User:Kimjohannesen

Kim Johannesen, born 1985, Norwegian guitarist and improviser, currently taking his master degree in performing jazz/improvisation at the State Academy of Music in Oslo.

In addition to his solo project, he co-leads Johannesen:Furu:Sandbakken & REVOLVER!, as well as performing with Golden Dawn, Petter Wettre Quartet, Wettre/Vinaccia/Johannesen, Chiba, Aksel Jensen Trio, Skar/Kirkevold/Johannesen & in duo with Svein Magnus Furu.

He has performed with many artists, including Raymond Strid, Pat Thomas, Joe Williamson, Frode Gjerstad, Tatsuya Nakatani, Joel Grip, Lene Grenager a.o.

CD Recordings

Appetite for Structure (Houshold Records 2008), with Petter Wettre Quartet

Matsukaze (AIM Records 2006), with Haakon Storm & The Livin' Jazz Orchestra

Press:

Stein Kagge in Aftenposten on "Appetite for Structure":

"For the undersigned this album brought a new star on the Norwegian jazzscene”

Arild Rønsen on REVOLVER! concert at Molde Jazzfestival 2008:

“Kim Johannesen funnels the guitar in a way that makes Jimi Hendrix' tearing apart of the American national anthem during the Woodstock festival sound like the Swedish evergreen "Mina gulbruna ögon". John Zorn presented something similar in Molde in the early 90's.”