Vincent Nilsson is a Swedish jazz trombonist and arranger.
Biography
Nilsson played in the orchestra on the
Miles Davis
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recording '' Aura'' in 1985.
Nilsson recorded ''Jazz Trombone Spirituals'' for
Storyville Records
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in 1998. On the album, he used mutes and
multiphonic
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s. His second album for Storyville was ''More Spirituals''."Vincent Nilsson – More Spirituals!" Storyville Records. Retrieved 29 March 2017. It was recorded in August 2004, with pianist
Horace Parlan
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, guitarist John Sund, bassist Bo Stief, plus Ayi Solomon and Eliel Lazo on vocals and percussion, and Emmanel Amadasun on vocals.
Nilsson has been a member of the
DR Big Band
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Band history
Originally called the New Radio ...
for several decades, and conducted and arranged their ''Spirituals'' album. He also played on their ''The Jazz Ballad Song Book'' recording with trumpeter
Randy Brecker
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Early life
Brecker was born on Nov ...
.Hale, James (November 2011) "Randy Brecker with DR Big Band – The Jazz Ballad Song Book". ''Down Beat''. p. 72.
Danish Radio Big Band
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Band history
Originally called the New Radio ...
* ''By Jones, I Think We've Got It'' (Metronome, 1978)
* ''Crackdown First U.K. Tour'' (Hep, 1988)
* ''Nordjazz Big 5'' (Odin, 1991)
* ''Suite for Jazz Band'' (Hep, 1992)
* ''A Little Bit of Duke'' (Dacapo, 1995)
* ''The Danish Radio Big Band Plays Thad Jones'' (Dacapo, 1996)
* ''This Train'' (Dacapo, 1997)
* ''Ways of Seeing'' (Storyville, 1999)
* ''Nice Work'' (Dacapo, 2000)
* ''The Power and the Glory'' (Storyville, 2001)
* ''Lady Be Good'' (Content, 2003)
* ''Trollabundin Cope, 12'' (Tonar, 2005)
* ''Dedication Suite'' (Cape, 2006)
* ''The Impaler'' (Red Dot Music, 2010)
* ''Play Bill Evans'' (Stunt, 2012) – trombone. recorded in 2000.
* ''Spirituals'' (Storyville, 2014) – conductor
As sideman
With
Anders Bergcrantz
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Bergcrantz has recorded several albums as a leader and on many more as a sideman. He has twice been awarded the Gyllene Skivan (the Golden Record) by Swed ...
Miles Davis
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Peter Herbolzheimer
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Biography
Herbolzheimer was born to a Romanian mother and a German father in Bucharest, Romania. His family emigrated in 1 ...
* ''Live Im Onkel Po'' (Polydor, 1975)
* ''Hip Walk'' (Polydor, 1976)
With
Michael Mantler
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Career: United States
Mantler was born in Vienna, Austria. In the early 1960s, he was a student at the Academy of Music and V ...
* ''Cerco Un Paese Innocente'' ( ECM, 1995)
* ''Hide and Seek'' (ECM, 2001)
With
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
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Biography
Pedersen was born in Osted, near Roskilde, on the Danish island of Zealand, the son of ...
* ''Hommage/Once Upon a Time'' (EmArcy, 1990)
* ''Ambiance'' (Dacapo, 1994)
With others
*
Sigurd Barrett
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Otto Brandenburg
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Career
Music and Theatre
He debuted in 1955 in the ensemble Four Jacks, but quickly became a soloist producing Danish rock. He then ad ...
, ''Otto Brandenburg'' (Mermaid Music, 1989)
* Anna Lena Brundin, ''Du Ar Mitt Begar Anna Lena Brundin Sjunger Edith Piaf'' (Bakhall, 1993)
*
Debbie Cameron
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Her career started in 1976, when she was awarded the prize "Most promising student" ...
, ''Brief Encounter'' (Metronome, 1978)
*
Graham Collier
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Life and career
Born in Tynemouth, Northumberland, England, on leaving school Collier joined the British Army as a musician, ...
Tommy Flanagan
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, ''
Flanagan's Shenanigans
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*
Dexter Gordon
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, 1975)
*
Thad Jones
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Thad Jones was born in Pontiac, Michigan, U ...
, ''A Good Time Was Had by All'' (Storyville, 1989)
*
Flemming Jørgensen
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, ''Din Sang'' (KMF, 1977)
* Tommy Korberg, ''Live in London'' (Pep Pop, 1994)
*
Palle Mikkelborg
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He is self-taught on the trumpet, although he studied conducting at the Royal Music Conservatory in Copenhagen. He became a professio ...
, ''The Voice of Silence'' (Stunt, 2001)
* Marius Neset, ''Tributes'' (ACT, 2020)
*
Judy Niemack
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Early life
Judy Niemack was born in Pasadena, California to a musical family. She began singing in a church choir from the age of seven.Judy Niemack biography at All About Jazz ...
, ''New York Stories'' (Sunnyside, 2018)
* Chris Potter, ''Transatlantic'' (Red Dot Music, 2011)
*
Gerard Presencer
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Biography
Presencer showed his first interest in what was to become his chosen instrument, the trumpet, at nine. He attributes his early determination to become a trumpete ...
, ''Groove Travels'' (Edition, 2016)
* Renee Rosnes, ''Renee Rosnes and the Danish Radio Big Band'' (Blue Note, 2003)
*
Shu-bi-dua
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, ''Shu-Bi-Dua 2'' (Polydor, 1975)
*
Martial Solal
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Biography
Solal was born in Algiers, French Algeria, to Algerian Jewish parents. He was persuaded to study clarinet, saxophone, and piano by his mother, who was an oper ...
, ''Contrastes'' (Storyville, 1999)
*
Curtis Stigers
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Career
S ...
, ''One More for the Road'' (Concord Jazz, 2017)
*
Bengt-Arne Wallin
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Biography
Betwe ...
, ''Miles from Duke'' (Phono Suecia, 1988)
*
Charlie Watts
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Originally trained as a graphic artist, Watts developed an i ...
, ''Charlie Watts Meets the Danish Radio Big Band'' (Impulse!, 2017)
*
Mikael Wiehe
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, ''Basin Street Blues'' (Amalthea, 1988)
*
Gustav Winckler
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In 1948 as a young man ...