Svend Asmussen

Svend Asmussen is a solo artist whose catalog here spans 1999–1999. The artist is connected with Cool Jazz, so genre, period and individual recordings offer useful ways into the work.

Listen for how Cool Jazz shape rhythm, voice and arrangement. A starting path includes “Danse De Jeunes Filles”, “Prelude For Svend”. Then move to “Snowflakes” and “Swinging Jazz Violin” to hear how recordings are organized in a release context.