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Oddjob: Baby Bop

By Ludovico Granvassu
November 3, 2025
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2025 marks 28 years of adventurous music-making for Oddjob, the ever-inventive quintet featuring Per "Ruskträsk" Johansson (saxophone, bass clarinet, flute), Goran Kajfes (trumpet), Daniel Karlsson (piano, organ, Moog synth), Lars Skoglund (drums, vibraphone), and Viktor Skokic (bass).

Though each member has built a thriving solo career, the five Swedes make sure their creative trajectories keep intersecting in Oddjob, continuing to release remarkable albums very much on their own terms. "Baby Bop," from Atlas (Koyo Records), is a perfect example—with its laid-back yet quietly epic theme, it captures the band's signature blend of ease and drive.

Contact Ludovico Granvassu on All About Jazz.
I'm the Editor-in-Chief of All About Jazz Italia, host of Mondo Jazz on Radio Free Brooklyn and was once visited by Frank Zappa's ghost.... he was funny too.

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