Tore Johansen

Tore Johansen (born 23 December 1977 in Bodø, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (trumpet), the younger brother of drummer Roger Johansen (b. 1972), and known from cooperations with Chick Corea, Karin Krog, Kenny Wheeler, Steve Swallow, Lars Jansson, Hal Galper, Siri Gellein and Jan Gunnar Hoff.^[1]

Career

As a teenager Johansen attended «Bodø Jazz Quintet» together with his drummer brother Roger Johansen and saxophonist Atle Nymo. In 1994 he and started his first band together with his brother and Terje Venaas (double bass) and Einar Thorbjørnsen (piano), and joined «Bodø Big Band» (1994–96) led by saxophonist Henning Gravrok.^[1]

He is educated on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium where he later became Lecturer. He has played with the Swedish saxophonist Nisse Sandström and has many appearances with Karin Krog. He has also, in different settings, including performances with the Swedish pianist Lars Jansson and the Finnish alto saxophonist Jukka Perko. The cooperation with US pianist Hal Galper led to recordings at Norwegian radio NRK P2, in the program Jazzklubben (2004), from the Jazz clubb Blå in Oslo. He also toured with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and Chick Corea in the U.S., Scandinavia and Japan among other places. This was documented on an album at Midtnorsk Jazzsenters's label, MNJ Records. Other collaborators in recent years, includes the trumpeter Kenny Wheeler in 2008 and bassist Steve Swallow in 2009.^[1]

Johansen often cooperate with musicians from Northern Norway, e.g. with Bjørn Alterhaug (double bass), Jan Gunnar Hoff (piano), Finn Sletten (drumes) and Ole Morten Vågan (bass). With Ole Morten Vågan he was part of guitarist Hallgeir Pedersen's Trio at Moldejazz in 2002. This project was extended to a Quartet including his brother Roger Johansen (drumes). They contributed to different other projects, such as with Northern Norwegian folk artist Terje Nilsen at Trondheim Jazz Festival in 2006, and the nonet «Lars Gullin Tribute» with among others John Pål Inderberg (bariton saxophone) and Lars Sjösten (piano).

Johansen has also worked extensively in a duo format with pianist Vigleik Storaas, documented on his own release Rainbow Session (2007). This release is available on the Johansen brothers' recently established record label, «Inner Ear».

Honors

• 2002: «Nordlandsprofil» at 'Nordland Musikkfestuke'
• 2002: «Nordnorsk Jazzsenter's» trainee scheme 2002-2004
• 2005: «Norsk Kulturråd's» ensemble support
• 2005: Recipient of the «Stubøprisen»

Discography

• 2000: Man, Woman and Child (Gemini Records), with Karin Krog
• 2002: Happy Days (Gemini Records), with Jan Gunnar Hoff
• 2003: Windows (Gemini Records), with Hallgeir Pedersen
• 2005: Like That (Gemini Records), with Karin Krog
• 2007: Rainbow Session (Inner Ear), with Vigleik Storaas and Ole Morten Vågan
• 2008: Giving (Inner Ear), with Jukka Perko, Knut Riisnæs and Lars Jansson
• 2009: Jazz Mass (Inner Ear), with Elin Rosseland, Bodø Domkor and Bodø Sinfonietta
• 2010: I.S. (Inner Ear), with Steve Swallow
• 2010: Natt, stille (Inner Ear), with Marit Sandvik, Jan Gunnar Hoff, Olaf Kamfjord, Roger Johansen, Halvdan Sivertsen, Lars Bremnes, and Fredrik William Olsen
• 2011: Nord (Inner Ear), with Marit Sandvik, Jan Gunnar Hoff, Olaf Kamfjord, Roger Johansen, and Odd Børretzen
• 2012: Double Rainbow (Inner Ear), with Vigleik Storaas, Jo Skaansar and Jon Christensen
• 2012: Open Minds (Inner Ear), commission for Bodø Jazz Open 2012, with vocalist Sarah Riedels presenting lyrics by Tomas Tranströmer
• 2014: The Set (Inner Ear)

References

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External links

• Official website
• Tore Johansen Biografi at Inner Ear
• Stubøprisen 2005
• Tore Johansen at Myspace
• Tore Johansen, Vigleik Storaas & Ole Morten Vågan - I Get Along Without You Very Well on YouTube
• Tore Johansen Unity: Giving on YouTube