OLE KOCK HANSEN
Genres: Post-Fusion Contemporary, Progressive Big Band, Post Bop • Denmark

Danish jazz pianist, composer and bandleader, born 19 April 1945 in Osager, Denmark. from discogs Pianist, arranger and bandleader Ole Kock Hansen (b.1945) grew up on the west side of the island of Zealand close to his childhood friend NielsHenning Ørsted Pedersen (NHØP). They retained a life-long friendship and collaborated on countless projects. In the early 1960’s he became a member of the Radio Jazz Group and subsequently the Danish Radio Big Band, with whom he worked for three decades. He wrote for and was head conductor for the orchestra for long periods. He has played piano with a wide range of Danish jazz musicians and accompanied Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon, Thad Jones, Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh among many others. He won the Jazz Musician of the Year award in 1975 and the Ben Webster Prize in 1986. from www.sundance.dk