trio biogs

Jasper Høiby moved to London from Copenhagen in the year 2000 to study double bass and composition at the Royal Academy of Music. Since then he has been involved in a number of quality music projects, first and foremost his trio Phronesis: in Scandinavia with pianist Magnus Hjorth and drummer Anton Eger, and in the UK with Ivo Neame and Patrick Davey. Phronesis released their debut album Organic Warfare in November 2007, through the label of the Loop Collective.

As a sideman he collaborates with singers Julia Biel and Marcina Arnold, Triptych with Steinway artist Richard Fairhurst and New York drummer Chris Vatalaro; Compassionate Dictatorship with Jez Franks and Tori Freestone and the Mark Lockheart Group, with Liam Noble, Dave Priceman and Dave Smith.

Jasper's website is at www.jasperhoiby.com

Born in Aberdeen, Stu Ritchie has been moving
between London and Scotland for several years before
making the UK capital his main base. Recently Stu has
recorded for the ACT label with BBC 'Album of the Year'
winner Colin Steele and has been involved with artists
and projects as diverse as Ingrid Laubrock, Julian
Arguelles, Primal Scream, Jim Mullen, Noah Howard and
Gilad Atzmon.

In Scotland he performs with Phil Bancroft, Graeme
Stephen, Carol Kidd MBE and Trianglehead with whom he
has recorded two albums, the latest 'Exit Strategy'
being recently voted Scottish jazz release of 2007.
In addition to this he has accompanied many visiting
artists, most notably Dave Binney, Ethan Iverson, Dave
Berkman, Loren Stillman, Jesse Davis, Warren Vaché and
Eivind Opsvik.

Stu's website is at www.sturitchie.com

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