How to make a jazz album; Part 1
We´re making an album! Read about the process (in Norwegian)
Read moreLASSEN selected for JazzAhead
LASSEN is selected for showcases at JazzAhead2018 in Bremen 20th April. We´ll be a part of the European Jazz Meeting. Great opportunity and for sure a lot af joy. Trust us!
New music from DUPLEX feat. two exciting guests!
DUPLEX'(Harald Lassen and Christian Meaas Svendsen) new release Setsuna is now available wherever you get your music. On this track we´ve invited Anja Lauvdal(Broen, Moskus) and Per Oddvar Johansen(The Source) to enrich our music. Lovely contribution!
Setsuna may be your winter track this year ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️
Click on your favorite: Spotify // iTunes // Tidal // Apple Music
BREAKING: I´m leaving Pixel after 7.5 years
Read the press release here
Read moreRainbow Session receives almost 5 out of 5 possible stars in DownBeat!
Recorded at Rainbow Studios, the brilliant, self-produced Rainbow Session is Norwegian saxophonist Harald Lassen’s move away from his better-known indie excursions (Pixel, Mopti, Duplex). Six Lassen pieces with Belgian’s LABtrio range from swinging ("Life So Far") to outward-bound (“Gayspectations”).
Lassen’s full-throated tenor (think Wayne Shorter, Jan Garbarek, Chris Potter) meshes surprisingly well on this made-on-tour recording. There’s an ease with pulse and cadence that channels early Ornette Coleman on the playful “Okay, I’m Harald.” The almost-11-minute “Your Impression” is a good example of Lassen’s penchant for letting others shine. This quiet number is a showcase for pianist Bram De Looze, the music introspective, patient, open-ended and quietly explosive. DB
Band merch i salg i nettbutikken! (Norway only)
Takk til alle som har skaffet seg enten LASSEN eller JAZZ-caps! Sykt gøy. Jazz-capsene ble revet bort, men vi har trykket opp et lite opplag av nye capser i blå, grønn og rosa. Sjekk farger og design i nettbutikken HER
PS. Capsene leverers foreløpig kun i Oslo med personlig overlevering.
Rainbow Session (CD & vinyl) is now available in web store
Rainbow Session is now available in Harald Lassen Store and ready to be shipped (almost) wherever you are!
And there is more: in just few weeks a new hillarious product will be available. Something you can where. Something for the old cats and the young hipsters. Oh yeah!
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One of the most important jazz albums this year - Dagens Næringsliv
The musicianship, soundscapes and compositions are all present to such an extent one can’t help but be impressed - Jazznytt
Norway´s new talent with fresh and characteristic music - JazzTokyo
What a fun and wildly expressive album! - BirdIsTheWorm
Acoustic jazz at its best! - Dagsavisen
What a debut! - Tor Hammerø
Beautiful! - LondonJazzNews