Alex Jønsson

Alex Jønsson is an award-winning Danish guitarist, composer and improviser, based in Copenhagen.

He has been greatly recognized for his Nordic and melancholic expression – both as a composer and a soloist - and has toured in most of Europe as well as in India.

Most people will know him from orchestras like I Think You’re Awesome, Mirja Klippel and Jakob Sørensen's ’Bagland’. Yet, in recent years, as a composer and a bandleader, Alex Jønsson has raised his profile as one of the most interesting jazz guitarists on the modern scene.

Since 2012, he has been nominated for a Danish Music Award Jazz no less than nine times!

Jønsson’s fourth album as a leader, ‘Heathland’, was released in February 2020.

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Album Review

Heathland by Mark Sullivan
Heart Of Gold: Live In Aarhus by Mark Sullivan
Girls with Radical Haircuts by Eyal Hareuveni
The Lost Moose by Eyal Hareuveni

- “It’s unhurried, expansive music that nevertheless never lacks momentum and tension.” (London Jazz News) - ”Alex’s playing is full of emotion and has a refined maturity beyond his years.” (UK Vibe)

- “He is a lyrical and refreshingly twisted player.” (Downbeat Magazine)

“Jønsson’s playing has a delicate sound control and it reaches into a deep musical truth.”  / Jazznytt (Norway)

“His music is personal and breathtaking” / Berlingske (Denmark)

“Jønsson plays elegantly and beautifully on his guitar, where simplicity and feeling precedes technical finesse” / Soundofmusic.nu (Sweden)

“Jønsson’s guitar is circling effortlessly around simple and beautiful melodies to create haunting moments once improvisation and melodies collide.” / Jonas K, Mos Eisley (DE),

“a new kind of jazz” / Lira (Sweden)

“It is not difficult to understand why the Aarhus lad is considered one of the leading guitarists in Denmark.” / Martin Seymour, Fyens Stiftstidende (DK)

“It feels as if time and space disappears (…) it is big and very beautiful” – Jazznyt, (Denmark) “From the fabling “Apple Pie” over the playful sounds of “Nesøya” (…) a musical pallet of intelligence and sensitivity unfolds” / Jazzspecial (Denmark) “It is three excellent musicians who are able to stimulate an individual as well as a collective creativity” ***** / Berlingske (Denmark)