Here's a TERRIBLE translation, cleaned up a little bit from what Google came up with:
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The Danish bassist Niels Henning Oersted Pedersen passed away, legendary in the scene of classic jazz.
The man known as the great Dane with the [unpronounceable?] name, performed alongside greats like Dizzy Gillespie and Count Basie, among many others.
The Danish bassist of jazz, Niels Henning Oersted Pedersen, of international reputation, died Tuesday at 58 years of a heart attack, announced Wednesday by a representative.
He died of cardiac arrest in his house of Ishoej, to the south of Copenhagen. It is a great shock for us because he was not ill and had just finished finalizing a tour of Denmark with his trio, declared Marianne Jul, his representative during last the 10 years.
This musician, known abroad as the great Dane of [unpronounceable?] name, or simply NHOP, became internationally successful in 1973, upon joining the trio of Oscar Peterson.
During the 35 years of his international career, he performed alongside such great names of the jazz as Oscar Peterson, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins, Bud Powell, Bill Evans, Larry Coryell, Joe Pass, [John Scofield] and others.
