Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen - Ambience (1993)

A virtuoso who mostly played in bop-oriented settings, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen was in great demand since he was a teenager. One of many superb European bassists to emerge during the 1960s, Pedersen originally studied piano before starting to play bass with Danish groups when he was 14. He had to reluctantly turn down Count Basie's offer to join his orchestra when he was just 17, but worked steadily as the house bassist at the Club Montmartre and as a member of the Danish Radio Orchestra.
  Whenever American jazzmen passed through Scandinavia, they asked for Pedersen; during the 1960s he played with Sonny Rollins, Bill Evans, Roland Kirk, Dexter Gordon, Bud Powell, and even Albert Ayler (although the latter's session was not too successful). In the 1970s, Pedersen was featured in a duo with Kenny Drew. Starting in the mid-'70s, he was an occasional member of the Oscar Peterson Trio and he recorded several dates as a leader for SteepleChase. Pedersen also recorded in many different settings for Pablo Records during the era. He remained very active until his sudden death in April 2005. He was 58.

Tracks
01. Dancing with the Foxes
02. Dancing on the Tables
03. To a Brother
04. The Puzzle
05.O, Tysta Ensamhet
06.Donna Lee
07. Future Child / Elephant March
08. Natten Er SÂ Stille

NIELS HENNING ØRSTED PEDERSEN  bass
NIKOLAI BENTZON  piano
OLE KOCK HANSEN  piano
ANDERS "Chico" LINDVALL guitar
VINCENT NILSSON  trombone
BOB ROCKWELL  tenor sax
JAN ZUN VOHRDE  alto sax
HENRIC BOLBERG PEDERSEN - trumpet
JONAS JOHANSEN  drums

DANISH RADIO BIG BAND
Conducted By Ole Kock Hansen




Recorded December 13th and 14th, 1993 in studio 3, DR building, Copenhagen
dacapo  DCCD 9417  Denmark