NEWS 2008
Tour comming up with my new Trio Feat : BEN MONDER(US) : guitar, ANDERS MOGENSEN : drums and NIELS RYDE : elec. bass in May 08 !
New CD with VALENTINE QUARTET feat : HANNE HAMMER : vocal
comming soon in a store near you or at www.cdjazz.com
" 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)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. After a while I was more heavily into jazz, 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 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 : Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland, Belgium, England, Scotland, Russia, The Baltic States, Norway, Iceland, Sweden and New York !
Played & toured with musicians like : Lew Soloff(US), Wolfgang Muthspiel(Au), Ben Monder(us), Misja Fitzgreald Michel(F), Orazio Maugeri(It), Siggi Flossason(is), Doug Raney(US), Krister Jönsson(S), Basio Suosu, 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, Uffe Steen Jensen, Carsten Dahl, Anders Mogensen, Søren Bebe, Thor Madsen, Morten Grønvad, Thomas Agergaard, Mette Pedersen, Kasper Tranberg, Jacop Dinensen, Frank Roberts, Sko & Torp, Christoffer Møller, Niels Vincentz, Jesper Lovedale og Thomas Frank amomg others.
DISCOGRAFI
As a leader :
Traffic Jam. feat : John Tchcai : sax - Uffe Steen : guitar
As Of Now. feat : Morten Gronvad : vibs - Thor Madsen : guitar
Cleanshave. w/ Carsten Dahl, Kasper Tranberg, Thor Madsen
Modern Shapes. w/ Ryde, Vincentz, Moller, Mogensen
Everything I Love. feat : Wolfgang Muthspiel(au) : guitar
Pocket Music. feat : Lew Soloff(us) : trumpet
Playsongs w/ Valentine feat : Hanne Hamme : vocals
In these day..s Ryde working a lot as a freelance bassist and teacher, he performs with : Lew Soloff(us), Wolfgang Muthspiel(Au), Ben Monder(us), Krister Jönsson(s) on tours and Niels Ryde Quartet, NR Special Trio, Valentine Quartet, Ex-Jazz, Broholm/Ryde/Bundvig Trio and Captain Crawfish & The Jumping Zydeco, plus teatches students weekly. And has done clinics and workshops throughout Europe.
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