Norwegian NYC based jazz guitarist,  Tim Johnson, with acoustic bassist Sahil Warsi.

Saturday, March 1st | 1pm | $20; FREE for members | Tickets

Timothy Johnson is a Norwegian guitarist, composer, and educator, based in NYC. He has performed at world-renowned jazz clubs like Dizzy’s Club (NYC), The 55 Bar (NYC) Scullers Jazz (Boston), Smalls (NYC), and at festivals like the Buenos Aires Jazz Festival (Argentina), as well as clubs in Japan and Norway. Additionally he has appeared alongside jazz luminaries Damien Sneed, Melissa Aldana, and Neal Smith, and most recently has also performed in the award winning musical, Once on this Island.

He completed his Bachelors degree at the Berklee College of Music on scholarship, and recently completed his Masters degree at the Manhattan School of Music on scholarship, studying with guitarist Mike Moreno. He has received many prestigious awards along the way, such as the Berklee Jimi Hendrix Award, the NAMM Innovation Award, the Juvenarte composition award, placed runner up in Lee Ritenour’s Dreamcatcher Competition, and most recently was a scholarship/fellowship recipient of the Norway-Amerika Association. He appears on recordings by the award winning composer Eri Chichibu, as well as singer April Varner’s release “Hummingbird”, and is preparing to record his debut album later this year.

Sahil Warsi an Acoustic Bassist and Jazz Composer from New Delhi, India, and based in Boston, MA, graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2016 with a degree in Jazz Composition. He performs regularly with various ensembles and orchestras, both jazz and classical, and hosts Friday night jam sessions at Wally’s Jazz Cafe, a historic venue established in 1947. Sahil is currently the Principal Bassist of the Boston Conservatory-Berklee Orchestra and a member of the Boston Civic Symphony. Previously, he was the Principal Bassist of the Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra and the Terence Blanchard Jazz Composition Orchestra.

A prominent figure in Delhi’s jazz scene, Sahil helped reintroduce the Acoustic Bass to the city, performing over 350 times at various venues. He has also played with the Longwood Symphony, Harvard Summer School Orchestra, Cambridge Symphony Orchestra, Metrowest Symphony Orchestra, and the Neopolitan Orchestra. At Berklee, Sahil regularly performs at recitals, film scoring sessions, and with project bands, contributing to recording sessions for both student composers and industry figures like Patrick Doyle. His studies have included renowned bassists like Susan Hagen, Ron Mahdi, and Bruce Gertz.

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