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Jerry Johansson

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Jerry Johansson: guitar, sitar

Jerry Johansson started out his musical journey some distant years ago in the Swedish city of Varberg, then as a guitar player and composer in various rock- and jazz-groups. After having had a minor revelation when experiencing a George Harrison-composition on a Beatles-album; an overwhelmed Jerry realised that the point of no return had finally arrived. He immediately began studying the classical Indian raga and the world of the sitar on an advanced level, with a most serious approach. This newly found universe of his does not only need highly concentrated and daily practise, but also requires an ascetical way of living and a humble approach to the world at large.

Sitar master Roop Verma appears, himself a former student of master Ravi Shankar; and he takes Jerry under his wings, so to speak, and Jerry becomes his pupil

Album

Jerry Johansson Quartet - The Word Passed By, The Sun Was Going Down

Label: OUTERDISK
Released: 2017
Track listing: 1. Two Thousand Miles Away And The Closing Of A Window 2. In The Dark, A Bell Was Ringing 3: And Then, Quite Suddenly, Everything Was Over

Album

House Of Hope

Label: Kning Disk
Released: 2012
Track listing: House of Hope I; 
House of Hope II; House of Hope III; House of Hope IV; House of Hope V.

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Article: Album Review

Jerry Johansson Quartet: House Of Hope

Read "House Of Hope" reviewed by James Pearse


The seventh leader (or co-leader) recording, House Of Hope (Kning Disk, 2012), is another bold step forward in an already varied musical journey for Swedish guitarist Jerry Johansson. After exploring rock fusion, Indian ragas and Swedish folk, Johansson evokes the spirit of West Coast jazz from the 1970s on House of Hope.Motivated early on ...

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House of Hope I

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Label: Kning Disk
Released: 0
Duration: 07:29

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News: Recording

New CD: Jerry Johansson Octet - Circles and Changes

New CD: Jerry Johansson Octet - Circles and Changes

Shortly after his highly acclaimed and warmly praised cd release Book of dreams (Kning Disk KD058), composer, and for this new release, guitar player, Jerry Johansson comes up with a surprise in his sleeve; a brand new composition for guitar and jazz octet. Composed, played, executed and produced by Jerry Johansson himself and, for this occasion, ...


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