Kristor Lybecker Brødsgaard (born 1979) is a Danish double bassist known from collaborations with jazz guitarist Tao Højgaard and within JazzKamikaze.
Career Brødsgaard picked up the double bass in 1992, and was awarded the «Berlingske Tidendes Rytmiske Musikkonkurrence», including bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen in the jury. Within the Scandinavian quintet JazzKamikaze he participates on several album releases and appeared at the international jazz festivals Kongsberg Jazzfestival, Moldejazz, North Sea Jazz Festival, Bangkok Jazz Festival, Rochester Jazz Festival as well as being part of the opening of the annual Rio Carnival in Rio de Janeiro.
Honors 1999: Winner of the «Berlingske Tidendes Rytmiske Musikkonkurrence» 2005: Ung Jazz award of the JazzDanmark 2005: Young Nordic Jazz Comets 2007: Spearhead in the International Launch of Danish Jazz between 2007 and 2009
Discography
Within JazzKamikaze 2005: Mission I, (Stunt) 2007: Traveling at the speed of sound, (Stunt) 2008: Emerging pilots EP, (SevenSeas) 2009: The revolution's in your hands EP, (SevenSeas) 2010: Supersonic revolutions, (SevenSeas) 2012: The Return of JazzKamikaze (Stunt)
With other 2003: I 508 Farver (Cope), within Prinsens Orkester 2004: "Trioscope" (Cope), within Trioscope 2004: "Play Attention" (Calibrated), within Jan Lippert Ensemble 2005: This Is Beyond Criticism (Useless Salvation), within Geeza 2006: "Protestsange.dk" (Edel), within various artists 2006: "Playing" (Cope), within Jan Lippert Ensemble 2009: "Stilletto" (Playground), within Karen 2012: "Deeper Than Roots" (Target), within Aisha 2013: "Catching the Wave" (Stunt), within Veronica Mortensen Band
As featured artist 2011: Tribute (Carsten Lindholm), with Carsten Lindholm (9th Gate)
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