Alex Jonsson

Alex Jønsson (born 1985) is an award winning Danish guitarist, composer and improviser based in Copenhagen.

Jønsson, who was born and grew up in West Jutland, obtained the prestigious Nordic Master of Jazz (NOMAZZ) from the Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus in 2013.

Since then, open spaces have been replaced by musical diversity and curiosity, and he has toured in Germany and the Czech Republic as well as in the Nordic and Baltic countries. He has been greatly recognized for his Nordic and melancholic expression – both as a composer and a soloist, as part of the radio darlings I Think You’re Awesome and Jakob Sørensen’s band Bagland and as accompanist for the critically acclaimed, Norwegian singer Live Foyn Friis as well as for award-winning Finnish singer-songwriter Mirja Klippel.

Alex Jønsson (born 1985) is an award winning Danish guitarist, composer and improviser based in Copenhagen.

Jønsson, who was born and grew up in West Jutland, obtained the prestigious Nordic Master of Jazz (NOMAZZ) from the Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus in 2013.

Since then, open spaces have been replaced by musical diversity and curiosity, and he has toured in Germany and the Czech Republic as well as in the Nordic and Baltic countries. He has been greatly recognized for his Nordic and melancholic expression – both as a composer and a soloist, as part of the radio darlings I Think You’re Awesome and Jakob Sørensen’s band Bagland and as accompanist for the critically acclaimed, Norwegian singer Live Foyn Friis as well as for award-winning Finnish singer-songwriter Mirja Klippel.

This has lead to an impressive seven Danish Music Award nominations: ”Best New Jazz Act” (2013 and 2015), ”Best Jazz Vocal Album of the Year” (2012 and 2015), ”Best Crossover Jazz Album of the Year” (2015 and 2016) and “Best New Folk Act” (2016).

In fall 2016 Jønsson released his third album, “Heart of Gold”, a live recording from a livingroom concert in his old hometown, Aarhus. An album with a loose and light improvising expression that has impressed critics at home and abroad.

Jønsson has a wide musical scope with no limits. In the past years, music has brought him across the world to a.o. the international music industry festival SPOT, Moldejazz, Bohemia Jazz and as an artist in residence in Palestine. In Denmark, he is currently considered one of the leading guitarists rooted in a proud Aarhus jazz tradition counting prominent musicians like Uffe Steen, Jakob Bro and Søren Dahl.

Awards

2016 Nominated for a Danish Music Award in the category: ’Best Crossover Jazz Album of the Year’ with I Think You’re Awesome: Books Nominated for a Danish Music Award Folk in the category: ’Best New Talent of the Year’ with Mirja Klippel 2015 Nominated for a Danish Music Award in the categories: ’Best Jazz Vocal Album of the Year’ with Live Foyn Friis: Running Heart ’Best Crossover Jazz Album of the Year’ with Live Foyn Friis: Running Heart ’Best New Jazz Act’ with Jakob Sørensen: Bagland 2014 2nd place in ’Burghausen Jazz Awards’, Germany, with Elliott 2013 Nominated for a Danish Music Award in the category: ’Best New Jazz Act’ med Alex Jønsson 3: The Lost Moose 2012 Nominated for a Danish Music Award in the category: ’Best Jazz Vocal Album of the Year’ med Foyn Trio!: Joy Visible