Simon Cato Spang-Hanssen

About

experiments in music, jazz/worldjazz, international encounters, musical exchange, abstract painting

Experience

• Composer,saxophonist, artist painter at Independant Musician and Composer - Alisio Music
  Sep 1975 - Present · 50 yrs 10 mos

  Compositions for my own ensembles (Café Central, Brazilian Project, Ear Witness, Middle Earth, Epistrophy Septet...), as well as for Big Bands, workshops, clinics etc. Since 2014 I also write lyrics to some of my compositions. Paintings, oil on canvas, acrylic, gouache. Exhibitions in DK.

• freelance saxophonist at diverse
  Apr 1976 - Present · 50 yrs 3 mos

  Still playing with many groups. soprano & alto-saxophones, flute or soprano & tenor-saxophones, flute. Currently with a.o. Arnold Ludvig Sextet, Niels Ryde Quartet, Emil Hess "Evolution Orchestra" , Art Ensemble Syd, Michael Gregory Jackson "Clarity" Quartet and my own projects: Café Central, Ear Witness, Brazilian Project...

• Independant Musician/Composer at Independent Musician, Alisio Music
  1976 - Present · 50 yrs 6 mos

  Saxophonist since 1976 with a.o. John Tchicai & Strange Brothers, New Jungle Orchestra, Jan Kaspersen quintet/septet/S.O.B., N'uma Boa (Mozar Terra, Chuim, Jens Winther, Doug Raney...), Voodoo Gang, Atilla Engin Sextet, Nenê's Band,Spacetrain w. Ben Besiakov, Jesper Lundgaard and Alex Riel... settled in Paris/France from 1985-98, Orchestra National de Jazz (directed by Denis Badault), Andy Emler MegaOctet, Nguyên Lê "Tales of Vietnâm",Quintet Moutin, Edouard Ferlet "Upper Space", own groups with Xavier Desandre, Simon Goubert, Alain Jean-Marie, Richard Bona, Since 1998 mainly leading own projects in Denmark and France with a.o. Mario Canonge, Linley Marthe, Felix Sabal-Lecco, Emil Spányi,Yves Torchinsky, Francois Laizeau, Franck Tortiller, Sébastien Boisseau, Christophe Lavergne, Tony Rabeson, Michel Zenino, Irving Acao, Alain Apaloo, Niclas Campagnol, Dawda Jobarteh, Thomas Fonnesbech, Bob Rockwell, Peter Dahlgren, Thomas Clausen, Billy Hart, Ayi Solomon, Mariane Bitran, Claudia Campagnol, Yasser Pino. Also a member of Alain Apaloo's "Api Pipo", Art Ensemble Syd (dir. Niels Praestholm ) Arnold Ludvig Sextet, Niels Ryde Quartet.

• Bandleader/composer at Simon Spang-Hanssen Ensembles
  Sep 1978 - Present · 47 yrs 10 mos

  Leader of many musical groups:Central Earth, 5-tet, Rainbow Spirit, Ear Witness, Alisio Ensemble, Grupo, Café Central.

• label manager at Alisio Music/Spangster Records
  Oct 2006 - Present · 19 yrs 9 mos

  Record Company with 7 releases sofar: "Rainbow Spirit" ALCD001, "Coexistence" with S.S.H. 5-tet ALCD002, "The Riddle" with Ear Witness ALCD003, "Intersections" with Alisio Ensemble ALCD004, "Bird in Space" with S.S.H. & Grupo ALCD005 "Citizen Song" with Special Quartet ALCD006 "Luna Moon" with Simon Spang-Hanssen TRIO ALCD007 "Stonetown Boogie" with Simon Spang Band "Rainbow Spirit" ALCD008 "Back To Earth" with Café Central ALCD009