Jazz Articles about Swedish Jazz

Watch Out! Swedish Jazz Volume 10, 1965-1969

by Jack Bowers
March 25, 2006

Various Artists Watch Out! Svensk Jazzhistoria Vol. 10 - Swedish Jazz 1965-69 (4 CD Box) Caprice Records 2006

The late '60s were a time of transition for Swedish Jazz, as they were in the US and elsewhere, with John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Archie Shepp, Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman and other trailblazers taking the music into new and uncharted waters, echoing perhaps the chaotic social and cultural upheavals that were reshaping society at the time. ...