Member Since: 12/17/2006
Band Website: www.rogerjohansen.com
Band Members: ROGER JOHANSEN GROUP:
Marit Sandvik (voc), Atle Nymo (sax), Jon Eberson (g), Helge Lien (p), Sondre Meisfjord (b), Roger Johansen (d)
Influences: DRUMMERS ROGER DIGS: Roy Haynes, Elvin Jones, Jimmy Cobb, Frank Butler, Vernell Fournier, Pete LaRoca, Louis Hayes, Mel Lewis, Shelly Manne, Larry Bunker, Paul Motian, Billy Higgins, Al Foster, Philly Joe Jones, Alex Acuna, Tony Williams, Jack DeJohnette, Billy Hart, Ed Thigpen, Victor Lewis, Ben Riley, Steve Gadd, Stuart Copeland, Phil Collins, Jeff Hamilton, Adam Nussbaum, Bob Moses, Steve Jordan, Jeff Porcaro, Gary Husband, Ricky Wellman, and Scandinavian greats like Jon Christensen, Egil "Bop" Johansen and Anders Kjellberg, to name but a few..MUSICIANS WHOSE MUSIC INSPIRE ROGER: Cannonball Adderley, Abbey Lincoln, Lizz Wright, Joni Mitchell, Steve Swallow, Cornelis Vreeswijk, Keith Jarrett, Terje Nilsen, John Coltrane, Quincy Jones, Freddie Hubbard, Johnny Cash, Joe Zawinul, McCoy Tyner, Chet Baker, Tore Johansen, Marte Valle, Tonje Unstad, Christel Alsos, Bob Mintzer, John Williams, Tim Hagans, Knut Reiersrud, Stevie Wonder, Joe Henderson, Michael Jackson, James Taylor, U2, Alanis Morisette, Toto, K.D.Lang, Tony Bennett, Bruce Hornsby, Lars Jansson, Jan Gunnar Hoff, Tore Brunborg, Jørn Øien, Odd Rene Andersen, Michael Brecker, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Peter Gabriel, Dimitri Shostakovich, Jan Garbarek, Kenny Barron, Stan Getz and it goes on..
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