The funny thing is the guy has been around as one of the utmost - if not THE utmost - bassplayers of all times since he was 14 years old! Played with all the greats and still a lot of people have never heard of him, primarily because he chose to stay in Denmark. He died some years ago (aged 58) and is one of the most dedicated, talented and personable musicians that has lived in our times.
@time_3714 жыл бұрын
Your comment is a time capsule as is mine. Folks are rediscovering NHØP now and I couldn’t be more glad.
@brunomaiamusic Жыл бұрын
Actually, NHOP was well known in Brazil and my greatest influence even while in thgis planet. Danich? Rather otherworldly.
@conjandysecurity2 жыл бұрын
When I hear something like this, I think of the thousands of hours that go unheard. This is otherworldly.
@pathook114 жыл бұрын
This is the best bass solo I've ever heard in my life. You can see how much Peterson respected him, a supreme compliment if there ever was one.
@bop4life11 жыл бұрын
I love his allusion to Portrait of Tracy (Jaco Pastorius) at 2:29, just beautiful.
@davidartreides39325 жыл бұрын
I was just going to mention that! Amazing, the entire solo!
@ethanlocke36044 жыл бұрын
I can’t believe how clear he makes the harmonics with pizz on a upright! It’s not easy
@AlanKroeger3 жыл бұрын
Just shows that the greats don't live in a vacuum
@jensthunbo3 жыл бұрын
And of course the Bach cello Prelude at 4:31. I guess the list could be longer :)
@Ebriel0000000 Жыл бұрын
@@jensthunbo Yes. There's something from LaFaro too :-)
@brianhanson93673 жыл бұрын
Musician 59 years. Best bass I’ve ever heard.
@YrazzlA12 жыл бұрын
This is the most beautiful bass solo I ever heard.
@CraigAkinOnBass12 жыл бұрын
I cried at the end of this. Speechless.
@cparet15 жыл бұрын
One runs out of adjectives when trying to sing Niel's praises. He was absolutely my favorite bass player of all time.
@JayLizzle15 жыл бұрын
I like how they sit so closely together. NHOP and Peterson really were made to make music together. May they both rest in peace!
@dmbassa11 жыл бұрын
He doesn't need to. Keep in mind that he has been playing that bass for such a long time and with such dedication that he probably knows his bass better than he knows his own body, his family, his friends... everything. He instinctively knows where every single note sits on the board.
@algreensurdo12 жыл бұрын
The beauty in this is unspeakable, so I'll shut up.
@mokamo233 жыл бұрын
Niels is the only bass player with such melodic and precise solos. :O
@dimi3334ever3 жыл бұрын
The best bassist who walked on this earth
@floriancoppey758011 жыл бұрын
Franchement, moi qui suis un fan d'NHOP, je ne peu rien dire tellement c'est beau!!!!!!!!!!
@brynjarhoff-lr6hw Жыл бұрын
THIS IS NIELS HENNING the Great!!!! Denmark,be proud!!!!
@hilderemmerswaal60829 ай бұрын
Fantastic
@Marianne169926 күн бұрын
We are very proud! He was fantastic!
@muttley9184 жыл бұрын
Just got turned on to him watching a Rock Beato video. Educate and elevate
@peterpots744 жыл бұрын
Me too! Thanks Rick.
@TheSombraGroup4 жыл бұрын
Same here and I can’t really get enough of him. So freaking good.
@fretlessblunder4 жыл бұрын
It just occurred to me that Rick Beato might be the ‘six degrees of Kevin Bacon’ of all KZbin videos.
@TIGHTChannel3 жыл бұрын
Think we all did lol
@mentalfortitude57183 жыл бұрын
I love rock beato
@weatheranddarkness4 жыл бұрын
You know when the guitarist is fixated on the bass player's hands playing you've got something unique.
@vernonbigsby13 жыл бұрын
why is the "dislike" button so close to the "like" button, thats the only reason i can think its been pressed?! this is a great recording!
@weatheranddarkness4 жыл бұрын
probably that horrible buzz at the end
@blueelectricsmoke12 жыл бұрын
Two of the best musicians in history, and NHOP makes it look so easy. A great video to show people who think impressive technique implies a lack of emotion.
@captainshiner424 жыл бұрын
My boy just quoted Jaco! I think my brain is about to explode! I love this guy!!!
@NeilB433411 жыл бұрын
What a great guy he was and what an influence he is to all bassists world wide!
@jean-pauldelabymrad48313 жыл бұрын
Il me donne des frissons et me tire les larmes aux yeux ! Quelle tristesse de partir aussi jeune !
@Foxrock321 Жыл бұрын
Grew up listening to Neil’s with Oscar Peterson and Joe Pass…shame he passed so young..he’d still be out there jamming….he even throws down the Bach Cello suite ..so great
@Espion-lb5ti5 жыл бұрын
Quand le patron applaudit son musicien sa en dit long sur leur complicité que du bonheur chapeau bas messieurs
@manumoka13 жыл бұрын
He was simply the best.
@MHJazz2 жыл бұрын
Love the Worlds best bass player - he is Danish - We miss you very much !
@alfredoomarmartinez10675 жыл бұрын
Que irremediable y triste pena ,la pérdida de estos dos músicos únicos en el mundo como fueron Oscar Peterson y N.H.O.Pedersen,cada uno en su instrumento. Con todo respeto porque se que existen otros muchos y muy buenos músicos ,pero para mi gusto ellos me llegaban al alma. Saludos Cordiales desde Buenos Aires Argentina.
@kanasf39164 жыл бұрын
Wow...I dont play bass, but I do appreciate all music. This is classic and timeless.
@uprightbassmatt13 жыл бұрын
Best 6 minutes ever! :D Speechless!
@kobbertraad12 жыл бұрын
I feel deeply touched. I don't know what to say.
@fvazquez644 жыл бұрын
Some sad kind of joy that runs from my ears through my brain,
@TomRivieremusic4 жыл бұрын
What a creative musician and a master of his instrument. Really brilliant playing Bass player.
@jazzuffe15 жыл бұрын
I am crying. He was so great!
@Birthe-er4xc4 ай бұрын
RIP. NHØP; THE BEST EVER I HAVE HEARD.✨️🦋❤️💐🇩🇰✨️
@TheTheurgist14 жыл бұрын
my goodness! everyone of my students needs to check this out ! Thanks
@Enie00912 жыл бұрын
It´s the beginning of the first sonata for violoncello by J.S. Bach. And Steve Hackett sure knew he was referencing to that.
@larsberne10 жыл бұрын
so good, incredible, best
@rafaelmangrone72110 ай бұрын
❤️
@dmbassa13 жыл бұрын
@pathook1 Exactly. A good way to tell this is to look at Peterson when NHOP finishes his solo. He is the first one to start clapping, and comment verbally on NHOP's performance on that particular solo, and trust me, Peterson is not one to throw compliments around unless they are greatly deserved. I believe NHOP must have felt like the King of the World at that very moment. And rightly so, mr. Pedersen. Very well done, bravissimo!
@PascalPrautois16 жыл бұрын
Quelle musicalité !!!! C'était vraiment un grand musicien.
@massimolosappio93196 жыл бұрын
Fantastico! Anche una citazione alla suite n° 1 di Bach!
@lisesruneland8 жыл бұрын
miss him
@sultanvoices4 жыл бұрын
Amazing and interesting bass performance - thank you to the uploader. Was happy to see guitarist Lorne Lofsky on guitar, an amazing player, and an instructor at York University in Toronto where I quietly sat in on masterclasses in the very early 2000s. Hopefully more of this set is available online!
@bass-cal66433 жыл бұрын
It's the best!!! 👍
@allen69244 жыл бұрын
Wow that's a great bass solo. Very well executed.
@lassenielsen65466 жыл бұрын
What a talent!
@BrotherBrownMusic8 ай бұрын
Unbelievably good
@arkadij1210 жыл бұрын
For me number one
@jonobester58174 жыл бұрын
MAY GOD BLESS KZbin :-)
@Kalle725 жыл бұрын
I’m just waiting for someone to burst out singing: “MY NAME IS MUD!”
@claussaunte23033 жыл бұрын
The Best bass player in the World in my opinion, in Oscars words “NIels does not play the bas, he is the bas!”
@Espion-lb5ti4 жыл бұрын
Il restera vraiment le patron magnifique
@dar369011 жыл бұрын
yes...NHOP was bass
@iankjenkins11 жыл бұрын
dat portrait of tracy quote
@iwishyourlove467 жыл бұрын
Preciosa e increible interpretacion...
@Queslington12 жыл бұрын
thanks. When I left that comment, I hadn't started listening to classical music yet. I actually just learned to play the Prelude about two weeks ago (electric bass). I was ignorant when I left the original comment.
@bassrus16 жыл бұрын
You've got to love the Portrait of Tracy shout out at 2:32
@schurfrelay3 жыл бұрын
Well, my mind is all over the floor
@mdhbigdog8 жыл бұрын
I like the quote from "Concerto de Aranjuez" at 1:20
@harryh56203 жыл бұрын
Wow.
@matseriksson8177 Жыл бұрын
I recall the first time I heard NHØP. It was live a sunny afternoon at Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden, probably 1987. I believe I had seen or heard his name somewhere before that, but I had basically no idea of who he was, or even what instrument he played. However, It didn't take many seconds before it was obvious that this was a guy with a REALLY special talent, and that Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen was a name to remember.
@pastoria315 жыл бұрын
sweet tone, sweet tone!
@remidem693 ай бұрын
This is magic
@iankjenkins11 жыл бұрын
also dat bach cello quote
@stephanedubarry8624 Жыл бұрын
We miss him
@janandersen87354 жыл бұрын
Grew up just outside of Copenhagen way back in time and occasionally would drop by Club Montmartre on a Saturday night, not so much because I was into jazz at the time, that came later, but it was a cool place with cheap beer and possibly the belief that girls that were into jazz were.... never mind. Only later did I appreciate that NHOP or Ben Webster or Dexter Gordon or combinations of them quite likely would have been playing those nights.
@janandersen87353 жыл бұрын
@Torch from Olympia I am sure I caught him there as well, thanks.
@ketilneergard14683 жыл бұрын
Oscar once said that NHOP was the bass. Others played the bass!
@GUANCHE9112 жыл бұрын
¡¡MAGICO¡¡¡ Sueño con que algun día mis compañeros de la banda se quedara extasiados( como los colegas de NHOP en este concierto) en uno de mis solos.
@osamaafifi39054 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@karinablacktie14 жыл бұрын
ahhhhhhh..... sublime.
@alfredoomarmartinez10676 жыл бұрын
Excelente !!!!!!!!!
@matssundman936010 ай бұрын
GREAT! PAX!
@AndreaPortovenere14 жыл бұрын
@icybox222 Bravo! Happy to see that some can use ears still.
@dougvolinski58244 жыл бұрын
Incredible
@sondrestrmme40064 жыл бұрын
Honestly laughed with that Portrait of Tracy quote
@BassGod12253 жыл бұрын
Harmonics, Sliding Chords and even the intro to "A Portrait Of Tracy" at 2:30. Fascinating Bassist.........NHOP !!!
@voronOsphere4 жыл бұрын
Lovely...
@Superphilipp13 жыл бұрын
@theheroricky That's precisely what it was. Nice quote. :-)
@jordangroff8978 Жыл бұрын
I always liked how Oscar and Niels basically had the same last name, its like they were brothers separated at birth or something 😆
@dumbfounded2984 жыл бұрын
Pure Mastery
@Delfidash11 жыл бұрын
Brilliant NHØP from Denmark
@joshhuders47514 жыл бұрын
I recommend watching Rick beatos video on it
@Apartekarate11 жыл бұрын
He has a build-in preamp.
@BencyTube4 жыл бұрын
Best BASS FACE!!
@innerfro15 жыл бұрын
Portrait of Tracey harmonics! whee
@jangunnarolsen59464 жыл бұрын
MUSIC!!!
@prohibitedbeatz12 жыл бұрын
2:29 PORTRAIT OF TRACY!! hahaha yes
@GUANCHE9111 жыл бұрын
Cuando yo sea grande quiero tocar como él.
@cccustard13 жыл бұрын
@theheroricky To be correct you should say Pastorius' PoT. And yes, of course it does.
@milesdust34654 жыл бұрын
The Great Dane.
@phyllispetras33693 жыл бұрын
W O W !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@DenisCharlesworth Жыл бұрын
Amazing.Certainly my favourite bass player
@bass011113 жыл бұрын
@Superphilipp: Fair enough. I know players who prefer to mic their basses, so you're not alone in that view.
@joergen10014 жыл бұрын
@Polartrucker I thought it was Phillipe Chaterine but could be wrong
@JazzerBasser4 жыл бұрын
Jaco ! Bach !
@bass011113 жыл бұрын
@Superphilipp: No, it sounds like Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen.
@theheroricky13 жыл бұрын
@2:30 it sounds like Jaco Pastorius's Portrait of Tracy