Harald Lassen


Harald Lassen is a Norwegian jazz musician, composer and band leader. Beside leading his own band LASSEN he is also known from bands such as Pixel, Mopti, No. 4, Dr. Kay And His Interstellar Tone Scientists and DUPLEX. He was in an early age picked up by legendary musicians such as bass player Arild Andersen and drummer Jon Christensen. Recent years he has played with musicians such as Bugge Wesseltoft, Morten Qvenild, Emilie Stoesen Christensen, Tord Gustavsen, Bram De Looze, Corrie Dick, Arthur Kay, Ellen Andrea Wang, Anja Lauvdal, Rob Waring, Mathias Eick, Ray Phiri, Mohamed Issa Matona and LABtrio.

Career

Harald Lassen was raised in Greipstad, Songdalen. He took up the saxophone after many years of playing the piano. He attended the Toneheim Folkehøgskole, Universitetet i Agdera- Institutt for rytmisk musikknd did further studies in jazz and improvised music at the Norwegian Academy of Music.
Lassen has worked with African musicians and dancers in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Uganda. In 2013 Lassen moved to Zanzibar for three months to teach and build up a jazz department for young music students at Dhow Countries Music Academy.
Lassen is currently a board member of Oslo Jazzfestival.

Honors

  • 2012: "This year's young jazz musicians", the Jazzintro award at Moldejazz, within Mopti
  • 2013: Featured at Young Nordic Jazz Comets within Pixel

    Discography

  • * 2019: LASSEN feat various artists - Remix-Eventyr
  • * 2018: LASSEN - Eventyrer
  • * 2016: Harald Lassen & Lab Trio - Rainbow Session
  • * 2019: No. 4 - Duell
  • * 2018: Matonas Afdhal Group - Matonas Afdhal Group
  • * 2017: No. 4 - Hva Nå
  • * 2016: No. 4 - Henda i været
  • * 2015: Pixel - Golden Years
  • * 2015: Mopti - Bits & Pieces, feat. Bendik Baksaas
  • * 2015: Duplex - Èn
  • * 2014: Sjøen - Live 1
  • * 2013: Mopti - Logic
  • * 2013: Pixel -  We Are All Small Pixels
  • * 2013: Duplex - Duolia
  • * 2013: Duplex - Sketches Of …
  • * 2013: Andrea Kvintett - Russian Dream
  • * 2013: Dr Kay And His Interstellar Tone Scientists - Dr. Kay and the search for true happiness
  • * 2012: Pixel -  Reminder
  • * 2012: Ronja - Il Calebrone
  • * 2012: Bendik Baksaas - The Shape of Beats To Come, feat. on «Nobody Will Laugh»
  • * 2012: Andrea Kvintett - Andrea Kvintett
  • * 2010: Martin Rane Bauck - Suite For A Distant Present Time
  • * 2009: Team Båt - På Lag