Jari Haapalainen (born 1971) is a Finnish-Swedish musician, songwriter and producer. He was born to Finnish immigrant parents. Haapalainen resides in Berlin, Germany. He played lead guitar for The Bear Quartet, and used to be a member in the pop combo Heikki.
Jari has produced several artists during the past twenty years, among others Laakso, Ed Harcourt, Camera Obscura, The Loveable Tulips and The Concretes.
As a producer (selection)
- A Taste of Ra:
- Avantgardet: Smile and Wave
- Mattias Alkberg BD: Ditt Hjärta Är En Stjärna
- The Bear Quartet: 15 albums
- Camera Obscura: Let's Get Out of This Country, My Maudlin Career, Look to the East, Look to the West
- The Concretes: The Concretes, Hey Trouble
- Nicolai Dunger: six albums
- Eldkvarn: five albums
- Anna Maria Espinosa: Glowing With You
- Kajsa Grytt: Brott & Straff - historier från ett kvinnofängelse, En kvinna under påverkan, Jag ler, jag dör
- Ed Harcourt: Strangers, The Beautiful Lie
- Heikki: Heikki, Heikki II
- Honey Is Cool: Bolero!, Early Morning Are You Working?, Baby Jane
- Frida Hyvönen: three albums
- : Tomhet, Idel Tomhet
- The (International) Noise Conspiracy: two albums
- Johnossi: All They Ever Wanted
- Siri Karlsson - three albums
- Markus Krunegård: Rastlöst Blod
- Laakso: four albums
- Lacrosse: Bandages For The Heart
- Eric Malmberg: Verklighet & Beat
- Moneybrother: four albums
- The Plan: Walk For Gold
- Sahara Hotnights: Sahara Hotnights
- Christopher Sander [sv]: Jorden Var Rund
- Stella Rocket: Stella Rocket
- The Tiny: Starring: Someone Like You
- True Moon-True Moon
- Rebecka Törnqvist: Scorpions
- Kristofer Åström & Hidden Truck - two albums
- Vega: two albums
- Vånna Inget: Ingen Botten
As a musician
- 2016 - Fusion Machine (with JH3-Jari Haapalainen Trio)
- 2017 - Fusion Madness (with [Jari Haapalainen Trio)
References
- Discogs: Jari Haapalainen, Retrieved 25 May 2010
- ^ Jari Haapalainen är 100 procent musik Archived 2009-09-16 at the Wayback Machine, Dagens Nyheter 23 May 2009 (in Swedish)
- Morning Of My Life
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- Avantgardet
- JH3-Jari Haapalainen Trio
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