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Phronesis at Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
by Ian Patterson
Phronesis Crescent Arts Centre Belfast, Ireland May 30, 2014 You had to feel sorry for the couple, rocking up at Belfast's Crescent Arts Centre fifteen minutes before show time only to be told that the concert was a sell-out. Slightly sorry, that is, because in times when jazz is often a hard sell, a 'sold out' sign is music to the ears--certainly for those lucky to have bagged a ticket for Phronesis' penultimate date ...
Continue ReadingPhronesis: Life To Everything
by Bruce Lindsay
In the contemporary world of jazz, when bands form, record and split with reckless disregard for longevity, Phronesis seems to have been around forever. Danish bassist Jasper Høiby formed the trio, which also includes British pianist Ivo Neame and Swedish drummer Anton Eger, in 2005. It approaches the end of its first decade by releasing Life To Everything-- an emphatic recording from a band still filled with the enthusiasm of a group at its debut gig. Phronesis recorded ...
Continue ReadingPhronesis: Walking Dark
by Bruce Lindsay
As the pile of talented and exciting piano trios continues to grow ever higher, it takes a very talented and exciting threesome to rise to the top and stay there. Enter Phronesis. Up on the peak with its third album--the award-winning Alive (Edition Records, 2010), Jazz Album Of The Year in both Jazzwise and Mojo magazines--the trio is emphatically still there with album number four, Walking Dark.Danish bassist Jasper Høiby leads the band, which he formed in 2005 ...
Continue ReadingPhronesis' Pitch Black: London, UK, November 16, 2011
by Matthew Ellis
Phronesis Pitch Black Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall London, England November 16, 2011Latecomers might have thought the Purcell Room was experiencing technical difficulties. The punctual, however, knew the lights were out for Pitch Black. This project, unveiled at Brecon, featured Phronesis playing in total darkness. Officially the show simulates the experience of bassist [Jasper] Høiby's blind sister but it also indulges the trio's penchant for challenges.
Illuminated for the first half, the visual contact underwriting ... Continue ReadingPhronesis: Alive
by Chris May
Copenhagen-born, London-based bassist Jasper Høiby has made a lot of noise--in both senses, all of it good--since graduating from the Royal Academy of Music and forming Phronesis in 2005. Høiby is a mainstay of several bands associated with the Loop and F-IRE musicians' collectives, and Alive is his third album with his own Phronesis, following Organic Warfare (2007) and Green Delay (2009), both on Loop Records. It was recorded over two nights at London's Forge Arts venue in March 2010 ...
Continue ReadingPhronesis: Green Delay
by Alex J Watson
Following the success of Organic Warfare (Loop, 2007), Copenhagen-born bassist and Loop Collective member Jasper Høiby presents his second album as leader--Green Delay--with his London based trio Phronesis. Høiby is joined on this set of original compositions by drummer Anton Eger and pianist Ivo Neame, who replaces Organic Warfare's Magnus Hjorth. Characterized by intense, bass-driven grooves in odd time signatures, lyrical melodies, and fantastic interplay, this album shows Høiby's flair as a composer, whilst framing the pure strength ...
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