Håkon Mjåset Johansen

Håkon Mjåset Johansen
Mjåset Johansen at Jazz på Jølst October 12, 2018. Photo: Tore Sætre
Mjåset Johansen at Jazz på Jølst
October 12, 2018.
Photo: Tore Sætre
Background information
Born (1975-08-01) 1 August 1975 (age 49)
Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag
OriginNorway
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
InstrumentDrums
Websitehome.online.no/~livero/johansene.html

Håkon Mjåset Johansen (born 1 August 1975 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz drummer and composer, known from playing with the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra featuring Chick Corea at Moldejazz 2000,[1] cooperations with Bugge Wesseltoft's New Conceptions of Jazz, Ole Morten Vågan's Motif, Siri Gjære's Cricket Club and the Ola Kvernberg Trio. He has also contributed to releases with Jon Larsen, the Atle Nymo/Frode Nymo Quartet and Jan Garbarek.[2]

Career

Johansen with Eivind Austad Trio at Vossajazz 2016.
With Supersonic-Orchestra at Jazz Nights Festival, Denmark 2022.

Johansen was educated on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium, where he and fellow students established the band Urban Connection in 1996 and Come Shine (1999–2003). He also plays with a series of other bands and participates on many recordings.[1]

With the Håvard Wiik Trio he has performed with Ole Morten Vågan, and at the Oslo Jazz Festival 2006, he played with Jon Gordon in quartet with Roger Arntzen and Asbjørn Lerheim. He has also been a regular member of Håvard Stubø Quartet.[2]

Honors

  • 1998: This year's Young Jazz Musicians
  • 2000: 1st Prize in "Avignon Jazz Contest"
  • 2001: "Young Nordic Jazz Comets" in København, with the band "Motif»
  • 2001: "Spellemannsprisen" for the album Urban Connection, with "Urban Connection»
  • 2002: "Spellemannsprisen" for the album Do do that voodoo, with "Come Shine»
  • 2013: Kongsberg Jazz Award

Discography (in selection)

With Come Shine
With Urban Connection
With Motif
  • 2004: Motif (AIM Record)
  • 2005: Expansion (AIM Record)
  • 2007: Hello..my name is (Vidzone)
  • 2008: Apo Calypso (Jazzland Records)
  • 2010: Facienda (Jazzland Records)
  • 2011: Art Transplant (Clean Feed), with Axel Dörner[3]
  • 2016: My Head Is Listening (Clean Feed Records)[4]
With Svein Olav Herstad Trio
With Excess Luggage (Trio including with Steinar Nickelsen and Vigleik Storaas)
  • 2007: Excess Luggage (Park Grammofon)
  • 2011: Hand Luggage Only (Parallell)[5]
With Maryland (Quartet including with Maria Kannegaard, Håkon Kornstad and Ole Morten Vågan)
  • 2008: Maryland (Moserobie Music)
  • 2009: Maryland Live! (Moserobie Music), recorded at Vossajazz 2008
With Solid (Trio including with Bjørn Vidar Solli and Daniel Buner Formo)
  • 2008: Happy Accidents (AIM Records)
  • 2011: Visitor (Parallell Records), with Seamus Blake
With Håvard Stubø Quartet
  • 2009: Way Up (Way Down) (Bolage)[6]
  • 2011: Spring Roll Insomnia (Bolage)[6]
  • 2014: Vilhelmina (Bolage)
With IPA (Quartet including with Atle Nymo, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Magnus Broo)
  • 2009: Lorena (Bolage)
  • 2011: It's A Delicate Thing (Bolage)
  • 2013: Bubble (Moserobie Music)[7]
With Hegge
  • 2017: Vi är ledsna men du får inte längre vara barn (Particular Recordings Collective)
With others

References

  1. ^ a b "Håkon Mjåset Johansen". Biography (in Norwegian). Store Norske Leksikon. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Håkon Mjåset Johansen". Biography (in Norwegian). Norsk Musikkinformasjon MIC.no. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Art Transplant – Motif". Cleanfeed-Records.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Motif (3) – My Head Is Listening". Discogs.com. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  5. ^ Wayne, Dave (12 December 2011). "Excess Luggage: Hand Luggage Only (2011)". Musical reviews. All About Jazz. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Anmeldelse: Håvard Stubø Quartet, Spring Roll Insomnia" (in Norwegian). JazzNytt JazziNorge.no. 29 August 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  7. ^ Hareuveni, Eyal (5 March 2014). "IPA: Bubble (2013)". Musical reviews. All About Jazz. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  8. ^ "Examination of What – Børge-Are Halvorsen Qrt / Håvard Fossum". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  9. ^ "Håkon Mjåset Johansen". Discography. Discogs.com. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
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Awards
Preceded by Recipient of the Kongsberg Jazz Award
2013 		Succeeded by