Geir Langslet

Geir Langslet (born 9 October 1956 in Horten, Norway) 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 (Polydor Records) 1981: Cruisin (Polydor Records) 1982: Prime Time (Polydor Records) 1984: Fire (Polydor Records) 1985: Prime Cuts (Polydor Records), Compilation 1990: Rhythm of Love (Polydor Records) 1996: The Very Best of Lava (Polydor Records), Compilation 2003: Polarity (Polydor Records) 2005: Alibi (Polydor Records) 2009: Symphonic Journey (Polydor Records), live album