Petter Eldh

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Petter Eldh
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Petter Eldh during a concert at the jazz club Unterfahrt in Munich 2011.
Background information
Birth nameFrans Petter Eldh
Born (1983-09-19) 19 September 1983 (age 39)
Gothenburg
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s) Bassist, Composer
Instrument(s) Double bass
Website pettereldh.com
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Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2018

Frans Petter Eldh (born 19 September 1983 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish jazz bass player and composer, who predominantly has worked first in Denmark, and since 2009 he has lived in Berlin. [1]

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Biography

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Petter Eldh in 2016

Eldh was raised in a family of artists. At the age of eight he started to play the guitar and bought his first hip-hop album when nine. Three years later he substituted the guitar for the double bass. When he turned thirteen under the influence of the music of Charlie Parker, he got into Jazz. He received his first musical training between 1999 and 2002 at the Sinclair Music School in Uddevalla. He continued his studies from 2002 to 2004 at the Jazz School of Skurup, in order to go to Copenhagen, where the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen, Denmark. He received his Master's degree in 2009. In the mid 2010 he collaborated with Django Bates on the Charlie Parker tribute Conformation (2011) among other things. [2]

Honors

Discography

With Django Bates

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References

  1. 1 2 "Petter Eldh". Discogs.com . Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  2. 1 2 Kelman, John (2015-09-10). "Django Bates Beloved: Confirmation (2012)". All About Jazz . Retrieved 2015-10-25.