Håkon Mjåset Johansen (born 1 August 1975 in

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, Norway) is a

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drummer and composer, known from playing with the

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featuring

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2000, cooperations with

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's New Conceptions of Jazz,

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's Motif,

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's Cricket Club and the Ola Kvernberg Trio. He has also contributed to releases with

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, the Atle Nymo/

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Quartet and

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Career

Johansen was educated on the Jazz program at '' Trondheim Musikkonservatorium'', where he and fellow students established the band

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Trio he has performed with

, and at the Oslo Jazz Festival 2006, he played with Jon Gordon in quartet with Roger Arntzen and Asbjørn Lerheim. He has also been a regular member of Håvard Stubø Quartet.

Honors

*1998: This year's Young Jazz Musicians *2000: 1st Prize in "Avignon Jazz Contest" *2001: "Young Nordic Jazz Comets" in København, with the band "Motif» *2001: "

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" for the album ''Urban Connection'', with "Urban Connection» *2002: "Spellemannsprisen" for the album ''Do do that voodoo'', with "Come Shine» *2013:

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Discography (in selection)

;With Come Shine *2000: ''Come Shine'' (

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) *2002: ''Do do that voodoo'' (Curling Legs), awarded

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2002 *2003: ''In concert'' (Curling Legs), with Kringkastingsorkesteret at

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;With

*2001: ''

'' (Bergland Productions) *2002: ''

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'' (Bergland Productions) *2004: '' UC 3'' (Bergland Productions) ;With Motif *2004: ''Motif'' (AIM Record) *2005: ''Expansion'' (AIM Record) *2007: ''Hello..my name is'' (Vidzone) *2008: ''Apo Calypso'' ( Jazzland Records) *2010: ''Facienda'' (Jazzland Records) *2011: ''Art Transplant'' (Clean Feed), with

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*2016: ''My Head Is Listening'' (Clean Feed Records) ;With Svein Olav Herstad Trio *2004: ''Suite For Simmons'' (

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), featuring

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*2007: ''Inventio'' (Jazzaway Records) ;With Excess Luggage (Trio including with

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and

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) *2007: ''Excess Luggage'' (Park Grammofon) *2011: ''Hand Luggage Only'' (Parallell) ;With Maryland (Quartet including with

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and

) *2008: ''Maryland'' (Moserobie Music) *2009: ''Maryland Live!'' (Moserobie Music), recorded at

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2008 ;With Solid (Trio including with Bjørn Vidar Solli and Daniel Buner Formo) *2008: ''Happy Accidents'' (AIM Records) *2011: ''Visitor'' (Parallell Records), with

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;With Håvard Stubø Quartet *2009: ''Way Up (Way Down)'' (Bolage) *2011: ''Spring Roll Insomnia'' (Bolage) *2014: ''Vilhelmina'' (Bolage) ;With

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(Quartet including with Atle Nymo,

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and Magnus Broo) *2009: ''Lorena'' (Bolage) *2011: ''It's A Delicate Thing'' (Bolage) *2013: ''Bubble'' (Moserobie Music) ;With Hegge *

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: ''Vi är ledsna men du får inte längre vara barn'' (Particular Recordings Collective) ;With others *1999: ''Horace Hello'' (

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), with Oddbjørn Blindheim Trio *2007: ''The Arcades project'' (Jazzland Recordings), within Håvard Wiik Trio *2008: ''The

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story'' (Hot Club Records), with

*2008: ''Complete Communion'' (Bolage), in trio with Atle Nymo and

*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

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(saxophone), Børge Are Halvorsen (saxophone) & Jens Fossum (double bass) *2013: ''Live in Tokyo'' (Reckless Records), within Steinar Raknes Quartet recorded 2011

References

External links

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Håkon Mjåset Johansen Biography – Norsk Musikkinformasjon MIC.no
(in Norwegian)
Håvard Stubø Quartet – Kivran!
on YouTube {{DEFAULTSORT:Johansen, Hakon Mjaset 1975 births Living people Musicians from Trondheim 20th-century Norwegian drummers 21st-century Norwegian drummers Norwegian jazz drummers Male drummers Norwegian jazz composers Male jazz composers Spellemannprisen winners Norwegian University of Science and Technology alumni 20th-century drummers 20th-century Norwegian male musicians 21st-century Norwegian male musicians Ensemble Denada members Trondheim Jazz Orchestra members Ola Kvernberg Trio members Come Shine members Motif (band) members Urban Connection members