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Background information | |
Birth name | Kristor Lybecker Brødsgaard |
Born | 1979 (age 38–39) Vedbæk, Zealand |
Origin | Denmark |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Jazz musician, composer |
Instruments | Upright bass, bass guitar |
Labels |
Stunt Records Loop Records |
Associated acts |
Phronesis Ivo Neame Quartet JazzKamikaze |
Website | linkedin |
Kristor Lybecker Brødsgaard (born 1979 in Vedbæk, Denmark) is a Danish double bassist residing in Copenhagen, known from collaborations with the jazz guitarist Tao Højgaard and within JazzKamikaze.
Brødsgaard picked up the double bass in 1992, and was awarded the «Berlingske Tidendes Rytmiske Musikkonkurrence», including bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen in the jury. Within the Scandinavian quintet JazzKamikaze he partisipates on several album releases and appeared at the international jazz festivals Kongsberg Jazzfestival, Moldejazz, North Sea Jazz Festival, Bangkok Jazz Festival, Rochester Jazz Festival as well as being part of the opening of the annual Rio Carnival in Rio de Janeiro.