Tore Johansen

Tore Johansen
Tore Johansen, 2009.
Background information
Born	(1977-12-23) 23 December 1977 (age 39) Bodø, Nordland
Origin	Norway
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instruments	Trumpet
Labels	Inner Ear
Website	www.torejazz.no

Tore Johansen (born 23 December 1977 in Bodø, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (trumpet), the younger brother of drummer Roger Johansen (b. 1972), and known from cooperations with Chick Corea, Karin Krog, Kenny Wheeler, Steve Swallow, Lars Jansson, Hal Galper, Siri Gellein and Jan Gunnar Hoff.

As a teenager Johansen attended «Bodø Jazz Quintet» together with his drummer brother Roger Johansen and saxophonist Atle Nymo. In 1994 he and started his first band together with his brother and Terje Venaas (double bass) and Einar Thorbjørnsen (piano), and joined «Bodø Big Band» (1994–96) led by saxophonist Henning Gravrok.

He is educated on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium where he later became Lecturer. He has played with the Swedish saxophonist Nisse Sandström and has many appearances with Karin Krog. He has also, in different settings, including performances with the Swedish pianist Lars Jansson and the Finnish alto saxophonist Jukka Perko. The cooperation with US pianist Hal Galper led to recordings at Norwegian radio NRK P2, in the program Jazzklubben (2004), from the Jazz clubb Blå in Oslo. He also toured with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and Chick Corea in the U.S., Scandinavia and Japan among other places. This was documented on an album at Midtnorsk Jazzsenters's label, MNJ Records. Other collaborators in recent years, includes the trumpeter Kenny Wheeler in 2008 and bassist Steve Swallow in 2009.