Jan Harbeck has released six albums on Stunt Records, all of which have ranked among the very best-selling Danish jazz records. His latest album, Conversation, has just been released in 2026. Remarkably, the albums have been streamed more than 25 million times on Spotify.
Today, Jan Harbeck is one of Denmark’s most in-demand saxophonists, with several awards to his name, including Jazz Album of the Year and the prestigious Ben Webster Prize. He performs with a wide range of ensembles, including Niels Jørgen Steen’s Monday Night Big Band, Tivoli Big Band, and the Copenhagen Jazz Orchestra.
Bassist Eske Nørrelykke is one of the most distinctive voices on his instrument in Denmark. He has a unique and minimalist playing style that strongly shapes the trio’s overall sound.
On drums, Espen Laub von Lillienskjold combines raw swing and groove with finesse and subtlety. His playing is always nuanced and attuned to the whole, and his virtuosity on the drums is trul...

Jan Harbeck has released six albums on Stunt Records, all of which have ranked among the very best-selling Danish jazz records. His latest album, Conversation, has just been released in 2026. Remarkably, the albums have been streamed more than 25 million times on Spotify.
Today, Jan Harbeck is one of Denmark’s most in-demand saxophonists, with several awards to his name, including Jazz Album of the Year and the prestigious Ben Webster Prize. He performs with a wide range of ensembles, including Niels Jørgen Steen’s Monday Night Big Band, Tivoli Big Band, and the Copenhagen Jazz Orchestra.
Bassist Eske Nørrelykke is one of the most distinctive voices on his instrument in Denmark. He has a unique and minimalist playing style that strongly shapes the trio’s overall sound.
On drums, Espen Laub von Lillienskjold combines raw swing and groove with finesse and subtlety. His playing is always nuanced and attuned to the whole, and his virtuosity on the drums is truly exceptional.
Music critic Thomas Michelsen awarded five hearts in Politiken to a Jan Harbeck concert at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival, writing that bandleader Harbeck “demonstrated that no one can infuse a jazz ballad with soul quite like he can,” and that “the tenor saxophone is the very sound of jazz — the soul of the genre. Once, we had Ben Webster in Copenhagen to blow life into the very soul of jazz. Today, we have Jan Harbeck.”...

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