Pixel (established 2011 in

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) is a Norwegian experimental jazz band.

Biography

The debut album ''Reminder'' (2012) by Pixel was well received. This is one of the most exciting bands to come out of the extremely active Norwegian jazz scene in recent years (2011-13).

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Bruce Lindsay states: Pixel combine the sounds of the classic, piano-less, ‘modern Jazz’ quartet lineup of saxophone, trumpet, bass and drums like Ornette Coleman,

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etc., and yet carries the energy and attitude of indie rock (all of the players are born about 1986). Led by bassist and vocalist Ellen Andrea Wang, Pixel has been together a couple of years (2013). The band members are all very active on the Scandinavian jazz scene, as is Pixel themselves. Like similarly forward thinking groups like The Bad Plus, this is definitely jazz, but it’s jazz that rock audiences can relate to, and it has great cross-over potential. The gig by «Pixel», was noted as "one of the most memorable moments" of the Match and Fuse Festival, by the Jazz magazine

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. Their concert at

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festival of 24 June 2017 was recorded and was broadcast by the German national public radio "Deutschlandfunk" all over Germany. Parts of the concert are also published at YouTube. Saxophone player Harald Lassen left the band in 2017

Band members

Ellen Andrea Wang Ellen Andrea Wang (born 10 October 1986 in Gjøvik, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (double bass and singer) and composer. She is the cousin of singer-songwriter Marthe Wang. Raised in Søndre Land, Oppland, she released her debut album, ' ...

- double bass and vocals * Jonas Kilmork Vemøy - trumpet *

Harald Lassen Harald Lassen (born 13 March 1987 in Kristiansand, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician, composer and band leader. Besides leading his own band LASSEN, he has also been a part of bands such as Pixel, Mopti (feat. Bendik Baksaas on the album ' ...

- saxophone (2010 - 2017) *

Jon Audun Baar Jon Audun Baar (1986 in Tomter, Hobøl, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz drummer. Career Baar studied jazz drumming at the Norwegian Academy of Music with teachers like Jon Christensen and Rune Martinsen. He has played on several jazzfestivals i ...

- drums

Honors

*2013: Featured at Young Nordic Jazz Comets

Discography

*2012: '' Reminder'' (

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) *2013: '' We Are All Small Pixels'' (Cuneiform Records) *2015: ''Golden Years'' (Cuneiform Records)

References

External links

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Pixel - Call me (Music video, 2012)
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Pixel - playing Home/Esset (live at National Jazzscene Norway October 26, 2010)
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