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Focus

By Tom Hasslan
Label: Is It Jazz?
Released: 2025
Track listing: Camel; Pocus; Focus; Oh Jimi.
Soft Ffog: Focus

by Glenn Astarita
Soft Ffog, a Norwegian jazz-prog quartet from Bergen, emerged with their self-titled debut in 2023. Led by guitarist Tom Hasslan, the band features keyboardist Vegard Lien Bjerkan, drummer Axel Skalstad and bassist Trond Frønes. With nods to 1970s giants like Camel, Focus Soft Machine and Mahavishnu Orchestra, they blend intricate prog rock with improvisational jazz, evoking ...
Krokofant: Krokofant 6

by Glenn Astarita
Formed in 2011, the band--Tom Hasslan (guitar, bass), Jørgen Mathisen (saxophone, synthesizers), Axel Skalstad (drums, percussion)--fuses jazz-rock with progressive elements in a style as quirky as their name suggests. Krokofant 6 is issued by the fittingly-named Is It Jazz? label, marking a return to its core trio setup. This shift ignites a fiery improvisational spark, delivering ...
Soft Ffog

By Tom Hasslan
Label: Is It Jazz?
Released: 2022
Track listing: Chun Li; Zangief; Ken; Dhalsim.
JazzNorway in a Nutshell 2018

by Jakob Baekgaard
JazzNorway in a Nutshell Bergen, Norway May 23-27, 2018 If anyone should be in doubt, Norwegian jazz is thriving. Through many years, the musicians in Norway have continued to refine what might be called a particularly Norwegian approach to the jazz tradition. It is not about repeating any preconceived ideas ...