Little Nort & Oscar Andreas Haug
Biography Little Nort & Oscar Andreas Haug
Little North
Any conversation about the piano trio in the European jazz of recent decades will inevitably touch on the topic of the “Nordic sound”.
The leading exponents of it - Jan Johansson, Bobo Stenson, Bugge Wesseltoft, Esbjörn Svensson…- have not just drawn on the vast palette of American jazz, they are also musicians steeped in the songs of their homelands, as well as in the European classical music canon, and contemporary pop. And whereas their music may be known for stillness and spaciousness, it is no wallflower: the Nordic piano trio has a huge audience worldwide, and its influence on subsequent generations of musicians has been incalculable and profound.
The Danish piano trio “Little North” - pianist Benjamin Nørholm Jacobsen, bassist Martin Brunbjerg Rasmussen and drummer Lasse Jacobsen - has what it takes to open up a new and significant chapter in this story.
With their strong feeling for melody, harmony and dramaturgy, these three young musicians create a cinematic sound, music which can at times be melancholic, at others enchantingly beautiful, and which is full of twists and turns.
Oscar Andreas Haug
has created a unique and distinct expression for himself in the Scandinavian jazz scene, with his lyrical tone and technical flexibility. Haugs exploration into the sonic limits of the trumpet has made him an active musician playing and recording in Scandinavia and Europe with bands such as Bliss Quintet, Amalie Dahls Dafnie and Little North.
In constant search of new sounds and musical meetings, he has formed his trio «Memoirs» with vocalist Sanyu Nsubuga and guitarist Torstein Slåen. The trio explores Haugs compositions with an approach that can be best described as daring, authentic and impulsive with Haug and Slåen also appearing as vocalists. Giving freedom to his musical companions, the trio moves as one entity making use of musical aspects such as microtonality, lyrical melodies, and live sampling.
