Lars Danielsson
# Lars Danielsson

Lars Danielsson (born 5 September 1958) is a Swedish jazz bassist, composer, and record producer.

## Biography

Danielsson was born in Smålandsstenar, and was educated at the music conservatory in Gothenburg. He plays double bass, electric bass and cello. In 1985, he formed a quartet with saxophonist Dave Liebman, pianist Bobo Stenson and drummer Jon Christensen that sometimes used Danielsson's name, producing several albums. He also worked with big bands.

He played and recorded with John Scofield, Jack DeJohnette, Mike Stern, Billy Hart, Charles Lloyd, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leszek Możdżer, Joey Calderazzo, Gino Vannelli and Dave Kikoski. Since 1980, he has released solo albums with the Lars Danielssons Quartet. In these albums, Alex Acuña, John Abercrombie, Bill Evans, Kenny Wheeler, Rick Margitza and Niels Lan Doky were featured.

As a producer, Danielsson has been responsible for productions with Cæcilie Norby and the Danish radio orchestra.

## Discography

| Year recorded | Title | Label | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | Symphonized | ACT Music | With Magnus Öström, Grégory Privat, John Parricelli, Arve Henriksen, Paolo Fresu and Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Peter Nordahl featuring Carolina Grinne (english horn, oboe) |
| 2021 | Cloudland | ACT Music | With Magnus Öström, Grégory Privat, John Parricelli, Arve Henriksen, Kinan Azmeh |
| 2018 | Summerwind | ACT Music | With Paolo Fresu |
| 2017 | Liberetto III | ACT Music | With Gregory Privat, John Parricelli and Magnus Öström |
| 2016 | Lars Danielsson Songbook | ACT Music | Solo piano/bass |
| 2016 | Sun Blowing | ACT Music | With Marius Neset and Morten Lund |
| 2014 | Liberetto II | ACT Music | With Tigran Hamasyan, John Parricelli and Magnus Öström |
| 2012 | Liberetto | ACT Music | With Tigran Hamasyan, Magnus Öström, Arve Henriksen and John Parricelli |
| 2009 | Tarantella | ACT Music | With Leszek Możdżer, Mathias Eick, Eric Harland and John Parricelli |
| 2007 | Pasodoble | ACT Music | With Leszek Możdżer |
| 2006 | Mélange Bleu | ACT Music | With Bugge Wesseltoft and Nils Petter Molvær |
| 2005 | The Time | Outside Music | With Leszek Możdżer and Zohar Fresco |
| 2004 | Libera Me | ACT Music | With Nils Petter Molvær, Jon Christensen and Cæcilie Norby |
| 1999 | Time Unit | Dragon Records | With Anders Kjellberg [sv; de], Göran Klinghagen and Anders Persson [sv] |
| 1997 | Live At Visiones | Dragon Records | With Dave Liebman, Jon Christensen and Bobo Stenson |
| 1997 | Origo | Curling Legs | With John Abercrombie and Adam Nussbaum |
| 1994 | Continuation | L+R Records | With John Abercrombie and Adam Nussbaum |
| 1995 | European Voices | Dragon Records | |
| 1994 | Far North | Curling Legs | With Dave Liebman, Jon Christensen and Bobo Stenson |
| 1992 | Fresh Enough | L+R Records | With Jack DeJohnette, John Scofield, Bill Evans, Dave Liebman, Niels Lan Doky and Ulf Wakenius |
| 1991 | Poems | Dragon Records | With Jon Christensen, Bobo Stenson and David Liebman |
| 1990 | Nightlight | Royal Music | With Alex Acuña |
| 1987 | Tiá Diá | Royal Music | With Alex Acuña, Lars Jansson, Ulf Jansson and David Wilczewski |
| 1986 | New Hands | Dragon Records | With Dave Liebman, Bobo Stenson and Jon Christensen |

### Also appears on

* Beginner's Guide to Scandinavia (Nascente 2011)
