# Carsten Dahl

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{{Short description|Danish pianist}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Carsten Dahl
| image           = Carsten Dahl Photo2.jpg
| caption         = Dahl in 2010
| image_size      =
| birth_name      =
| birth_date      = 3 October 1967
| birth_place     = [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen), Denmark
| genre           = [Jazz](/source/Jazz), [classical](/source/classical_music), [experimental](/source/experimental_music)
| occupation      = Musician, composer
| instrument      = Piano, drums
| years_active    = 1982–present
| associated_acts =
| website         = {{Official website|carstendahl.dk}}
}}
'''Carsten Dahl''' (born 3 October 1967) is a Danish pianist.

==Early life==
Dahl was born in Copenhagen on 3 October 1967.<ref name="Grove">{{Cite Grove |last=Büchmann-Møller |first=Frank |date=20 July 2005 |title=Dahl, Carsten |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J548200 }}</ref> His first instrument was the drums, which he began playing at the age of nine.<ref name="Grove" /> He taught himself both drums and piano, then studied both at Det Rytmiske Musikkonservatorium in Copenhagen.<ref name="Grove" /> Dahl said that, "As a pianist, I am greatly influenced by Jørgen Nielsen and later, Butch Lacy who had a significant impact on my musical identity both as a mentor, icon and spiritual teacher."<ref name="JIE">{{cite magazine |last=Yardley |first=Erminia |date=30 January 2020 |title=Carsten Dahl, Painting Music |url=https://jazzineurope.mfmmedia.nl/2020/01/carsten-dahl-painting-music/ |magazine=Jazz in Europe |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>

==Later life and career==
Dahl turned professional in 1982.<ref name="Grove" /> He was part of tenor saxophonist Thomas Agergaard's quartet from 1991 and drummer Ed Thigpen's Rhythm Features band from 1998.<ref name="Grove" /> Dahl also led the rhythmic department of the West Jutland Academy of Music, Esbjerg, from 1992 to 1996 and taught at Det Rytmiske Musikkonservatorium for the following two years,<ref name="Grove" /> and again for five years from 2011.<ref name="JIE" /> He taught piano at the Danish Rhythmic Conservatory between 2012 and 2015, but said that he resigned because his "spiritual and highly religious approach to understanding what art really is caused certain conflicts with the general idea of the schools programmes".<ref name="JIE" />

By 2022, Dahl had played on approximately 300 albums.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Tucker |first=Michael |date=4 October 2022 |title=Carsten Dahl: A Beautiful Blue Moment |url=https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2022/10/04/carsten-dahl-a-beautiful-blue-moment/ |magazine=Jazz Journal |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref> He is also a painter.<ref name="JIE" /> He said in 2020: "My pictures vary from the almost golden age of painting yet set in a modern context to specifically complex abstractions."<ref name="JIE" />

== Discography ==

=== As leader/co-leader ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year recorded
!Title
!Label
!Notes
|-
|1996
|''Will You Make My Soup Hot & Silver''
|[Storyville](/source/Storyville_Records)
|Trio, with [Lennart Ginman](/source/Lennart_Ginman) (bass), Frands Rifbjerg (drums, percussion)<ref name="Grove" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Will You Make My Soup Hot & Silver |url=https://storyvillerecords.com/product/will-you-make-my-soup-hot-silver/ |website=Storyville Records |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|1996–2003
|''Solo Piano''
|[Stunt](/source/Stunt_Records)
|Solo piano<ref name="Grove" />
|-
|1998
|''Message from Bud''
|[Storyville](/source/Storyville_Records)
|Trio, with [Lennart Ginman](/source/Lennart_Ginman) (bass), Frands Rifbjerg (drums)<ref name="Grove" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Message from Bud |url=https://storyvillerecords.com/product/message-from-bud/ |website=Storyville Records |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|1999
|''The Butterfly Dream''
|[Storyville](/source/Storyville_Records)
|Solo piano<ref name="Grove" />
|-
|2000?
|''Lys På Himlen''
|[Dacapo](/source/Dacapo_Records)
|Duo, co-led with Christina Dahl (soprano sax)
|-
|2000
|''Jazzpar 2000 Quintet''
|[Storyville](/source/Storyville_Records)
|Quintet, with Jörg Huke (trombone), Tony Coe (tenor sax, clarinet), Lars Danielsson (bass), Aage Tanggaard (drums); in concert<ref name="Grove" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Jazzpar 2000 Quintet |url=https://storyvillerecords.com/product/jazzpar-2000-quintet/ |website=Storyville Records |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2002
|''The Sign''
|[Stunt](/source/Stunt_Records)
|with [Arild Andersen](/source/Arild_Andersen), Patrice Heral<ref name="Grove" />
|-
|2003
|''Moon Water''
|[Stunt](/source/Stunt_Records)
|Trio, with [Arild Andersen](/source/Arild_Andersen) (bass), Patrice Heral (drums)<ref name="Grove" />
|-
|2003?
|''The Library Bar Concerts''
|[Verve](/source/Verve_Records)
|with [Lennart Ginman](/source/Lennart_Ginman), [Thomas Blachman](/source/Thomas_Blachman)
|-
|2004
|''Copenhagen-Aarhus''
|Edge
|Solo piano
|-
|2004?
|''Blue Train''
|[Marshmallow](/source/Marshmallow_Records)
|Trio, with [Lennart Ginman](/source/Lennart_Ginman), Frands Rifbjerg
|-
|2005?
|''Ginman/Blachman/Dahl!''
|Universal
|with [Lennart Ginman](/source/Lennart_Ginman), [Thomas Blachman](/source/Thomas_Blachman)
|-
|2005–2007
|''In Your Own Sweet Way''
|[Storyville](/source/Storyville_Records)
|Trio, co-led with Mads Vinding (bass), Alex Riel (drums)<ref>{{cite web |title=In Your Own Sweet Way |url=https://storyvillerecords.com/product/in-your-own-sweet-way/ |website=Storyville Records |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2006?
|''God Bless the Child''
|[Marshmallow](/source/Marshmallow_Records)
|with [Lennart Ginman](/source/Lennart_Ginman), Frands Rifbjerg, [Bob Rockwell](/source/Bob_Rockwell)
|-
|2006?
|''Charlie Butterfly''
|[Stunt](/source/Stunt_Records)
|Duo, with Allan Vegenfeldt
|-
|2006?
|''Det gyldne landskab''
|Private
|with Christina Dahl
|-
|2006?
|''Short Fairytales''
|[EmArcy](/source/EmArcy_Records)
|with [Arild Andersen](/source/Arild_Andersen), [Jon Christensen](/source/Jon_Christensen_(musician))
|-
|2006?
|''Tribute to Night Train''
|Ploug Partnership
|
|-
|2007
|''A Good Time''
|[Storyville](/source/Storyville_Records)
|Trio, with [Lennart Ginman](/source/Lennart_Ginman) (bass), Frands Rifbjerg (drums); in concert<ref>{{cite web |title=A Good Time |url=https://storyvillerecords.com/product/a-good-time/ |website=Storyville Records |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2007?
|''Bebopish Rubbish Rabbit''
|Marshmallow
|Trio, with [Lennart Ginman](/source/Lennart_Ginman), Frands Rifbjerg
|-
|2008?
|''Minor Meeting''
|Grave News
|Trio, with [Jesper Lundgaard](/source/Jesper_Lundgaard), [Alex Riel](/source/Alex_Riel)
|-
|2008
|''Humilitas''
|[Storyville](/source/Storyville_Records)
|Quartet, with Jesper Zeuthen (alto sax), Nils Davidsen (bass), Stefan Pasborg (drums)<ref>{{cite web |title=Humilitas |url=https://storyvillerecords.com/product/humilitas/ |website=Storyville Records |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2010
|''Effata''
|[Storyville](/source/Storyville_Records)
|Solo piano<ref>{{cite web |title=Effata |url=https://storyvillerecords.com/product/effata/ |website=Storyville Records |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2011?
|''Synesthesia & Metropolis''
|Exlibris
|With Ensemble MidtVest<ref>{{cite web |title=Synesthesia & Metropolis |url=https://exlibris.dk/product/synesthesia-metropolis/ |website=Exlibris |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2011
|''Metamorphosis''
|[Storyville](/source/Storyville_Records)
|Quartet, with Jesper Zeuthen (alto sax), Nils Davidsen (bass, percussion, flute), Stefan Pasborg (drums, percussion)<ref>{{cite web |title=Metamorphosis |url=https://storyvillerecords.com/product/metamorphosis/ |website=Storyville Records |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2011
|''Live at Montmartre''
|[Storyville](/source/Storyville_Records)
|Duo, co-led with [Eddie Gómez](/source/Eddie_G%C3%B3mez) (bass); in concert<ref>{{cite web |title=Live at Montmartre |url=https://storyvillerecords.com/product/live-at-montmartre/ |website=Storyville Records |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2011
|''[Space Is the Place](/source/Space_Is_the_Place_(Dahl%2FAndersen%2FChristensen_album))''
|[Storyville](/source/Storyville_Records)
|Trio, with [Arild Andersen](/source/Arild_Andersen) (bass), [Jon Christensen](/source/Jon_Christensen_(musician)) (drums)<ref>{{cite web |title=Space Is the Place |url=https://storyvillerecords.com/product/space-is-the-place/ |website=Storyville Records |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2012
|''Live at SMK''
|ILK
|Duo, co-led with Stefan Pasborg (drums); in concert<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Margasak |first=Peter |date=March 2015 |title=Dynamic Duos |magazine=[DownBeat](/source/DownBeat) |volume=82 |issue=3 |page=58 }}</ref>
|-
|2012
|''Dreamchild''
|[Storyville](/source/Storyville_Records)
|Solo piano<ref>{{cite web |title=Dreamchild |url=https://storyvillerecords.com/product/dreamchild/ |website=Storyville Records |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2012
|''Soliluquy''
|Exlibris
|With Ensemble MidtVest; in concert<ref>{{cite web |title=Soliluquy: Ensemble MidtVest & Carsten Dahl |url=https://exlibris.dk/product/soliloquy/ |website=Exlibris |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2013
|''[Under the Rainbow](/source/Under_the_Rainbow_(album))''
|[Storyville](/source/Storyville_Records)
|Trio, with [Arild Andersen](/source/Arild_Andersen) (bass), [Jon Christensen](/source/Jon_Christensen_(musician)) (drums)<ref>{{cite web |title=Under the Rainbow |url=https://storyvillerecords.com/product/under-the-rainbow/ |website=Storyville Records |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2013
|''Reverentia''
|[Storyville](/source/Storyville_Records)
|Quartet, with Jesper Zeuthen (alto sax), Nils Davidsen (bass), Stefan Pasborg (drums)<ref>{{cite web |title=Reverentia |url=https://storyvillerecords.com/product/reverentia/ |website=Storyville Records |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2013?
|''Papillon''
|Tiger
|Solo piano
|-
|2014?
|''Bach – The Goldberg Variations for Prepared Piano''
|Tiger
|Solo piano
|-
|2014
|''The Myth & the Moth''
|Tiger
|Solo piano
|-
|2015?
|''Grace''
|Tiger
|Solo piano
|-
|2016
|''Caleidoscopia''
|[Storyville](/source/Storyville_Records)
|Quartet, with Jesper Zeuthen (alto sax), Nils Davidsen (bass), Stefan Pasborg (drums)<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Nicholson |first=Stuart |date=May 2017 |title=Carsten Dahl Experience: Caleidoscopia |url=https://www.jazzwise.com/reviews/review?slug=carsten-dahl-experience-caleidoscopia |magazine=[Jazzwise](/source/Jazzwise) |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|''The Jester''
|Exlibris
|Solo harpsichord<ref>{{cite web |title=Carsten Dahl: The Jester |url=https://exlibris.dk/product/carsten-dahl-the-jester/ |website=Exlibris |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref><ref name="Cadence2017">{{cite magazine |last=Rusch |first=Robert |date=October–December 2017 |title=Papatamus |magazine=[Cadence](/source/Cadence_(magazine)) |volume=43 |issue=4 |page=90 }}</ref>
|-
|2016
|''Live''
|[Storyville](/source/Storyville_Records)
|Quartet, with Jesper Zeuthen (alto sax), Nils Davidsen (bass), Stefan Pasborg (drums); in concert<ref>{{cite web |title=Live |url=https://storyvillerecords.com/product/live-2/ |website=Storyville Records |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|''Simplicity''
|[Storyville](/source/Storyville_Records)
|Trio, with Lennart Ginman (bass), Frands Rifbjerg (drums)<ref>{{cite web |title=Simplicity |url=https://storyvillerecords.com/product/simplicity/ |website=Storyville Records |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|''Painting Music''
|[ACT](/source/ACT_Music)
|Trio, with Nils Bo Davidsen (bass), Stefan Pasborg (drums)<ref>{{cite web |title=Carsten Dahl: Painting Music |url=https://www.actmusic.com/en/painting-music/ACT-9891-2 |website=ACT Music |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|''The Solo Songs of Keith Jarrett''
|[Storyville](/source/Storyville_Records)
|With Palle Mikkelborg (trumpet), Fredrik Lundin (sax), Nils Bo Davidsen (bass), Stefan Pasborg (drums), Ana Feitosa and Matthew Jones (violin), Sanna Ripatti (viola), Jonathan Slaatto (cello); in concert<ref>{{cite web |title=The Solo Songs of Keith Jarrett |url=https://storyvillerecords.com/product/the-solo-songs-of-keith-jarrett/ |website=Storyville Records |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|''Mirrors Within''
|[Storyville](/source/Storyville_Records)
|Trio, with Nils Bosse Davidsen (bass), Stefan Pasborg (drums)<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Tucker |first=Michael |date=4 October 2021 |title=Carsten Dahl Trinity: Mirrors Within |url=https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2021/03/21/carsten-dahl-trinity-mirrors-within/ |magazine=[Jazz Journal](/source/Jazz_Journal) |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2021?
|''Sagn''
|[Storyville](/source/Storyville_Records)
|Solo piano<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Tucker |first=Michael |date=21 March 2021 |title=Carsten Dahl: Solo. Sagn |url=https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2021/10/04/carsten-dahl-solo-sagn/ |magazine=[Jazz Journal](/source/Jazz_Journal) |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|''A Beautiful Blue Moment''
|[Storyville](/source/Storyville_Records)
|Quartet, with Tim Hagans (trumpet), Johnny Åman (bass), Jukkis Uotila (drums); in concert<ref>{{cite web |title=A Beautiful Blue Moment |url=https://storyvillerecords.com/product/a-beautiful-blue-moment/ |website=Storyville Records |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
|}

===As sideman===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Year recorded
!Leader
!Title
!Label
|-
|1994–95
|{{sortname|Lars|Møller|nolink=yes}}
|''Cross Current''
|[Stunt](/source/Stunt_Records)<ref name="Grove" />
|-
|1996–98
|{{sortname|Richard|Boone|Richard B. Boone}}
|''A Tribute to Love''
|[Stunt](/source/Stunt_Records)<ref name="Grove" />
|-
|1998
|{{sortname|Ed|Thigpen}}
|''It's Entertaintment''
|[Stunt](/source/Stunt_Records)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/its-entertainment-mw0000672293 |title=It's Entertaintment: Ed Thigpen |website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|1999
|{{sortname|Mads|Vinding}}
|''Six Hands, Three Minds, One Heart''
|[Stunt](/source/Stunt_Records)<ref name="Grove" />
|-
|2001
|{{sortname|Ed|Thigpen}}
|''The Element of Swing''
|[Stunt](/source/Stunt_Records)<ref name="Grove" />
|-
|2002
|{{sortname|Cæcilie|Norby}}
|''First Conversation''
|[Blue Note](/source/Blue_Note_Records)<ref name="Grove" />
|-
|2002
|{{sortname|Ed|Thigpen}}
|''Live at Tivoli Copenhagen''
|[Stunt](/source/Stunt_Records)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-tivoli-copenhagen-you-and-the-night-and-the-music-ed-thigpen-master-of-time-rhythm-and-taste-mw0002106084 |title=Live at Tivoli, Copenhagen: You and the Night and the Music/Ed Thigpen: Master of Time, Rhythm And Taste |website=AllMusic |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2003
|{{sortname|Ulf|Wakenius}}
|''Forever You''
|[Stunt](/source/Stunt_Records)<ref name="Grove" />
|-
|2017
|{{sortname|Mads|Vinding}}
|''Standards''
|[Storyville](/source/Storyville_Records)<ref name="Cadence2017" />
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Commons category|Carsten Dahl}}

==External links==
* [http://www.carstendahl.dk Official site]

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