INTERVIEW: For some time now, the Norwegian saxophonist Harald Lassen has gotten us used to tightrope acts between jazz phrasing and harmonies on the one hand and pop experiments on the other. His album release Balans confirms that he is one of the most fascinating voices of his generation.

INTERVIEW: With a dozen albums to his credit and almost as many projects, Jonas Cambien is a voice that counts on the jazz and impro scene in Europe.

The Norwegian jazz scene is diverse and vibrant with a large number of jazz clubs, festivals and not least a large number of professional musicians, many of them internationally renowned. Find out more about the Norwegian Jazz scene at the Europe Jazz Network – Jazz Panorama.

The 11th edition of Jazz Out of Norway features some of the best in Norwegian Jazz and is now available in streaming platforms.

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Sondre Moshagen Lightning Trio won the Jazzintro final at Molde International Jazz Festival in July. "Compositions of high caliber with a lot of rhythmic authority, and with melodic and harmonic ideas that give the trio a distinctive identity," states the jury.