Mads Vinding
Background information
Born	(1948-12-07)December 7, 1948 Copenhagen, Denmark
Genres	Jazz, classical
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instrument(s)	Double bass
Years active	1960s–present
Labels	Sonet, Stunt
Website	www.vinding.dk

Mads Vinding (born 7 December 1948, Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish jazz double-bassist.

Music career

Vinding began his professional career when he was 16 as the house bassist for Jazzhus Montmartre, a jazz club in Copenhagen. He has played on more than 800 recordings and more than 1000 Radio/TV shows.

Awards

• Best soloist, Nordring, 1978
• Ben Webster Prize, 1982
• Palæ Jazz Prize, 1997
• Launy Grøndahl's honorary prize, 2000
• Django d’Or, 2007

Gallery

Discography

• Mads Vinding Group (Cosmos Collector, 1977)
• The Kingdom (Stunt, 1998)
• Daddio Don (Stunt, 2000)
• Six Hands Three Minds One Heart (Stunt, 2002)
• Over the Rainbow (Cope, 2002)
• Two Basses (ZYX/Touche/Weaving, 2005)
• Abrikostræet (Calibrated, 2005)
• In Our Own Sweet Way (Storyville, 2009)
• Open Minds (Storyville, 2011)
• Composing (Storyville, 2015)^[1]
• Yesterdays (Stunt, 2017)

As sideman

With Yelena Eckemoff

• Cold Sun (L & H, 2010)
• Grass Catching the Wind (L & H, 2010)

With Kenny Drew

• Your Soft Eyes (Soul Note, 1981)

With Art Farmer

• Manhattan (Soul Note, 1981)

With Johnny Griffin

• Blues for Harvey (SteepleChase, 1973)

With Hank Jones

• Trio (Storyville, 1991)
• Hank Jones in Copenhagen - Live at Jazzhus Slukefter 1983 (Storyville, 2018) - trio with Shelly Manne, drums

With Duke Jordan

• Flight to Denmark (SteepleChase, 1974) - recorded in 1973
• Two Loves (SteepleChase, 1975) - recorded in 1973
• Truth (SteepleChase, 1983) - recorded in 1975

With Doug Raney

• Guitar Guitar Guitar (SteepleChase, 1985)

With Idrees Sulieman

• Groovin' (SteepleChase, 1985)

With Kai Winding and Curtis Fuller

• Giant Bones '80 (Sonet, 1980)