Heine Hansen, Mads Ole Erhardsen - Human Angel (2026) [Official Digital Download]

Saxophonist Mads Ole Erhardsen enjoys intimate jazz. He has, among other things, made a duo album with Thomas Sejthen. Now he has teamed up with Heine Hansen on a duo album where they play a mix of original numbers and other people's compositions.

For example, Antonio Carlos Jobim's Zingaro, which the duo plays so vividly that I think I can hear a guitar when Heine Hansen plays the piano. They also play The Peacocks, which Jimmy Rowles and Stan Getz immortalized together on the now almost 50-year-old album of the same name. Hansen and Erhardsen certainly owe something to the original, and I also think that Mads Ole Erhardsen (figuratively speaking) has an idol poster with Stan Getz hanging above the bed at home.

Still, it is something different to hear the Danes' version, where Erhardsen, for example, has a dustier tone, and Hansen is rounded off by Danish traditions.

The cool thing about their music is that the songs they have written themselves can easily match the classics. They can easily make a melody that has just as much weight and nerve. Listen to Hadal, for example. Hansen and Erhardsen have made a calm duo record that can both withstand concentrated listening (where you get some musical carbohydrates to work with) and works as background music.

Tracklist:
01. Red Dawn
02. The Peacocks
03. Eternal Embrace
04. Zingaro
05. Hadal
06. Vein of Light
07. Human Angel
08. The Answer Within
09. Chelsea Bridge
10. Violet Sunset


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