Håkon Mjåset Johansen
Håkon Mjåset Johansen is a Norwegian jazz drummer and composer, known from playing with the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra featuring Chick Corea at Moldejazz 2000, 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.Career
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. He also plays with a series of other bands and participates on many recordings.
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.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
- 2001: Urban Connection
- 2002: French Only
- 2004: UC 3
;With Motif
- 2004: Motif
- 2005: Expansion
- 2007: Hello..my name is
- 2008: Apo Calypso
- 2010: Facienda
- 2011: Art Transplant, with Axel Dörner
- 2016: My Head Is Listening
;With Svein Olav Herstad Trio
;With Excess Luggage
;With Maryland
- 2008: Maryland
- 2009: Maryland Live!, recorded at Vossajazz 2008
;With Solid
;With Håvard Stubø Quartet
- 2009: Way Up
- 2011: Spring Roll Insomnia
- 2014: Vilhelmina
;With IPA
- 2009: Lorena
- 2011: It's A Delicate Thing
- 2013: Bubble
;With Hegge
;With others
- 1999: Horace Hello, with Oddbjørn Blindheim Trio
- 2007: The Arcades project, within Håvard Wiik Trio
- 2008: The Jimmy Carl Black story, with Jon Larsen
- 2008: Complete Communion, in trio with Atle Nymo and Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
- 2008: Wes!, within Wes Trio including with Håvard Stubø and Daniel Frank
- 2011: How High is the Sky, within Kjersti Stubø Band
- 2011: Examination of What, within Håvard Fossum/Børge-Are Halvorsen Quartet, including Håvard Fossum, Børge Are Halvorsen & Jens Fossum
- 2013: Live in Tokyo, within Steinar Raknes Quartet recorded 2011
