Håkon Mjåset Johansen

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, 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

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. 2016: My Head Is Listening (Clean Feed Records)

With Svein Olav Herstad Trio 2004: Suite For Simmons (Jazzaway Records), featuring Sonny Simmons 2007: Inventio (Jazzaway Records)

With Excess Luggage (Trio including with Steinar Nickelsen and Vigleik Storaas) 2007: Excess Luggage (Park Grammofon) 2011: Hand Luggage Only (Parallell)

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) 2011: Spring Roll Insomnia (Bolage)

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) 2013: Live in Tokyo (Reckless Records), within Steinar Raknes Quartet recorded 2011