Bo Stief

Bo Stief (born 15 October 1946) is a Danish jazz and rock bassist, composer, and arranger born in Copenhagen.^[1]

Bo Stief
Background information
Birth name	Bo Stief
Born	(1946-10-15) October 15, 1946 (age 78)
Origin	Copenhagen, Denmark
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Double bassist, Composer, Arranger
Instrument(s)	Double bass and electric bass

He has worked or recorded with Don Cherry,^[2] Miles Davis, Warne Marsh, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, Jackie McLean, George Russell, Kenny Drew^[3] and Ben Webster, among many other prominent jazz musicians.

Since 1980 Stief has been leading bands as Chasing Dreams,^[1] Dream Machine or One Song III.

In 2005 he was awarded the Danish Django d’Or as Master of Jazz.

Discography

As leader

• Hidden Frontiers (Replay, 1987)
• Chasing Dreams (Columbia, 1993)
• Heart & Destiny (Dream Song Music, 1999)
• First Time (Stunt, 2001)
• Short Story (Exlibris, 2006)

As sideman

With Don Cherry

• Live at Cafe Montmartre 1966 (3 volumes) (ESP-Disk, 2007)
• Copenhagen 1963 & Hilversum 1966 (FreeFactory, 2010)

With Peter Herbolzheimer

• Live Im Onkel Po (Polydor, 1975)
• Hip Walk (Polydor, 1976)
• Touchdown (Polydor, 1977)
• I Hear Voices (Polydor, 1978)
• Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination and Brass (PolJazz, 1979)
• Bandfire (Panda, 1981)
• Fat Man Boogie (Koala, 1982)
• Music for Swinging Dancers Vol. 3 Cheek to Cheek (Teldec, 1984)
• 25 Jahre Peter Herbolzheimer Die 80er und 90er Jahre (Koala, 1995)
• Masterpieces (MPS, 1995)
• Getting Down to Brass Tracks (Alanna, 2006)^{[citation needed]}

With Chris Hinze

• Saliah (Keytone, 1984)
• Meditation and Mantras (Keytone, 1986)
• African Dream (Keytone, 1991)
• Music for Relaxation (Keytone, 1992)^{[citation needed]}

With Krzysztof Komeda

• Live in Copenhagen (Polonia, 1993)
• Astigmatic Live (Polonia, 1995)
• Roman Two (Power Bros 1998)

With Warne Marsh

• Ornithology (Venus/Interplay, 1994)
• I Got a Good One for You (Storyville, 1999)
• Marshlands (Storyville, 2003)
• In Denmark (Absord 2009)

With Jesper Thilo

• I Remember Boone (Music Mecca, 2003)
• Remembering Those Who Were (Stunt, 2009)
• Jesper Thilo On Clarinet (Stunt, 2010)

With Jasper van 't Hof

• The Door Is Open (MPS/BASF, 1976)
• The Selfkicker (MPS 1977)
• Jazzbuhne Berlin '80 (Repertoire, 1990)
• Face to Face (Intuition, 1994)
• Canossa (Intuition, 1998)
• NeverNeverLand (Jaro Medien, 2005)
• Live at Quasimodo (Jaro Medien, 2007)^{[citation needed]}

With others

• Frans Bak, Dagen for Imorgen (Salut, 1986)
• Hacke Bjorksten, The Party Is On! (Dragon, 2001)
• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home (SteepleChase, 1976)
• Miles Davis, Aura (Columbia, 1989)
• Wild Bill Davison, Wild Bill Davison in Copenhagen (CBS, 1974)
• Povl Dissing, Lykkeland (Exlibris, 1977)
• Niels Lan Doky, The Truth Live at Montmartre (Storyville, 1988)
• Arne Domnerus, When Lights Are Low (Salut, 1988)
• Arne Domnerus, A Little Bossa Nova (LadyBird, 1998)
• Kenny Drew, Solo-Duo (Storyville, 1996)
• Ron Goodwin, Valhalla (Replay, 1986)
• Dexter Gordon, The Squirrel (Blue Note, 1997)
• Lars Graugaard, Smile (Skylight, 1986)
• Eddie Harris, Steps Up (SteepleChase, 1981)
• Tommy Korberg, Blixtlas Svensk 70-Tals Poesi (Sonet, 1979)
• Rolf Kuhn, Total Space (MPS/BASF, 1975)
• Didier Lockwood, Live in Montreux (Pausa, 1980)
• Ken McIntyre, Hindsight (SteepleChase, 1974)
• Jackie McLean, Live at Montmartre (SteepleChase, 1972)
• Jackie McLean, Ode to Super (SteepleChase, 1973)
• Palle Mikkelborg, Ashoka Suite/Guadiana Concert (Metronome, 1970)
• Palle Mikkelborg, Anything But Grey (Columbia, 1992)
• Vincent Nilsson, Jazz Trombone Spirituals (Storyville, 2000)
• Vincent Nilsson, More Spirituals! (Storyville, 2005)
• Frank Rosolino, Frank Talks! (Storyville, 2008)
• Sanne Salomonsen, Precious Moments (EMI, 1977)
• L. Subramaniam, Garland (Storyville, 1982)
• Buddy Tate, Tate a Tete at La Fontaine (Storyville, 1976)
• Tosedrengene, Tiden Star Stille (Mercury, 1981)
• Osten Warnerbring, Jag Bor Vid Ett Raststalle (Frituna, 1978)
• Osten Warnerbring, Jongloren (Frituna, 1978)
• Ben Webster, My Man: Live at Montmartre 1973 (SteepleChase, 1973)
• Gary Windo, His Master's Bones (Cuneiform, 1996)