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Niels Rosendahl

Don't think, just play

About Me

Saxophonist Niels Rosendahl is currently based in Canberra, Australia working as a sideman/session musician and band leader in a diverse range of musical genres.

In 2005, Niels graduated from the Australian National University, School of Music with First Class Honours, University Medal and the Peter & Lena Karmel award for most outstanding music graduate. With the aid of a BBM Scholarship, Niels lived in Edinburgh and London between 2006 and 2008. There he studied with internationally renowened saxophonists Tommy Smith and Gilad Atzmon. Niels appeared regularly in the London jazz scene and also worked frequently with the jazz collective JazzArc and the band Organum. Niels also worked as a reeds player in two European tours with the West End Show "Rat Pack - Live From Las Vegas" and two European tours with Frank White's "Glenn Miller Memorial Orchestra". As well as the Australia and the UK, Niels has also performed in Ireland, France, Norway, Denmark, Poland, Italy, Spain, Thailand, Viet Nam and has performed at world famous venues such as the Ronnie Scott's and the Vortex jazz clubs in London and the Olympia in Paris.


Artists Niels has appeared with include: Fiona Boyes and the Fortune Tellers, Mitch Woods and the Rocket 88's (USA), Blue Empress Ladies Review (USA/Australia), Paul Mills (Average White Band), Bob Sedegreen, Brian Kellock (UK), Paul Wertico (USA), Pete Long's Gillespiana Big Band (UK), London Jazz Collective (UK), JazzArc (UK), Organum (UK), Brandon Allen, Wilbur Wilde, Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra (Scotland), National Youth Jazz Orchestra (UK), Quentin Collins (UK), Aron Ottingon, Wanderlust, The Hauptmans, Michael Azzopardi, John Mackey, Miroslav Bukovsky (Wanderlust, Ten Part Invention), Eric Ajaye (Freddie Hubbard, Taj Mahal), Wanderlust, Mike Price, Annie and the Armadillos, Funky Fedora's and Selene y su Quimba.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/2/2006
Band Members:

NIELS ROSENDAHL IMPOSSIBLY SIMPLE ALBUM AVAILABLE

ONLINE AT:
WWW.CDBABY.COM

iTunes Music Store

AT ABELS MUSIC, FRANKLIN STREET, MANUKA, ACT, AUSTRALIA.

NIELS ROSENDAHL- SAXOPHONE, ERIC C. AJAYE- BASS, MICAHEL AZZOPARDI- PIANO, CHRIS THWAITE- DRUMS, ANNA THOMPSON- VIOLIN LUKE APPS- TRUMPET, JONATHAN APPS- TRUMPET


Influences:

John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Joe Henderson, Sonny Rollins, Michael Brecker, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Chick Corea, Tower of Power, The Brecker Brothers, Dave Liebman, Joe Lovano, John Scofield, Tower of Power, REM, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker.


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REVIEWS


"He instantly impressed me with a new calmness and sureness in his presence; with clear and purposeful improvisations; with understated but nonetheless fast and complex lines; with clear and impassioned articulation. What he played was necessary, not just impressive". canberrajazz.net
Album review: "...One comes to expect aggressive displays of technique from the beneficiaries of a tertiary jazz education early in their careers, but in the case of Rosendahl, there is as well a surprising maturity in his playing- particularly on his debut CD.....A quality product." The Canberra Times. You should create your own MySpace Layouts like me by using nUCLEArcENTURy .COM's MySpace Profile Editor !
Record Label: Self Release
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Theme Behind The Title Track

Seeing as I'm launching my album "Impossibly Simple" on Thursday the 15th of March, I thought I would share the emotions that inspired the title track If one was to observe the Earth and all that it c...
Posted by Niels Rosendahl on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:08:00 PST