Richard Andersson
Copenhagen-based Danish/Faroese/Icelandic bassist and composer.
I’m a bass player and composer playing modern jazz. I’ve been playing music since I lost my eye sight as a teenager. As a bandleader I’ve released several albums with Danish and international musicians such as Oskar Gudjonsson (IS), Rudi Mahall (DE), Kasper Tranberg (DK), Jerry Bergonzi (US), Ra-Kalam Bob Moses (US), Tony Malaby (US) and Bill McHenry (US).
Upcoming concerts
- Tue Dec 04 2024Richard Andersson, Simon Linnert, Allan Mednard
Christianias Jazz Club, Copenhagen, Denmark
Latest news
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Winther / Andersson / Watts tour dates 2024
5th of October – Sunset Jazz Club, Girona, Spain 6th of October – Sunset Jazz Club, Girona, Spain 8th of October – Salurinn, Kópavogur, Iceland 9th of October – Christiania Jazz Club, Copenhagen, Denmark 10th of October – Musikhuset Dexter, Odense, Denmark 11th of October – Zig Zag Jazz Club, Berlin, Germany 12th of October…
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Are you ready?
Today is the official release date for WAW! – the album from my trio Winther/Andersson/Watts and I’m so happy to being able to share this with you. We recorded the album in August when Jeff was in Copenhagen, and I’m still amazed at how well our common energy from those days translated into the album.…
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See you in Bremen
Imagine that you find yourself in a hall in a huge congress centre. You’re there to network and meet and engage with people for business. Some people you’ve met before, but mostly you don’t know the people there. Yes, it can be tedious or demanding. But then imagine doing it blindly. Thursday, I’m going to…
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A new year and a new single
I hope 2024 has been kind to you all so far. To me, this first month, has meant a lot of admin work. Several arts and music funds have their application deadlines in this time of year and I have spent some time writing applications and project proposals. But there are also a few artistic…
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Happy holidays
2023 is soon coming to an end and this means that there’s thing from the past year to be grateful for and things that I’m looking forward to in 2024. 2023 was the year that I got to play a nice and long tour with Jeff “Tain” Watts and Carl Winther, I released the third…
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Gifts, gifts and more gifts
So many exciting things are happening at the moment. It can be hard to keep up. In the beginning of November, I went to Nykøbing Mors where I played a very special show at Limfjordsteatret. Two choreographers created the show with drama students from the local high school and I made the soundtrack along with…
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A reunion with friends
October is in full swing and from now on it looks to be a busy autumn for me. I’m very happy to be playing with Rakalam Bob Moses again. I met him for the first time in 2012 where he was an artist in residence in Denmark. At that time I arranged a couple of…
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