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The repertoire consists mainly of classic swing tunes: Hoagy Carmichael’s “Stardust”, “Dickie’s Dream” by Count Basie and Lester Young, Harold Arlen’s “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”, Mathew Gee’s “Hey Lock” – a tribute to saxophonist Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis – and Frederick Loewe’s “Almost Like Being In Love”. Hugo would prefer to praise each of them individually, but that’s not necessary – listen for yourself! Let it suffice to say that he’s happy with the symbiosis they have found together. When he yelled, “Stroll!” we knew what to do.” In this band, everybody also knows what to do. His eyes filled with tears, and so did ours. Of course the same thing happened when Ben Webster played his ballads. The audience went dead quiet, there was magic in the air. We play… in my head I have the memory of one night in a happy, noisy club, where “Sweets” took out his mute and played the softest version of “Lover Man”. I have my suggestions, and perhaps they make an impression. I’d like to think so, but they have their own strong profiles. But is it possible to bring his experience into this circle of musical talent? “Perhaps. They could easily be his children – he was born in 1941 – and obviously he is their musical father. The musicians in Hugo’s All Starz and in his trio are all young lions, but they have been with him several years.
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To survive, they had to create their own personal sound.” And sound is what it’s all about for Hugo. In part this shaped their musical personalities. Often they had lived with discrimination and humiliation that we could never fully understand – pain that had to be laughed away. I learned everything, especially their timing, their humor, their approach to audiences – and to life. Would it be a cliché to assume that Hugo learned from these great musicians? “No, it’s not a cliché at all. There were Danish, Swedish and Norwegian tours, living together under simple conditions. The list is enormous, and these were just some of the JAZZ musicians! Years ago many American jazz musicians visited Denmark to play with Arnvid Meyer’s then-famous swing band. Higginbotham, Charlie Shavers, “Sweets”, Roy Eldridge, Wild Bill Davison, Benny Carter, Svend Asmussen, Jesper Thilo, Al Grey, Betty Carter, Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, Coleman Hawkins, New Jungle Orchestra – and most recently Lionel Loueke and Marc Ducret. I felt like I had been knighted.” Hugo has played with everyone, so let’s just throw some names around and get it over with: Teddy Wilson, Horace Parlan, Ralph Sutton, Kenny Drew, Oliver Nelson, J.C. But the first time I played with “Sweets” and Benny Carter, “Sweets” walked over to me and kissed me on the forehead. Niels-Henning had been around since he was fifteen, and he was incredible. He is incredible.” “Well” says Hugo, “Keep in mind that back in the 1960’s, even when I was at my best, I was never more than number two. “To play with Hugo has confirmed in me the way of playing lightly and hip. With Hugo I feel safe – for hours!” The young drummer from New York, R.J. Ben Webster said, “Where U go, I go!” He is my bass-man number one!” Dexter Gordon said, “This is Copenheaven for bass players. Danish bassist Hugo Rasmussen is such a musician. There are many flattering clichés used to describe great musicians with a lifetime in service of jazz. Скачать с: turbobit/gigapeta/rapidgator/katfile 1 Somewhere Over the Rainbowĕ:39