I grew up in Denmark. I went to a boarding school when I was 16, Niels Henning's dad was the head master of that school. And we use to see Niels Henning fairly often. Most of his family were musical. His mother played the church organ, and I think his sister too. One of his older brothers were also a jazz musician, but only locally. After I left the boarding school my friends and I would often take the bus or train to Copenhagen to go to Montmatre and hear Dexter Gordon playing along with Niels Henning. I saw Niels Henning in a jazz club in the San Francisco Bay area, about 2 years before he died, he was playing with Oscar Peterson.

Mi name is Luciano invernizzi, italian but born in denmark, and one year on a flight to Italy i was on the sa e plane with Him goino to Umbria jazz. And hai a long talk with him, great, to remember. I am an amateur trombone player in old style😊

The subtitles are just extra jazz, free of charge.

Great video. Tak!! My father used to tell me back in the 60s that Neils was his cousin. We do share the same last name. And I come from the same area of Denmark. But we moved to the States in 1957. My father, Preben O Pedersen, was a huge jazz fan and we had many records with Neils on them, and I met him at Reno Sweeny's in NYC around 1975 or 76 in a bar while he was playing with Stephan Grappelli and Oscar Peterson. I was only 22 at the time and did not even know who they were seeing them in person. But I went to see them 5 nights in a row. Got to the point they all said 'Hey Peter!" when I walked in the last couple of nights. Great memories.. I never knew Neil's last name was Pedersen on those dates... LOL

In my world the best bass player that ever lived. Had the oppurtunity to hear him, Bireli Lagrene and Florin Niculescu at the Django Festival in Oslo 2001. The improvised for 1,5-2 hours, all of them trying do drag the other(s) "into deep water" but no one lost their composure of course. Maybe the most magical musical moment in my life ! A sad day when he left this world in 2005

Saxophone Colossus? Ahhh, that would be a yes. Rollins is rolling here. And NHOP was always my favorite bassist. Gone way, way too early at 58. RIP dear one; you are missed every day. (A musical sponge and technical beast at the same time; it made him unmatched in depth of interpretation.)

Jeg var så heldig som fikk møte og spille med NHØP. Niels Henning var ikke bare en fantastisk bassist og musiker,men også et stort menneske. Jeg vil aldri glemme de stunder vi hadde sammen. Brynjar Hoff

To my mind one of the best bass players of all time.

My all-time favorite. Who cares about the typos and any other errors, when you have this genius in front of you!

In obvious ways this autobiographical presentation is serious business and it should remain in this format. Being heavily centered on the artist speaking about so much of substance about himself makes the total introduction about himself more irreducibly focused on the artist. Much appreciation for this effort brings out a valuable lesson about musical autobiographies. Good contribution for many of us who do not get to Denmark. Bring it back again with a follow-up.

I love how Niels says his thing about the bad travel and not feeling like he wants to play one night (31:44 on) and then they cut to a performance and Oscar (who chides him for his complaining) is playing an up-tempo number with a bandaged finger!

He is one of the greatest, sensitive musician in Jazz and a very friendly man.

Great musician, I love him as much if not more than the Genius, Ray Brown RIP. Niels and Oscar was just a superb connection and esteem, everything they were musically involved in was just brilliant, I unfortunately never got to see them live. Thanks for sharing this rare amount of info about NHØP, well deserved documentary!

Many thanks for the upload and a great commentary on a fantastic bass player rip nhop !

His version of "I skovens dybe stille ro" ("In the tranquility of the forest") is still the most beautiful song I've ever heard. (36:04)

NHOP my great inspiration since I’m in my teens. I’m 60 now and seeing this wonderful documentary it filled my heart with joy to learn about this giant of Jazz musical legacy. 😊🙏

A jazz life and a story book of inspiration! What a wonderful musician. The sounds he got with all those different players and styles is amazing. The solo bass clips are as contrapuntal as Bach. His words about Thad Jones made me smile. When I was 18 I wanted to go on the road with Thad Jones……Thad said to me I had to finish school. Sadly, I never got to play with Mr. Thad Jones.

The more I watch, the more I LEARN. one day Niels, we will meet up. Hope your watching from above!

I saw and heard NHOP here in Toronto Canada in the spring of 1973 with the Oscar Peterson Trio featuring Joe Pass. I thought that I was a pretty good bass player. But hearing Niels was such a shock that I seriously contemplated quitting. Great artist and person. We lost him way to young. At least he had a long career, around 40 years long. And he left us a bunch of great records. As Oscar once said, Niels didn't play the bass, HE WAS THE BASS!

12:17 - Bill Evans and Lee Konitz. :) Incredible to have all this documented, thank you!

The subtitles at 12:16 refer to not being able to decipher the name of one of the jazz legends NHOP played with - it's Lee Konitz

Jazz piano blues in Copenhagen. Think about that. Wide-spread emigration by jazz icons to Denmark tells more than a story on the periphery of humanity at this time. Look into the large numbers of recitals featuring American jazz icons arriving in Denmark and wanting to stay there. Sonny Rollins alone is reason to watch this presentation at least twice. Thanks again.

He’s a BAD MAN! What a brilliant bassist! I recently saw a video of NHOP and Joe Pass, another of NHOP and Oscar Peterson, both were a revelation! His technique, musicianship, tone are mind blowing. I’d love to know what Jaco thought of him.

There was a distinct philosophical dimension to the hearing the artist speaking about himself.

Trying to read the english comments reminds me so much of my days of being a bass player, I left 1 band got a job and was doing good, got a call from a musician friend I looked up to on a band that needed a bass player. Jammed with them, ego went straight to head, these were the best of the best Musicians we have been playing clubs against for years, and the fit was awesome. The recording contract was NOT, I spent 5 hours when Springstein was in town with Clarence Clemons discussing the recording contracts. Clarence was very easy to get along with it was amazing, He stated if you hate the road don't do it. We lived in a van most times and traveled that way for a while in the previous band, with the new one talks of overseas travels and recordings in various places, i was married with child, I was on my own supporting them. I left the band 1976, they fell apart as they could not find a local bass player or any bass player and split. I do miss playing so much. But I have a life of 9 kids, 17 grandkids and 4 great grandkids. I still miss playing, Years ago I fixed a boat for a guy, he had sent me cd;s that were exclusive to radio stations before they were released to the public, Oscar pederson was one, then studying Ray Brown, discovered Neils and my life changed again. I HOPE TO JAM WITH ALL OF THEM IN THE AFTERLIFE!

wow...this is heaven..so many gr8 soloists.....thanx for this post.....brings a tear to my eye.....

The shit he plays about 1 minute in just blew me away. And I listened to him since I was a kid.

What a great video! My father loved Oscar Peterson and NHØP, myself I am not really into jazz, I only enjoy a very limited number of jazz pieces. But amazing virtuosity of both of them and Sonny Rollins and several others. NHØP apart from being one of the GOATs of bass was a remarkable human being. Honest and independent too - laughing when he mentioned The Beatles were 'nothing' to him (I am more into them as well as rock than jazz). This documentary could easily have been 2 or 3 hours long and I would have watched all of it!

Thanks for uploading this wonderful documentary.

Bill Evans is another adequate reason for wanting to see this documentary twice a day.

This made me happy. Thanks for making this available

Excellent. Ideal format & great clips and I had no problem with the subs. You can understand his commentary perfectly. Many thanks for this.

Thanks for this upload. This guy is a beast. One of my all time favortie double bassists. I'll be sure to watch it full when I've got a bit of time.

My favourite bassist ever. I've loved watching this documentary. Thanks for downloading it.

In so many ways this presentation was delivered and put together well enough to be praised.

Thank you for uploading this, very fascinating...remarks about being professional, disciplined, and so many music examples...even if one only pic out just the last solo bass piece FUTURE CHILD that left me speechless.

What is the matter with some people? I happen to think that Niels was an amazing bass player. His collaboration with Oscar and Martin brought some of the greatest jazz trio music of all time. I happened to make a comment about the translation and I was by no means the only one to do so. That was the end of it as far as I'm concerned, but obviously not for those who wish to go on about the subject. Let me therefore correct for all those offended by my comment. I think the translation was wonderful and greatly enhanced the film. You can all now sleep peacefully!!

Great person! I'm glad that Rick Beato love for jazz brought me here

Guld fra - og om Danmarks største jazzmusiker gennem tiderne! ❤️❤️🇩🇰🇩🇰

Thanks for upload!

Rick Beato sent me here ....

This is spectacular! The moments with Dexter and Ben Webster give a magical remembrance of those two immortals, and Sonny and Bill Evans add moments unsurpassed by anyone in Jazz since.

Absolutely amazing and inspiring story! Thanks 🙏

dieser wunderbare autobiografische streifzug durch niels' leben sagt und zeigt im grunde alles, was man über jazz wissen kann. was für wahnsinns musiker und individualisten. wow!! danke harry! by the way... who can be that silly to get bothered by not always correct subtitles while having the opportunity to see this? this is such a rare & valuable gem, even if 1 is not able to understand 1 word. it's about the ability to hear music in the silence anyway.

Wunderbar! Vielen Dank!

Oh Joe Pass should have had a part in this film. ”Chops” is an amazing album

I’ve seen that early bud Powell clip so many times it’s really interesting to hear the story behind it,,great solo he played with sonny rollins

He left OP in 1986, but he was back n OP's groups in late 90's and early 00's, until he passed. God save NHØP.

Amazing person and musicianship!

Thank you for posting this wonderful documentary on such a great artist, as he said a living srtist.He came up through the ranks.My word 15 years with Oscar Petterson.I have been a follower of him so sad that he is gone.But his legacy will live on.Bravo!!

A great gift was given and he paid that gift the respect it deserved. The question for all musicians is who are they honouring?

In class at Cornish before Peacock got his Jarrett gig I remember him mentioning how smart he thought Palle Mickelborrg was.

Thank you for sharing this wonderfull video. It made me feel proud and thankfull, that a dane, so dedicatet to his instrument - and artistic skillfull, should end up giving people all over the world an unforgettable great musical experience. I like his interpitations of nordic folkmusic best. But also the join in’s with danish bluesbands 🙂

人がベースを選んだのではなく、ベースが人を選んだ‼……過去の貴重な映像を交え、〈Jazz Bass Virtuoso〉・Mr.pedersenの足跡をたどる感動のドキュメンタリーである。彼は共演者のひとり、Oscar Petersonについても熱く語っているが、ジャズを聴き始めた40年ほど前、Peterson quartetのメンバーとして来日した、まだ30代初めのMr.Pedersenのプレイを見ることができたのは幸いというしかない。

Absolutely one, if not, the best bassist ever!

That dude is one of the late 20th century’s great bass players.

Fantastisk - magisk

I'm pretty Shure haha. I love the subtitles. Thanks!

One of the greatest bass players ever.

Improve the subtitles and correct spelling mistakes for the next production. From whatever vantage point you might be expecting to view and enjoy this presentation please thank the production crew for assembling this story and putting it together. They do deserve praise.

I remember listening to Ben Webster in the old Monmartre Jazz House in Copenhagen. He was so drunk, he could hardly sit on the chair. I was only 14. I'd just changed school. My new class mates were a bit advanced for their age. I just followed.

If you need a reasons to become motivated by jazz artistry to pursue the study of the history of jazz last century here it is in its abundance. Ben Webster represents a level of artistry for playing ballads not be be duplicated ever since his landmark recording with Art Tatum. Thanks for reminding us here..Pedersen can equal Webster for an ability to play pure sounds clearly..

If you need a reason or excuse to make a visit to Denmark here it is in so many forms. One of the jazz icons featured in this presentation was buried in a Copenhagen cemetery.as we discovered during our visit there many years ago. It was the same cemetery as where the famous Danish physicist was buried. We do not know how the scope of the presentation could have been broadened, but it is worth considering when doing preparation for a follow-up story.

Quel sonorıte et great technıic. sans doute un des plus grand !!!!!!!!!! et Quel plaısır pour l’oreılle..

tak Magnus det er for fedt dette her

In addition to his solo at the beginning and end (what's the song?), 51:33 "Samba Petite." ♥ Some of his harmonics and sonorous intonation is like Jaco, especially the end solo, just not quite the same hammer of the gods intensity. Surely Oscar Peterson inspired NHØP's runs up and down the instrument and flurries of notes.

Wow! I've been chasing jazz..these guys are jazz. Very few things cause me to want to regain some youthful years.

Hey easy! As long as we can understand, it's cool. What jazz history!

Excellent!

The greatest of all time, I saw him in Stockholm in 1965 with Bill Evans. he was only eighten.

An incentive for visiting Denmark or Copenhagen might not be in the package for his excursion into contemporary jazz, but a more intriguing and fascinating purpose for learning about what happens to so many jazz icons who are coming from that side of the Atlantic can be not more difficult to find as the presentation is not just focused on the artist himself.

Dexter learning danish, and it's no wonder that made an impact on nhop too.!

If you need a reason or a reminder about what you might have missed in your formal education about jazz music here it is. American jazz artists show up in Denmark often.

Perhaps commentary by the people who accompanied him would have enriched this effort to dwell so much on him. Commentary on the long standing issue confronting jazz musicians - namely their need or desire to travel to Europa for recognition- should have been presented.

Knowledge about this aspect of what happens to prominent jazz musicians when they receive chances to perform more often in Europe than can readily be explained from the surface.

VERDADERO GENIO!!!!!

Niels is amazing and has an amazing life!

Hvordan kan man have SÅ meget talent.? Det er crazy..

It is rather unfornate that the late Mr. Niels Perdesen didn't mentined his short and untimely work with the jazz violin guru the late Mr. Stuff Smith. The two years preceding Mr. Smith's death was a very great period of violin jazz which was highly enjoyed by the danish people. Jazzhus Montmartre was their base with Kenny Drew, Alex Riel and Stuff Smith.May Kenny Drew, Stuff Smith and Niels keep resting in peace.

A lovely documentary.But who translated this ? There´s a lot of mistakes.

How likely was it for people specializing in the double bass for jazz music to acquire dexterity and talent and lasting interest for playing classical music as well? Information about this vital aspect of his musical formation and upbringing would have been worth hearing him discuss.

A great documentary about a giant among jazz bass players. I enjoyed it despite the shockingly bad, and often unintentionally hilarious sub-titles!

Very nice video. I have played One number With him. A Great experiece. Subtiles Are not good, Please bring in order.

This presentation is by preconceived intention leaning heavily in the direction of the artist telling the viewers much about himself. It is autobiographical more than we might suspect. It might have been good to broaden the treatment of the artist with additional content. Solo performances were most central to this method of presenting the artist. This biographical in so many ways with the artist telling so much of the story. This approach is not to be criticized but enhanced with additional included for more narrow focus on the artist. Is he totally acoustic or primarily so? These facets of personal preference might have been subjects worthy of discussion. We like hearing him speak about so much of his life. Maybe another speaker might have redirected or embellished the central thrust of the presentation.Thanks!

What is the tune that he plays at the beginning of the video? I'm itching to hear the whole song!

12:18 Lee Konitz

Great documentary. But at about 25 minutes in, this is the first time I've seen Niels playing an electric bass and I'm surprised he used a pick.

Oscar was a professional. A pro always gives the best performance possible. Back when I was playing I always did my best; I never wanted the musicians in my group to be disappointed in me and always wanted the audience to have a good time. Always stay focused on giving your best performance.

What's the name of first song he plays ?

Alan Dawson is such a badass 15:15

Rather interesting that so many jazz icons last century went to Europe to perform music.

How does he get such clarity from each note - did he use specific strings or have strong fingers? Normally, a double bass is drowned out. I have an album where he plays 'Just the way you are' - love it!

Technically and musically the best.

just..wow.....

Brilliant musician!!

Wow, he was only 15 when he played with bud powell!

25:08 NHØP on the electric?! Thank you internet!

NHØP and Ray Brown. The two best bass players.

The groove at 1.05 ought not to be possible.

Wow!!!!!!