Bjarne Roupé

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Member Since: 5/1/2007
Band Website: roupe.dk
Band Members: Tomas Franck - saxophone Lennart Ginman - bass Aage Tanggaard - drums SIGN OF FOUR - Kim Kristensen plays keys, Klavs Hovman bass & Marilyn Mazur on drums. MS T - Tomas Franck on tenor saxophone, Klavs Hovman on bass & Aage Tanggaard - drums. BIG FOOT w/ Fabrizio Mandolini on soprano, and finally LIGHT & DARK - Sissel Vera on soprano, Christoffer Møller piano, Yasser Pino on double bass & Aage Tanggaard on drums
Influences: Toured with, recorded with or played concerts with: Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Smith, Eddie Harris, Jack Bruce, Adam Nussbaum, Bob Brookmeyer, Toots Thielemans, Hermeto Pascoal, Joel Rosenblatt, Mike Mantler, Jon Kristensen, Clark Terry, Van Morrison, Georgie Fame, Johnny Griffin, Art Farmer, DeeDee Bridgewater, John Scofield, John McLaughlin, Bobo Stenson, Palle Danielsson, Bernt Rosengren and many, many others. Tours in USA, Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Germany, Holland, Belgium, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Russia, Singapore, Thailand,. Selected History: 1969-79 Freelance - base in Sweden, 1974-79 EGBA Ulf Adåker, Ulf Andersson,Ahmadu Jarr, Åke Eriksson, Göran Lagerberg, Malando Gassama, m.fl. 1976-79 SOUNDS OF FLOWERS Bronislaw Suchanek, Bobo Stenson,Rune Karlsson, Roland Keijser, Fredrik Norén, m.fl. Spring 1979 - moves to Copenhagen, Denmark 1979-82 ALPHA CENTAURI - Jørgen Emborg, Bo Stief, Palle Mikkelborg, Ole Theill 1980-83 DANISH RADIO JAZZ GROUP 1981-83 SIX WINDS - Uffe Markussen, Alex Riel, Marilyn Mazur, Peter Danstrup, Ben Besiakow 1982-85 ENTRANCE - Palle Mikkelborg, Jesper Nehammer, Thomas Clausen, Lennart Gruvstedt, Bo Stief, Ethan Weissgaard 1983-88 BJARNE ROUPÉ TRIO - Alex Riel, Bo Stief 1983-87 MM4 - Marilyn Mazur, Uffe Markussen, Peter Danstrup 1985 LP/CD “AURA” Miles Davis, Palle Mikkelborg, John McLaughlin, NHØP ao. 1986-90 DANISH RADIO BIG BAND 1988 LP/CD BJARNE ROUPÉ “PASSION PLAY” - Thomas Clausen, Palle Mikkelborg, Niels Ratzer, Ole Skipper Moesgaard, Jesper Lundgaard 1988-92 BJARNE ROUPÉ GROUP - Niels Ratzer, Ole Skipper Moesgaard, Jesper Mejlvang 1991-93 OCEAN FABLES - Kim Kristensen, Jens Winther, Marilyn Mazur, Klavs Hovman 1991-94 ROUPÉ-FRANCK 4 - Tomas Franck, Jesper Lundgaard, Peter Danemo 1993- MIKE MANTLER Group 1996- associate professor in guitar at the Rhythmic Conservatory - Copenhagen 2002- BJARNE ROUPÈ QUARTET w. Tomas Franck, Lennart Ginman, Aage Tanggaard. Selected discography: “20:33” 1980 ALPHA CENTAURI (Pick Up) “ENTRANCE” 1983 “AURA” 1985 w/ Miles Davis (CBS) “PASSION PLAY” 1990 (STUNT) “HAVBLIK” 1992 OCEAN FABLES (OLUFSEN) “HIDDEN FRONTIERS” Bo Stief “CENTRAL EARTH” Simon Spang Hansen “LA SPIGA” w/Fabrizio Mandolini - “FOLLY SEEING ALL THIS” 1993 “CERCO UN PAESE INNOCENTE” 1995 “THE SCHOOL OF UNDERSTANDING”1997 “SONGS AND ONE SYMPHONY” 2000 “HIDE AND SEEK” 2001 “REVIEW” 2006 w/ Mike Mantler on ECM RecordsYouTube - Jimmy Smith w/ Bjarne Roupé, Richard Boone, Ed Thigpen 1985 - Midnight Special
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Record Label: STUNT
Type of Label: Major