Jørgen Mathisen (born 27 December 1984 in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone and

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), the younger brother of Martin Mathisen (b. 1978), and known from different bands, and a series of recordings with musician like Marc Lohr, Per Zanussi, Steinar Raknes, Eirik Hegdal, Gard Nilssen, and Kjetil Møster.

Career

Mathisen is a graduate of the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (2004–08). He is distinguished by his powerful, expressive play and is a force for all the bands he is involved with. He was first noted in the band Shagma in 2004, and also play within The Core together with Steinar Raknes,

Espen Aalberg Espen Aalberg is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums) known for his contributions in several orchestras like The Core, Shagma, Kwaz, Håvard Lund Quartet and musicians like Jonas Kullhammar, Håvard Wiik and Torbjörn Zetterberg. He also contrib ...

and

Erlend Slettevoll Erlend Slettevoll (born 26 October 1981) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, known from cooperation with musicians like Ola Kvernberg, Petter Wettre, Heidi Skjerve, Kjetil Møster, Steinar Raknes and Espen Aalberg. Career Slettevoll was born in Vold ...

, and within Zanussi Five including Eirik Hegdal, Kjetil Møster and

Gard Nilssen Gard Nilssen (born 24 June 1983 in Skien, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz musician ( drums) and composer, and member of the bands Bushman's Revenge and Puma. Career Nilssen was educated on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (20 ...

, among others. with

Tom Hasslan Tom Hasslan (born 1983) is a Norwegian jazz guitarist. He was born in Kongsberg. He is mainly known as a member of the Krokofant trio with drummer Axel Skalstad and saxophonist Jørgen Mathisen. Discography ; With Soft Ffog * 2022: ''Soft F ...

and Axel Skalstad he performed as Krokofant.

Discography

;With Shagma *2005: ''Music'' (Jazzaway) ;With The Core *2008: ''Golonka Love'' (Moserobie Music) *2009: ''The art of no return'' (Moserobie Music) *2010: ''Party'' (Moserobie Music) ;With Zanussi Five *2010: ''Ghost Dance'' (Moserobie Music) ;With Trondheim Jazz Orchestra *2009: ''What If? A Counterfactual Fairytale'' (MNJ Records), conducted and composed by Erlend Skomsvoll *2011: ''Morning Songs'' (MNJ Records), composed by Per Zanussi ;With Kullhammar, Mathisen, Zetterberg, Aalberg *2014: ''Basement Sessions Vol. 3 - The Ljublana Tapes'' (Clean Feed) ;With other projects *2007: ''What you Hear Is What You Get'' (Ponca Jazz Records), within "Entusijazzme» *2008: ''Night Creatures'' (Pling Music), within "Audun Automat» *2010: ''Stick No Bill'' (Unit Records), with

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and GERÄT7

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mathisen, Jorgen Norwegian jazz saxophonists Norwegian jazz clarinetists Norwegian jazz composers Male jazz composers Norwegian University of Science and Technology alumni Musicians from Oslo 1984 births Living people 21st-century Norwegian saxophonists 21st-century clarinetists 21st-century Norwegian male musicians Trondheim Jazz Orchestra members The Core (band) members