Copenhagen-born bassist Jasper Høiby moved to London in 2000 to attend the Royal Academy of Music. In 2005 he created the trio Phronesis which has toured extensively in Europe and North America and won awards for ‘Jazz Album of the Year’ inJazzwise and MOJO Magazines 2010 (Alive, Edition 2010) as well as a London Jazz Award for the trio’s Pitch Black performance at Brecon Jazz festival 2012. Phronesis was also chosen for the IJFO’s (International Jazz Festival Organisation) new talent support programme, which resulted in performances at eleven IJFO festivals between 2012 and 2014. Høiby has also performed / recorded with a number of original artists, including Mark Guiliana, Django Bates, Shai Maestro, Julian Joseph, Kurt Elling, Antonio Loureiro, Tom Arthurs, Mark Lockheart, Liam Noble, Julia Biel, Marius Neset, Kairos 4tet, Jim Hart and Ivo Neame. He has appeared at jazz clubs, concert halls and festivals across the world and in 2012 won the Copenhagen Jazz Festival’s ‘Young Spririt Award’ alongside honorary award winners Jack DeJohnette and Palle Mikkelborg. New and current Projects include: MALIJA, a drumless trio with Saxophonist Mark Lockheart and Pianist Liam Noble, an electro Acoustic Duo with Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Antonio Loureiro, PHRONESIS, new album ‘Parallax’ release tour 2016 and brand new project FELLOW CREATURES featuring Laura Jurd (trumpet), Mark Lockheart (sax), Will Barry (piano) and Corrie Dick (drums), debut release scheduled for summer 2016 on Edition Records. from www.jasperhoiby.com
