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Niels Praestholm
Danish bassplayer and composer born 1958
About Me
Niels Præstholm is a visionary composer, adventurous improviser, and strong organizational force on the Danish jazz scene. With his groups Embla and The Gyroscope String Trio, Art Ensemble South and as a sideman with numerous bands and soloists Niels Praestholm has toured extensively throughout Denmark, Scandinavia, Europe, the US and the Caribbean. Niels appears on recordings with artists such as Django bates, Kresten Osgood, Simon Spang-Hanssen, Michael Gregory, Ed Thigpen, Carsten Dahl, Richard Boone, Al grey and many others.
Niels has released two CDs of original music - Aircondition (2007), and Imagic (1998), both of them shows Niels as a imaginative composer and arranger and as an original bassplayer.
