Aage Tanggaard

Aage Tanggaard (born 25 February 1957) is a Danish jazz drummer and record producer.^[1] A pupil of Michael Carvin and Ed Thigpen, he has been a member of several notable bands; including Radiojazzgruppen, Ernie Wilkins' Almost Big Band^[2] and the Hamburg-based NDR Big Band. He has also performed and recorded extensively, beginning from 1982, with Stan Getz, Roland Hanna, Michal Urbaniak, Horace Parlan, Duke Jordan, Chet Baker,^[3][4] Paul Bley, Lee Konitz, Dexter Gordon, Clark Terry and Doug Raney among other notable artists.^[5] He is the founder of Audiophon Recording Studio where he works as a producer.^[6]

Selected discography

As sideman

• 1982 So Nice Duke (Duke Jordan)
• 1982 The House That Love Built (Frank Foster)
• 1983 Montreux (Ernie Wilkins)
• 1983 Plays Standards, Vol. 1: Autumn Leaves (Duke Jordan)
• 1984 Blue and White (Doug Raney)
• 1984 Glad I Found You (Horace Parlan)
• 1984 Take Good Care of My Heart (Michal Urbaniak)
• 1985 Questions (Paul Bley)
• 1988 My Favourite Songs, Vols. 1-2: The Last Great Concert (Chet Baker)
• 1994 This Time It's Real (Roland Hanna)
• 1997 I Remember You: The Legacy, Vol. 2 (Chet Baker)
• 1998 Bravissimo, Vol. 2: 50 Years of NDR Big Band Germany (NDR Big Band)
• 2006 Resource/Action. Re. Action (Svend Asmussen/Ed Thigpen Quartet)
• 2009 I Should Care (Duke Jordan)