Stefan Pasborg


Stefan Pasborg is a Danish drummer, composer, and bandleader, and the founding member of ILK MUSIC, a Danish record label.

Biography

Pasborg began playing the drums the age of three when received a drum set as a gift from Alex Riel, a close friend of his parents who also became Pasborg's first drum teacher. In later years, while kept playing, he decided to attend the Copenhagen Jazz Conservatory where the teachers included Peter Danemo, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Ed Thigpen, and Aage Tanggard. During his studies at the conservatory, he met other young musicians, and together they formed an independent record label called ILK Music.
In 2004, he was voted "New Name of The Year" at the Danish Music Award Jazz 2004 and his release Toxikum was voted "Jazz Discovery of the Year". Danish Music Awards Jazz is awarded annually by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. He received the 'Jazznytprisen' in 2013. In 2017, he received the prestigioues award Gudmanprisen
He has performed and recorded with many international recording artists such as John Tchicai, Miroslav Vitous, Ellery Eskelin, Tim Berne, Palle Danielsson, Marc Ducret, Anders Jormin, Michael Formanek, Tomasz Stanko, Carsten Dahl, Jesper Zeuthen, Ray Anderson, Alex Riel, Mikko Innanen, and Lotte Anker are among others. Pasborg has toured the most of Europe, US and Asia as a leader, also as a sideman.
His debut-CD was named one of the "Best Debut Albums of 2007" All About Jazz-New York Best of 2007 New York

Awards

Selected discography

As co-leader/collective

  • DELIRIUM co-led with Finnish saxophonist Mikko Innanen
  • PASBORG & MOCKUNAS: “Toxikum” co-led with Lithuanian saxophonist Liudas Mockunas with a.o. Marc Ducret and John Tchicai
  • IBRAHIM ELECTRIC by Ibrahim Electric,
  • TRIOT with JOHN TCHICAI: “Sudden Happiness”
  • ICTUS – w/ Marc Ducret, Lotte Anker, Peter Friis-Nielsen: “Live”
  • IBRAHIM ELECTRIC: “Meets Ray Anderson” by Ibrahim Electric featuring American trombonist Ray Anderson
  • FRA DE VARME LANDE: “Fra De Varme Lande” co-led with Danish guitarist Niclas Knudsen, Danish accordionist Anders Vesterdahl and Danish sousaphonist Jakob Munck
  • IBRAHIM ELECTRIC: “Absinthe” by Ibrahim Electric
  • IBRAHIM ELECTRIC: “Meets Ray Anderson – again” by Ibrahim Electric featuring American trombonist Ray Anderson
  • STEFAN PASBORG: “Triplepoint” with among others Marc Ducret, John Tchicai, Ray Anderson and Ellery Eskelin
  • PASBORG’s ODESSA 5
  • PASBORG’s ODESSA 5: “X-tra Large”
  • PASBORG’s ODESSA 5: “X-tra Large – LIVE”
  • STEFAN PASBORG: “Free Moby Dick”
  • ALEX RIEL / STEFAN PASBORG “Drumfaces” co-led with Alex Riel
  • STEFAN PASBORG / CARSTEN DAHL: “Live at SMK” with Carsten Dahl
  • IBRAHIM ELECTRIC: “Rumours from Outer Space” by Ibrahim Electric
  • STEFAN PASBORG: “The Firebirds”
  • DAWDA JOBARTEH / STEFAN PASBORG: “Duo”
  • IBRAHIM ELECTRIC: “The Marathon Concert” by Ibrahim Electric
  • ANIA RYBACKA & STEFAN PASBORG: “Voice’n’drums”
  • STEFAN PASBORG: “Morricone”
  • STEFAN PASBORG: “Love Me Tender”
  • STEFAN PASBORG: “Solo”
  • STEFAN PASBORG: “Man-the-Man”
  • IBRAHIM ELECTRIC: “The Xmas Album” by Ibrahim Electric
  • IBRAHIM ELECTRIC: “Time Machine” by Ibrahim Electric

As side man

  • RENT ROMUS "Blood Motions" by Rent Romus' Life's Blood Trio
  • KOPPEL / VITOUS / KOPPEL / DAHL / PASBORG: "The Poetic Principle" with Koppel, Vitous, Koppel, and Dahl,
  • JONAS MÜLLER: "East African Prayer Meeting Suite/Nordic Suite"
  • RØD PLANET "RPM", with Liudas Mockunas and Jakob Riis
  • VÉLO VÉLO by Jakob Davidsen and Peter Fuglsang, Gateway Records - 2008 Denmark)
  • MARK O' LEARY "Grønland " by Mark O'Leary
  • CARSTEN DAHL ‘EXPERIENCE’: “Humilitas” by Carsten Dahl
  • MARK O' LEARY: "Støj", by Mark O'Leary with Peter Friis-Nielsen
  • WADADA LEO SMITH & TUMO: “Occupy the World”
  • SAMUEL HÄLLKVIST: “Variety of Loud”
  • OTTO DONNER & TUMO: “And It Happened…”
  • CARSTEN DAHL ‘EXPERIENCE’: “Reveréntia”
  • SAMUEL HÄLLKVIST: “Variety of Live” w/ Guy Pratt, Pat Mastelotto a.o.
  • POLKADELIC BEBOP TRIO by Jonas Müller with Jonas Westergaard
  • CARSTEN DAHL / TRINITY: “Painting Music” with Nils Bo Davidsen
  • MAJID BEKKAS: “Magic Spirit Quartet” with Goran Kajfes and Jesper Nordenström
  • CARSTEN DAHL / TRINITY: "Mirrors Within" with Nils Bo Davidsen