# Jan Harbeck

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**Jan Harbeck** (born 13 April 1975) is a Danish jazz musician (saxophones, flaute, clarinet) and composer.

## Biography

Harbeck attended the [Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg](/source/Royal_Academy_of_Music,_Aarhus/Aalborg) to study music and later went on to further studies at [The New School](/source/The_New_School) in [New York City](/source/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](/source/Walter_Kl%C3%A6bel) Prize, in 2009 a Danish Grammy for Best album of the year, and in 2011 the prestigious [Bent Jædig](/source/Bent_J%C3%A6dig) 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](/source/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](/source/Walter_Smith_III).[1]

## Honors

- 2006: Awarded the Walter Klæbel Prize
- 2008: Nominated New Danish Jazz Act of the Year at the [Copenhagen Jazz Festival](/source/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](/source/Danish_Music_Awards)
- 2011: Awarded the Bent Jædig Prize[3]
- 2018: Awarded the Ben Webster Prize

## Discography

### 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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Ernie_Wilkins)**

- 2005: *Kinda Dukish* ([Gazell Records](/source/Gazell_Records)), with [Putte Wickman](/source/Putte_Wickman)
- 2007: *Out Of This World* (Stunt Records), with [Bobo Moreno](/source/Bobo_Moreno)

**With The Orchestra**

- 2005: *Pieces of Mind* (Cope Records)
- 2014: *Money* (Gateway Records)

**With [Malene Kjærgård](/source/Malene_Kj%C3%A6rg%C3%A5rd)**

- 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](/source/Ib_Glindemann)
- 2010: *Sparring* (Gateway Records), with Dellbeck
- 2011: *Blues Modernism* (Calibrated Records), with [Snorre Kirk Sextet](/source/Snorre_Kirk)
- 2011: *Funkenstein* (Do It Again Records), with the [Bentzon Brotherhood](/source/Bentzon_Brotherhood)
- 2012: *Free Falling* ([Calibrated Records](/source/Calibrated_Records)), with [Mads Mathias](/source/Mads_Mathias)
- 2013: *Come Sunday* ([Music Mecca](/source/Music_Mecca)), with [Kjeld Lauritsen](/source/Kjeld_Lauritsen) and [Espen Laub von Lillienskjold](/source/Espen_Laub_von_Lillienskjold)
- 2014: *WhiteAlive at the Metronome* (Mighty Blue Records), with [Franck White](/source/Franck_White)
- 2015: *Europa* (Calibrated Records), with [Snorre Kirk Quintet](/source/Snorre_Kirk)
- 2015: *Playhouse* (Gateway Records), with [Claus Waidtløw](/source/Claus_Waidtl%C3%B8w) & The Orchestra
- 2015: *Kick off your shoes* (Gateway Records), with [Louise Bøttern](/source/Louise_B%C3%B8ttern)
- 2015: *New strides* (Gateway Records), with [Tommy Høeg Quartet](/source/Tommy_H%C3%B8eg)

## References

1. Granlie, Jan (2017-04-04). ["Jan Harbeck Live Jive Jungle "Elevate""](http://salt-peanuts.eu/record/jan-harbeck-live-jive-jungle) (in Norwegian). *Salt-Peanuts.eu*. Retrieved 2018-04-01.

1. ["Jazz Noter, 3"](http://www.cykelkurt.com/musik/jazz-noter/jazz-noter-3.html) (in Danish). *CykelKurt.com*. Retrieved 2018-04-01.

1. ["Bent Jædig Prisen: Uddelt 2004-2016"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180402035453/https://jazzdanmark.dk/en/node/1849) (in Danish). *JazzDanmark.dk*. Archived from [the original](https://jazzdanmark.dk/en/node/1849) on 2018-04-02. Retrieved 2018-04-01.

1. ["Jan Harbeck Live Jive Jungle - Elevate (vinyl)"](http://www.challengerecords.com/products/14926806822237). *ChallengeRecords.com*. Retrieved 2018-04-01.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.janharbeck.com)
- [Jan Harbeck Quartet - Copenhagen Jazzfestival](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfmolIRtP-w) at [YouTube](/source/YouTube)

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