Hans Ulrik, born September 28, 1965, in Copenhagen, is a Danish jazz saxophonist and bandleader who studied jazz saxophone at Berklee College of Music from 1984 to 1986 and continued his studies in New York City. He won best soloist at the European Jazz Competition in Leverkusen in 1988 and placed third at the Rome Jazz Festival in 1990. Ulrik released a series of albums including Fusion (1989), Strange World (1994), Jazz and Mambo (1999), Blue & Purple (2004), Tribal Dance (2006), Believe in Spring (2008), The Adventures of a Polar Expedition (2010), and The Meeting (2020). He toured China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Australia in 2002, performed with Steve Swallow at the 2005 Montreal Jazz Festival, and worked with Gary Peacock, Adam Nussbaum, Niels Lan Doky, Marilyn Mazur, and John Scofield.
