Svend Asmussen
Actor · Original Music Composer · Music · Writer
Born Feb 28, 1916 · Copenhagen, Denmark
Active 1939–2017
Svend Asmussen (28 February 1916 – 7 February 2017) was a Danish jazz violinist, known as "The Fiddling Viking". A Swing style virtuoso, he played and recorded with many of the other jazz musicians, including Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman…
Filmography
Rejsefeber (1944) — Writer · MusicEn lille Tilfældighed (1939)It's Nifty in the Navy (1965) — MusicThe Egborg Girl (1969)Ta' briller paa (1942) — EbbePippi Longstocking (1949)Op og ned langs kysten (1950) — Kapelmester Hans HerbertMusik ombord (1958) — JensenNaar katten er ude (1947) — Bent, Nete og Jørgens VenMit Liv er Musik (1944) — MusikerA Hullaballoo at the Castle (1959)Kispus (1956) — Violinist (uncredited) · Original Music ComposerDrömsemester (1952)Hvad vil De ha'? (1956) — Original Music ComposerSwing it, Boccaccio (1949) — Svend Blom / PamfiloEn vacker dag (1963) — Original Music ComposerLegends in Concert: Benny Goodman (2004)