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Bio
Svend Asmussen (28 February 1916 – 7 February 2017) was a jazz violinist from Denmark, known as "The Fiddling Viking".A Swing style virtuoso, he played and recorded with many of the greats of Jazz, including Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Stephane Grappelli.He played publicly until 2010 when he had a blood clot, his career having spanned eight decades.At the age of 100, he died on 7 February 2017.
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