Jørgen Mathisen
Jørgen Mathisen is a Norwegian jazz musician, the younger brother of Martin Mathisen, 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. 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
;With Zanussi Five
- 2010: Ghost Dance
- 2009: What If? A Counterfactual Fairytale, conducted and composed by Erlend Skomsvoll
- 2011: Morning Songs, composed by Per Zanussi
- 2014: Basement Sessions Vol. 3 - The Ljublana Tapes
- 2007: What you Hear Is What You Get, within "Entusijazzme»
- 2008: Night Creatures, within "Audun Automat»
- 2010: Stick No Bill, with Marc Lohr and GERÄT7