FRLFoto

FRLFoto A page with passion for Jazz and Photography. Catching the energy, Soul and Passion for live music

Hi Folks - My name is Frank Larsen

Combining my passion for Jazz and Blues with a passion for Photography, I find it extremely rewarding to capture the soul of music in images. Jazz and Blues are all about deep feelings - from pain to joy - and Jazz muscians live it all out not just in the music but by their entire body language and mimics when they are on stage. My aim is to try and freeze just

that moment when the artist reaches out and touches the heart of the audience;
Finding those endless seconds when one artist lets himself be completely submersed in the feelings of the groovy solo of a fellow artist on stage;
Catching the energy of a band playing a high beat BeeBop set. Documenting that brief smile on a young artist face when the audience wildly applauses his funky solo that came out just right. My favorite is atending Jam sessions where I try to document all the constellations on stage and share this with the artist here on Facebook. Usually I get a lot of good feedback and I urge artist to tag each other in my images and albums. Jazz venue photography is however not the only thing I do - nature and architecture will be found in these albums too. If you like my pictures or are an artist and would like a full resolution copy of one of the images - feel free to send me a message. I am also available for special photoprojects - but I am no Pro. To me photography is strictly a hobby - though its a passion lasting more than 30 years.

Part 2:This was the second concert with with international trio Three Parts of Cake at Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2023. A ...
27/07/2023

Part 2:

This was the second concert with with international trio Three Parts of Cake at Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2023.
A shorter concert, played at LiteraturHaus, a former church now used as a literary community center for Copenhagen.

Lineup:
Marina Kalhart – Alto voice & Upright bass
Wojtek Morelowski – Trumpet
Juan Borges– Accoustic guitar

Three Parts of Cake is a Copenhagen based international trio. They come from very different backgrounds (France/Poland/Cuba, Royal Danish Academy educated musicians/self-taught musician) giving them a unique and passionate, but elegant and uncomplicated sound that is played with honesty.
A good mix of Latin, Smooth Jazz, Blues and Folk music stirred well with Cuban Rythms, French passion and Polish humor.

It's been a while since my last post - circumstances have kept me away from photography for a while. But I could not res...
27/07/2023

It's been a while since my last post - circumstances have kept me away from photography for a while.

But I could not resist a warm invitation to attend and photodocument the two first concerts by Three Parts of Cake at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2023.

A big thankyou for inviting me - good to be back.

Part 1:

Three Parts of Cake is a Copenhagen based international trio. They come from very different backgrounds (France/Poland/Cuba, Royal Danish Academy educated musicians/self-taught musician) giving them a unique and passionate, but elegant and uncomplicated sound that is played with honesty.
A good mix of Latin, Smooth Jazz, Blues and Folk music stirred well with Cuban Rythms, French passion and Polish humor.

First (and very challenging for the photographer) concert was at cosy Tango y Vino

Lineup:
Marina Kalhart – Alto voice & Upright bass
Wojtek Morelowski – Trumpet
Juan Borges– Accoustic guitar

A look back into 2019 when we still could gather in small venues and attend awsome perforamances as this one.This is the...
08/07/2020

A look back into 2019 when we still could gather in small venues and attend awsome perforamances as this one.

This is the "afterparty" by Mathias Heise Quadrillion at Halmtorvet 9 in Vesterbro at the very end of Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2019

CPHJazz2019: Mandipira/Lauridsen/Gade/Frost at La Fontaine Sunday July 7th 2019.What a treat ❤️Lineup:Miriam Mandipira (...
18/07/2019

CPHJazz2019: Mandipira/Lauridsen/Gade/Frost at La Fontaine Sunday July 7th 2019.

What a treat ❤️

Lineup:
Miriam Mandipira (voc)
Per Gade (gui)
Kjeld Lauritsen (ham)
Søren Frost (dr)

Pheeeww - Copenhagen Jazz Festival is over and the last headache from endless stream of beer and GT's is gone - but the ...
17/07/2019

Pheeeww - Copenhagen Jazz Festival is over and the last headache from endless stream of beer and GT's is gone - but the craving for more JAAAZZZ and partying with all my jazz-friends is still there😍.

FRLfoto was on the spot almost every night and took more than 4000 pictures - most of them during the La Fontaine jam Nights. A selection of the best pictures will be coming out the next few days - so stay tuned - image below shows where I came around...

For those of You who are waiting for my images from La Fontaine - have patience - I have taken about 2000 images at LF s...
14/07/2018

For those of You who are waiting for my images from La Fontaine - have patience - I have taken about 2000 images at LF since Festival opening. I was there Friday, Sunday,Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday,Thursday and Friday - So if you have played at the La Fontaine Nights Jam sessions - There is a good chance that there will be pictures of you - here - soon :-)

But - hey - Even I need to sleep once in a while ...
/Frank

This year I am attending Copenhagen Jazz Festival almost every day. On opening day first stop was Jazzcup where Snorre K...
07/07/2018

This year I am attending Copenhagen Jazz Festival almost every day. On opening day first stop was Jazzcup where Snorre Kirk was playing with his quintet and presenting a few new pieces from their new album "Beat".

Lineup was:
Snorre Kirk (dr)
Tobias Wiklund (cornet)
Lasse Mørck (double base)
Jan Harbeck (Tenor sax)
Magnus Hjorth (piano)

So excited I can't wait. I have no expectations but crosses all fingers and then some.
01/02/2018

So excited I can't wait. I have no expectations but crosses all fingers and then some.

Jazz World Photo competition is closed for this year. We'll present you the selection of 30 finalists soon.

09/11/2017
09/11/2017

Welcome to FRL Foto

I am Frank Larsen and I have a passion for Jazz and Photography.

Not many years ago I went to a Jam Session at La Fontaine, during Copenhagen Jazz Festival with a good friend that plays the Soprano saxophone - this was actually my first introduction to Live Jazz music.

I became completely in love with this place and the diversity of people in the audience and the muscicians that plays at this very old Jazz bar.
A very energetic place that makes me happy every time I walk in the door.

I have since then used my passion for photography, for documenting my visits here at Facebook. I have been overwhelmed by the positive feedback my albums from the Jam Sessions have had. I decided to take my passion one step further this summer and have now made this page devoted to sharing my pictures and the soul of music as seen through the lense of my camera.

I still primarily attend the Jam Sessions at La Fontaine but are beginning to seek out other nice places. You will recognize me as the bearded cyclop with an oversized lense attached to his eye crawling around near the stage.

I plan to do photography on a more proffesional level - I have no portrait photography experience, but if you are a muscician that needs a series of creative images to tell a story, document an event - studio session or whatever - give me a message or contact me when you see me at a venue. Then we together figure out if I'm able to help you. If you have the passion I have the camera to capture it ;-)

Enjoy

Frank

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Kompagnistræde 11
Copenhagen
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