Jørgen Mathisen (born 27 December 1984 in

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) 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 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

, 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

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together with

Steinar Raknes Steinar Raknes (born 22 March 1975) is a Norwegian jazz bassist, composer, and the younger brother of Jazz singer and pianist Eldbjørg Raknes. He is considered to be one of the most talented double bass players of his generation in Norway, an ...

, Espen Aalberg and

Erlend Slettevoll Erlend Slettevoll (born 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 is a graduate of the jazz p ...

, and within Zanussi Five including

Eirik Hegdal Eirik Hegdal (born 3 October 1973 in Gjøvik, Norway) is a Norwegians, Norwegian Jazz musician (saxophone), composer, arranger and music teacher, known from the band Dingobats (1995-2005) and as leader of Trondheim Jazz Orchestra (from 2002). Ca ...

Kjetil Møster Kjetil Traavik Møster (born 17 June 1976) is a Norwegian jazz musician ( tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet and bass clarinet) and composer, known from bands like The Core, Ultralyd, Brat, Zanussi 5, and performance with Chick Corea at Mol ...

and

Gard Nilssen Gard Nilssen (born 24 June 1983) is a Norwegians, Norwegian jazz drummer and composer, and member of the bands Bushman's Revenge and Puma (band), Puma. Career Nilssen was born in Skien, and got his musical education on the Jazz program at No ...

, 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

*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 Trondheim Jazz Orchestra (TJO) (established 1999 in Trondheim, Norway) is an orchestral project based in Trondheim, and closely related to both the Midtnorsk Jazzsenter (MNJ - Mid Norwegian Jazz Center) and Jazz Line at the Trøndelag Conservator ...

*2009: ''What If? A Counterfactual Fairytale'' (MNJ Records), conducted and composed by

Erlend Skomsvoll Erlend Fredrik Skomsvoll (born 12 May 1969) is a Norwegian jazz musician (piano, keyboards, accordion, and tuba), band leader, composer and arranger, known from his own band Skomsork and the band Wibutee with Live Maria Roggen, Madrugada, and ...

*2011: ''Morning Songs'' (MNJ Records), composed by

Per Zanussi Per Zanussi (born 1977) is an Italian–Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass) and composer, known from several bands and releases such as with Hamid Drake, Louis Moholo, Paal Nilssen-Love, Bobby Bradford, Sabir Mateen, Franklin Kiermyer, Step ...

;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 Norwegian male jazz composers Norwegian University of Science and Technology alumni Jazz musicians from Oslo 1984 births Living people 21st-century Norwegian saxophonists 21st-century Norwegian clarinetists 21st-century Norwegian male musicians Trondheim Jazz Orchestra members The Core (band) members