Interview with Jasper Høiby

Live Q&A from the 2021 Dutch Double Bass Festival

In this live interview, Geoff Chalmers interviews Danish bassist Jasper Høiby at the 2021 Dutch Double Bass Festival. Jasper founded the trio ‘Phronesis’ in 2005 which has toured extensively in Europe and North America and won numerous awards. As a sideman, Jasper Høiby has performed and recorded with many world-renowned jazz artists, including Mark Guiliana, Django Bates, Shai Maestro, Jeff Ballard, Julian Joseph, Julian Arguelles, Kurt Elling, Wolfgang Muthspiel, and Gwilym Simcock.

In addition to Phronesis, his current projects include Jasper Høiby’s Planet B, an Electro-Acoustic bass-led project featuring Josh Arcoleo (sax) and Marc Michel (drums); and Jasper Høiby's FELLOW CREATURES featuring Laura Jurd (trumpet), Mark Lockheart (sax), Will Barry (piano), and Jon Scott (drums).

A big shoutout goes to the Dutch Double Bass Festival who hosted this wonderful talking bass event. This one was a late-night Q&A after Jasper's show on day 2 of the festival. Find out about the next edition of the festival here.

TIMECODES

00:00 Introduction
00:12 How’s the bass featuring in your life at the moment?
00:58 What are you working on?
02:00 Use of rhythm and hip hop inspirations
03:50 Inspiring bass players
06:19 How did you develop rhythmic language?
08:26 What have you learned as a bandleader?
10:41 How do you keep track of form whilst performing?
13:47 Did you receive classical training?
17:31 Final words of advice