Jørgen Mathisen
Jørgen Mathisen (born 27 December 1984 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone and clarinet), the younger brother of Martin Mathisen (born 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.
Jørgen Mathisen
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- Name
- Jørgen Mathisen
- Born
- 27 December 1984
- Birthplace
- Oslo, Norway
- Occupation
- Musician, composer
- Nationality
- Norway
- Fields
- jazz · rock music
- Education
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Languages
- Norwegian
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Key facts
• Name — Jørgen Mathisen • Born — 27 December 1984 • Birthplace — Oslo, Norway • Instrument — Saxophone, clarinet • Genre — Jazz • Occupation — Musician, composer • Associated Acts — Shagma The Core Zanussi Five
Career
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 and Erlend Slettevoll, and within Zanussi Five including Eirik Hegdal, Kjetil Møster and Gard Nilssen, among others. with Tom Hasslan 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 Ljubljana 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 Marc Lohr and GERÄT7
Gard Nilssen’s Acoustic Unity at the stage of Herr Nilsen. The concert was part of the Oslo Jazz Festival in Norway and took place on 18. August 2016.
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Gard Nilssen’s Acoustic Unity at the stage of Herr Nilsen. The concert was part of the Oslo Jazz Festival in Norway and took place on 18. August 2016.
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