3Elements: Conversations of Hope Jasper Høiby

• 1 Consider the Balance 05:23
• 2 Grøn 01:37
• 3 High Sky 05:22
• 4 Conversations of Hope 05:49
• 5 Safe Passage 05:51
• 6 Breathing 04:26
• 7 Rød 01:37
• 8 The Sound Air Makes 06:17
• 9 Blå 01:27
• 10 Alight with Fire 03:40
• Total Runtime 41:29

Info for 3Elements: Conversations of Hope

Conversations of Hope is the third album from Jasper Høiby’s 3Elements piano trio, featuring Naíma Acuña on drums and Xavi Torres on piano. At the centre is Jasper Høiby, a composer and bandleader whose international reputation was shaped through Phronesis, the influential group formed in 2005 that redefined expectations of the modern piano trio. That grounding in structure, risk and collective momentum sits at the core of this project.

The music in Conversation of Hope, moves fast and hits hard, shaped by clear melodic ideas, shifting time signatures and an acute sense of space. Acuña’s precise, driving detail and Torres’ harmonically focused piano language connect tightly with Høiby’s bass-led writing, creating music that feels urgent, physical and alert to every change in direction. Conversations of Hope, released on Edition Records, reflects a composer and bandleader refining intensity, interaction and ensemble focus with clarity and purpose.

Jasper Høiby, double bass
Xavi Torres, piano
Naíma Acuña, drums

Recorded by Shayan Fathi, Madrid, Spain
Mixed by August Wanngren, Copenhagen, Denmark
Mastered by Seán Mac Erlaine, Dublin, Ireland
Executive producer Dave Stapleton

Jasper Høiby
Copenhagen-born bassist Jasper Høiby created the trio Phronesis in 2005, he which has toured extensively in Europe and North America and won awards for ‘Jazz Album of the Year’ in Jazzwise and MOJO Magazines 2010 (Alive, Edition 2010) as well as a London Jazz Award for the trio's Pitch Black performance at Brecon Jazz festival 2012. Phronesis was also chosen for the IJFO's (International Jazz Festival Organisation) new talent support programme, which resulted in performances at eleven IJFO festivals between 2012 and 2014. The trio won the UK's Parliamentary Jazz Award for best Jazz Ensemble of the Year 2017 and were nominated for 'Album of the Year' in the 2017 Danish Music Awards.

Høiby has and continues to perform and record with a number of original artists, including Mark Guiliana, Django Bates, Shai Maestro, Julian Joseph, Marc O'Reilly, Ana Silvera, Kurt Elling, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Gwilym Simcock, Antonio Loureiro, Tom Arthurs, Mark Lockheart, Liam Noble, Jef Neve, Julia Biel, Seb Rochford, Kairos 4tet, Jim Hart and Ivo Neame. He has appeared at jazz clubs, concert halls and festivals across the world and in 2012 won the Copenhagen Jazz Festival's 'Young Spirit Award' alongside honorary award winners Jack DeJohnette and Palle Mikkelborg.

In addition to Phronesis his current projects include; Jasper Høiby’s Planet B, an Electro-Acoustic bass-led project featuring Josh Arcoleo (sax) and Marc Michel (drums) and Jasper Høiby's FELLOW CREATURES featuring Laura Jurd (trumpet), Mark Lockheart (sax), Will Barry (piano) and Jon Scott (drums).

This album contains no booklet.