Phronesis

Phronesis have the ability to excite, inspire and move people in a way that few bands are able to do. Led by Danish double-bassist Jasper Hiby, their charismatic live performances have prompted Jon Newey (Editor of Jazzwise Magazine) to describe them as the most exciting and imaginative piano trio since EST.

In 2010 Phronesis captured the hearts and minds of British audiences and developed a fierce reputation as one of the most formidable trios in the UK. They were nominated for Best Jazz Ensemble in the Parliamentary Jazz Awards in April, featured on the front cover of Jazzwise Magazine in August, and nominated for Best Jazz Act at the prestigious 2010 MOBO Awards in October. 2010 also saw the trio gain increasing attention in Europe, with acclaimed performances at the Banlieues Bleues Festival in Paris, and the Copenhagen and North Sea Jazz Festivals.

Their third album Alive (Edition Records), featuring guest drummer Mark Guiliana (Avishai Cohen/Meshell Ndegeocello), was released in July to great critical acclaim and chosen as Jazz Album of the Year 2010 by Jazzwise and MOJO Magazines, not only confirming their reputation, but looking set to escalate them to the forefront of the European contemporary jazz scene.

Copenhagen-born, London-based, bassist Jasper Hiby created Phronesis in 2005, following his graduation from the Royal Academy of Music in London. Phronesis debut album 'Organic Warfare' was released in November 2007 on Loop Records, and charted in the US iTunes top 100 selling albums for two months following its release. Their hotly anticipated second album 'Green Delay' was released in June 2009, receiving critical acclaim from The Guardian, Jazzwise (who voted it as one of their top ten albums of 2009) and The Times, and journalist Chris Parker described it as a compulsively listenable, often downright haunting album.

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Press Quotes

Selected Press on ALIVE (Edition Records 2010)

"Alive sounds like one of the hot UK jazz-album contenders of 2010" GUARDIAN **

" Alive is about as exciting as it can get without actually seeing this band live and in the flesh" JAZZWISE **

The sort of album that should get bigger jazz names quaking in their boots BASS GUITAR MAGAZINE

This scorching live set fizzes with a post-EST/Avishai Cohen-style energy, replete with sunny Mediterranean Brazilian flourishes and depth-charge basslines TIME OUT **

Selected press on Phronesis

"Look out for Phronesis - they might change your life!" SEAN RAFFERTY ('IN TUNE' BBC RADIO 3)

The most exciting and imaginative piano trio since EST JON NEWEY (EDITOR JAZZWISE)

...the most electrifying experience to be had in British jazz THE TELEGRAPH

Anyone who doubts theres a UK jazz scene worth taking note of should listen to Phronesis, who are proof positive that we have bands that are worthy of jazzs premier league right on our doorstepBASS GUITAR MAGAZINE

I know Im going to keep listening AVISHAI COHEN (BASSIST/COMPOSER)

A frenetic grooving, great young band with bags of confidence TIME OUT

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