About

Mathias is a musician who has worked professionally for over a decade. Music has brought him around the world, through most of Europe, Israel and the US, and he has grown to become a musician with an acute sensitivity, and presence.

He lives in Brooklyn, NY where he is busy performing all around the city and internationally. His 2024 debut album as a bandleader is out now on Fresh Sound Records! You can listen to and purchase “Is As Is” here: Listen

Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, Mathias Højgaard Jensen got involved with music at the age of 9 when he taught himself to read sheet music at the piano. At age 10 he picked up the electric bass and music gradually found a way deeper into his life. He got formal training at the talent program at Hørsholm Music school and later at Sankt Annæ Gymnasium and MGK, where fell in love with jazz and started playing double bass. After a stay at the exclusive jazz program at Fridhems Folkhögskola in southern Sweden, he moved to Berlin for his bachelor in Jazz Perfomance. Here he studied under and drew from the musical experiences of many internationally renowned artists including, Greg Cohen, Kurt Rosenwinkel, John Hollenbeck and Jim Black. In Berlin, Mathias gained a lot of professional experience playing and touring with a variety of bands of ensembles, most notably HOLON TRIO.

In the fall of 2018 Mathias moved to New York to become part of the vibrant world epicenter of jazz, and to take his masters degree at Manhattan School of Music. At MSM he was the student of bass legend Buster Williams, and a student of composition under Jim McNeely’s guidance. In May 2020 he graduated COVID forced him back to Copenhagen for a year during which he was commissioned to compose an Orchestral piece which was recorded by HOLON Trio and Ensemble Reflektor and released on Paschen Records in March 2022 on the album “Ad Astra”.

Back in Brooklyn Mathias can be heard performing with his own bands and with musicians like; Oscar Noriega, Jonathan Finlayson, Jacob Sacks, Tim Berne, Marta Sanchez, Angelica Sanchez, Ches Smith, Max Light, Steven Crammer etc.

Check out the shows page for more info.