Stefan Pasborg is a Danish drummer and composer. He also founded ILK MUSIC which is a Danish record company. He was named “New Name of the Year” at the Danish Music Award Jazz 2004, and his album Toxikum was chosen Jazz Discovery of the year. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry gives out the Danish Music Awards Jazz each year. He has recorded and performed with many international artists, including Miroslav Vitous and Ellery Eskelin. Pasborg has toured extensively in Europe, the US, and Asia both as a leader and as a sideman. Pasborg, who was three years old when he started playing the drums, was nominated as one of the “Best Debut albums of 2007” by All About Jazz-New York. A present was given to him by Alex Riel, a friend and renowned Danish drummer. Pasborg also received a drumset as a gift. He decided to continue playing in later years and to enroll at the prestigious Copenhagen Jazz Conservatory. There, among other internationally renowned Jazz musicians, such as Ed Thigpen (Niels-Henning Orsted Perdersen), Horace Parlan, Atilla Engin, and Horace Parlan, he was taught by some of the best teachers in Jazz. He met thirteen other young musicians at the conservatory and they formed ILK Music, an independent record label. John Kelman (All About Jazz USA) stated about Pasborg that “Percussionist Stefan Pasborg” is a young Dane. He has studied with Joey Baron and Jim Black over the years. It is not surprising that his playing is bold, even though it can sometimes seem barely on the edge. He demonstrates a solid command of the instrument, even when it is at its most chaotic. All About Jazz, John Kelman review Toxikum, March 25, 2004, from Wikipedia
