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Gunner Møller Pedersen - Glasmusik / Glass Music (1994) {Winter Garden GMP CD 1994-1}
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© 1994 Winter Garden | GMP CD 1994-1
Electroacoustic / Modern Classical / Experimental

Gunner Møller Pedersen was born in Århus on February 5th 1943, Denmark, was educated at the Royal Danish Music Academy, Århus, and has also studied in London with Cornelius Cardew. He was been active as a composer since 1966, when he wrote his first symphony. In 1970, he established his own studio for film score composition and spatial electronic music, the Octopus Studio in Copenhagen. Since 1972, Gunner Møller Pedersen has held concerts of electronic music in the Winter Garden at the Ny Carlsberg Glypyotek in Copenhagen, "Musikzag" in 1972 and "Live Electronic Octophonic Panopticoncert" in 1974.

[…] This live CD documents a pair of concerts with guitarist Ulf Wakenius (who also worked with Peterson) and drummer Jonas Johansen, the first five tracks from 1999 and the last six from Pedersen's final recorded concert in March 2005, just a few weeks before his sudden death from a heart attack. […] Both concerts are intimately recorded and this is easily one of Niels Pedersen's best CDs as a leader. ~Ken Dryden, All Music Guide

Famous for his work as a teenager in Europe playing with veteran American greats, and for his many recordings as a sidemen with the veteran straight-ahead jazz all-stars for the Pablo label (including Oscar Peterson), bassist Niels Pedersen's own projects tend to be more modern than bop-oriented. For this set, Pedersen's quartet includes three rather notable sidemen: the then fairly unknown guitarist John Scofield; drummer Billy Hart; and Dave Liebman on tenor, soprano, and alto flute. The bassist contributed four compositions, which are joined by a Danish folk song. The nearly 15-minute "Dancing on the Tables" (which utilizes some childlike melodies) and the episodic "Clouds" are highlights of the continually intriguing and adventurous program.

Niels Pedersen became one of the most heralded jazz bassists of his generation, playing with Bud Powell and Sonny Rollins while gaining international acclaim for his many recordings with Oscar Peterson. But the phenomenal bassist, whose sound is readily identifiable with a note or two, especially shined as a leader. This live CD documents a pair of concerts with guitarist Ulf Wakenius (who also worked with Peterson) and drummer Jonas Johansen, the first five tracks from 1999 and the last six from Pedersen's final recorded concert in March 2005, just a few weeks before his sudden death from a heart attack…