Mads Vinding

Yelena Eckemoff: Cold Sun

by Bruce Lindsay
November 7, 2010

Cold Sun could readily be considered as a concept album, if that term hadn't been so abused over the years. Pianist Yelena Eckemoff has taken her inspiration for these ten original tunes from the winter season--perhaps in her native Russia, perhaps from her adopted homeland of North Carolina--and conjures up many different images of winter in her sparse and delicate trio arrangements. The starkly beautiful photographs on the CD cover give a clear indication of the music within, while the ...

Yelena Eckemoff: Cold Sun

by Warren Allen
August 26, 2010

Pianist/composer Yelena Eckemoff works in that rarified area between modern classical chamber music and progressive jazz. Born and raised in Russia, Eckemoff attended the Moscow State Conservatory, where she studied concert piano and grew up in a strong classical foundation. She came to the United States before the collapse of the Soviet Union, and continues to compose and perform. While many of her albums have tended towards a classical vein, Cold Sun provides an exploration of improvisation ...

Mads Vinding: Bubbles & Ballads / Bass & Bones

by Chris Mosey
June 10, 2010

With the death of Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen in 2005, the keys to the kingdom of double bass playing in Denmark passed at long last to Mads Vinding. Only two years separated the two men--Pedersen was born in 1946, Vinding in 1948--but “young" Vinding always found himself in the giant shadow cast by Pedersen. Both men were at different times house bassist at Copenhagen's renowned Montmartre jazz club, accompanying some of the best instrumentalists in the world. Both ...

The Mads Vinding Trio: Six Hands, Three Minds, One Heart

by Jack Bowers
October 1, 2001

As the album’s title indicates, any member of this near–clairvoyant trio could be its nominal leader, as the three work together like a well–oiled machine throughout this marvelous session, recorded live in June ’99 at the Jazzhouse in Copenhagen, Denmark. But bassist Vinding has worked before in trio settings with award–winning drummer Riel (in fact, they’ve been playing together for about thirty–five years, or roughly as long as pianist Carsten Dahl has been breathing) so it’s his name that appears ...

Mads Vinding Trio: Six Hands Three Minds One Heart

by David Adler
July 1, 2001

This Danish trio, led by veteran bassist Mads Vinding, also features the veteran drummer Alex Riel and the younger, up-and-coming pianist Carsten Dahl. Recorded on a single evening in June 1999 at Copenhagen’s Jazzhouse, the disc unfolds like a well-crafted story. The trio takes “I Hear a Rhapsody," “All Blues," and “Autumn Leaves" all at a nice gallop, showcasing Dahl’s monstrous chops and angular harmonic sense. But this is more than mere blowing. Not only is there highly sensitive communication ...

Mads Vinding Trio / Bob Brookmeyer & Mads Vinding: Daddio Don / Together

by C. Michael Bailey
June 1, 2000

Close Spaces. These two recordings find Scandinavian bassist Mads Vinding operating in the relatively close spaces of the jazz trio and duo. Vinding is a kind of Nordic George Mraz, playing with a rare full-throated and confident tone capable of providing the environment of a full rhythm section while in the absence of such. Vinding is comfortable in these small settings, a comfort reflected on these two recordings.

Trio Theory. Daddio Don is a serene collection of standards driven by ...

Mads Vinding: The Kingdom

by Jim Santella
August 1, 1997

If this session were to be described in just one word, that would be “Power." Hard-bop specialists Mads Vinding and Alex Riel have both recorded with Dexter Gordon and have each played powerful, yet straight-ahead jazz for over thirty years. Drummer Riel has worked with hard bop leaders such as Jackie McLean, Michael Brecker, Kenny Drew, and Eddie “Lockjaw" Davis. Bassist Vinding, similarly, has worked with Johnny Griffin, Ed Thigpen, the Ernie Wilkins big band, and Duke ...

Mads Vinding Trio Releases "Bubbles & Ballads"

Source: All About Jazz
December 22, 2008

Mads Vinding started playing professionally at the young age of 16. A legend among jazz bassists on the European scene, Mads Vinding is celebrated for his dexterous virtuosity and razor-sharp perception, not least apparent in his trio performances that have set new standards for musical interplay. Mads Vinding’s mastery is manifest in trio performance with Jacob Karlzon and Morten Lund, who both belong to a new generation of inspired Nordic jazz musicians. Jacob Karlzon and Morten Lund are responsive and ...
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