Palle Danielsson

Nils Paul "Palle" Danielsson (born October 15, 1946) is a Swedish jazz double bassist born in Stockholm, Sweden, perhaps most notable for his work done with Keith Jarrett from 1974 to 1979, becoming a member of his European quartet for that period. He is the brother of pianist and composer Monica Dominique.

Career

Danielsson's childhood was an especially musical one, his first instrument was the harmonica which he started playing at the age of two. By age eight he was playing violin, which he continued to play and study for roughly five years. Around this time he became interested in jazz music and started to play the double bass. By the time he was fifteen, Danielsson was playing professionally. Having studied at the Stockholm Royal Academy of Music (1962–1966), he began to play with well-known Scandinavian musicians such as Eje Thelin, Bobo Stenson, Jan Garbarek and took up international collaborations, e.g. with Lee Konitz and Steve Kuhn.

Over the years, Danielsson has worked with various acclaimed musicians, among them Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett, Kenny Wheeler, Geri Allen, Michel Petrucciani, Charles Lloyd, Peter Erskine, Elvin Jones, Ben Webster, Charlie Shavers, George Russell, Albert Mangelsdorff, Enrico Rava, Collin Walcott, Tomasz Stańko and John Taylor. He has also led and co-led several bands in Sweden, and has released several respective recordings as well.

Discography

With Geri Allen

• Some Aspects of Water (Storyville, 1996)*Khomsa (ECM, 1994)

With Monica Dominique With Anouar Brahem

• Togetherness (Dominique Records, 2012)

With Peter Erskine

• You Never Know (ECM, 1992)
• Time Being (ECM, 1993)
• As It Is (ECM, 1995)
• Juni (ECM, 1997)

With Jan Garbarek

• Witchi-Tai-To (ECM, 1973)
• Dansere (ECM, 1975)

With Keith Jarrett

• Belonging (ECM, 1974)
• My Song (ECM, 1977)
• Personal Mountains (ECM, 1979)
• Nude Ants (ECM, 1979)
• Sleeper (ECM, 2012)

With Lee Konitz, Pony Poindexter, Phil Woods and Leo Wright

• Alto Summit (MPS, 1968)

With Steve Kuhn

• Watch What Happens! (MPS, 1968)

With Charles Lloyd

• A Night in Copenhagen (Blue Note, 1983)
• Fish Out of Water (ECM, 1989)

With Michel Petrucciani

• Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note, 1984)
• Pianism (Blue Note, 1985)

With Enrico Rava

• The Pilgrim and the Stars (ECM, 1975)
• The Plot (ECM, 1976)

With Dino Saluzzi

• Responsorium (ECM, 2001)

With Tomasz Stańko

• Litania: Music of Krzysztof Komeda (ECM, 1997)

With Edward Vesala

• Satu (ECM, 1977)

With Collin Walcott

• Grazing Dreams (ECM, 1977)