Geir Langslet
Geir Langslet is a Norwegian jazz pianist and band leader raised in Fredrikstad.
Career
Langslet is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music. He was a member of the band LAVA for 20 years, and participated in numerous recordings and tours in the 1980s and 1990s. He has been orchestra conductor for NRK for several years, including for Melodi Grand Prix five times, from 1995 to 1999. He had conducted the Norwegian entries in the Eurovision Song Contest three times in 1995, 1997 and 1998. He has also been band leader for "The show must go on", which is a Queen tribute concert show with Åge Sten Nilsen. Now he is a band leader for the show «Tina-Simply the Best»,which is a tribute to Tina Turner.Honors
- 1984: Spellemannprisen in the class POP, with LAVA.
Discography
- 1980: Lava
- 1981: Cruisin
- 1982: Prime Time
- 1984: Fire
- 1985: Prime Cuts, Compilation
- 1990: Rhythm of Love
- 1996: The Very Best of Lava, Compilation
- 2003: Polarity
- 2005: Alibi
- 2009: Symphonic Journey, live album
- 1979: En Dags Pause
- 1979: Hello I Love You!
- 1980: Daddy's Child
- 1981: Alex' Beste, Compilation
- 1981: Pleasant Surprise
- 1981: Bergtatt
- 1981: Pastell
;With Olav Stedje
- 1982: Tredje Stedje
- 2006: Livstegn
- 2011: Ikkje Utan Deg
- 1982: Forandring
- 1983: Aniara, Rock opera
- 1983: Høyt Spill
- 1984: Silhouette
- 1984: Så Langt...
- 1986: Noe Som Spirer
- 1985: Människors Makt
- 1986: Sissel
- 1986: Glade Jul
- 1994: Se Ilden Lyse
- 1986: Call Me Stranger
- 1988: Back From Wonderland
- 1988: Here We Go Again
- 1996: ''Bettans Jul''