Mathias Højgaard Jensen Quartet

PizzaExpress Jazz Club (Soho)

Hailing from the vibrant New York City jazz scene, Mathias Højgaard Jensen has assembled a quartet of stellar musicians from London and Brooklyn respectively who will be performing songs from his new debut album, "Is As Is"- A very personal take on the jazz idiom coming out of the depths of the tradition, enveloped in the energetic and innovative Brooklyn scene. Originally from Copenhagen, Denmark, he has spent the last 10 years abroad in Berlin and then New York, where he is making a name for himself performing with musicians such as Jonathan Finlayson, Jacob Sacks, Oscar Noriega, Ches Smith, Angelica Sanchez, Marta Sanchez among others.

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Mathias is a musician who has worked professionally for over a decade. Music has brought him around the world, through most of Europe, Israel and the US, and he has grown to become a musician with an acute sensitivity, and presence.

Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, Mathias Højgaard Jensen got involved with music at the age of 9 when he taught himself to read sheet music at the piano. At age 10 he picked up the electric bass and music gradually found a way deeper into his life. He got formal training at the talent program at Hørsholm Music school and later at Sankt Annæ Gymnasium and MGK, where fell in love with jazz and started playing double bass. After a stay at the exclusive jazz program at Fridhems Folkhögskola in southern Sweden, he moved to Berlin for his bachelor in Jazz Perfomance. Here he studied under and drew from the musical experiences of many internationally renowned artists including, Greg Cohen, Kurt Rosenwinkel, John Hollenbeck and Jim Black.

Band Line Up

Mathias Højgaard Jensen (bass,compositions)

James Maddren (drums)

Alex Hitchcock (tenor sax)

Evan Main (piano)