- Palle Danielsson
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Name = Palle Danielsson
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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Palle Danielsson
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Born = Birth date and age|1946|10|15
Origin =Stockholm ,Sweden
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Instrument =Double bass
Genre =Free jazz Post bop
Occupation =Bandleader ,Composer ,Double bassist
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Associated_acts =Keith Jarrett
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Past_members =Palle Danielsson (born
October 15 ,1946 ) is a Swedishjazz double bassist born inStockholm ,Sweden , perhaps most notable for his work done withKeith Jarrett from 1974 to 1979, becoming a member of hisEurope anquartet for that period.Career
Danielsson's childhood was an especially musical one, his first instrument was the
harmonica which he started playing at the age of two. By age eight he was playingviolin , which he continued to play and study for roughly five years. Around this time he became interested in jazz music and started to play thedouble bass . By the time he was fifteen, Danielsson was playing professionally. Having studied at the Stockholm Royal Academy of Music (1962-1966), he began to play with well knownScandinavia n musicians such asEje Thelin ,Bobo Stenson ,Jan Garbarek and took up international collaborations, e.g. withLee Konitz andSteve Kuhn .Over the years, Danielsson has worked with various acclaimed musicians, among them
Bill Evans ,Keith Jarrett ,Kenny Wheeler ,Michel Petrucciani , Charles Lloyd,Peter Erskine ,Ben Webster ,Charlie Shavers ,George Russell ,Albert Mangelsdorff ,Enrico Rava ,Collin Walcott ,Tomasz Stańko and John Taylor. He has also led and co-led several bands in Sweden, and has released several respective recordings as well.References
*Allmusicguide|id=11:kvfwxqu5ldse~T4
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