Jerry Johansson started out his musical journey some distant years ago in the Swedish city of Varberg, then as a guitar player and composer in various rock- and jazz-groups. After having had a minor revelation when experiencing a George Harrison-composition on a Beatles-album; an overwhelmed Jerry realised that the point of no return had finally arrived.
He immediately began studying the classical Indian raga and the world of the sitar on an advanced level, with a most serious approach. This newly found universe not only demands highly concentrated daily practice, but also calls for a devotional, humble approach to the world at large.
Sitar master Roop Verma appears, himself a former student of master Ravi Shankar; and he takes Jerry
under his wings, so to speak, and Jerry becomes his pupil.
Jerry practises various Indian modal scales and ways of thinking and plays and plays,
and in time reaches the innermost soul and spirit of the classical Indian raga.
Over the years, Jerry Johansson has travelled deeper and deeper into the magical sound worlds of the sitar, banjo and many other string instruments. He has been the heart of Grovjobb for several years, led jazz ensembles, composed music and kept an open mind.
Jerry moves freely as an adventurous musical earth-traveller in the best of senses; combining Indian ways of looking at the world with bare Swedish feet in the glowing grass of the sparkling world known as the ever-present NOW!