Norwegian Trumpet player & Composer
“Few trumpeters in the past few years have knocked me out like Norway´s Thomas Johansson. Fiery and technically muscular, with a refreshingly holistic approach to improvised music, he can swing like mad or take it way out.”
- Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader
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News:
The update interval of these pages is at an all time low, but that does not mean that nothing is happening. Quite the opposite!
The past year has been busy and creative, with numerous concerts and meetings with great colleagues and friends, as well as finishing a new commissioned piece for Scheen Jazzorkester and Cortex!
It is titled “Frameworks”, and there will be a live record out early next year.
Speaking of new records, Cortex is also releasing a new record soon, as well as working on new material.
Friends&Neighbors also has a new record in the mixing, AND Gard Nilssen and me are going to work on mixing and making our duo record witch we recorded a while back. If that wasn’t enough, Gard Nilssen´s Supersonic Orchestra will soon release our second album on WeJazz 15.09.23!!!!!
Stay tuned (?) for more release dates, and bring on the summer festivals!!
Fall 2021:
So….the past year and a half has been quite shitty due to the well known pandemic situation. But, i still managed to get some gigs done, and for that i consider myself lucky. With all the spare time, it is a shame i haven’t update these pages yet!
This fall and 2022 looks much better, and life is once again hectic with balancing family life and gigging. We recently also hosted a Jazz festival in my hometown called Jazzfest Skien!! It was a blast, with lots of nice music.
The next couple of months is filled with touring: Cortex is playing around Europe with new music, Friends&Neighbors are touring with a fresh new album, and Scheen Jazzorkester is touring with the great Ambrose Akinmusire in just a couple of weeks!!! That is quite sic, and i am really looking forward sharing the stage with such a master!
Good times ahead!
Friends&Neighbors US-Tour!!
Friends&Neighbors are touring the states these days, promoting our latest release “What´s Next?” on Clean Feed Records. We are doing 10 shows, and we start of in NYC on April 3rd.
Tour list:
2/4/19: ShapeShifter Lab - New York City, NY
4/4/19: Little Dumbo - Richmond, VA
5/4/19: If ART Gallery - Columbia, SC
6/4/19: Outside the Spotlight - Lexington, KY
7/4/19: Hungry Brain - Chicago, IL
8/4/19: Trinosophes – Detroit, MI
9/4/19: New Ghosts/BOP STOP - Cleveland, OH
10/4/19: One Spirit Center - Rockford, IL
11/4/19: ALL – Madison, WI
12/4/19: Popelka Trenchard Glass - Sturgeon Bay, W
Poster by True Cuckoo
Scheen Jazzorkester - New Record!
This January, Scheen Jazzorkester recorded my commissioned piece «As We See It..» in Athletic Sound Studios in Halden, Norway! Sigurd Ytre-Arne was there with us, and made some great films of the session!
This first one, is «No Longer Gage», and it is the opening track of the upcoming record.
The record, called «As We See It…» is being released on Clean Feed Records in May, and we are doing a pre-release tour in Norway in April.
I am super happy with the result, and extremely proud of Scheen Jazzorkester and the high level of which these musicians perform!
Huge thanks to Scheen Jazzorkester for wanting me to write music for them, and huge thanks to everyone involved with the record!!!
GOOD TIMES!!!!!
Poster by Petri Henriksson
This week Cortex starts their Spring Tour 2018! Concerts stretching from Voss in Norway to Ljubljana in Slovenia!
Tour Dates:
14.04: Voss Jazzklubb
18.04: Kulturni Centar Mesnicka, Zagreb
19.04: Centro d`Arte, Padova, Italy
21.04: In Situ Art Society, Bonn, Germany
22.04: Klub Gromka, Ljubljana, Slovenia
After that the premier of "As We See It..." is due on the 26th of April, at Cosmopolite in Oslo. This is the first concert the commissioned work for Scheen Jazzorkester, and the first time the band is playing exclusively music i have written for an entire concert....!!!!
I am really looking forward to the full rehearsals, and the concerts. The piece is called "As We See It.." and will also be presented at this years Kongsberg Jazz Festival!
Yeah!
Poster by LAsse Marhaug
02.02.18
«Home Alone» is out and already getting some nice reviews!
4 of 5 stars from Mark Corroto in All About Jazz:
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/home-alone-thomas-johansson-tammtz-records-review-by-mark-corroto.php
Terje Mosnes from Jazzinorge.no (norwegian):
https://jazzinorge.no/anmeldelse/tett-pa-trompetens-hemmeligheter/
Scott Murphy from Heavy Blog is Heavy:
http://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2018/01/30/live-jazz-factory-latest-greatest-free-improvisation-solo-performance/
Where to buy?
LP:
http://bigdipper.no/…/thomas-johansson-home-alone-lp-kom-tz…
https://www.thomasjohansson.no/…/kimhdao28hnc2o34trvgslxdwm…
https://thomasjohansson.bandcamp.com/merch
Digital Copy:
http://www.subradar.no/album/thomas-johansson/home-alone
Tammtz Records 2018
Upcoming Shows:
2023:
07.01: PNL Circus @ Münster Jazzfestival
18.01: F&N @ Voss Jazzklubb
22.01: F&N @ Kampenjazz, Oslo
27.01: SJO @ Ås Jazzfestival
02.02: Cortex @ Inderøy Jazzforum
03.02: Cortex @ Grenland Jazzforum
18.03: Supersonic Orchestra @ AMR, Geneve
24.03: PNL Large Unit @ Nasjonal Jazzscene
29.03: Telemark Messingensemble @ Granvin, Seljord
30.03: Telemark Messingensemble @ Blackbird, Skien
15.04: SJO&Cortex @ Jazzprisen, Skien
19.04: SJO&Storløkken @ Blackbird, Skien
20.04: SJO&Storløkken @ Nasjonal Jazzscene
21.04: SJO&Storløkken @ Stord Jazzklubb
26.04: PNL Cirkus @ Blå, Oslo
27.04: PNL Cirkus @ Torino Jazz Festival
28.04: PNL Cirkus @ Portalegre Jazz Festival
30.04: PNL Cirkus @ Cheltenham Jazz Festival
04.05: PNL Cirkus @ Jazzfest Budapest
05.05: PNL Cirkus @ Kulturforum Villach
10.05: PNL Cirkus @ Maijazz, Stavanger
16.06: Supersonic Orchestra @ Isarjazz, München
01.07: PNL Cirkus @ Mandaljazz
06.07: Supersonic Orchestra @ Ljubljana Jazzfestival
08.07: Supersonic Orchestra @ North Sea Jazz Festival
17.07: TJO&Trygve Fiske @ Moldejazz
20.07: Cortex&Hedvig Mollestad @ Moldejazz
06.08: Supersonic Orchestra @ Jazz Em Agosto, Lisbon
10.08: PNL Circus @ Sildajazz, Haugesund
12.08: Supersonic Orchestra @ Øyafestivalen, Oslo