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Thomas Johansson
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Thomas was born and raised in Skien, Telemark. With a bachelor degree from the University of Stavanger, and Masters from The Norwegian Academy of Music, he is a part of the strong young Norweigan jazz elite. He has done extensive touring in Scandinavia, Europe, Japan and USA, with both his own projects and as a sideman in several other bands. His main project is Cortex, which is a quartet consisting of Thomas, Kristoffer Alberts, Ola Høyer and Gard Nilssen. Cortex is a Norwegian band which plays enerergetic jazz of the finest brand. With over one hundred live perfomances and four highly acclaimed albums, they position themselves as one of the strongest additions to the Norwegian jazz scene. He is also a part of several distinctive bands and projects, including his own record label Tammtz Records which was established April 2016
Framat!
Label: Grong
Released: 2025
Track listing: Mörk; Bågarna och rörelserna; Framåt!; No Time To Lose; Glossolalia; Leif Håkon; Enhyllning
Kerstin; Keijsers dans.
Archer: Sudden Dusk
by Mark Corroto
Saxophonist and label chief Dave Rempis invites listeners to come for the punk rock and stay for the meditation session. With his new quartet, Archer, the Chicagoan joins forces with Dutch guitarist Terrie Ex and the Norwegian rhythm duo of bassist Jon Rune Strøm and drummer Tollef Østvang. Sudden Dusk captures two live performances from the ...
Frameworks
Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Hoo-Hah; Weavings; Strings; Inklings; Frameworks.
Circles
Label: Clean Feed
Released: 2024
Track listing: Cecil; Circles; Ghost March; Son; Charles; Hymn Infinitum; Latin Phonetics.
Jazz&Wine Of Peace 2024
by Neri Pollastri
Varie sedi Jazz&Wine of Peace 2024 Cormons e altre località del Friuli e della Brda slovena 23-27 ottobre 2024 Una presenzassenza ha caratterizzato la ventisettesima edizione del festival Jazz&Wine Of Peace, svoltasi dal 23 al 27 ottobre a Còrmons e, come sempre, nello splendido territorio che circonda la cittadina friulana: ...
Scheen Jazzorkester & Cortex: Frameworks
by John Sharpe
Frameworks is the sort of project that would be difficult to envisage anywhere other than the supportive cultural ecosystem of Norway. Calling on diverse funding streams, it brings together the 11-member Scheen Jazzorkester (SJO) and the forward looking quartet Cortex, in a venture masterminded by the latter's trumpeter Thomas Johansson. Established in 2010 as a professional ...
Friends & Neighbors: Circles
by John Sharpe
Even some 60 years after its birth, the free jazz of the American New Thing remains a fertile source of inspiration in 2024. On its sixth album, Circles, Norwegian quintet Friends & Neighbors continues to find rich avenues to explore in its updated repurposing of the naked expressionism of the 1960's avant-garde. An unchanged line up ...
Friends & Neighbors: Circles
by Mark Corroto
Let's talk about Bird. Bird, not as in the sobriquet given to Charlie Parker but the actions of a bird, such as a parrot. Many a musician mechanically repeats the music of their musical heroes. For example, after Parker, we hear Phil Woods and Sonny Stitt recycling bebop. The Miles Davis' quintet of the 1960s begat ...
Family
By Gard Nilssen
Label: We Jazz Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: The Space Dance Experiment; Spending Time With Ludde; Letter to Alfred; Boogie Stop Tøffel;
The Healing Force Of the Trojan Horse; Supersonic; Dolphin Disco; SP68.
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