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Danish musician
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15 October 1946(Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Bo Stief (born 15 October 1946) is a Danish jazz and rock bassist, composer, and arranger born in Copenhagen.
He has worked or recorded with Don Cherry, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, Jackie McLean, George Russell, Kenny Drew and Ben Webster, among many other prominent jazz musicians.
Since 1980 Stief has been leading bands as Chasing Dreams, Dream Machine or One Song III.
In 2005 he was awarded the Danish Django d’Or as Master of Jazz.
Discography
With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
- Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home (SteepleChase, 1976)
With Miles Davis
- Aura (Columbia, 1985 [1989])
With the Jasper van't Hof Quintet
- Eyeball (CMP, 1980)
With Dexter Gordon
- The Squirrel (Blue Note, 1967 [1997])
- With Eddie Harris
- Steps Up (SteepleChase, 1981)
With Ken McIntyre
- Hindsight (SteepleChase, 1974)
With Jackie McLean
- Live at Montmartre (SteepleChase, 1972)
- Ode to Super (SteepleChase, 1973) with Gary Bartz
With Ben Webster
- My Man: Live at Montmartre 1973 (SteepleChase, 1973)