Danish jazz violinist Svend Asmussen, known worldwide as "The Fiddling Viking," was greatly loved throughout Scandinavia. From the age of 15 until Asmussen’s death last year, San Francisco-based Danish violinist Mads Tolling kept in frequent contact with the older musician, who counseled him on his early musical training. Asmussen later donated a large chunk of his music collection to Mads, including many handwritten charts. In this performance honoring the musician, Mads Tolling and Danish guitarist Jacob Fischer (a 20-year member of Svend Asmussen’s quartet) plays a mix of tunes that span Asmussen’s career, ranging from his early 1940s and ’50s collaborations with guitarist Ulrik Neumann up to his more recent quartet works.