Origin Denmark Name Morten Lund Role Musician | Years active 1987–present Genres Jazz Website Official website | |
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Albums Stone in the Water, Joy in Spite of Everything, Grass Catching the Wind, Gleda, Mi ritorni in mente, The China Concerts Record labels ECM Records, Stunt Records Associated acts Stefano Bollani, Jesper Bodilsen, Paolo Fresu Similar People Jesper Bodilsen, Stefano Bollani, Ulf Wakenius, Lars Danielsson, Adam Baldych | ||
Occupation(s) Musician, bandleader | ||
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Morten Lund (born 1972) is a Danish jazz drummer. He co-leads a trio with Italian pianist Stefano Bollani and Danish bassist Jesper Bodilsen, and he is a member of Paolo Fresu's Devil Quartet and Kind of Porgy and Bess ensembles. As a sideman he has participated on more than 60 albums.
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- Mdf2013 morten lund part 1
- Morten lund aarhus jazzorchestra plays mingus feat seamus blake boris kozlov
- Biography
- Honors
- Discography
- Gallery
- References
Morten lund aarhus jazzorchestra plays mingus feat seamus blake boris kozlov
Biography
Lund was born into a musical family in Viborg, Denmark, in 1972 to a father who played drums, trumpet, and guitar and was active part of the city's jazz scene, and a mother who played flute. At age 6, he started to play drums. He got his first paid jobs at age 15. In 1993 he was accepted into the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus and only a year later, still a student, he started to play in the internationally recognized Klüvers Big Band. With this band that he recorded his first album.
After receiving his diploma in 1997, he moved to Copenhagen and was soon involved in several projects, recording and going on tours. Jesper Bodilsen, with whom he had studied at the Academy, has been a close collaborator on many projects. In 2002 Lund and Bodilsen were among the musicians selected for the Jazzpar Sextet which Enrico Rava formed, as was virtuoso Italian pianist Stefano Bollani. Because the chemistry was good among them, they formed a trio the following year. Their first album, Mi ritorni in mente, was released the same year to critical acclaim and became one of the ten best selling records in Italy that year.
After tours in Italy and Scandinavia it was clear that the collaboration was going to be of a more lasting nature. They went on to play in jazz clubs and at festivals around the world. Their debut in New York City was at the legendary Birdland Club. In 2006 the trio released their second album, Gleda, which is centred on Scandinavian songs.
Honors
Discography
With Stefano Bollani and Jesper Bodilsen
With Yelena Eckemoff and Mads Vinding
Gallery
Photos: Hreinn Gudlaugsson