Remembering NHOP

NHOP is the acronym for one of the best (if not THE best) bass players who's lived. His long Danish name is  Niels-Henning Orsted Pederson.  He died in 2005 but he left recorded work that lives on.










This is an interview with Oscar Peterson:



And this is a short interview with Hank Jones:



Here are some videos from some of the 1960's sessions:



Here's Oscar Peterson playing with NHOP and the great Ray Brown.  As someone said on YouTube:

"I can imagine Oscar Peterson thinkin' : Ok, I have the 2 most badass wicked hardcore bass players here... Which one should I pick for the job ? BOTH !!!"



In this video NHOP is playing the very FAST Move with Joe Pass:



And to close: