Hugo Rasmussen
{{Short description|Danish bassist (1941–2015)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Hugo Rasmussen
| image = Hugo_Rasmussen_100509.jpg
| caption = Hugo Rasmussen in Vanløse Church, May 2010
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| birth_name =
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1941|3|22}}
| birth_place = Bagsværd, Denmark
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2015|8|30|1941|3|22}}
| death_place = Frederiksberg, Denmark
| instrument = Double-bass, electric bass
| occupation = Musician, composer
| years_active = 1962–2015
| associated_acts = Hugo Rasmussen AllStarz
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Hugo Rasmussen (22 March 1941 – 30 August 2015) was a Danish bassist. Rasmussen is best known for his album Sweets to the Sweet (1978).[https://books.google.com/books?id=LyQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT96 Billboard 14 Jul 1979]Walter Bruyninckx "Jazz: modern jazz, be-bop, hard bop, West Coast, Volume 5" – Page 1756 Sweets To the Sweet was re-released in 2001 on Danish label Music Mecca.{{cite web|url=http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/%257Esunny-s/new/musicmecca/musicmecca.htm|title=Sweets to the Sweet|publisher=www2s.biglobe.ne.jp|accessdate=2010-10-21|archive-date=5 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305215941/http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~sunny-s/new/musicmecca/musicmecca.htm|url-status=dead}}
Biography
He worked with, among others, Teddy Wilson, Ralph Sutton[http://www.musicweb-international.com/jazz/2010/Ralph_Sutton_1018525.htm Ralph Sutton – In Copenhagen Album Review by Tony Augarde] Horace Parlan, Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon, Oliver Nelson, Tom Waits, Al Grey, Wild Bill Davison, Harry Sweets Edison,[https://www.amazon.com/Hugo-Rasmussen/dp/B0016FL2M8 Rasmussun's Recording List at Amazon.com] Doug Raney, Ole Kock Hansen, Svend Asmussen, and Jesper Thilo.Frandsen, Kjeld. Politikens Jazzleksikon, Politikens Forlag, 1987, s.v.
He was one of the most sought-after bass players in the world[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p117108|pure_url=yes}} Rasmussen's Recording List at Allmusic] and performed on 800 albums.[http://www.dr.dk/P2/Jazz/Danish_Music_Award_Jazz_2009/20090530211644.htm Rasmussen Participated in 800 recordings] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021024327/http://www.dr.dk/P2/Jazz/Danish_Music_Award_Jazz_2009/20090530211644.htm |date=21 October 2012 }} An article from Danish National Radio
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).[http://www.jazzcafe.dk/index.php?id=41&lang=dk Utterslev Jazzcafe Review] He died at the age of 74 on 30 August 2015.{{cite web |url=http://www.demotix.com/news/8424410/danish-jazz-musician-hugo-rasmussen-dies-aged-74#media-8424390 |title= DemotiX|website=www.demotix.com |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150831113447/http://www.demotix.com/news/8424410/danish-jazz-musician-hugo-rasmussen-dies-aged-74%23media-8424390 |archive-date=31 August 2015}}
Awards
- 2000 – Palæ Bars Jazzpris{{Cite web |url=http://www.jazzdanmark.dk/da/jazzhistorie/jazzpriser-i-danmark/pal%C3%A6-bars-jazzpris |title=Palæ Bars Jazzpris {{!}} JazzDanmark |access-date=1 September 2015 |archive-date=20 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220103713/http://www.jazzdanmark.dk/da/jazzhistorie/jazzpriser-i-danmark/pal%C3%A6-bars-jazzpris |url-status=dead }}
- 2002 – Ben Webster's Prize of Honour{{Cite web |url=http://www.jazzdanmark.dk/da/jazzhistorie/jazzpriser-i-danmark/ben-webster-prisen |title=Ben Webster Prisen {{!}} JazzDanmark |access-date=1 September 2015 |archive-date=6 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206103516/http://www.jazzdanmark.dk/da/jazzhistorie/jazzpriser-i-danmark/ben-webster-prisen |url-status=dead }}
- 2006 – Bent Jædig Prisen{{Cite web |url=http://www.jazzdanmark.dk/da/jazzhistorie/jazzpriser-i-danmark/bent-j%C3%A6dig-prisen |title=Bent Jædig Prisen {{!}} JazzDanmark |access-date=1 September 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091150/http://www.jazzdanmark.dk/da/jazzhistorie/jazzpriser-i-danmark/bent-j%C3%A6dig-prisen |url-status=dead }}
- 2009 – IFPI Prize of Honour (Ærespris) Danish Music Award Jazz, award from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry[http://www.jazzdanmark.dk/da/nyheder/hele-danmarks-hugo-f%C3%A5r-%C3%A6respris jazzdanmark.dk]
- 2014 – Dansk Musiker Forbund Prize of Honour[http://www.jazzdanmark.dk/da/nyheder/hugo-rasmussen-modtager-dmfs-h%C3%A6derspris Hugo Rasmussen modtager DMF's hæderspris | JazzDanmark]
- 2014 – Leo Mathisen Prize{{Cite web |url=http://www.musikeren.dk/nyheder/nyhed/artikel/leo_mathisen_prisen_til_hugo_rasmussen/ |title=MUSIKEREN: Leo Mathisen Prisen til Hugo Rasmussen |access-date=1 September 2015 |archive-date=19 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919211427/http://www.musikeren.dk/nyheder/nyhed/artikel/leo_mathisen_prisen_til_hugo_rasmussen/ |url-status=dead }}
Selected discography
= As leader =
- Sweets to the Sweet (1978) Re-released 2001 Music Mecca CD 3046-2 Denmark
- Hugo...Partly Live (2013) Stunt STUCD 13032
= As sideman =
- The Jeep Is Jumping Ben Webster 1965 Released in 1991 Black Lion BLCD-760147{{cite web|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,183784,00.html|title=The Jeep Is Jumping |publisher=Artistdirect.com|accessdate=2010-10-21}}
- Ben Webster Plays Ballads 1970 Membran{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=plays-ballads-r163913/credits|pure_url=yes}}|title=Ben Webster Plays Ballads|publisher=Allmusic.com|accessdate=2010-10-20}}
- Swiss Suite Oliver Nelson 1971 RCA{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=swiss-suite-r144604/credits|pure_url=yes}}|title=Swiss Suite Oliver Nelson|publisher=Allmusic.com|accessdate=2010-10-20}}
- Birdtown Birds Joe Albany 1973 SteepleChase
- Arrival Horace Parlan 1974 SteepleChase{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=arrival-r152413/credits|pure_url=yes}}|title=Swiss Suite Horace Parlan|publisher=Allmusic.com|accessdate=2010-10-20}}
- Motoring Along Al Cohn & Zoot Sims (Sonet, 1974)
- Harry Sweets Edison – Eddie Lockjaw Davis & Richard Boone (1976) 1997 CD Storyville{{cite web|url= {{AllMusic|class=album|id=harry-sweets-edison-eddie-lockjaw-davis-richard-boone-r1858585/credits|pure_url=yes}}|title=Harry Sweets Edison-Eddie Lockjaw Davis&Richard Boone|publisher=Allmusic.com|accessdate=2010-10-20}}
- Together Again Wild Bill Davison (1977) LP SLP Cat#:4027, 1998 (CD) Storyville Cat#:8216{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=together-again-r160480/credits|pure_url=yes}}|title=Together Again Wild Bill Davison|publisher=Allmusic.com|accessdate=2010-10-20}}
- Introducing Doug Raney Doug Raney (1977) with Billy Hart 1994 CD Steeplechase{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=introducing-doug-raney-r252684/credits|pure_url=yes}}|title=Introducing Doug Raney|publisher=Allmusic.com|accessdate=2010-10-20}}
- The Ralph Sutton Quartet Ralph Sutton (1977) 1996 CD Storyville{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=the-ralph-sutton-quartet-r1897084/credits|pure_url=yes}}|title=The Ralph Sutton Quartet|publisher=Allmusic.com|accessdate=2010-10-20}}
- Al Grey and Jesper Thilo Quintet 1986 Storyville{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=al-grey-and-jesper-thilo-quintet-r162139/credits|pure_url=yes}}|title=Al Grey and Jesper Thilo Quintet|publisher=Allmusic.com|accessdate=2010-10-20}}
References
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External links
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- {{discogs artist|462733}}
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Category:Danish jazz double-bassists
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