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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Bo Stief
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| birth_name      = Bo Stief
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| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|1946|10|15}}
| death_date      =
| origin          = [[Copenhagen, Denmark]]
| instrument      = [[Double bass]] and electric bass
| genre           = [[Jazz]]
| occupation      = [[Double bassist]], [[Composer]], Arranger
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| associated_acts = [[Miles Davis]], [[Stan Getz]], [[Dizzy Gillespie]], [[Dexter Gordon]], [[Johnny Griffin]], [[Jackie McLean]], [[Ben Webster]], [[Kenny Drew]]
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'''Bo Stief''' (born 15 October 1946) is a [[Denmark|Danish]] [[jazz]] and [[Rock and roll|rock]] [[double bass|bassist]], [[composer]], and [[arranger]] born in [[Copenhagen]].<ref name="IWW">{{cite book|title =International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002 |year=2002|publisher=Europa Publications| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=gZIjT8PgJMEC&dq=Bo+Stief+1946&pg=PA487| isbn=1-85743-161-8|accessdate =2010-04-18}}</ref>

He has worked or recorded with [[Don Cherry (jazz)|Don Cherry]],<ref>{{cite web|title =Don Cherry: Live At Cafe Montmartre 1966 |publisher=All About Jazz| url =http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=26080 | last=Allen|first=Clifford|date=30 June 2007 |accessdate =2010-04-18}}</ref> [[Miles Davis]], [[Warne Marsh]], [[Stan Getz]], [[Dizzy Gillespie]], [[Dexter Gordon]], [[Johnny Griffin]], [[Jackie McLean]], [[George Russell (composer)|George Russell]], [[Kenny Drew]]<ref>{{cite web|title =Kenny Drew: Farmer's Market; Undercurrent and In Copenhagen |publisher=All About Jazz| url =http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=27198 | last=Flanagan|first=Graham| date=2007-10-06 |accessdate =2010-04-18}}</ref> and [[Ben Webster]], among many other prominent jazz musicians.

Since 1980 Stief has been leading bands as ''Chasing Dreams'',<ref name="IWW" /> ''Dream Machine'' or ''One Song III''.

In 2005 he was awarded the Danish [[Django d’Or]] as ''Master of Jazz''.

==Discography==
===As leader===
* ''Hidden Frontiers'' (Replay, 1987)
* ''Chasing Dreams'' (Columbia, 1993)
* ''Heart & Destiny'' (Dream Song Music, 1999)
* ''First Time'' (Stunt, 2001)
* ''Short Story'' (Exlibris, 2006)

===As sideman===
'''With [[Don Cherry (trumpeter)|Don Cherry]]'''
* ''[[Live at Cafe Montmartre 1966]]'' (3 volumes) (ESP-Disk, 2007)
* ''Copenhagen 1963 & Hilversum 1966'' (FreeFactory, 2010)

'''With [[Peter Herbolzheimer]]'''
* ''Live Im Onkel Po'' (Polydor, 1975)
* ''Hip Walk'' (Polydor, 1976)
* ''Touchdown'' (Polydor, 1977)
* ''I Hear Voices'' (Polydor, 1978)
* ''Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination and Brass'' (PolJazz, 1979)
* ''Bandfire'' (Panda, 1981)
* ''Fat Man Boogie'' (Koala, 1982)
* ''Music for Swinging Dancers Vol. 3 Cheek to Cheek'' (Teldec, 1984)
* ''25 Jahre Peter Herbolzheimer Die 80er und 90er Jahre'' (Koala, 1995)
* ''Masterpieces'' (MPS, 1995)
* ''Getting Down to Brass Tracks'' (Alanna, 2006){{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

'''With [[Chris Hinze]]'''
* ''Saliah'' (Keytone, 1984)
* ''Meditation and Mantras'' (Keytone, 1986)
* ''African Dream'' (Keytone, 1991)
* ''Music for Relaxation'' (Keytone, 1992){{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

'''With [[Krzysztof Komeda]]'''
* ''Live in Copenhagen'' (Polonia, 1993)
* ''Astigmatic Live'' (Polonia, 1995)
* ''Roman Two'' (Power Bros 1998)

'''With [[Warne Marsh]]'''
* ''Ornithology'' (Venus/Interplay, 1994)
* ''I Got a Good One for You'' (Storyville, 1999)
* ''Marshlands'' (Storyville, 2003)
* ''In Denmark'' (Absord 2009)

'''With [[Jesper Thilo]]'''
* ''I Remember Boone'' (Music Mecca, 2003)
* ''Remembering Those Who Were'' (Stunt, 2009)
* ''Jesper Thilo On Clarinet'' (Stunt, 2010)

'''With [[Jasper van 't Hof]]'''
* ''The Door Is Open'' (MPS/BASF, 1976)
* ''The Selfkicker'' (MPS 1977)
* ''Jazzbuhne Berlin '80'' (Repertoire, 1990)
* ''Face to Face'' (Intuition, 1994)
* ''Canossa'' (Intuition, 1998)
* ''NeverNeverLand'' (Jaro Medien, 2005)
* ''Live at Quasimodo'' (Jaro Medien, 2007){{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

'''With others'''
* [[Frans Bak]], ''Dagen for Imorgen'' (Salut, 1986)
* [[Hacke Bjorksten]], ''The Party Is On!'' (Dragon, 2001)
* [[Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis]], ''[[Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home]]'' (SteepleChase, 1976)
* [[Miles Davis]], ''[[Aura (Miles Davis album)|Aura]]'' (Columbia, 1989)
* [[Wild Bill Davison]], ''Wild Bill Davison in Copenhagen'' (CBS, 1974)
* [[Povl Dissing]], ''Lykkeland'' (Exlibris, 1977)
* [[Niels Lan Doky]], ''The Truth Live at Montmartre'' (Storyville, 1988)
* [[Arne Domnerus]], ''When Lights Are Low'' (Salut, 1988)
* Arne Domnerus, ''A Little Bossa Nova'' (LadyBird, 1998)
* [[Kenny Drew]], ''Solo-Duo'' (Storyville, 1996)
* [[Ron Goodwin]], ''Valhalla'' (Replay, 1986)
* [[Dexter Gordon]], ''[[The Squirrel (album)|The Squirrel]]'' (Blue Note, 1997)
* [[Lars Graugaard]], ''Smile'' (Skylight, 1986)
* [[Eddie Harris]], ''[[Steps Up]]'' (SteepleChase, 1981)
* [[Tommy Korberg]], ''Blixtlas Svensk 70-Tals Poesi'' (Sonet, 1979)
* [[Rolf Kuhn]], ''Total Space'' (MPS/BASF, 1975)
* [[Didier Lockwood]], ''Live in Montreux'' (Pausa, 1980)
* [[Makanda Ken McIntyre|Ken McIntyre]], ''[[Hindsight (Ken McIntyre album)|Hindsight]]'' (SteepleChase, 1974)
* [[Jackie McLean]], ''[[Live at Montmartre (Jackie McLean album)|Live at Montmartre]]''  (SteepleChase, 1972)
* Jackie McLean, ''[[Ode to Super]]'' (SteepleChase, 1973)
* [[Palle Mikkelborg]], ''Ashoka Suite/Guadiana Concert'' (Metronome, 1970)
* Palle Mikkelborg, ''Anything But Grey'' (Columbia, 1992)
* [[Vincent Nilsson]], ''Jazz Trombone Spirituals'' (Storyville, 2000)
* Vincent Nilsson, ''More Spirituals!'' (Storyville, 2005)
* [[Frank Rosolino]], ''Frank Talks!'' (Storyville, 2008)
* [[Sanne Salomonsen]], ''Precious Moments'' (EMI, 1977)
* [[L. Subramaniam]], ''Garland'' (Storyville, 1982)
* [[Buddy Tate]], ''Tate a Tete at La Fontaine'' (Storyville, 1976)
* [[Tosedrengene]], ''Tiden Star Stille'' (Mercury, 1981)
* [[Osten Warnerbring]], ''Jag Bor Vid Ett Raststalle'' (Frituna, 1978)
* Osten Warnerbring, ''Jongloren'' (Frituna, 1978)
* [[Ben Webster]], ''[[My Man: Live at Montmartre 1973]]''  (SteepleChase, 1973)
* [[Gary Windo]], ''His Master's Bones'' (Cuneiform, 1996)

==References==
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