Hilmar Jensson

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Origin Iceland Occupation(s) Musician Website www.hilmarjensson.com		Genres Jazz, electronic music Instruments Guitar Genre Jazz

Albums Saumur, Meg Nem Sa, Habyor, Ditty Blei Record labels Winter & Winter, Skirl Records, Songlines, Mengi Similar Skúli Sverrisson, Jim Black, Chris Speed, Andrew D'Angelo, Joachim Badenhorst Profiles Myspace

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Hilmar Jensson (born 1966 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is an Icelandic guitarist.

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Biography

Jensson picked up the guitar at a young age. He studied at the FIH music school in Iceland from 1982 and then in 1991 attended the Berklee College of Music. During this time he took in private lessons with Mick Goodrick, Jerry Bergonzi, and Hal Crook.

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He then returned to Iceland, but from 1993–94 he studied with Joe Lovano in New York. As sideman he has collaborated with Tim Berne, Wadada Leo Smith, Kevin Drumm, Herb Robertson, Trevor Dunn, Greg Bendian, Chris Speed, Briggan Krauss, Jamie Saft, Cuong Vu, Rafael Toral, Carlos Zingaro, Tom Rainey, Ben Perowsky, Per Jørgensen, Eyvind Kang, Arve Henriksen and Ståle Storløkken, among others.

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In 1999 Jensson joined the Jim Black in the band AlasNoAxis. In 2001 he founded the New York band 'Tyft' together with Jim Black and Andrew D'Angelo. He also is a founding member of the band 'Kitchen Motors', an Icelandic artist organization that also acts as a record label.

Solo albums

1995: Dofinn (Jazzís)

1999: Kerfill (Smekkleysa)

2004: Ditty Blei (Songlines)

With 'Tyft' trio including Andrew D'Angelo and Jim Black

2002: Tyft (Songlines)

2004: Smell The Difference (Skirl)

2006: Meg Nem Sa (Skirl)

Collaborations

With Kjartan Ólafsson

1997: Thrír Heimar í Einum (Smekkleysa)

2000: Völuspá (Erkitíd)

With Óskar Gudjónsson

1997: Far (Steinar)

With Kjartan Valdemarsson, Matthías M.D. Hemstock, and Pétur Grétarsson

1998: Traust (Smekkleysa)

With 'Didda'

1998: Strokid Og Slegid (Bad Taste)

With Jóel Pálsson

1998: Prím (Naxos)

2001: Klif (Omi)

2008: Varp (Flugur)

With Skúli Sverrisson

1998: Kjár (Smekkleysa)

2002: Napoli 23 (Smekkleysa)

2007: Seria (12 Tonar)

With VA

1999: Nart Nibbles (Kitchen Motors)

2001: Motorlab 1 (Kitchen Motors)

2001: Strings And Stings (Kitchen Motors), with Rafael Toral

With Terje Isungset

2000: Floating Rhythms (Via Music)

2002: Iceman Is (Jazzland)

With Óskar Gudjónsson

2000: Delerad (M&M )

With Jim Black's AlasNoAxis

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2000: Alasnoaxis (Winter & Winter)

2002: Splay (Winter & Winter)

2004: Habyor (Winter & Winter)

2006: Dogs of Great Indifference (Winter & Winter)

2009: Houseplant (Winter & Winter)

2013: Antiheroes (Winter & Winter)

With Tomas R. Einarsson

2002: Kubanska (Omi)

With Unn Patterson

2003: Run (Tutl)

With 'Yeah No'

2004: Swell Henry (Squealer)

With Jóhann Jóhannsson

2005: Dis (12 Tónar)

With 'Kira Kira'

2008: Our Map of the Monster Olympics (Bad Taste)

With 'Mógil'

2008: Ró (Radical Duke Entertainment)

2011: Í Stillunni Hljómar (Mógil Music)

With Trevor Dunn's MadLove

2009: White With Foam (Ipecac)

With 'Outhouse'

2011: Straw, Sticks + Bricks (Babel)

With Ruben Machtelinckx, Joachim Badenhorst, and Nathan Wouters

2011: Faerge (El Negocito)

2014: Flock (El Negocito)

With Bly De Blyant

2013: ABC (Hubro)

2014: Hindsight Bias (Hubro)

2016: The Third Bly De Blyant Album (Hubro)

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Songs

Meg Nem SaMeg Nem Sa · 2006
Led TyftelinMeg Nem Sa · 2006
Kerfill2015

References

Hilmar Jensson Wikipedia

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