Hilmar Jensson Plays at Scandinavian House

August 9th, 2006, 6.30 p.m.

25.7.2006

A graduate of the FIH School of Music in Iceland and the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Icelandic guitarist Hilmar Jensson has performed and recorded extensively in both the U.S. and Iceland, performing with many well-known musicians and appearing on more than 30 records. He’s a member of Jim Black’s AlasNoAxis, a critically-acclaimed N.Y.-based quartet and one of the founders of Kitchen Motors, an Icelandic record label, think tank, and art organization. Jensson has performed and/or recorded with Skuli Sverrisson, Tim Berne, Leo Smith, Kevin Drumm, Herb Robertson, Trevor Dunn, Greg Bendian, Jim Black, Chris Speed, Briggan Krauss, Jamie Saft, Cuong Vu, Rafael Toral, Carlos Zingaro, Tom Rainey, Ben Perowski, Per Jörgensen, Eyvind Kang, Terje Isungset, Arve Henriksen, and Ståle Storlokken to name a few. For more info about Hilmar visit www.hilmarjensson.com.

For more information about the Jazz series at Scandinavian House visit www.scandinaviahouse.org

Thanks to Iceland Naturally (www.icelandnaturally.com).
This concert is co-hosted with The American-Scandinavian Society.