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Johannes Ravn Hagmund-Hansen

Johannes Ravn Hagmund-Hansen is an award-winning guitarist and composer from Faaborg, Denmark, now based in Brooklyn, New York City, after having completed his masters degree at the Manhattan School of Music on a scholarship. He is an in-demand player as both a bandleader and sideman, and has performed his own music at renowned venues such as Nublu, Threes Brewing, Fiction (Brooklyn), Le Baiser Sallé (Paris), Blue Note Dresden, as well as major jazz festivals such as Copenhagen Jazz Festival and Aarhus Jazz Festival, among others. He is a proficient bandleader and has released albums with the avant-garde duo Sultenmand, the jazz trio Force Majeure, and has appeared on numerous other recordings, among them the acclaimed debut album of South Korean bassist, Seungmin Jung. Johannes’ work, which draws from a plethora of musical styles and genres - American jazz, Danish folk music, and more, and focuses on creating a sonic environment that invites listeners to reflect on the empathy that they give and receive on this earth.

Awards

2020 SDMK entrepreneurship award
MSM scholarship 2023

Gear

G&L asat classic telecaster

Take Five with Guitarist Johannes Ravn Hagmund-Hansen

by AAJ Staff
April 15, 2026

Meet Johannes Ravn Hagmund-Hansen Johannes Ravn Hagmund-Hansen is an award-winning guitarist and composer from Faaborg, Denmark, now based in Brooklyn, New York, after having completed his masters degree at the Manhattan School of Music on a scholarship. He is an in-demand player as both a bandleader and sideman, and has performed his own music at renowned venues such as Nublu, Threes Brewing, Fiction (Brooklyn), Le Baiser Sallé (Paris), Blue Note Dresden, as well as major jazz festivals such as Copenhagen ...

Album Review

Seungmin Jung: Anecdotes

Read "Anecdotes" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
May 14, 2025

Korean-born bassist Seungmin Jung journeyed to America to study at the Manhattan School of Music. His debut album, Anecdotes features a cohesive sound crafted by a group of like-minded international players who go deep into the leader's compositions.The opener, “Blue," has a melancholy flavor spiced with hope. Trumpet and saxophone rise into the sky; the rhythm section--featuring a guitar, piano, drums and Jung's bass--tether the horns to the ground with a flexible tenacity and a complex weave of ...