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Origin
  
Denmark

Genres
  
Jazz

Name
  
Kristor Brodsgaard


Kristor Brodsgaard

Birth name
  
Kristor Lybecker Brodsgaard

Occupation(s)
  
Jazz musician, composer

Instruments
  
Upright bass, bass guitar

Labels
  
Stunt Records Loop Records

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Kristor Lybecker Brødsgaard (born 1979 in Vedbæk, Denmark) is a Danish double bassist residing in Copenhagen, known from collaborations with the jazz guitarist Tao Højgaard and within JazzKamikaze.

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Career

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Brødsgaard picked up the double bass in 1992, and was awarded the «Berlingske Tidendes Rytmiske Musikkonkurrence», including bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen in the jury. Within the Scandinavian quintet JazzKamikaze he partisipates on several album releases and appeared at the international jazz festivals Kongsberg Jazzfestival, Moldejazz, North Sea Jazz Festival, Bangkok Jazz Festival, Rochester Jazz Festival as well as being part of the opening of the annual Rio Carnival in Rio de Janeiro.

Honors

  • 1999: Winner of the «Berlingske Tidendes Rytmiske Musikkonkurrence»
  • 2005: Ung Jazz award of the JazzDanmark
  • 2005: Young Nordic Jazz Comets
  • 2007: Spearhead in the International Launch of Danish Jazz between 2007-2009

    • Discography

    Within JazzKamikaze
  • 2005: Mission I, (Stunt Records)
  • 2007: Travelling at the speed of sound, (Stunt Records)
  • 2008: Emergin pilots EP, (SevenSeas Music)
  • 2009: The revolution's in your hands EP, (SevenSeas Music)
  • 2010: Supersonic revolutions, (SevenSeas Music)
  • 2012: The Return of JazzKamikaze (Stunt Records)
    • With other projects
  • 2003: I 508 Farver (Cope), within Prinsens Orkester
  • 2004: "Trioscope" (Cope), within Trioscope
  • 2004: "Play Attention" (Calibrated Records), within Jan Lippert Ensemble
  • 2005: This Is Beyond Criticism (Useless Salvation), within Geeza
  • 2006: "Protestsange.dk" (Edel), within various artists
  • 2006: "Playing" (Cope), within Jan Lippert Ensemble
  • 2009: "Stilletto" (Playground), within Karen
  • 2012: "Deeper Than Roots" (Target Records), within Aisha
  • 2013: "Catching the Wave" (Stunt), within Veronica Mortensen Band
    • As featured artist
  • 2011: Tribute (Carsten Lindholm), with Carsten Lindholm («9th Gate»)

    • Songs

    Up to No GoodTravelling at the Speed of Sound · 2007
    Vill Du Bli Munk?Mission I · 2006
    Future BlasterThe Return of Jazzkamikaze · 2012

    References

    Kristor Brødsgaard Wikipedia
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