Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen & Kenny Drew - Det var en lørdag aften

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Bass & Kenny Drew, Piano performing a Danish folksong accompanied by Max Leth and another well known Danish bass player Hugo Rasmussen. Recorded in 1973.

[@aldosperti9440]

Grandissimo bassista....grande tecnica e swing....

[@remidem69]

I like this music so much. It is lovely, soft and such a good improvisation. What a great musician. So Sorry he has passed away to early.

[@chrissalz]

Damn this guy makes me proud to be a Dane.. Human even!

[@andraszempleni1503]

He was the best. Greetings from Hungary!

[@anniegarnett9456]

Mødte NHØP , hørte ham spille i Store Regnegade i 1962, inviteret af min klassekammerat på Efterslægtens Gymnasium Ole Kock Hansen. Det var stort og en god indførsel i stedet og i jazz musikken. 😍

[@frank-fiedler]

never heard NHØP play a solo on a folk song, but boy, he nails it. It’s really hard to improvise on these simple chords, it’s not as forgiving as highly alterated jazz chords, you can sound wrong very easily. But not if you are the GOAT

[@luke125]

The most fluent, well intonated acoustic bassist there ever was.

[@SedonaMTB]

Best up-standinding badass playing I have ever heard, cows welcome.

[@AndreasDelleske]

One of the few pieces I can listen to endless on repeat, there is always more to discover...

[@byromboyroman6869]

I keep coming back to this video. It’s so comforting

[@Tramseskumbanan]

The bassplayer in the background is Hugo Rasmussen. R.i.p.

[@marcorotondo39]

Se ami la vita e la musica, ascolta e riascolta questo brano

[@algreensurdo]

His hand is like an angel dancing across that fretboard....

[@algreensurdo]

The most lyrical bass player I've ever heard.

[@elcristoatao]

Improvisations so accurate, so harmonic, so complex and clean ... it seems to me like classical music melodies, written down and with days & days of reharsal

[@jangunnarolsen5946]

And to me, beeing a Scandinavian! Heard/saw him first in CPH 1964. The "old" man fm Norway (76yrs in 2020)

[@knudrobert]

Niels Henning og Kenny`s fine og smukke blide klaver spil, du godeste det hænger sammen. Niels

[@gsaxy]

NHØP - the One And Only! We will never forget you 🙏 Kenny Drew - thx for so many beautiful recordings!

[@Birthe-er4xc]

RIP. NHØP; THE BEST EVER I HAVE HEARD✨️🦋❤️💐🇩🇰✨️

[@roberteshaw9520]

N.H.O.P. was fantastic!

[@circulardrummer]

A very charming version of this lovely folk melody from Langeland, Denmark!

[@jangunnarolsen5946]

I heard/saw him first time in CPH ( Montmartre Jazz Hus) the yr 1964! With Kenny Drew and the drummer Alex Riel, it was GREAT

[@ajptrois6671]

"It was a Saturday evening" - what a cute song!!

[@brynjarhoff600]

Niels Henning is Heifetz of the Jazz bass players.
Brynjar Hoff
Solooboe in many Orchestra,and concerts in many internation country and Towns. London..New York Sanfransisko.Berlin-Køln-Barcelona.and many more.
Again
Brynjar Hoff

[@aleksskopje]

Best bass player!!!!

[@kaijoergensen7998]

The man at the Grand piano is Max Leth regards Kai

[@erikboje460]

The best bassplayer ever. And He is from Denmark…

[@telsonater]

Incredible. Just awesome

[@jullejuhl8167]

Manden var et geni!

[@PLindela]

I love this gentleman's playing to bits, my wish is to tone it just like him...

[@andraszempleni1503]

Lovely. Niels was such a fantastic human being
♥️

[@dtb7793]

These two musicians NHOP and Kenny Drew are just amazing performers. Their playing is unbelievable!

[@Bor49]

A wonderful musician he was...

[@ForcedMemeIsAMeme]

I love NHØP's playing to death, of course, but so many of his recordings have a sound that comes largely through his pickups. What a treat to hear his natural tone!

[@andraszempleni1503]

How true your remark is! However, NHØP forever! ♥️

[@funkydude30]

best jazz bassist!!! bravo

[@juancarlosperezsandoval5706]

El mejor contrabajista del mundo..... My god Niels this is pertect ......

[@moshepotts]

wow..such richness of tone.....

[@bairesco]

Bravo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sheilagotac8809]

To all who thought that bass serves only to sustain the rythm.

[@nemo227]

Some bass players do both at the same time.

[@kenweidemann1287]

There is no contest!

[@robertoatenco6548]

Impressive, this kind of players inspire me to be better and better in the music

[@Jgarciasanchez76]

Genial, como siempre.

[@wibla64]

worldclass music !!!!

[@marcorotondo39]

Da ascoltare all'infinito

[@izziOnBass]

Niels-Henning is the upright Jaco!

[@cmvb]

no...different "animals"

[@andrewkarp5067]

It would definitely be Jaco is the electric NHØP... But they play very differently anyway.

[@cmvb]

@@andrewkarp5067 agree haha

[@richard.5268]

@@andrewkarp5067they're great... Anyway talking about jaco i think we must remember the music genius and composer he was.
Maybe here the discussion is only about they're technical ability on the instrument, but i struggle to separate the jaco composer from the bassist

[@andrewkarp5067]

Richard. Indeed, Jaco was a superb composer without question. But so was Niels. Most of his work as a band leader was released on a tiny independent label called SteepleChase. Occasionally something on Norman Granz’s Pablo label. Jaco’s best compositions were all released on an American major label. Thus, they had much wider exposure in the jazz world, because they were much easier to acquire.

[@AntonAmadeus]

beautiful... Isn't NHOP just the greatest!!...

[@nikoskontos9950]

respect !!!

[@pianistepascaljenny]

super .

[@monicaaiken9746]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@clemmerdu3062]

Credit: husk Ole Molin, guitar (i baggrunden)

[@MrSkovbakke]

I just wish I could be just a tenth as good as NHØP...

[@downpatmusic]

Wow, save some bass notes for all of the other bass players in the world! Orsted has used them all with his fine technique, tone, an musical choices.

[@steenmelchiorsen2580]

Til jer der synes dette er godt, -lyt lige til Jan Johansson, Visan från Utanmyra. Jeg tror Niels-Henning har sin inspiration derfra. Iøvrigt var Hugo Rasmussen også helt fantastisk og måske en smule mere folkelig.

[@dlsamson]

NHOP dances with his bass

[@fredrictengstrom5646]

vackert

[@ForcedMemeIsAMeme]

So nice to hear a natural tone from NHOP, rather than the more processed tone I'm accustomed to from him. If I had to guess, I'd say he's got a bit more string height here than usual, too. Anyone know about that?

[@nascarpj5723]

is that a fender rhodes?

[@hinezilla]

@algreensurdo I agree with you there.

[@izziOnBass]

That little girl in green in the back towards the end must be about 48 by now!

[@josefuher7647]

goooooooooooooood božíííííííííííííííííííííí

[@ginguenga]

wowowowooww

[@dcj991]

Does anyone have a transcription of this?

[@jangunnarolsen5946]

Shit Folks! How he was GREAT , the late dane, NHØP (Niels Henning-Ørsted Pedersen) I heard/saw him live in CPH (Montmartre Jazz House) early 1960's

[@bomllerandersen346]

NHØP!!

[@しぁんくれーる0823]

Pedersen・専売特許の〈4指駆動〉……そのスムーズで、やわらかいフィンガリングに改めて驚く。

[@jiyujizai]

🥀😃🌻🍅

[@clemmerdu3062]

- og Bjarne Rostvold, trommer

[@piobridge]

NHOP, with a O rare for alphabetic mediterranean letter ... You deserve a place in the jazz hell

[@piobridge]

along with COltrane, Mingus, Monk, ...

[@mauramccarthy3827]

What can we say,

[@fisterklister]

No one beats NHØP

[@fridgemagnet]

wouldn't have lasted long....the speed of his fingers.

[@nemo227]

There have been a lot of excellent bass players but none like NHOP.

[@kristijanmedved2970]

loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
hahahahahahahhahaha

[@Deathdefier.]

какой же все же неуклюжий инструмент. большая часть накладки над корпусом. хоть бы катавэй сделали.

[@nicolai_bc3164]

LORT

[@PLF...]

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