Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen ([nelsˈhɛneŋ ˈɶɐ̯sdəð ˈpɛðɐsn], 27 May 1946 – 19 April 2005) was a Danish jazz upright bassist known for his technique and musical approach.
1976: Jaywalkin' (SteepleChase)1976: Double Bass (SteepleChase), duo with Sam Jones1976: Pictures (SteepleChase), with Kenneth Knudsen1979: Four Keys (MPS) with Martial Solal, Lee Konitz and John Scofield1979: Dancing on the Tables (SteepleChase)1981: Just The Way You Are (Sonet), with Rune Gustafsson1983: The Viking (Pablo), with Philip Catherine1984: The Eternal Traveller (Pablo)1992: Scandinavian Wood (Caprice)1992: Uncharted Land (Pladecompagniet)1993: Ambiance (Dacapo)1993: To A Brother (Pladekompagniet), NHØP Trio including with Ulf Wakenius & Adam Nussbaum1995: Scandinavian Wood (Caprice Records)1996: Those Who Were (Polygram)1997: Friends Forever (Milestone)1998: This Is All I Ask (Verve)1998: In The Name of Music (BMG Denmark), NHØP & Trio Rococo2005: Friends Forever (Sony BMG Music Entertainment Denmark), compilation2007: The Unforgettable NHØP Trio Live (ACT Music), including with Ulf Wakenius & Jonas JohansenWith Joe Albany
Two's Company (SteepleChase, 1974)With Albert Ayler
1963: My Name Is Albert Ayler (Debut)With Anthony Braxton
In the Tradition (SteepleChase, 1974)In the Tradition Volume 2 (SteepleChase, 1974 [1977])With Roland Kirk
1963: Kirk in Copenhagen (Mercury)With Dexter Gordon
1964: One Flight Up (Blue Note)1964: Cheese Cake (SteepleChase) released 19791964: I Want More (SteepleChase) released 19801964: Love for Sale (SteepleChase) released 19821964: It's You or No One (SteepleChase) released 19831964: Billie's Bounce (SteepleChase) released 19831965: Loose Walk (SteepleChase) released 20031965: Misty (SteepleChase) released 20041965: Heartaches (SteepleChase) released 20041965: Ladybird (SteepleChase) released 20051966: Stella by Starlight (SteepleChase) released 20051967: Both Sides of Midnight (Black Lion) released 19811967: Body and Soul (Black Lion) released 19811967 Take the "A" Train (Black Lion) released 19881969: A Day in Copenhagen (MPS), with Slide Hampton1970: Some Other Spring (Sonet), including with Karin Krog1974: The Apartment (SteepleChase)1975: More Than You Know (SteepleChase)1975: Stable Mable (SteepleChase)1975: Swiss Nights Vol. 1 (SteepleChase)1975: Swiss Nights Vol. 2 (SteepleChase)1975: Swiss Nights Vol. 3 (SteepleChase)1975: Something Different (SteepleChase)1975: Bouncin' with Dex (SteepleChase)1976: Lullaby for a Monster (SteepleChase)1981: Strings & Things (SteepleChase), with Georg WadeniusWith Duke Jordan
Thinking of You (SteepleChase, 1979 [1982])Change a Pace (SteepleChase, 1979 [1980])With Bill Evans-Lee Konitz Quartet
1965: Together Again (Moon Records), live recordingsWith Jean-Luc Ponty
1969: Sunday Walk (MPS)With Karin Krog, John Surman, Albert Mangelsdorff, Francy Boland & Daniel Humair
1969: Open Space (The Down Beat Poll Winners in Europe) (MPS)With Ben Webster
1969: Blow Ben, Blow! (Catfish)1971: Ben Webster in Denmark 1965–1971With Jørgen Ingmann and Bjarne Rostvold
1971: Sonido Tropical (Belter Records/Discolibro)With Oscar Peterson
1971: Great Connection (MPS), with Louis Hayes1972: During This Time (Art of Groove), with Ben Webster1973: The Trio (Pablo), with Joe Pass1977: Oscar Peterson and the Bassists – Montreux '77 (Pablo Live)1977: Oscar Peterson Jam – Montreux '77 (Pablo Live)1979: The Paris Concert: Salle Pleyel, 1978 (Pablo Live), including with Joe Pass1979: Night Child (Pablo Today)1981: Nigerian Marketplace (Pablo Today)1982: Skol (Pablo Live), including with Stephane Grappelli, Joe Pass and Mickey RokerWith Torolf Mølgaard
1972: Lone Rider (Artist)With Paul Bley
1973: Paul Bley/NHØP (SteepleChase)With Dizzy Gillespie
1973: The Giant (America)1973: The Source (America)1975: The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 (Pablo)With Kenny Drew
1973: Duo (SteepleChase)1974: Duo 2 (SteepleChase)1974: Dark Beauty (SteepleChase)1974: If You Could See Me Now (SteepleChase)1974: Duo Live in Concert (SteepleChase)1975: Morning (SteepleChase), including with Philip Catherine1979: In Concert (SteepleChase), including with Philip Catherine1983: And Far Away (Soul Note)With Lee Konitz
1974: Jazz à Juan (SteepleChase)With Tete Montoliu
1974: Catalonian Fire (SteepleChase)1974: Tete! (SteepleChase)1976: Tootie's Tempo (SteepleChase)1977: Tête à Tete (SteepleChase)With Jackie McLean
A Ghetto Lullaby (SteepleChase, 1974)The Meeting (SteepleChase, 1974) with Dexter GordonThe Source (SteepleChase, 1974) with Dexter GordonWith Idrees Sulieman
Bird's Grass (SteepleChase, 1976 [1985])With Count Basie
1975: Basie Jam (Pablo)1981: Kansas City 6 (Pablo)With Milt Jackson
1975: The Milt Jackson Big 4 (Pablo)Within 'Day Is Over'
1975: Day Is Over (Scandia)With Martial Solal
1976: Movability (MPS), duo1978: Suite For Trio (MPS), including with Daniel Humair1979: Four Keys (Pausa), including with Lee Konitz and John ScofieldWith Stan Getz
1977: Live at Montmartre (SteepleChase)With Roy Eldridge
1977: Roy Eldridge 4/Montreux 77With Svend Asmussen, Kenny Drew & Ed Thigpen
1977: Prize/Winners (Matrix Records)With Philip Catherine
1977: Trio 1 (SteepleChase), including with Billy Hart1992: Spanish Nights (Enja), with The Royal Copenhagen Chamber Orchestra1993: Art of the Duo (Enja)1993: Trio 2 (SteepleChase), including with Billy HartWith Tania Maria
1978: Tania Maria1979: Tania Maria & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (Medley)With Joe Pass
1978: Chops (Pablo)1979: Northsea Nights (Pablo Live)1982: EximiousWith Martial Solal
1978: Suite For Trio (MPS), including with Daniel Humair1981: Movability (Pausa)With Chet Baker
1979: The Touch of Your Lips (SteepleChase)1979: Daybreak (SteepleChase), Live at Montmartre Vol.11979: This Is Always (SteepleChase), Live in Montmartre Vol.21979: Someday My Prince Will Come (SteepleChase), Live in Montmartre Vol.31985: Chet Baker Plays Vladimir Cosma (Carrere)With Stephane Grappelli, Philip Catherine & Larry Coryell
1979: Young Django (MPS)1980: Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark (Pablo Live), including with Joe PassWith Edgar Wilson
1979: Goin' Straight (MPS)With Didier Lockwood, Gordon Beck & Tony Williams
1979: New World (MPS)With Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie & Joe Pass
1980: Digital III at Montreux (Pablo Live)With Rune Gustafsson
1980: Just The Way You Are (Sonet Gramofon), duo1989: String Along With Basie (Sonet Gramofon), featuring Janne Schaffer, Georg Wadenius and NHØPWith Dado Moroni
1981: BluesologyWith Archie Shepp
1980: The House I Live In (SteepleChase), Archie Shepp/Lars Gullin Quintet1981: Looking at Bird (SteepleChase)With Toots Thielemans & Joe Pass
1982: Live in the Netherlands (Pablo Live)With Boulou & Elios Ferré
1983: Trinity (SteepleChase)With Tete Montoliu
1984: Face To Face (SteepleChase)With Ulla Neumann and Ulrik Neumann
1985: With Joy And Feelings (Four Leaf Records)With Claes Crona
1985: With A Little Help From My Friend(s) (Skivbolaget)With Palle Mikkelborg
1986: Heart to Heart (Storyville), including with Kenneth Knudsen1990: Hommage: Once Upon A Time (Sonet Gramofon)With Monty Alexander and Grady Tate
1986: Threesome (Soul Note)With Kurt Ravn, Fini Høstrup and Jan zum Vohrde
1986: Vi Valgte De 4 Årstider (Skylight Records)With Niels Lan Doky
1986: Here Or There (Columbia), Niels Lan Doky Trio with NHØP and Alvin Queen1987: The Target (Storyville), featuring Jack De Johnette1994: Misty Dawn (Columbia Records), featuring Alex Riel1994: The Song is a Fairytale by Frederik Magle (Columbia) including with Alex Riel, and othersWith René Urtreger, Christian Escoudé and André Ceccarelli
1987: Masters (Carlyne Music)With Louis Hjulmand
1987: Play With Us (Olufsen Records), duoWith Allan Botschinsky
1987: Duologue (M•A Music)With Atilla Engin Group
1988: Melo Perquan (Storyville), faeat. NHØP and Uffe MarkussenWith Lars Møller, Thomas Clausen and Jimmy Cobb
1989: Copenhagen Groove (Stunt Records)With Guitars Unlimited
1989: Three for the Road (Sonet Gramofon), meets NHØPWith Maria Joao & Aki Takase
1992: Alice (Enja)With Bireli Lagrene
1993: Standards (Blue Note), including with André CeccarelliWith Michel Petrucciani
1994: Petrucciani NHOP (Dreyfus Jazz)With Sweden Bass Orchestra
1995: Sweden Bass Orchestra (Four Leaf Clover)With Primož Grašić • NHOP • Martin Drew
1995: Introducing Primož Grašić Trio (Jazzette)With Mulgrew Miller
1999: The Duets (B&O)With Floris Nico Bunink
1999: Breaking The Ice (BV Haast Records)With Klaus Suonsaari & Niels Lan Doky
2000: The Music of Tom Harrell (Storyville)With Paquito D'Rivera
2000: The Clarinetist Volume One (Peregrina Music), feat. NHØP, Wolfgang Haffner, Frank Chastenier, Pernel Saturino, Triángulo & Eropean Art OrchestraWith Doug Raney
Cuttin' Loose (SteepleChase, 1978)With George Shearing
2007: The MPS Trio Sessions (MPS, 1977 – 1981), including with Louis StewartWith Sahib Shihab
Sahib's Jazz Party (Debut, 1963)Sentiments (Storyville, 1971)With Tiziana Ghiglioni
Sounds Of Love (Soul Note, 1983)