Teis Semey Trio @ De Roode Bioscoop

Teis Semey Trio performing live at the Roode Bioscoop in Amsterdam. Recorded live on 14 February 2021.

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With his trio, Teis Semey is taking bold steps towards concentrating on the energy that we have learned to expect from him. With highly acclaimed drummer Sun Mi Hong and one of Europe’s most heralded bassists Jasper Høiby, Teis Semey Trio pushes the avant-garde together with Scandinavian music and indie rock. In a celebration of interplay, the Teis Semey Trio goes on musical adventures together, defying the norms to carve a new sonic path out for the guitar trio.

Jazz guitarist Teis Semey (Denmark, Aalborg, 1993) studied at the Conservatory of Amsterdam in the Netherlands with Reinier Baas, Maarten van der Grinten, and Jesse van Ruller. At 21 years old, he won the Princess Christina Concours first prize and press prize, was awarded the Keep An Eye Jazz Award in 2017 as well as the Best Coltrane Arrangement prize, and won the press prize in Leiden Jazz Awards 2016. Teis performed in the Edison Jazz/World Awards with the New Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra alongside Joshua Redman and has received critical acclaim as a composer, composing commissions for Entrée Concertgebouw twice and participated in a Berklee Global/Conservatory of Amsterdam project on basis of his Japan Suite. He has also composed for the string ensemble Pynarello.

In 2018 he was selected for the international InJazz Congress in Rotterdam as a part of the Next Generation showcase. Subsequently, Teis spent half a year in Los Angeles, studying under Bruce Forman and Vince Mendoza. Teis Semey performed in the renowned jazz club Blue Whale as well as recorded amongst others with Henry Solomon, after which he then returned to Amsterdam to finish his second album Throw Stones. In April-May 2021 he will release his third album which will feature his Quintet – Sun Mi Hong, Alistair Payne, José Soares, Jort Terwijn and Teis Semey himself.

Teis Semey - guitar
Jasper Høiby - double bass
Sun Mi Hong - drums

00:00 Sun Song
04:22 A Strange Absence of Birds #2

Video: Henk Huibers; Audio: Philip ten Brink; Lights: Nistal Wloczysiak; Video Editing: Kingdon Productions; Producers: Hanna Schreuders, Isla Van Hout, Kasper Stern, Martijn Grootendorst

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