Jan Harbeck (born 13 April 1975 in Aarhus, Denmark ) is a Danish jazz musician (saxophones, flaute, clarinet) and composer.
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Jan Harbeck in Aarhus
Harbeck attended the Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg to study music and later went on to further studies at The New School in New York City . Besides two ensembles of his own, Jan Harbeck Quartet and Live Jive Jungle , he performs with a series of other orchestras. In 2006 he was awarded the Walter Klæbel Prize, in 2009 a Danish Grammy for Best album of the year, and in 2011 the prestigious Bent Jædig Prize.
With his own self titled quartet he released the album In the Still of the Night (2008), receiving a grammy at the Danish Music Awards . It was followed up by Copenhagen Nocturne in 2011. They play modern acoustic jazz with a mix of original compositions and jazz standards. In 2014 they released thetheir third album Variations in Blue with Walter Smith III .[1]
2006: Awarded the Walter Klæbel Prize
2008: Nominated New Danish Jazz Act of the Year at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival [2]
2009: Awarded the Danish Jazz Album of the Year 2008, for the album In the Still of the Night at the Danish Music Awards
2011: Awarded the Bent Jædig Prize[3]
2018: Awarded the Ben Webster Prize
Solo albums
2003: Landors (Cope Records), Harbeck/Agesen/Johnsen
2005: HAVL – Who is it? (Twangster Records)
2008: In the Still of the Night (Stunt Records ), with Jan Harbeck Quartet
2011: Copenhagen Nocturne (Stunt Records), with Jan Harbeck Quartet
2014: Variations in Blue (Stunt Records), with Jan Harbeck Quartet feat. Walter Smith III
2017: Elevate (Stunt Records), with Live Jive Jungle[4]
2019: The Sound The Rhythm (Stunt Records) with Jan Harbeck Quartet
2022: Balanced (Stunt Records) with Jan Harbeck Quartet
Collaborations
With The Ernie Wilkins Almost Big Band
With The Orchestra
2005: Pieces of Mind (Cope Records)
2014: Money (Gateway Records)
With Malene Kjærgård
2013: Happy Feet (Calibrated Records)
2016: Here’s To The Ladies (Calibrated Records)
With others
2004: Tango for Bad People (Sweet Silence Records), with the Beijbom Kroner Big Band
2006: Tango jalousie and all that jazz (Calibrated Records), with the New Music Orchestra
2006: Live from Paradise (Calibrated Records), with the Monday Night Big Band
2007: Playground +1 (Calibrated Records), with Bévort-Schmidt
2008: EKMNO B3 (Calibrated Records), with New Music Orchestra
2009: Turn on the heat (Little Beat Records), with the Ib Glindemann's Orchestra
2010: Sparring (Gateway Records), with Dellbeck
2011: Blues Modernism (Calibrated Records), with Snorre Kirk Sextet
2011: Funkenstein (Do It Again Records), with the Bentzon Brotherhood
2012: Free Falling (Calibrated Records ), with Mads Mathias
2013: Come Sunday (Music Mecca ), with Kjeld Lauritsen and Espen Laub von Lillienskjold
2014: WhiteAlive at the Metronome (Mighty Blue Records), with Franck White
2015: Europa (Calibrated Records), with Snorre Kirk Quintet
2015: Playhouse (Gateway Records), with Claus Waidtløw & The Orchestra
2015: Kick off your shoes (Gateway Records), with Louise Bøttern
2015: New strides (Gateway Records), with Tommy Høeg Quartet