Johan Berthling

Johan Bertling at Club W71 , 2018

Johan Berthling (* 1973 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish jazz and improvisation musician ( double bass , electric bass , also piano ).

Life

Johan Berthling in Aarhus, 2016

Berthling studied 1996-1998 at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm . Since then he has worked in the Swedish and international jazz and improvisation scene in various ensembles a. a. with David Stackenäs , Raymond Strid , Fredrik Ljungkvist , Sten Sandell , Paal Nilssen-Love , Akira Sakata , Mats Gustafsson , Jonas Kullhammar and the Christer Bothén Acoustic Ensemble. In the field of jazz he was involved in 23 recording sessions between 1996 and 2014. He also worked with the folk musician and songwriter Nicolai Dunger ( Rösten och herren , 2007).

Discographic notes

• Johan Berthling / Fredrik Ljungkvist / Sten Sandell (LJ, 1998)
• Sten Sandell Trio: Standing Wave (SOFA, 2000)
• Oren Ambarchi & Johan Berthling: My Days Are Darker Than Your Nights (Häpna, 2003)
• Firehouse: Live at Glenn Miller Cafe ( Ayler Records , 2004, with Magnus Broo , Fredrik Ljungkvist, John Lindblom, Kjell Nordeson )
• Angles: Every Woman is a Tree ( Clean Feed Records , 2007, with Magnus Broo, Mats Äleklint , Martin Küchen , Mattias Ståhl , Kjell Nordeson)
• Fire !: Unreleased? - Fire! with Jim O'Rourke ( Rune Grammofon , 2011, with Mats Gustafsson , Jim O'Rourke , Andreas Werliin )
• Johan Berthling / Paal Nilssen-Love / Akira Sakata: Arashi ( Trost , 2013)
• Fire! Orchestra Ritual (Rune Grammofon, 2016, with Sofia Jernberg , Mariam Wallentin , Niklas Barnö, Susana Santos Silva , Hild Sofie Tafjord , Mats Äleklint, Per Åke Holmlander , Mette Rasmussen , Anna Högberg , Per "Texas" Johansson , Jonas Kullhammar , Lotte Anker , Mats Gustafsson, Martin Hederos , Edvin Nahlin, Andreas Berthling, Finn Loxbo, Julien Desprez, Andreas Werliin, Mads Forby)
• Johan Berthling, Martin Küchen & Steve Noble : Threnody, at the Gates (Trost Records, 2017)

Web links

Commons : Johan Berthling  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Johan Berthling at Allmusic (English)
• Johan Berthling at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Short biography at SOFA Records ( memento of the original from September 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed April 8, 2015)