Member Since: 21/12/2006
Band Website: www.acousticsense.com
Band Members: John Sund (6 & 12 string guitar)
Debuting at the age of 18 he was commissioned as a soloist together with the Danish Radio Big Band, led by Palle
Mikkelborg, in a work written by pianist Thomas Clausen. John was one of the first "jazz" artists to receive the prestigious
Jacob Gades Grant in 1977, (this grant is primarily reserved for classical artists) and Danish jazz-reviewer
Boris Rabinowitsch called him quote: “a discovery of a Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen’s dimensionâ€. He has worked
with numerous of groups including: Creme Fraiche Big Band (since reformed), D.R. Radio Big Band, Palle Mikkelborg, Danish Radio Jazzgroup,
Thomas Clausen, Morten Grønvad, Debbie Cameron, Ben Besiakov, Bo Stief, South Indian violinists Ganesh & Kumaresh, Lelo Nika and
Somalian Real World recording artist Mariam Mursal. As a composer he has, among other things, written an extended
work for the Danish Radio Big Band, which was released on Olufsen Records (John Sund & The Danish Radio Big
Band: "Fusion Symphony" ), where he also is featured as the main soloist. Moreover his discography includes:
“Special Venture†– self titled (Intermusic 1999), “Acoustic Sense – New Gems†(Cope Records 2003), and as coleader;
“World On A String†– self titled (Cope Records 2004), "Special Venture - Twice" (Gateway Music 2007)
John Ehde (cello)
John Ehde was born in Stockholm, Sweden and was educated at the music conservatorium in Århus, Denmark by Professor Asger Lund Christensen. Throughout his long career he has, besides his work as a classical musician, which includes LINensemble, The Wiener Philharmonic, Wiener State Opera and as a soloist with The Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra etc., also worked and recorded with jazz-artists such as Palle Mikkelborg, Pierre Dørge’s New Jungle Orchestra, Copenhagen Art Ensemble and more recently Jacob Davidsen’s Mangfoldighed, which also include the British saxophonist Ian Bellamy. Ehde’s artistic life is marked by versatility: Solo concerts accompanied by piano or orchestra, chamber music, intensive work with contemporary music, performances as a conductor and improvised music.
Morten Lundsby (double-bass)
As a jazz-bassist in the Copenhagen music-milieu, Morten is much in demand. He is at present engaged in the following
projects: the trio Refleks, Manuela Lærke, who this year released the gospel CD “So Very Stillâ€, the acoustic
folk-pop group Magnolia and the Icelandic jazz-group Jonsson/Gröndal Quintet. Morten plays occasionally with Susi
Hyldgaard and Dalia Faitelson. In a big band context he has worked with Andy Sheppard and Nils Landgren and
moreover he is an accompanist with the Danish Boys Choir on a regular basis. He has, in different constellations,
toured in most parts of the world.
Ayi Solomon (percussion)
Ayi Solomon was born in Ghana, Africa. He arrived to Denmark for the first time in 1982 together with the orchestra
“Clasique Vibesâ€, in connection with the early Afro-Festival in Copenhagen. By the end of the festival, Clasique
Vibes went to Germany with a one-year contract, where they played German and American concert venues. The orchestra
returned to Copenhagen the following year, to fulfil a Scandinavian tour, but fascinated and inspired by the
new environment and its varied musical styles, Solomon decided to stay in Denmark working with Danish musicians.
He immediately caught attention with his extraordinary percussion skills and has since worked in many different constellations
including: New Jungle Orchestra, Palle Mikkelborg, Match Brothers, Moussa Diallo Band, Dalia Faitelson’s
Global Sound with among others Jeery Bergonzi, Randy Brecker and Adam Nussbaum. Moreover he is highly
esteemed as a cultural communicator in connection with his untiring work playing school-concerts.
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Along The Way - live at the NOVA Festival 2005
Influences: Check also these three other bands of mine on MySpace:
Special Venture
World On A String
Duometric Events
Sounds Like: With music you can always get a lot of associations... Well to put it straight, I simply think this band sounds like itself.
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Record Label: Cope Records
Type of Label: Indie