Aage Tanggaard

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Aage Tanggaard (born 25 February 1957) is a Danish jazz drummer and record producer. [1] A pupil of Michael Carvin and Ed Thigpen, he has been a member of several notable bands; including Radiojazzgruppen, Ernie Wilkins' Almost Big Band [2] and the Hamburg-based NDR Big Band. He has also performed and recorded extensively, beginning from 1982, with Stan Getz, Roland Hanna, Michal Urbaniak, Horace Parlan, Duke Jordan, Chet Baker, [3] [4] Paul Bley, Lee Konitz, Dexter Gordon, Clark Terry and Doug Raney among other notable artists. [5] He is the founder of Audiophon Recording Studio where he works as a producer. [6]

Selected discography

As sideman

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References

  1. "Articles in Danish Paper Information About Tangaard". Information.dk. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
  2. "Ernie Wilkins' Almost Big Band with Randy Brecker Live in Copenhagen". Politiken.dk Jazz critique Boris Rabinowitsch review 22 October 2004. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
  3. "I Remember You-Chet Baker Live At Jazzhus Montmartre 1985 with Aage Tanggaard, Doug Raney - National Library of Denmark". statsbiblioteket.dk. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
  4. "Chet Baker - Paul Bley Live Recording Review 1985". Information.dk Reviewed by Danish paper Information's Jazz critique Erik Wiedemann, 5 January 1998. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
  5. "Tanggaard's Recording Credits at Allmusic". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
  6. "Danish Master Drummer Aage Tanggaard Amazed by Focusrite ISA428". www.crmav.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2010-10-28.