Jazz Articles about Jeppe Lavsen

About Jeppe Lavsen

Album Review

Hvalfugl: Bag Vore Øjne Strømmer Drømme Sagte Forbi

Read "Bag Vore Øjne Strømmer Drømme Sagte Forbi" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard
May 12, 2025

An impossible creature flies across the sky; a whale-bird. It has the heaviness and mythic stature of a whale and the lightness of a bird in slow flight. It is both grounded and free. This creature does not exist and yet it does exist in music. Since 2016, the Danish trio, Hvalfugl (Whale-bird), has created its distinct brand of ambient jazz. The album with the elaborate title, Bag Vore Øjne Strømmer Drømme Sagte Forbi (Behind Our Eyes Dreams Flow Quietly), ...

Album Review

Hvalfugl: Øjeblikke Vi Husker

Read "Øjeblikke Vi Husker" reviewed by Anthony Shaw

by Anthony Shaw
October 23, 2020

There's no denying that this Danish trio plays a very mellow mood. Based around the interplay of Jeppe Lavsen's mildly electrified, echoing guitar and Jonathan Fjord Bredholt's piano, this album continues the style that Hvalfugl captured on earlier albums. But while the melodies move gently forward there are small surprises lurking along the way. These include the crisp, borderline aggressive chords of the piano entering on “Fractal," and the abrupt electronic cut-off of “Under Viadukten." And the band are ...