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]
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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]
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
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
1999: Horace Hello (Gemini Records ), with Oddbjørn Blindheim Trio
2007: The Arcades project (Jazzland Recordings), within Håvard Wiik Trio
2008: The Jimmy Carl Black story (Hot Club Records), with Jon Larsen
2008: Complete Communion (Bolage), in trio with Atle Nymo and Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
2008: Wes! (Bolage), within Wes Trio including with Håvard Stubø and Daniel Frank
2011: How High is the Sky (Bolage), within Kjersti Stubø Band
2011: Examination of What (Losen Records), within Håvard Fossum/Børge-Are Halvorsen Quartet, including Håvard Fossum (saxophone), Børge Are Halvorsen (saxophone) & Jens Fossum (double bass)[8]
2013: Live in Tokyo (Reckless Records), within Steinar Raknes Quartet recorded 2011[9]
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