Jari Haapalainen

Jari Haapalainen with The Bear Quartet at the Accelerator festival in Stockholm 2003

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
• 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
• [ingenting]: 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: 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)