Niels Ryde

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Pocket Music feat : Lew Soloff

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Released: Jan 1, 2006

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Pocket Music feat : Lew Soloff
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One - feat Lew Soloff
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Modern Shapes feat : Wolfgang Muthspiel
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Everything Will Change - New CD
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Impro 3 - New CD
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Genre: Experimental / Jazz / Nu-Jazz
Location bjørnø 19 , Syddanmark, De
Profile Views: 29122
Last Login: 12/9/2012
Member Since 9/2/2006
Website www.nielsryde.dk
Record Label www.cdjazz.com (Music Mecca, Copenhagen)
Type of Label Indie
Bio
NEWS 2012 NIELS RYDE NEW QUARTET feat : Ryde: bass, Krister Jonsson(s): guitar, Mads La Cour : tp. & Anders Mogensen : drums on tour in 2011. Look for updates.... NEW RELEASE : EVERYTHING WILL CHANGE - OUT NOW BUY IT ON : www.cdjazz.com and Itunes.... NIELS RYDE TRIO w/BEN MONDER played gigs in NYC !... POCKET MUSIC CD Feat : LEW SOLOFF rewieved in Jazz Italia 08 : .. www. jazzitalia.net/recensioni/pocketmusic.asp..... " Nils Ryde is a wonderful composer and bass player. I find his compositions so much fun to play on. I think his writing is unique, melodic, and very interesting harmonically. He is also a great bassist, by his fantastic soloing and great rhythmic support." Lew Soloff(NYC)..... " Niels Ryde Ryde is not only a innovative and sensitive modern player. He is also a marvelous and unique composer. With brains and heart to spare, Niels takes full advantage of the color palate----- taking us on fantastic new journeys which still follow the trajectory of tradition. He is a very special player. " Kurt Elling, vocalist & Blue Note Artist..... Bassplayer Niels Ryde entered the danish jazzscene almost two decades ago, with a new personal sound and aproace on the bass, he soon became a member of different jazz/funk groups, and started his own group in 88. Since then he have been a most sought after musicians on the Danish as well as the International Jazz scene..... Niels Ryde "There was always music in my house, my family listened to all kinds of music, from Bach to Stravinsky and Beatles to Bob Dylan, Armstrong to Bill Evans. I had rather eclectic taste."..... Born in Denmark 1964, Ryde took up the bass at the age of 13, playing electric bass in school bands. Ryde quickly became an in-demand bass-player in different bands. At the age of 16 he got a double-bass. Niels says, " I..ve studied two years with a classical bass-teacher and played in the University of Aarhus Symphony. At the same time I was more heavily into jazz, listen to a lot of Miles Davis, Bill Evans and Weather Report also playing a lot of be-bop jobs on the local jazz-scene, at the same time I took lessons with the worldwide known bass-player Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen for one year."..... At age 18, Ryde began performing professionally with many different jazz & funk settings, both on elec.bass and Double bass. "I was still a very young player at that point," Ryde says. "Technically, I was prepared for the job, but I learned a lot about professionalism with these bands. In the mid eighties, Ryde made a swith back to elec bass, " I felt like commimg home again." Ryde tells, today he is a master of the electric bass..... Ryde has performed in : Brazil, US, Marokko, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland, Belgium, England, Scotland, Russia, The Baltic States, Norway, Iceland, Sweden, New York..... Played & toured with musicians like : Ben Monder(US), Lew Soloff(US), Wolfgang Muthspiel(AU), Kenny Verner(US), Anders Mogensen(DK), Søren Bebe(DK) Misja Fitzgreald Michel(F), Orazio Maugeri(It), Siggi Flossason(Is), Doug Raney(US), Alex Riel(DK), Krister Jönsson(S), Basiru Suso(mali), Thomas Fryland (DK), Simon Spang Hansen(DK), Heine Hansen(DK), Pierre Dørge & (NJO)(DK), John Tchicai(US), Butch Lacy(US), James Loveless Funk Band (US/DK), Amancio De Silvar/Matt Lester Quintet(GB), Jorg Hulke/Wolker Sloth (DDR), Jacob Hug/Samuel Zing(CH), Marc Bernstein (US), Pirre Dørge (DK), Uffe Steen Jensen(DK), Carsten Dahl(DK), Thor Madsen(DK), Morten Grønvad(DK), Thomas Agergaard(DK), Kasper Tranberg(DK), Jacop Dinensen(DK), Frank Roberts(GB), Sko & Torp(DK), Christoffer Steen Møller(DK), Niels Vincentz(DK), Jesper Lovedale(DK) og Thomas Frank(S) among others..... DISCOGRAFI : As a leader : Traffic Jam. 1990 feat : John Tchcai : sax - Uffe Steen : guitar... As Of Now. 1994 feat : Morten Gronvad : vibs - Thor Madsen : guitar .... Cleanshave. 1996 w/ Carsten Dahl, Kasper Tranberg, Thor Madsen .... Modern Shapes. 2003 w/ Ryde, Vincentz, Moller, Mogensen ..... Everything I Love. 2005 feat : Wolfgang Muthspiel(au) : guitar.... Pocket Music. 2006 feat : Lew Soloff(us) : trumpet .. Playsongs 2008 w/ Valentine feat : Hanne Hamme : vocals..... Everything Will Change 2010 feat : Hanne Hammer : vocals, Jacob Broholm : keys, lab-top, Anders mogensen : drums, Mads lacour : tp, Rasmus fribo : bassclarinet, Peter hellsoe : saxes and Niels Ryde : basses.... Buy my CD s on : www.cdjazz.com and Itunes... In these day..s Ryde working a lot as a freelance bassist and teacher, he performs with : Soren Bebe Trio, Flavio Pantroja(BR), Ben Monder(us), Lew Soloff(us), Wolfgang Muthspiel(Au), Krister Jönsson(s) on tours and playing with : Niels Ryde New Quartet, NR Trio, Valentine Trio/Quartet, Basiru Suso Quartet, Ex-Jazz, Broholm/Ryde/Bundvig Trio, plus teatches students weekly, and do clinics and workshops throughout Europe...
Members
NIELS RYDE NEW QUARTET : Niels Ryde : bass.. Mads La Cour : Trumpet.. Krister Jonsson(S) : guitar.. Anders Mogensen : drums NIELS RYDE SPECIAL TRIO .. Ben Monder : guitar.. Niels Ryde :bass.. Anders Mogensen : drums..... THE PAT TRIBUTE BAND 2011.. Niels Ryde : bass.. Bjarne Roupe : guitar.. Jørgen Emborg : keys.. Anders Mogensen : drums .... AS A SIDEMAN :.... SØREN BEBE TRIO : .. Sørne Bebe : piano.. Niels Ryde : bass.. Anders Mogensen : drums..... BASIRU SUSO QUARTET.. Basiru Suso(mali) : cora .. Mikkel Nordsø(dk) : guitars.. Niels Ryde(dk) : bass.. Klaus Menzer/ Malick Jargne(mali)): drums, perc.... BROHOLM/ RYDE/BUNDVIG TRIO :.. Jacob Broholm : piano.. Niels Ryde : bass.. Nicolaj Bundvig : drums ....
Influences
Jazz from the 40ts,50ts, 60ts, 70ts, 80ts, and 90ts, Carla Bley, Monk, Coltrane, Miles, Bill Evans, Gil Evans, Steve Colemann, original tripe music : African, India, classical music : Bela Bartok, Elliot Carter, free form : Ornett Colemann, Ambiet music, Björk, Skulli Sverrisson, impressions from traveling, movies, beautiful people, love and Cartoons........
Sounds Like
"Music is the essence of being alive in time, ready to take the chance to improvice the song that comes from your heart and soul, letting it flow like the wind in your hair, and the light from the sun above, the sound of great music played by heart".........Niels Ryde...