Hugo Rasmussen Explained

Hugo Rasmussen
Birth Date:1941 3, df=y
Birth Place:Bagsværd, Denmark
Death Place:Frederiksberg, Denmark
Instrument:Double-bass, electric bass
Genre:Jazz, Hard Bop
Occupation:Musician, composer
Years Active:1962–2015
Associated Acts:Hugo Rasmussen AllStarz

Hugo Rasmussen (22 March 1941 – 30 August 2015) was a Danish bassist. Rasmussen is best known for his album Sweets to the Sweet (1978).[1] [2] Sweets To the Sweet was re-released in 2001 on Danish label Music Mecca.[3]

Biography

He worked with, among others, Teddy Wilson, Ralph Sutton[4] Horace Parlan, Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon, Oliver Nelson, Tom Waits, Al Grey, Wild Bill Davison, Harry Sweets Edison,[5] Doug Raney, Ole Kock Hansen, Svend Asmussen, and Jesper Thilo.[6] He was one of the most sought-after bass players in the world[7] and performed on 800 albums.[8]

Rasmussen was the acoustic bassist for Norbert Susemihl's New Orleans All Stars and for his own band, Hugo Rasmussen AllStarz which he formed in 1999 with Jakob Dinesen (tenor sax), Kasper Trandberg (cornet), Andrew Hyhne (trombone), Heine Hansen (piano) and Kresten Osgood (drums).[9] He died at the age of 74 on 30 August 2015.[10]

Awards

Selected discography

As leader

As sideman

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=LyQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT96 Billboard 14 Jul 1979
  2. Walter Bruyninckx "Jazz: modern jazz, be-bop, hard bop, West Coast, Volume 5" – Page 1756
  3. Web site: Sweets to the Sweet. www2s.biglobe.ne.jp. 2010-10-21.
  4. http://www.musicweb-international.com/jazz/2010/Ralph_Sutton_1018525.htm Ralph Sutton – In Copenhagen Album Review by Tony Augarde
  5. https://www.amazon.com/Hugo-Rasmussen/dp/B0016FL2M8 Rasmussun's Recording List at Amazon.com
  6. Frandsen, Kjeld. Politikens Jazzleksikon, Politikens Forlag, 1987, s.v.
  7. Rasmussen's Recording List at Allmusic
  8. http://www.dr.dk/P2/Jazz/Danish_Music_Award_Jazz_2009/20090530211644.htm Rasmussen Participated in 800 recordings
  9. http://www.jazzcafe.dk/index.php?id=41&lang=dk Utterslev Jazzcafe Review
  10. Web site: DemotiX. www.demotix.com . https://archive.today/20150831113447/http://www.demotix.com/news/8424410/danish-jazz-musician-hugo-rasmussen-dies-aged-74%23media-8424390 . 31 August 2015.
  11. Web site: Palæ Bars Jazzpris JazzDanmark . 1 September 2015 . 20 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220103713/http://www.jazzdanmark.dk/da/jazzhistorie/jazzpriser-i-danmark/pal%C3%A6-bars-jazzpris . dead .
  12. Web site: Ben Webster Prisen JazzDanmark . 1 September 2015 . 6 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170206103516/http://www.jazzdanmark.dk/da/jazzhistorie/jazzpriser-i-danmark/ben-webster-prisen . dead .
  13. Web site: Bent Jædig Prisen JazzDanmark . 1 September 2015 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091150/http://www.jazzdanmark.dk/da/jazzhistorie/jazzpriser-i-danmark/bent-j%C3%A6dig-prisen . dead .
  14. http://www.jazzdanmark.dk/da/nyheder/hele-danmarks-hugo-f%C3%A5r-%C3%A6respris jazzdanmark.dk
  15. http://www.jazzdanmark.dk/da/nyheder/hugo-rasmussen-modtager-dmfs-h%C3%A6derspris Hugo Rasmussen modtager DMF's hæderspris | JazzDanmark
  16. Web site: MUSIKEREN: Leo Mathisen Prisen til Hugo Rasmussen . 1 September 2015 . 19 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150919211427/http://www.musikeren.dk/nyheder/nyhed/artikel/leo_mathisen_prisen_til_hugo_rasmussen/ . dead .
  17. Web site: The Jeep Is Jumping . Artistdirect.com. 2010-10-21.
  18. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=plays-ballads-r163913/credits|pure_url=yes}} ''Ben Webster Plays Ballads'']. Allmusic.com. 2010-10-20.
  19. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=swiss-suite-r144604/credits|pure_url=yes}} ''Swiss Suite'' Oliver Nelson]. Allmusic.com. 2010-10-20.
  20. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=arrival-r152413/credits|pure_url=yes}} ''Swiss Suite'' Horace Parlan]. Allmusic.com. 2010-10-20.
  21. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=harry-sweets-edison-eddie-lockjaw-davis-richard-boone-r1858585/credits|pure_url=yes}} ''Harry Sweets Edison-Eddie Lockjaw Davis&Richard Boone'']. Allmusic.com. 2010-10-20.
  22. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=together-again-r160480/credits|pure_url=yes}} ''Together Again'' Wild Bill Davison]. Allmusic.com. 2010-10-20.
  23. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=introducing-doug-raney-r252684/credits|pure_url=yes}} ''Introducing Doug Raney'']. Allmusic.com. 2010-10-20.
  24. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=the-ralph-sutton-quartet-r1897084/credits|pure_url=yes}} ''The Ralph Sutton Quartet'']. Allmusic.com. 2010-10-20.
  25. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=al-grey-and-jesper-thilo-quintet-r162139/credits|pure_url=yes}} ''Al Grey and Jesper Thilo Quintet'']. Allmusic.com. 2010-10-20.

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