Anne Mette Iversen (born 1972) is a Danish jazz bassist and composer. She leads and composes for the Anne Mette Iversen Quartet / Quartet +1 as well as the groups Double Life, Poetry of Earth, and the Ternion Quartet. She has released 9 albums as a leader. Iversen was Composer in Residence for the Norrbotten Big Band (Sweden) in 2016. Iversen co-founded the

Brooklyn Jazz Underground Brooklyn Jazz Underground is a jazz association founded in Brooklyn, New York, in 2007. The association was formed by ten musicians to promote their work. In 2008, Anne Mette Iversen and Alexis Cuadrado of the Brooklyn Jazz Underground started th ...

in 2006 and is co-owner of the related record label Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records, which was formed in 2008. She works as sideman in various settings and as freelance composer. Iversen lived in New York City from 1998 to 2012 and is currently based in Berlin, Germany. She studied classical piano at the

Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus The Royal Academy of Music (Danish: ''Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium'') in Aarhus and Aalborg, Denmark, is a conservatoire and state institution under the auspices of the Danish Ministry of Culture, charged with responsibility for the further educ ...

, Denmark and bass at the Rhythmic Conservatory of Music in Copenhagen, and

The New School University The New School is a private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1919 as The New School for Social Research with an original mission dedicated to academic freedom and intellectual inquiry and a home for progressive thinkers. ...

in New York City. Iversen's composing is recognized for her ability to integrate classical music with jazz ensembles, and she is influenced by major classical composers as well as jazz and Brazilian artists and composers.Bass musician Magazine: https://bassmusicianmagazine.com/2008/06/anne-mette-iversen-by-brent-anthony-johnson/

Discography

As leader or co-leader

* ''Arabian Underground'' with Arabian Underground (Zona/EMI, 1998) * ''This Is My House'' (Okapi, 2006) * ''A Portrait of Brooklyn'' with Brooklyn Jazz Underground (BJU, 2012) * ''7 x 7'' with Brooklyn Jazz Underground (BJU, 2014) * ''So Many Roads'' (BJU, 2014) * ''Round Trip'' (BJU, 2016) * ''Ternion Quartet'' (BJU, 2017) * ''Everything in Between'' with Norrbotten Big Band (Prophone, 2018) * ''Invincible Nimbus'' (BJU, 2019) * ''Racing a Butterfly'' (BJU, 2020)

References

External links

BJURecords
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