Simon K. Jensen (born 3 February 1973) is a Danish jazz flutist,

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and poet. He is active in several genres and leads his own band, Simon Jensen Band. He lives in

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. Jensen was born in Copenhagen, the son of artist

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. Between 1997 and 2002, he was a permanent member of the Swedish prog rock band Grovjobb, and this band made three albums during that period. In January 2005 the album ''All You Can Eat'' with ''Simon Jensen Band'' was released on

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. Jensen made his literary debut in 2009 with a

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called ''Skärmen'' (in Swedish). In December 2011, his second collection of poems, ''Fingret'', was published.

Bibliography

* ''Skärmen'', (Trombone, 2009) * ''Fingret'', (Trombone, 2011) * ''C++ på riktigt'', (Göteborgs Tekniska College, 2019)

Discography

* ''Landet Leverpastej'', Grovjobb (Garageland Records, 1998) * ''Vättarnas Fest'', Grovjobb (Garageland Records, 2000) * ''Under Solen Lyser Solen'', Grovjobb (Garageland Records, 2002) * ''All You Can Eat'', Simon Jensen Band (Blue Beat Productions, 2005) * ''Eileen Live at FolkFest July 2010'', Eileen (Eileen Events, 2010)

Other works

* The dice game Inverted Dice (OffCircle, 2015)

References

Sources

Simon Jensen's Official website

Review of ''Skärmen'' (in Swedish)
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