Jonny Johansson, a native of Sweden, grow up with a mix of Swedish folklore, jazz and latin music.  This mix of musical styles has strongly shaped his musical development.  Currently Jonny lives in New York City where he is busy freelancing.

Jonny plays a custom made Ad Lib 9-string guitar tuned in perfect fourths.  The extended register, spanning more than five octaves, helps to enhance the illusion of sounding like more than one player.  Starting out on classical guitar Jonny uses a modified classical guitar technique that enables him to play melody, chords and bass lines simultaneously in a way that sounds more like a piano than a guitar.

Some of the musicians with whom Jonny has played include: Mark Murphy, Ron McClure, George Garzone, Jeff Hirshfield, Tim Hagans, Nancy Marano, Jack Wilkins, Carla White, and Debra Brown.

Of the clubs Jonny has performed can be mentioned: Birdland, NYC, Cleopatra’s Needle, NYC, Cornelia Street Café, NYC, Acton Jazz Café, MA, Mo Jazz Café, Wilmington, VT, Reduta Jazz Club, Prague, Tjeck Republic, Fashing, Stockholm, Sweden to name a few.

Jonny has also performed at festivals such as: Birmingham Music Festival, UK, Zagreb Jazz Fair, Croatia, Dubrovnic Music Festival, Serbia, Anekoski Jazz Festival, Finland, Stockholm Jazz Festival, Sweden, Landskrona Jazz Festival, Sweden, Gävle International Guitar Festival, Sweden, Norrtälje Jazz Days, Sweden, Sandvik Big Bang, Sweden, and Jazz in Svaben, Sweden.

1991 Jonny was the Swedish representative to the EBU’s (European Broadcast Union) yearly big band concert in Strassbourg, France. The concert was broadcast all over Europe and Canada.

In December 2001 Jonny earned his Doctoral of Musical Arts degree from New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA.

Jonny has studied with Lenny Breau, John Abercrombie, Jack Wilkins, Mick Goodrick, George Garzone, Joe Diorio, Ron Eschete, Bruce Buckingham, David Leisner, Cecil McBee, Bo Sylwén, Per-Olov Hedlund and Owe Walter.

Jonny has three CDs; Boston Tea Party, Swedish Woodwind and Being Healthy released on the label BIBA Records.