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Lucas Lindholm

Swedish bassist, born on March 2, 1943 in Lund, Skåne. Lindholm grew up in a musical family and began playing cello and piano at the age of nine. At the age of 13 he switched to double bass; just one year later he played with dance and jazz bands. At the local music school, Lindholm received classical double bass lessons from the age of 15; soon he also played in the local youth orchestra. After completing his military service, he moved to Malmö, where he accompanied American jazz musicians such as [a251333] and [a145263]. With Gordon he played together for many years in different line-ups. In addition, he completed classical double bass studies at the conservatory; especially on the electric bass he was active at this time as a studio musician. He then moved to Stockholm, where he also worked with [a254945], [a120623], [a277537] and [a675601]. In 1970 Lindholm worked for the first time at [l96971]; the following year, [a328253] brought him into [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/1749428-Tanzorchester-des-NDR?anv=Das+NDR-Tanzorchester&filter_anv=1]Das NDR-Tanzorchester[/url], from which [a503250] emerged via the NDR studio band. Until 2008 he was a permanent member and participated in numerous productions with jazz greats such as [a354658], [a104673], [a473211], [a290370], [a297020], [a352972], [a321479], [a246536], [a321956] and [a314915]. [a96398] also brought him into his [a41396]. He can also be heard on albums with [a319679], [a31617], [a259081], [a314716], [a270339], [a6313855], [a45671], [a2630097], [a312357], [a279595], [a607191], [a477322], [a89631] and [a476379]. In 1985 Lindholm was also appointed professor of double bass and electric bass at the Department of Jazz at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg.