Mads Vinding


Mads Vinding is a Danish jazz double-bassist.

Music career

Vinding began his professional career when he was 16 as the house bassist for Jazzhus Montmartre, a jazz club in Copenhagen. He has played on more than 800 recordings and more than 1000 Radio/TV shows.

Awards

  • Best soloist, Nordring, 1978
  • Ben Webster Prize, 1982
  • Palæ Jazz Prize, 1997
  • Launy Grøndahl's honorary prize, 2000
  • Django d’Or, 2007

    Discography

  • Mads Vinding Group
  • The Kingdom
  • Daddio Don
  • Six Hands Three Minds One Heart
  • Over the Rainbow
  • Two Basses
  • Abrikostræet
  • In Our Own Sweet Way
  • Open Minds
  • Composing
  • ''Yesterdays''

    As sideman

With Yelena Eckemoff
With Kenny Drew
With Art Farmer
  • Manhattan
With Johnny Griffin
  • Blues for Harvey
With Hank Jones
  • Trio
  • Hank Jones in Copenhagen - Live at Jazzhus Slukefter 1983 - trio with Shelly Manne, drums
With Duke Jordan
  • Flight to Denmark - recorded in 1973
  • Two Loves - recorded in 1973
  • Truth - recorded in 1975
With Doug Raney
With Idrees Sulieman
  • Groovin
With Kai Winding and Curtis Fuller'