Orkester Omnitonal by Per Texas Johansson

Orkester Omnitonal was formed in 2021 and had its debut concert at the Stockholm jazz festival that same year. Orkester Omnitonal was born from the idea of creating a larger independent ensemble with freelance musicians from varying environments and backgrounds such as classical, jazz and impro. The starting point was the compositions that classical composers such as Igor Stravinsky and Bela Bartok wrote as commissions for e.g. Benny Goodman and Woody Herman (Ebony Concerto, Contrasts) compositions that hardly contained any improvisation and were very demanding for the big bands.
With this as an inspiration, Orkester Omnitonal has recorded three new works by Viktor Skokic, Johan Lindström and Per Texas Johansson. All the compositions feature Per Texas Johansson as clarinet soloist on Bb clarinet, bass clarinet and contrabass clarinet.
The orchestra consists of musicians who fully master both ensemble work and improvisation. Soloists can be heard such as Mats Äleklint, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Joakim Agnas, Mattias Ståhl, Karl Olandersson.

Swedish saxophone and clarinet hero Per "Texas" Johansson.