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Danny Thompson (04 Apr 1939 - )

Male Person - United Kingdom English double bass player

Releases (4)

Official

Album

  1. Whatever Next 1989
  2. Whatever's Best 1995
  3. Whatever

Album - Compilation

  1. Connected 2012

Relationships (5)

Member Of

  1. Fat John Sextet (Dec 1963) double bass
  2. Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated (1964 - 1967)
  3. The Pentangle
  4. Richard Thompson Band double bass

Children

  1. Danny Thompson

Recordings by (26)

  1. Dargai 5:51 (1989)
  2. Hopdance: (a). Invitation to Dance / (b). The Dance 4:55 (1989)
  3. Beanpole (For Sylvie) 4:09 (1989)
  4. Wildfinger (For John Martyn) 4:55 (1989)
  5. A Full English Basket: (a). Fanfare / (b). Basket of Eggs 7:31 (1989)
  6. Sandansko Oro (Bulgarian Dance) 5:26 (1989)
  7. Take It Off the Top (For Jo Lustig) 2:55 (1989)
  8. Major Escapade 5:50 (1989)
  9. For Jan 5:00 (1990)
  10. Sandanska Oro 5:24 (1995)
  11. Searchin' 4:48 (1995)
  12. Freedom (Prayer/Dance/Thanksgiving) 9:20 (1995)
  13. Hopdance 4:54 (1995)
  14. Women in War 8:00 (1995)
  15. Fair Isle Friends 3:21 (1995)
  16. Beanpole 4:08 (1995)
  17. Musing Mingus 11:36 (1995)
  18. May Day Psalter 4:06 (2012)
  19. Idle Monday 4:16 ()
  20. Till Minne Av Jan 4:48 ()
  21. Yucateca 5:15 ()
  22. Lovely Joan 6:34 ()
  23. Lament for Alex (Campbell) 4:43 ()
  24. Crusader 5:27 ()
  25. Minor Escapade 5:14 ()
  26. Swedish Dance 5:46 ()

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. There's Anger in This Land 2:07 Dorris Henderson with John Renbourn (1967) double bass
  2. Poems of Solitude: Poems of My Heart / Eighteen Tedious Ways / Magic String 2:16 Dorris Henderson with John Renbourn (1967) double bass
  3. The Time Has Come 2:27 Dorris Henderson with John Renbourn (1967) double bass
  4. Mosaic Patterns 2:18 Dorris Henderson with John Renbourn (1967) double bass
  5. God Bless the Child 3:01 Dorris Henderson with John Renbourn (1967) double bass
  6. Lonely Mood 2:52 Dorris Henderson with John Renbourn (1967) double bass
  7. When You Hear Them Cuckoos Hollerin' 1:43 Dorris Henderson with John Renbourn (1967) double bass
  8. Come Up Horsey 1:43 Dorris Henderson & John Renbourn (1967) double bass
  9. It's Been a Long Time 2:03 Dorris Henderson with John Renbourn (1967) double bass
  10. Watch the Stars 2:16 Dorris Henderson with John Renbourn (1967) double bass
  11. Tomorrow Is a Long Time 3:23 Dorris Henderson with John Renbourn (1967) double bass
  12. For Lovin' Me 2:55 Dorris Henderson with John Renbourn (1967) double bass
  13. No More My Lord 2:26 Dorris Henderson with John Renbourn (1967) double bass
  14. Gonna Tell My Lord 3:47 Dorris Henderson with John Renbourn (1967) double bass
  15. 30 Days in Jail 2:36 Dorris Henderson with John Renbourn (1967) double bass
  16. Way Back in the 1960s 3:11 The Incredible String Band (1967) bass
  17. Poor Cow 2:57 Donovan (20 Feb 1968) bass
  18. Bells 4:01 The Pentangle (17 May 1968) double bass
  19. Bruton Town 5:19 The Pentangle (17 May 1968) double bass
  20. Waltz 5:03 The Pentangle (17 May 1968) double bass
  21. Pentangling 7:11 The Pentangle (17 May 1968) double bass
  22. Way Behind the Sun 3:10 The Pentangle (17 May 1968) double bass
  23. Mirage 2:02 The Pentangle (17 May 1968) double bass
  24. Hear My Call 3:05 The Pentangle (17 May 1968) double bass
  25. Let No Man Steal Your Thyme 2:47 The Pentangle (17 May 1968) double bass
  26. Jennifer Juniper 2:42 Donovan (Oct 1968) bass
  27. I've Got a Feeling 4:27 The Pentangle (1968) double bass
  28. In Time 5:09 The Pentangle (1968) double bass
  29. The Time Has Come 3:14 The Pentangle (1968) double bass
  30. The Trees They Do Grow High 3:50 The Pentangle (1968) double bass
  31. Goodbye Pork-Pie Hat 3:48 The Pentangle (1968) double bass
  32. Sovay 2:50 The Pentangle (1968) double bass
  33. I Loved a Lass 2:41 The Pentangle (1968) double bass
  34. In Your Mind 2:15 The Pentangle (1968) double bass
  35. Sweet Child 5:13 The Pentangle (1968) double bass
  36. Watch the Stars 3:11 The Pentangle (1968) double bass
  37. Saturday Sun 4:03 Nick Drake (Sep 1969) guest, bass
  38. Time Has Told Me 4:26 Nick Drake (Sep 1969) guest, bass
  39. Three Hours 6:16 Nick Drake (Sep 1969) guest, bass
  40. Cello Song 4:48 Nick Drake (Sep 1969) guest, bass
  41. Man in a Shed 3:55 Nick Drake (Sep 1969) guest, bass
  42. Off Centre 9:07 The John Cameron Quartet (1969) double bass
  43. Sally Go Round the Roses 3:38 The Pentangle (1969) double bass
  44. Train Song 4:47 The Pentangle (1969) double bass
  45. Wenceslas Square 3:15 The John Cameron Quartet (1969) double bass
  46. House Carpenter 5:30 The Pentangle (1969) double bass
  47. Springtime Promises 4:09 The Pentangle (1969) double bass
  48. Lyke-Wake Dirge 3:36 The Pentangle (1969) double bass
  49. Go Away, Come Back Another Day 5:13 The John Cameron Quartet (1969) double bass
  50. Dafina Querida 6:16 The John Cameron Quartet (1969) double bass

Credited as (27)

  1. Danny Thompson
  2. Savourna Stevenson, June Tabor & Danny Thompson
  3. Ketama, Toumani Diabaté & Danny Thompson
  4. John Martyn & Danny Thompson
  5. Richard Thompson & Danny Thompson
  6. Peter Knight & Danny Thompson
  7. Toumani Diabaté, Ketama & Danny Thompson
  8. Ketama, Toumani Diabaté & José Soto with Danny Thompson
  9. Jon Thorne & Danny Thompson
  10. José Soto "Sorderita" with Ketama, Toumani Diabaté & Danny Thompson
  11. Aly Bain & Danny Thompson
  12. Danny Thompson & Zoe Rahman
  13. Savourna Stevenson & Danny Thompson
  14. Eric Bibb; Danny Thompson
  15. Eric Bibb and North Country Far with Danny Thompson
  16. Ketama/Diabaté/Thompson
  17. Richard Thompson with Danny Thompson
  18. Toumani Diabaté feat. Ketama & Danny Thompson
  19. Toumani Diabaté feat. Ketama, José Soto & Danny Thompson
  20. Ketama, Toumani Diabaté, José Soto with Danny Thompson
  21. Savourna Stevenson, June Tabor, Danny Thompson
  22. Danny Thompson, Allan Holdsworth, John Stevens
  23. Eric Bibb And North Country Far With Danny Thompson
  24. Richard Thompson
  25. Danny Thompson & Bobby Eichhorn
  26. Bert Jansch, Martin Jenkins, Danny Thompson & Mary Hopkin
  27. Darrell Scott, Danny Thompson & Kenny Malone

Works (38)

Arranged

  1. Market Song
  2. Fanfare
  3. Dargai
  4. Sandansko Oro (Bulgarian Dance)

Wrote

  1. Springtime Promises
  2. Train Song
  3. Hunting Song
  4. Pentangling
  5. Way Behind the Sun
  6. Waltz
  7. Way Behind the Sun
  8. In Time
  9. The Snows
  10. Bells
  11. I've Got a Feeling
  12. Sweet Child
  13. I Saw an Angel
  14. Light Flight
  15. Travelling Song
  16. In Your Mind
  17. I Loved a Lass
  18. Sovay
  19. Name of the Game
  20. People on the Highway
  21. No Love Is Sorrow
  22. Jump Baby Jump

Composed

  1. Beirut
  2. Searchin'
  3. Fair Isle Friends
  4. Women In War
  5. Musing Mingus
  6. Freedom (Prayer / Dance / Thanksgiving)
  7. Waltz For Sylv
  8. Hopdance: (a). Invitation to Dance / (b). The Dance
  9. Beanpole (For Sylvie)
  10. Wildfinger (For John Martyn)
  11. Take It Off the Top (For Jo Lustig)
  12. Major Escapade

Links (15)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.dannythompson.co.uk/

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93054959
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n93054959
  3. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6hk24b7
  4. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134539370
  5. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/danny_thompson
  6. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13931213w

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/499157

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/65787

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000676741

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/37104971

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1164775

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/0cd5e16e-a6ab-43af-8d75-158b3b561f6e

Social Networking

  1. https://twitter.com/therealdannyt

Myspace

  1. https://myspace.com/therealdannythompson