Mads Vinding (born 7 December 1948,

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

, Denmark) is a Danish

jazz double-bassist This list of jazz bassists includes performers of the double bass and since the 1950s, and particularly in the jazz subgenre of jazz fusion which developed in the 1970s, electric bass players. The most influential jazz double bassists from ...

Music career

Vinding began his professional career when he was 16 as the house bassist for

Jazzhus Montmartre Jazzhus Montmartre is a jazz club in Copenhagen, Denmark. Many jazz musicians, including Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz, and Chet Baker, have performed there. It is sometimes called Cafe Montmartre. The Montmartre was located first in Dahlerupsgade, then ...

, a jazz club in Copenhagen. He has played on more than 800 recordings and more than 1000 Radio/TV shows.

Awards

* Best soloist, Nordring, 1978 *

Ben Webster Prize The Ben Webster Prize is an annual jazz award set up by the Ben Webster Foundation to honour Danish and American jazz musicians as well as other professionals active in the promotion of jazz in those countries. The American jazz musician Ben Webste ...

, 1982 * Palæ Jazz Prize, 1997 * Launy Grøndahl's honorary prize, 2000 *

Django d’Or The Golden Django, named after guitarist Django Reinhardt, is an award for jazz musicians in Europe. The trophy is a creation of the French painter Raymond Moretti. It was first introduced in France (in 1992), then in Belgium (1995), in Sweden ...

, 2007

Gallery

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Discography

* ''Mads Vinding Group'' (Cosmos Collector, 1977) * ''The Kingdom'' (Stunt, 1998) * ''Daddio Don'' (Stunt, 2000) * ''Six Hands Three Minds One Heart'' (Stunt, 2002) * ''Over the Rainbow'' (Cope, 2002) * ''Two Basses'' (ZYX/Touche/Weaving, 2005) * ''Abrikostræet'' (Calibrated, 2005) * ''In Our Own Sweet Way'' ( Storyville, 2009) * ''Open Minds'' (Storyville, 2011) * ''Composing'' (Storyville, 2015) * ''Yesterdays'' (Stunt, 2017)

As sideman

With

Yelena Eckemoff Yelena Eckemoff is a Russian-born pianist, composer, poet, and visual artist. Her compositions blend classical music with jazz, and feature exploration and improvisation. Music career Eckemoff was born in Moscow, Russia, in the Soviet Union. H ...

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'' (L & H, 2010) * ''

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'' (L & H, 2010) With

Kenny Drew Kenneth Sidney "Kenny" Drew (August 28, 1928 – August 4, 1993) was an American-Danish jazz pianist. Biography Drew was born in New York City, United States, and received piano lessons from the age of five. Feather, Leonard, & Ira Gitler ( ...

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Your Soft Eyes ''Your Soft Eyes'' is an album by American jazz pianist Kenny Drew recorded in 1981 and released on the Soul Note label.

'' (Soul Note, 1981) With

Art Farmer Arthur Stewart Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet–flugelhorn combination especially designed for him. He and his identical twin brother, doubl ...

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'' (Soul Note, 1981) With

Johnny Griffin John Arnold Griffin III (April 24, 1928 – July 25, 2008) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Nicknamed "the Little Giant" for his short stature and forceful playing, Griffin's career began in the mid-1940s and continued until the month of ...

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Blues for Harvey ''Blues for Harvey'' is an album by American saxophonist Johnny Griffin recorded at the Jazzhus Montmartre in 1973 and released on the SteepleChase label.

'' (SteepleChase, 1973) With

Hank Jones Henry Jones Jr. (July 31, 1918 – May 16, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts honored ...

* ''Trio'' (Storyville, 1991) * ''Hank Jones in Copenhagen - Live at Jazzhus Slukefter 1983'' (Storyville, 2018) - trio with

Shelly Manne Sheldon "Shelly" Manne (June 11, 1920 – September 26, 1984) was an American jazz drummer. Most frequently associated with West Coast jazz, he was known for his versatility and also played in a number of other styles, including Dixieland, ...

, drums With

Duke Jordan Irving Sidney "Duke" Jordan (April 1, 1922 – August 8, 2006) was an American jazz pianist. Biography Jordan was born in New York and raised in Brooklyn where he attended Boys High School. An imaginative and gifted pianist, Jordan was a regu ...

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Flight to Denmark ''Flight to Denmark'' is an album led pianist Duke Jordan recorded in 1973 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label.

'' (

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, 1974) - recorded in 1973 * ''

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'' (SteepleChase, 1975) - recorded in 1973 * ''

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'' (SteepleChase, 1983) - recorded in 1975 With

Doug Raney Doug Raney (August 29, 1956 – May 1, 2016) was an American jazz guitarist. He was the son of jazz guitarist Jimmy Raney. Career Raney was born in New York City. He began to play the guitar when he was 14, beginning with rock and blues. He was ...

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Guitar Guitar Guitar ''Guitar Guitar Guitar'' is an album by guitarist Doug Raney recorded in 1985 and released on the Danish label, SteepleChase.Idrees Sulieman Idrees Sulieman (August 7, 1923 – July 23, 2002) was an American bebop, bop and hard bop trumpeter. Biography He was born Leonard Graham in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, later changing his name to Idrees Sulieman, after converting ...

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'' (SteepleChase, 1985) With Kai Winding and

Curtis Fuller Curtis DuBois Fuller (December 15, 1932May 8, 2021) was an American jazz Trombone, trombonist. He was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and contributed to many classic jazz recordings. Early life Fuller was born in Detroit on December ...

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Giant Bones '80 ''Giant Bones '80'' is an album by trombonists Kai Winding and Curtis Fuller which was recorded in Denmark in 1979 and released on the Swedish Sonet label.

'' (Sonet, 1980)

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vinding, Mads 1948 births Living people Bebop double-bassists Danish jazz bass guitarists Danish jazz double-bassists Male double-bassists DR Big Band members 21st-century double-bassists 21st-century male musicians Male jazz musicians