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Anne Mette Iversen

Danish female upright bassist and composer, bandleader of various groups and projects.

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Anne Mette Iversen, a Danish bassist living in New York City since 1998, has five releases out as a leader, one a double album, and several tours in Europe and the US, incl. performances at esteemed European jazz festivals in her bag. She leads her long running jazz quartet; the Anne Mette Iversen Quartet, The Poetry of Earth Project and the Best of the West group which include her jazz quartet and a string quartet. She has worked extensively as sideman and performed with phenomenal musicians such as Ingrid Jensen, Sam Yahel, Terri Lyne Carrington, Tineke Postma, Ben Taylor, Nina Nastasia, and many others. She has curated and performed at important events for the Royal Danish Embassy in Washington DC and for The Danish Consulate General in NYC. Anne Mette holds a BFA degree in Jazz Performance from The New School, NYC, and is a former classical piano major at the Royal Conservatory of Music, Denmark. She is a current member of the musician’s organization Brooklyn Jazz Underground and co-owner of the artist-run label Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records.

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