The "bad boy of Dutch Jazz", guitarist Teis Semey (DK) has quickly made a name for himself in the last few years. If with the punk-infused avant garde of the Teis Semey Quintet, the choral folky Midnight Mess or the electro/acoustic Raw Fish, his storm-in-with-guns-blazing attitude to music has earned him his spot as one of the most important young up-coming names in the European jazz scene in 2023.
The “rising star” (NRC) has four albums behind him, and there is no sign of stopping. This year he released Midnight Mess vol 1, and he is working on releasing his debut with Raw Fish and a fourth album with the Quintet.
The Danish country boy turned street-punker turned jazz musician is out for the kill, and always hungry for music.
Teis Semey is a powerful and lyrical artist, “charmingly nonchalant”.
His “... playing grabs you by the shoulders, and screams a story into your face. But a story with depth and nuance" - Jazzism.
In the Dutch journal NRC, 12/01/2022 by Amanda Kuyper
'I am rewriting my Danish background'
"Rising star: jazz guitarist Teis Semey (28) is a raw diamant in the jazz scene. Jazz with the „agressivity of punk and the sensitivity of choral music.”
In the Dutch journal Eindhoven Dagblad, 29/04/2021 by Rene van Peer
'Music like flowers from Semey's head'
"Jazzgitarist Teis Semey has developed these last years like a storm. In rapid succession he recorded four albums. He searches for musical freedom, in which everything is possible."
"'Artist in Focus 2022 Teis Semey: “I always go for intensity'
Together with NSRT, Semey will present new collaborations with up-and-coming and ‘unknown’ talent, with Rotterdam forming a big musical playground. “I’m a magnet, looking for great music.”
North Sea Round Town presents the 2022 Artist in Focus, 18/11/2021 by Angelique van Os
photo by Govert Driessen
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