Precarious Towers: Ten Stories (2023)

Collaborative album, featuring compositions by all band members:
Johannes Wallmann
, piano, composer; Sharel Cassity, alto saxophone; Mitch Shiner, vibraphone; John Christensen, bass; Devin Drobka, drums

Album links for purchase (CD or download) and all major streaming services:
https://ffm.to/tenstories

A collective musical odyssey that unites five exceptionally talented musicians [...] a testament to the power of collaboration and creative synergy. [...] Each story, meticulously composed and performed, adds a unique layer to the metaphorical towers that stand as a symbol of their collective musical strength. The album, a work of joyful abandon and musical risk-taking, showcases a band firmly anchored in the foundation of joy, collaboration, and friendship.
— Jazz in Europe.NL

Johannes Wallmann: Precarious Towers (2022)

Johannes Wallmann, piano, composer; Sharel Cassity, alto saxophone; Mitch Shiner, vibraphone; John Christensen, bass; Devin Drobka, drums

Album cover including painting of houses stacked on top of each other forming leaning towers and text "Johannes Wallmann" and "Precarious Towers"

Album links for purchase (CD or download) and all major streaming services: https://sym.ffm.to/precarioustowers

Time and again, the album testifies to Wallmann’s strength as a writer when an ear-catching theme’s at the heart of each composition; you may well find them echoing in your head long after the tracks are finished. In being given material so strong to work with, it’s no surprise that the musicians responded so enthusiastically in their performances
— Textura

Johannes Wallmann: Elegy for an Undiscovered Species (2021)

Johannes Wallmann, piano, composer; Ingrid Jensen, trumpet; Dayna Stephens, tenor saxophone & EWI; Allison Miller, drums; Nick Moran, bass; and String Orchestra (Kaleigh Acord, Maynie Bradley, Mercedes Cullen, Glen Kuenzi, Chang-En Lu, Anna Luebke, Richard Silvers, Mary Shin, violins; Emma Cifrino, Pedro Oviedo, Rachel Riese, violas; Hannah Kasun, Cole Randolph, Ben Therrell, cellos; Michael Dolan, conductor)

Available for pre-order at Shifting Paradigm Records’ Bandcamp

Album links for purchase (CD or download) and all major streaming services: https://sym.ffm.to/elegy

[Wallmann’s] album is his most ambitious yet bringing crucial New Yorkers to the Midwest, loading the deck with a bunch of strings and showing off some really great, new compositions that really set jazz and instrumental music back on their heels. Fresh and lush, it’s delightfully mind blowing throughout.
— Midwest Record

– Named a “Best of 2021 album” by Downbeat Magazine –


Johannes Wallmann Quintet: Day and Night (2018)

Johannes Wallmann, piano, composer; Brian Lynch, trumpet, flugelhorn; Dayna Stephens, tenor, soprano, baritone saxophone; Matt Pavolka, bass; Colin Stranahan, drums

Available on Shifting Paradigm Records’ Bandcamp site and also from iTunes and Amazon.com.

Available on Shifting Paradigm Records’ Bandcamp site and also from iTunes and Amazon.com.

Wallmann’s confident, muscular and elegant playing leads a set of tunes evenly divided between standards and original compositions. [...] Day and Night, a nuanced set of tunes balanced in perfect dynamics, is meant to be sipped and savored from beginning to end.
— Catalina Maria Johnson, Downbeat Magazine, February 2019

Johannes Wallmann: Love Wins (2018)

Johannes Wallmann, piano, composer; Rob Dz, spoke word, lyrics; Russ Johnson, trumpet, flugelhorn; Dennis Mitcheltree, tenor saxophone, alto flute; Dayna Stephens, EWI (3,8), baritone saxophone (1,4,5); Kenny Reichert, guitar; John Christensen, bass; Devin Drobka, drums; Sharon Clark, vocals (3); Jan Wheaton, vocals (6); Keith Borden, vocals (9)

Available directly from the Fresh Sounds record label and from iTunes and Amazon.com.

Available directly from the Fresh Sounds record label and from iTunes and Amazon.com.

Uplifting, moving, [...] a triumphant melding of genres.
— Jane Burns, Isthmus Magazine, Oct 5, 2017

Johannes Wallmann & The Sweet Minute Big Band: Always Something (2015)

Ben Knox, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone; Eric Koppa, alto saxophone, flute; Tony Barba, tenor saxophone, clarinet; Tom Gullion, tenor saxophone; Les Thimmig, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet; David Cooper, trumpet; Jamie Breiwick, trumpet; Eric Jacobson, trumpet; Russ Johnson, trumpet; Darren Sterud, trombone; Jamie Kember, trombone; Don Deal, trombone; Mike Dugan, bass trombone; Johannes Wallmann, piano, composer; Nick Moran, bass; Dave Bayles, drums

Available from iTunes, CDBaby, and Amazon.com.

Available from iTunes, CDBaby, and Amazon.com.

Solos by Johannes Wallmann, Jamie Kember, Don Deal, Mike Dugan, and Darren Sterud

Solos by Tom Gullion, Jamie Breiwick, and Johannes Wallmann

a contemporary, innovative take on jazz’s big band tradition
— Our Lives Magazine, Sept/Oct 2015

Johannes Wallmann Quintet: The Town Musicians (2015)

Russ Johnson, trumpet; Gilad Hekselman, guitar; Dayna Stephens, tenor saxophone (1&4);
Johannes Wallmann, piano; Sean Conly, bass; Jeff Hirshfield, drums

Available directly from the Fresh Sounds record label and from iTunes and Amazon.com.

Available directly from the Fresh Sounds record label and from iTunes and Amazon.com.

The Town Musicians affirms Johannes Wallmann’s reputation as a remarkable pianist and composer. Here, he leads a sterling ensemble that optimizes poised improvisation, while also placing high premiums on cohesive empathy over flashy exhibitionism. His evocative compositions are brimming with melodic cogency and rhythmic pull.
— John Murph, Downbeat Magazine, October 2015

Johannes Wallmann Brasstet: The Coasts (2010)

Ralph Alessi, trumpet; Josh Roseman, trombone; Marcus Rojas, tuba; Johannes Wallmann, piano; Sean Conly, bass; Fred Kennedy, drums

Available from iTunes, CD Baby, and Amazon.com

Available from iTunes, CD Baby, and Amazon.com


Johannes Wallmann Quintet: Minor Prophets (2007)

Ingrid Jensen, trumpet; Geoff Countryman, tenor saxophone; Johannes Wallmann, piano; Sean Conly, bass; Jeff Hirshfield, drums

Available from iTunes, CD Baby, and Amazon.com

Available from iTunes, CD Baby, and Amazon.com

Wallmann shines with a glowing statement of rippling inventiveness
— Bill Donaldson (Cadence Magazine) review of 2007 release Minor Prophets

Johannes Wallmann Quartet: Alphabeticity (2004)
(out of print)

Seamus Blake, tenor saxophone; Johannes Wallmann, piano; Martin Wind, bass; Jeff Hirshfield, drums

Available from iTunes, CD Baby, and Amazon.com

Out of print