


The word “udu," which is the title of Danish bassist Richard Andersson's second release as a leader, has several connotations. Its primary meaning in Danish is something that is broken. A chair can be in “udu," which means it doesn't work and needs to be repaired. However, the sound of “udu" also closely resembles the pronunciation of the word “voodoo," something magical and mysterious.As it turns out, the word, with its different shades of meaning, is an apt ...

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Richard Andersson Sustainable Quartet: Please Recycle

Read "Please Recycle" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Danish bassist Richard Andersson organized this session, which attracts attention, at first glance, from the presence of saxophonist Tony Malaby, but then commands regard for all its players.Recorded after studying at the Manhattan School of Music, Andersson formed an alliance with two other players deserving wider recognition, pianist Sullivan Fortner and drummer Rogerio Boccato. Fortner has already attracted attention for his playing on bassist John Patitucci's Remembrance (Concord, 2009), while Boccato recently toured with trumpeter Roy Hargrove's Quintet.

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“one of the most interesting characters of the Danish jazz scene” (Ivan Rod/Gaffa Music Magazine)
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saxophone, alto
Charlie Haden
bass, acoustic
Tony Malaby
saxophone, tenor
Rudi Mahall
clarinet, bass

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

What's New?

Hobby Horse Records
2019

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First Nature

Barefoot Records
2019

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Splitting up in Boston

Self Produced
2015

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UDU

Blackout Music
2012

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Please Recycle

Blackout Music
2010

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Tea For Two

From: What's New?
By Richard Andersson

Hjemmefødsel

From: First Nature
By Richard Andersson

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