Carsten Dahl
Carsten Dahl is a Danish pianist.
Awards
Dahl's solo albums received the DMA Jazz Prize for Best Recording in 2004 and 2011. Other awards include: Ben Webster Award 1997, Rodovre Musicprice 1997, Jasa Prize 2002, honored by the Danish music council in 2003 for 'Moonwater' and in 2013 for 'DreamChild', DMA Jazz in 2004 for the piece 'Solo Piano', Django D'orPrize in 2006 'Master of Jazz', DMA Jazz in 2011 for the piece 'Effata', and Jazz Specials Prize for album of the year 2011 Metamorphosis. He has also been nominated for the Robert music prize for 'Charlie Butterfly', the Carl prize, and received the prize of honor EWH with NHOP and Premie for 'DreamChild'. 'DreamChild' was also nominated for a grammy in 2013 and his solo CD "PAPILLON" won the Carl Prize for "composer of the year 2014". Nominated for DC of the year 2015 for GOLDBERG VARIATIONS.Discography
As leader/co-leader
| Year recorded | Title | Label | Notes |
| 1996 | Will You Make My Soup Hot and Silver | Storyville | Trio, with Lennart Ginman, Frands Rifbjerg |
| 1998 | Message from Bud | Storyville | Trio, with Lennart Ginman, Frands Rifbjerg |
| 1998? | Ed Thigpen Rhythm Features: It's Entertaintment | Stunt | with Ed Thigpen, Jesper Bodilsen |
| 1999? | Six Hands, Three Minds, One Heart | Stunt | with Mads Vinding, Alex Riel |
| 1999 | The Butterfly Dream | Storyville | Solo piano |
| 2000? | Lys På Himlen | Dacapo | with Christina Dahl |
| 2000 | Jazzpar 2000 Quintet | Storyville | Quintet, with Jorg Huke, Tony Coe, Lars Danielsson, Aage Tanggaard ; in concert |
| 2002? | The Sign | Stunt | with Arild Andersen, Patrice Heral |
| 1996–2003 | Solo Piano | Stunt | Solo piano |
| 2003 | Moon Water | Stunt | Trio, with Arild Andersen, Patrice Heral |
| 2003? | The Library Bar Concerts | Verve | with Lennart Ginman, Thomas Blachman |
| 2004 | Copenhagen-Aarhus | Edge | Solo piano |
| 2004? | Blue Train | Marshmallow | Trio, with Lennart Ginman, Frands Rifbjerg |
| 2005? | Ginman/Blachman/Dahl! | Universal | with Lennart Ginman, Thomas Blachman |
| 2006? | God Bless the Child | Marshmallow | with Lennart Ginman, Frands Rifbjerg, Bob Rockwell |
| 2006? | Charlie Butterfly | Stunt | Duo, with Allan Vegenfeldt |
| 2006? | Det gyldne landskab | Private | with Christina Dahl |
| 2006? | Short Fairytales | EmArcy | with Arild Andersen, Jon Christensen |
| 2006? | Tribute to Night Train | Ploug Partnership | |
| 2007? | Bebopish Rubbish Rabbit | Marshmallow | Trio, with Lennart Ginman, Frands Rifbjerg |
| 2008? | Minor Meeting | Grave News | Trio, with Jesper Lundgaard, Alex Riel |
| 2008? | Humilitas | Storyville | Quartet, with Jesper Zeuthen, Nils Davidsen, Stefan Pasborg |
| 2009? | In Our Own Sweet Way | Storyville | with Mads Vinding & Alex Riel |
| 2011? | Synesthesia & Metropolis | Exlibris | with Ensemble MidtVest |
| 2011? | Live at Tivoli/Copenhagen | Stunt | with Ed Thigpen, Jesper Bodilsen |
| 2011? | Effata | Storyville | Solo piano |
| 2011? | Metamorphosis | Storyville | |
| 2011 | Live at Montmartre | Storyville | Duo, with Eddie Gomez ; in concert |
| 2011 | Space Is the Place | Storyville | Trio, with Arild Andersen, Jon Christensen |
| 2012? | Dreamchild: Solo Piano | Storyville | Solo piano |
| 2013? | Soliloquy | Storyville | with Ensemble MidtVest |
| 2013 | Under the Rainbow | Storyville | Trio, with Arild Andersen, Jon Christensen |
| 2013? | Reverentia | Storyville | |
| 2013? | Soliluque | Exlibris | |
| 2013? | Papillon | Tiger | Solo piano |
| 2014? | Bach – The Goldberg Variations for Prepared Piano | Tiger | Solo piano |
| 2014? | The Myth and the Moth | Tiger | Solo piano |
| 2014? | A Good Time | Storyville | Trio, with Lennart Ginman, Frands Rifbjerg |
| 2015? | Grace | Tiger | Solo piano |
As sideman
- Jazz-oratorium – I Den Lille By, with Klaus Rifbjerg
- The Element of Swing, with Ed Thigpen, Joe Lovano, & Jesper Bodilsen
- The Poetic Principle, including Benjamin Koppel, Miroslav Vitous, Anders Koppel & Stefan Pasborg
- I Think It's Going to Rain, Hanne Boel