Career
Bang played with Erik Honoré in «Woodlands» (European Parliament, 1988), and they have released two albums (2000, 2001). He has also contributed to albums with Bertine Zetlitz, Belorussian Canto, and has written music for the film Ballen i øyet (2000). Bang is the kind of musical innovator and bridge-builder who consistently manages to balance progressive thinking with popular appeal.
He is always looking for ways of moving music and people forward, and by creating new meeting places and musical intersections he is the kind of person who makes events like «Scene Norway» possible.
In addition to hosting «Punkt», Bang will also contribute to the opening concert where he will perform with one of his many musical collaborators, the celebrated Norwegian trumpet player Arve Henriksen. John Kellman of the All About Jazz magazine, recognized Jason Moran & January Bang at the Moldejazz and Arve Henriksen/January Bang Double Civil Defense Release Show at The Punkt Festival, Kristiansand, Norway, September 2013, as one of his 25 "Best Live Shows of 2013".