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Biography
Jesper Bodilsen (b. 1970) is a Danish bassist, composer and producer, and one of the most in-demand bass players on the European jazz scene. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, he spent 13 years in the Ed Thigpen Trio and became internationally known as a member of the Stefano Bollani Trio, whose ECM album Stone in the Water (2009) was named trio album of the year by several jazz magazines.
Over the years he has performed with Brad Mehldau, Enrico Rava, Bill Frisell, John Abercrombie, Paolo Fresu and Gregory Porter, as well as jazz legends such as Benny Golson, James Moody, Phil Woods and Tom Harrell. As a producer he has worked on more than 100 albums, and in 2021 he founded the label Mingus Records. Today he leads his own projects, including the trio Gunde-Bodilsen-Lund, whose albums have reached millions of streams.
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“Like Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Bodilsen possesses a warm sound, great dexterity, virtually faultless intonation and an aura of calm even in the midst of volcanic eruptions. Also like Pedersen, Bodilsen is a lyrical player whose supple lines unfold with ease.”
— JazzTimes
