Vidar Johansen

Vidar Johansen (born 2 June 1953 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (tenor, soprano, baritone and alto saxophones, flute, bass clarinet), music arranger and composer.

Biography Johansen is considered one of the most talented saxophonists to emerge out of the Norwegian jazz scene in the 1970s. He started out early 1970 in a quartet with Jon Eberson, and collaborated with the Balke brothers. He also collaborated within Jon Balke Quartet (1973–74), "The amateur big band" in Kongsberg (1974), in the jazz-rock band "Adonis" (1974–75), and was recognized in his quartet led together with Erik Balke (1974–77), playing at the Moldejazz and Vossajazz festivals in 1975 and 1976, respectively.