Human Samling (album), by Harald Lassen

Human Samling (album)

by Harald Lassen

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cwilley I don't listen to much jazz but this album pulled me into the genre. Outstanding textures and seductive compositions. Highly recommended!

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1.	Before you came 01:23	buy track
2.	Berry Joy 03:06	buy track
3.	Voyager 04:42	buy track
4.	Thinkwalk 03:05	buy track
5.	Stella 05:12	buy track
6.	ListenTo 04:22	buy track
7.	Awaa! 03:00	buy track
8.	How it feels pt. 1 02:01	buy track
9.	How it feels pt. 2 04:26	buy track
10.	Pillow talk 01:55	buy track

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★★★★★ - Klassekampen

"Remarkably beautiful and pleasant sounding music for our times" - Dagens Næringsliv

"A masterpiece! So incredibly fresh, effortless and cool" - Stemmegaffel.no

"I feel embraced" - Jazznytt

Harald Lassen returns with a new album, "Human samling" and shows that his growing acclaim and reputation as a unique creative force within Norwegian jazz is not only justified but plain for all to hear.

Following on from his album "Eventyrer" and its offshoots, "Remix-Eventyrer" and the singles "Spazi Siderali" and "Ekstase tyvetyve", "Human samling" once again demonstrates a deft handling of the experimental and adventurous without complete abandonment of melody, harmony or pulse.

Lassen doesn't defy convention, however. Instead he makes the smarter play, and bends convention to his will. This is jazz, but jazz of a different shape and colour, and a jazz that travels down a multitude of cultural roads. You can hear hints of a legion of musical legacies from across the ages, so much so that you begin to wonder if they're really there or if you're dreaming them. Was that a nod to Steve Reich? Or Frank Zappa? Was that a whisper of Pink Floyd? A quote from Weather Report? Or was it John Coltrane? The answer to all such questions can only be "maybe", but throughout one thing is certain: it's absolutely Lassen.

Such music can only come from a clear and free and open mind. The degree to which one can perceive Harald Lassen as a "Jazz musician" or instead as "a musician who happens to make jazz" is difficult to quantify or express. He is not wilfully mercurial or capricious, but eternally curious and expressive. Perhaps the name for such music has yet to exist.

His ultra-reliable and always impressive band maintain a perfect synchronicity, not merely in terms of metrics, but also in terms of the prevailing musical winds, sailing in unison towards the same destination, never becoming lost in their own peregrinations, but remaining distinct individuals rather than mere tools for Lassen's imagination.

credits

released November 13, 2020

Harald Lassen – saxophone, MidiMe, piano, vocals, percussion
Bram De Looze – piano, synth
Stian A. E. Andersen – acoustic bass
Tore Flatjord – drums, percussion
Sander Eriksen Nordahl – guitars

Recorded at Flerbruket by Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard and in our living rooms by us. Hemnes, Oslo, Sandefjord, Brussels. April/May 2020

Written and produced by Harald Lassen
Mix: Marcus Forsgren
Mastering: George Tanderø
Cover: Rune Mortensen

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Harald Lassen Oslo, Norway

Saxophonist, band leader and free spirit Harald Lassen is a child of the highly creative and music scene in Oslo. Harald´s music is jazz, but jazz of a different shape and colour, and a jazz that travels down a multitude of cultural roads. Such music can only come from a clear and free and open mind.

Norwegian Grammy nominated 2020 ... more

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