Jasper Høiby


Jasper Høiby is a Danish jazz bass player known for his virtuosity and high-energy eloquence.

Career

Høiby started to play the double bass in Denmark before he moved to the UK in 2001 to study at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he got into the London jazz scene. Whilst at the RAM he studied with Milton Mermikides. His time at the Academy led to membership of the Loop Collective, where he later collaborated with Ivo Neame. Høiby established himself as a bassist in London's jazz scene, with performers such as vibes player Jim Hart, saxophonist Mark Lockheart and vocalist Julia Biel.
Høiby formed Phronesis in 2005, and the debut album Organic Warfare featured Magnus Hjorth. The second album Green Delay was dedicated to Høiby's sister Jeanette, who lost her sight, and features the current lineup with Neame and Eger. Both albums were well received by critics and fans and helped to establish Phronesis's reputation as one of Europe's best up-and-coming bands. It was Alive that really broke big, gaining rave reviews and Best Album awards from Jazzwise and Mojo. The album was recorded at the Forge in Camden, London. Due to a last-minute problems, Eger was unavailable. The American drummer Mark Guiliana took his place temporarily, for the concerts that formed the basis of the album, before Eger returned to the fold. Phronesis has recorded eight albums, all receiving critical acclaim.
His reading of, and response to, Naomi Klein's influential book on climate change This_Changes_Everything_ prompted Høiby to found his band Fellow Creatures.

Discography

As co-leader and leader

;With Phronesis, trio including Ivo Neame & Anton Eger
  • 2007: Organic Warfare
  • 2009: Green Delay
  • 2010: Alive
  • 2012: Walking Dark
  • 2014: Life to Everything
  • 2016: Parallax
  • 2017: The Behemoth feat. Julian Argüelles arranger/conductor and Frankfurt Radio Big Band
  • 2018: We Are All
;With Fellow Creatures
  • 2016: Fellow Creatures feat. Mark Lockheart, Laura Jurd, Will Barry and Corrie Dick
  • 2025: We Must Fight
;With Jasper Høiby's Planet B
  • 2020: Planet B feat. Josh Arcoleo and Marc Michel
  • 2022: What it Means to be Human feat. Josh Arcoleo and Marc Michel
;With Malija with Mark Lockheart and Liam Noble
  • 2015: The Day I Had Everything
  • 2017: Instinct
;With Three Elements
  • 2023: Earthness with Noah Stoneman and Luca Caruso
  • 2024: Like Water with Chaerin Im and Jamie Peet

    Collaborations

;With Ivo Neame
;With Marius Neset
  • 2010: Golden Xplosion
  • 2013: Birds
;With Ana Silvera
  • 2017: Arcana
  • 2018: Oracles
;With Jim Hart's Gemini
  • 2009: Narrada
;With Richard Fairhurst's Triptych
  • 2010: Amusia
;With Compassionate Dictatorship
  • 2007: Coup D'Etat
  • 2010: Cash Cows
  • 2013: Entertaining Tyrants
;With Kairos 4tet
  • 2010: Kairos Moment
  • 2011: Statement of Intent
  • 2013: Everything We Hold
;With Slowly Rolling Camera
  • 2014: Slowly Rolling Camera
;With Mark Lockheart
  • 2009: In Deep
;With Rory Simmons' Fringe Magnetic
  • 2010: Empty Spaces
  • 2011: Twistic
  • 2013: Clocca
;With Sam Crowe
  • 2010: Synaesthesia
;With Magnify
  • 2007: Magnify
;With Tom Arthurs
  • 2008: ''Explications''