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Teis Semey

Teis Semey is a Danish guitarist, composer, bandleader, and educator based in Amsterdam whose groups connect contemporary jazz, free improvisation, and composed form.

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Career Overview

About Teis Semey

Semey’s official biography identifies a Danish guitarist and composer based in Amsterdam and documents awards for performance and arranging. It describes a writing practice that places improvisation in dialogue with structured forms and influences from jazz, contemporary composition, and Scandinavian music.[1]

The artist site separates Teis Semey Quintet, Teis Semey Group, and the duo with trumpeter Alistair Payne. His Bandcamp adds Raw Fish and Midnight Mess to that project map and provides complete artist-authorized recordings rather than an undifferentiated sideman list.[2][3]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Leader, guitarist, and composer

Teis Semey Quintet

The quintet project includes the three-part Armed to the Teeth suite, with movements dedicated to specific musicians.[2]

Leader, guitarist, and composer

Teis Semey Group

The artist site presents the group as a separate vehicle for Semey’s written and improvised music.[2]

Guitarist, composer, and co-leader

Raw Fish and Midnight Mess

Semey’s artist-run catalog distinguishes these collaborative projects from his named quintet and group.[3]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

En Masse!

Leader, guitarist, and composer

The artist-run release presents Semey’s ensemble writing through a complete authorized album stream.[3]

Release details

Mean Mean Machine

Leader, guitarist, and composer

This album documents another iteration of Semey’s high-energy composed and improvised group language.[3]

Release details

Where the Fence Is the Highest

Leader, guitarist, and composer

The recording sits in the artist catalog alongside later project releases and keeps Semey’s leader chronology visible.[3]

Release details

Artist-Authorized Destinations

Start Listening

Teis Semey on Bandcamp

Stream the guitarist’s leader groups, Raw Fish, Midnight Mess, and related projects.

En Masse!

Open a complete artist-authorized album of Semey’s ensemble writing and guitar work.

Live Calendar

Upcoming Jazz DateBook Shows

No current Jazz DateBook dates are listed for Teis Semey. The career guide remains available while the calendar changes.

Evidence-Based Connections

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Connections below come from shared current Jazz DateBook bills or normalized documented performance roles—not subjective similarity.

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Sources

Career copy is original synthesis from the artist, label, and project sources below. Current dates come from Jazz DateBook event inventory.

  1. [1] Official biography and compositional approach

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  2. [2] Official quintet and project guide

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  3. [3] Artist-run recording catalog

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