Occupation(s) Musician, composer Role Musical Artist | Name Hugo Rasmussen Years active 1962–2015 | |
Born 22 March 1941Bagsvaerd, Denmark ( 1941-03-22 ) Instruments Double-bass, electric bass Associated acts Hugo Rasmussen AllStarz Children Helene Rasmussen, Jannik Rasmussen Albums De Sma Synger: Jubilaeumsudgave, Hugo... Partly Live Similar People Jesper Thilo, Doug Raney, Chistina Von Bulow, Benita Haastrup, Ed Thigpen | ||
Mathias heise and hugo rasmussen sweets to the sweet
Hugo Rasmussen (22 March 1941 – 30 August 2015) was a Danish bassist. Rasmussen is best known for his album Sweets to the Sweet (1978). Sweets To the Sweet was re-released in 2001 on Danish label Music Mecca.
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- Mathias heise and hugo rasmussen sweets to the sweet
- H p lange troels jensen feat hugo rasmussen keep it clean 2010
- Biography
- Awards
- As leader
- As sideman
- References
H p lange troels jensen feat hugo rasmussen keep it clean 2010
Biography
He worked with, among others, Teddy Wilson, Ralph Sutton Horace Parlan, Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon, Oliver Nelson, Tom Waits, Al Grey, Wild Bill Davison, Harry Sweets Edison, Doug Raney, Ole Kock Hansen, Svend Asmussen, and Jesper Thilo. He was one of the most sought-after bass players in the world and performed on 800 albums.
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). He died at the age of 74 on 30 August 2015.
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