Mads Vinding

Mads Vinding (born 7 December 1948, Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish jazz double-bassist.

Mads Vinding
Background information
Born	(1948-12-07)December 7, 1948 Copenhagen, Denmark
Genres	Jazz, classical
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instrument	Double bass
Years active	1960s–present
Labels	Sonet, Stunt
Website	www.vinding.dk

Music career

Vinding began his professional career when he was 16 as the house bassist for Jazzhus Montmartre, a jazz club in Copenhagen. He has played on more than 800 recordings and more than 1000 Radio/TV shows.

Awards

• Best soloist, Nordring, 1978
• Ben Webster Prize, 1982
• Palæ Jazz Prize, 1997
• Launy Grøndahl's honorary prize, 2000
• Django d’Or, 2007

Gallery

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Discography

• Mads Vinding Group (Cosmos Collector, 1977)
• The Kingdom (Stunt, 1998)
• Daddio Don (Stunt, 2000)
• Six Hands Three Minds One Heart (Stunt, 2002)
• Over the Rainbow (Cope, 2002)
• Two Basses (ZYX/Touche/Weaving, 2005)
• Abrikostræet (Calibrated, 2005)
• In Our Own Sweet Way (Storyville, 2009)
• Open Minds (Storyville, 2011)
• Composing (Storyville, 2015)^[1]
• Yesterdays (Stunt, 2017)

As sideman

With Yelena Eckemoff

• Cold Sun (L & H, 2010)
• Grass Catching the Wind (L & H, 2010)

With Kenny Drew

• Your Soft Eyes (Soul Note, 1981)

With Art Farmer

• Manhattan (Soul Note, 1981)

With Johnny Griffin

• Blues for Harvey (SteepleChase, 1973)

With Hank Jones

• Trio (Storyville, 1991)
• Hank Jones in Copenhagen - Live at Jazzhus Slukefter 1983 (Storyville, 2018) - trio with Shelly Manne, drums

With Duke Jordan

• Flight to Denmark (SteepleChase, 1974) - recorded in 1973
• Two Loves (SteepleChase, 1975) - recorded in 1973
• Truth (SteepleChase, 1983) - recorded in 1975

With Doug Raney

• Guitar Guitar Guitar (SteepleChase, 1985)

With Idrees Sulieman

• Groovin' (SteepleChase, 1985)

With Kai Winding and Curtis Fuller

• Giant Bones '80 (Sonet, 1980)