Palle Danielsson
Encyclopedia
Palle Danielsson is a Swedish
jazz
double bassist born in Stockholm
, Sweden
, perhaps most notable for his work done with Keith Jarrett
from 1974 to 1979, becoming a member of his Europe
an quartet
for that period.
which he started playing at the age of two. By age eight he was playing violin
, which he continued to play and study for roughly five years. Around this time he became interested in jazz music and started to play the double bass
. By the time he was fifteen, Danielsson was playing professionally. Having studied at the Stockholm Royal Academy of Music (1962–1966), he began to play with well known Scandinavia
n musicians such as Eje Thelin
, Bobo Stenson
, Jan Garbarek
and took up international collaborations, e.g. with Lee Konitz
and Steve Kuhn
.
Over the years, Danielsson has worked with various acclaimed musicians, among them Bill Evans
, Keith Jarrett
, Kenny Wheeler
, Geri Allen
, Michel Petrucciani
, Charles Lloyd, Peter Erskine
, Ben Webster
, Charlie Shavers
, George Russell, Albert Mangelsdorff
, Enrico Rava
, Collin Walcott
, Tomasz Stańko
and John Taylor
. He has also led and co-led several bands in Sweden, and has released several respective recordings as well.
With Peter Erskine
With Jan Garbarek
With Keith Jarrett
With Charles Lloyd
With Michel Petrucciani
With Enrico Rava
With Dino Saluzzi
With Tomasz Stańko
With Edward Vesala
With Collin Walcott
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
double bassist born in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, perhaps most notable for his work done with Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett is an American pianist and composer who performs both jazz and classical music.Jarrett started his career with Art Blakey, moving on to play with Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis. Since the early 1970s he has enjoyed a great deal of success in jazz, jazz fusion, and classical music; as...
from 1974 to 1979, becoming a member of his Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an quartet
Quartet
In music, a quartet is a method of instrumentation , used to perform a musical composition, and consisting of four parts.-Western art music:...
for that period.
Career
Danielsson's childhood was an especially musical one, his first instrument was the harmonicaHarmonica
The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
which he started playing at the age of two. By age eight he was playing violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
, which he continued to play and study for roughly five years. Around this time he became interested in jazz music and started to play the double bass
Double bass
The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
. By the time he was fifteen, Danielsson was playing professionally. Having studied at the Stockholm Royal Academy of Music (1962–1966), he began to play with well known Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
n musicians such as Eje Thelin
Eje Thelin
Eje Thelin was an innovative Swedish trombonist, widely admired among fellow trombonists for his facile technique and rhythmic intensity...
, Bobo Stenson
Bobo Stenson
Bo Gustav Stenson is a Swedish jazz pianist. Stenson was noted as early as 1963, when he stepped up from the local scene in Västerås to start playing frequently in Stockholm, where he accompanied a long line of visiting American players including Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz and Gary Burton...
, Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek is a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the jazz, classical, and world music genres. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war Czesław Garbarek and a Norwegian farmer's daughter...
and took up international collaborations, e.g. with Lee Konitz
Lee Konitz
Lee Konitz is an American jazz composer and alto saxophonist born in Chicago, Illinois.Generally considered one of the driving forces of Cool Jazz, Konitz has also performed successfully in bebop and avant-garde settings...
and Steve Kuhn
Steve Kuhn
Steve Kuhn is an American jazz pianist, composer and trio leader.-Biography:He began studying piano at the age of five and studied under Boston piano teacher Margaret Chaloff, mother of jazz baritone saxophonist Serge Chaloff, who taught him the "Russian style" of piano playing. At an early age he...
.
Over the years, Danielsson has worked with various acclaimed musicians, among them Bill Evans
Bill Evans
William John Evans, known as Bill Evans was an American jazz pianist. His use of impressionist harmony, inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, and trademark rhythmically independent, "singing" melodic lines influenced a generation of pianists including: Chick Corea, Herbie...
, Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett is an American pianist and composer who performs both jazz and classical music.Jarrett started his career with Art Blakey, moving on to play with Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis. Since the early 1970s he has enjoyed a great deal of success in jazz, jazz fusion, and classical music; as...
, Kenny Wheeler
Kenny Wheeler
Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC is a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. since the 1950s....
, Geri Allen
Geri Allen
Geri Allen is an American composer/pianist educator jazz pianist, raised in Detroit, Michigan, and educated in the Detroit Public Schools. Allen has worked with many of the greats of modern music, including Ornette Coleman, Ron Carter, Ravi Coltrane, Tony Williams, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette,...
, Michel Petrucciani
Michel Petrucciani
Michel Petrucciani was a French jazz pianist.-Biography:...
, Charles Lloyd, Peter Erskine
Peter Erskine
Peter Erskine is an American jazz drummer and composer. He has enjoyed a long and successful career as a session drummer, recording and touring with many famous jazz and rock artists, including Steely Dan and Weather Report...
, Ben Webster
Ben Webster
Benjamin Francis Webster , a.k.a. "The Brute" or "Frog," was an influential American jazz tenor saxophonist. Webster, born in Kansas City, Missouri, was considered one of the three most important "swing tenors" along with Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young...
, Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
Charles James Shavers , known as Charlie Shavers, was an American swing era jazz trumpet player who played at one time or another with Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Dodds, Jimmy Noone, Sidney Bechet, Midge Williams and Billie Holiday...
, George Russell, Albert Mangelsdorff
Albert Mangelsdorff
Albert Mangelsdorff was one of the most accredited and innovative trombonists of modern jazz who became famous for his distinctive technique of playing multiphonics.-Biography:...
, Enrico Rava
Enrico Rava
Enrico Rava , is a prolific jazz trumpeter and arguably one of the best known Italian jazz musicians. He originally played trombone, changing to the trumpet after hearing Miles Davis. His first commercial work was as a member of Gato Barbieri's Italian quintet in the mid-1960s; in the late 1960s...
, Collin Walcott
Collin Walcott
Collin Walcott was a North American musician. He was a student of Ravi Shankar and Vasant Rai. Collin expanded the role of the sitar in western music. Walcott studied music and ethnomusicology at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, and at The University of California at Los Angeles...
, Tomasz Stańko
Tomasz Stanko
Tomasz Stańko is a Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser. Often recording for ECM, Stańko is strongly associated with free jazz and the avant-garde....
and John Taylor
John Taylor (jazz)
John Taylor is a British jazz pianist; he has occasionally performed on the organ and the synthesiser. He is one of Europe's most celebrated jazz pianists and composers.-Performing career:...
. He has also led and co-led several bands in Sweden, and has released several respective recordings as well.
Discography
With Anouar BrahemAnouar Brahem
Anouar Brahem is an oud player and composer. He is widely acclaimed as an innovator in his field...
- KhomsaKhomsaKhomsa is an album by Tunisian oud player Anouar Brahem recorded in 1994 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael G...
(ECM, 1994)
With Peter Erskine
Peter Erskine
Peter Erskine is an American jazz drummer and composer. He has enjoyed a long and successful career as a session drummer, recording and touring with many famous jazz and rock artists, including Steely Dan and Weather Report...
- You Never KnowYou Never Know (album)You Never Know is an album by drummer Peter Erskine featuring pianist John Taylor and bassist Palle Danielsson recorded in 1992 and released on the ECM label-Reception:...
(ECM, 1992) - Time BeingTime Being (Peter Erskine album)Time Being is an album by drummer Peter Erskine featuring pianist John Taylor and bassist Palle Danielsson recorded in 1993 and released on the ECM label-Reception:...
(ECM, 1993) - As It IsAs It Is (album)As It Is is an album by drummer Peter Erskine featuring pianist John Taylor and bassist Palle Danielsson recorded in 1995 and released on the ECM label-Reception:...
(ECM, 1995) - JuniJuni (album)Juni is an album by drummer Peter Erskine featuring pianist John Taylor and bassist Palle Danielsson recorded in 1997 and released on the ECM label-Reception:...
(ECM, 1997)
With Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek is a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the jazz, classical, and world music genres. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war Czesław Garbarek and a Norwegian farmer's daughter...
- Witchi-Tai-ToWitchi-Tai-ToWitchi-Tai-To is an album by the Jan Garbarek-Bobo Stenson Quartet released on the ECM label and performed by Garbarek, Stenson, Palle Danielsson, and Jon Christensen...
(ECM, 1973) - DansereDansereDansere is an album by Jan Garbarek. The album was recorded in November 1975, and features the Bobo Stenson Quartet.- Personnel :#Jan Garbarek - Saxophones#Bobo Stenson - Piano#Palle Danielsson - Bass#Jon Christensen - Drums...
(ECM, 1975)
With Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett is an American pianist and composer who performs both jazz and classical music.Jarrett started his career with Art Blakey, moving on to play with Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis. Since the early 1970s he has enjoyed a great deal of success in jazz, jazz fusion, and classical music; as...
- BelongingBelonging (album)Belonging is an album by American pianist Keith Jarrett which was released on the ECM label in 1974. It is the first album by Jarrett's 'European Quartet' featuring Jan Garbarek, Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen...
(ECM, 1974) - My Song (ECM, 1977)
- Personal MountainsPersonal MountainsPersonal Mountains is a live album by American pianist Keith Jarrett which was released on the ECM label in 1989. It was recorded at a live performance by Jarrett's 'European Quartet', featuring Jan Garbarek, Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen, in Tokyo in April 1979.-Reception:The Allmusic...
(ECM, 1979) - Nude AntsNude AntsNude Ants is a live album by American pianist Keith Jarrett which was released on the ECM label in 1979. It was recorded at a live performance by Jarrett's 'European Quartet', featuring Jan Garbarek, Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen, at the Village Vanguard in New York City in May 1979...
(ECM, 1979)
With Charles Lloyd
- A Night in CopenhagenA Night in Copenhagen-Track listing:# "Lotus Land " 9:08# "Lady Day" 7:22# "El Encanto" 6:23# "Third Floor Richard" 8:14# "Night Blooming Jasmine" 14:23# "Of Course, Of Course" Bonus Track on CD 9:45# "Sweet Georgia Bright" Bonus Track on CD 11:45...
(Blue Note, 1983) - Fish Out of WaterFish Out of Water (Charles Lloyd album)Fish Out of Water is an album by jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd recorded by Lloyd with Bobo Stenson, Palle Danielsson, and Jon Christensen.-Reception:...
(ECM, 1989)
With Michel Petrucciani
Michel Petrucciani
Michel Petrucciani was a French jazz pianist.-Biography:...
- Live at the Village VanguardLive at the Village Vanguard (Michel Petrucciani album)Live At The Village Vanguard is a jazz album by Michel Petrucciani.The album was recorded live at the Village Vanguard club in Greenwich Village, New York City using the Fedco Audio Labs remote truck. The engineers were Tom Arrison and Gabreal Franklin, editing and assembly by Phil Edwards, Gabreal...
(Blue Note, 1984) - PianismPianismPianism is a jazz album by Michel Petrucciani.The album was recorded at RCA Studio "C", and was produced by Mike Berniker, engineer Mike Moran...
(Blue Note, 1985)
With Enrico Rava
Enrico Rava
Enrico Rava , is a prolific jazz trumpeter and arguably one of the best known Italian jazz musicians. He originally played trombone, changing to the trumpet after hearing Miles Davis. His first commercial work was as a member of Gato Barbieri's Italian quintet in the mid-1960s; in the late 1960s...
- The Pilgrim and the StarsThe Pilgrim and the StarsThe Pilgrim and the Stars is an album by Italian jazz trumpeter and composer Enrico Rava recorded in 1975 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:...
(ECM, 1975) - The PlotThe Plot (album)The Plot is an album by Italian jazz trumpeter and composer Enrico Rava recorded in 1976 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4 stars noting the album's "Original ideas and compositions"....
(ECM, 1976)
With Dino Saluzzi
Dino Saluzzi
Timoteo "Dino" Saluzzi is an Argentine musician.The son of popular carpero composer and instrumentalist Cayetano Saluzzi, Dino played the bandoneón since his childhood...
- ResponsoriumResponsorium (album)Responsorium is an album by Argentine musician Dino Saluzzi recorded in 2001 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "The mood is sometimes wistful and nostalgic, but it is not derivative of the past. A delightful set"...
(ECM, 2001)
With Tomasz Stańko
Tomasz Stanko
Tomasz Stańko is a Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser. Often recording for ECM, Stańko is strongly associated with free jazz and the avant-garde....
- Litania: Music of Krzysztof KomedaLitania: Music of Krzysztof KomedaLitania: Music of Krzysztof Komeda is an album by Polish jazz trumpeter and composer Tomasz Stańko featuring compositions by Krzysztof Komeda recorded in 1997 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:...
(ECM, 1997)
With Edward Vesala
Edward Vesala
Edward Vesala , born Martti Vesala, was a Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer....
- SatuSatuSatu is an album by Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer Edward Vesala recorded in 1976 and released on the ECM label in 1977.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 2 stars.-Track listing:# "Satu" - 14:37...
(ECM, 1977)
With Collin Walcott
Collin Walcott
Collin Walcott was a North American musician. He was a student of Ravi Shankar and Vasant Rai. Collin expanded the role of the sitar in western music. Walcott studied music and ethnomusicology at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, and at The University of California at Los Angeles...
- Grazing DreamsGrazing DreamsGrazing Dreams is the second album by American sitarist and composer Collin Walcott recorded in 1977 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael G...
(ECM, 1977)