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Goran Kajfes

Goran is of Croatian heritage, grown up in Sweden in a family of musicians and artists. He is, since many years, an obvious authority at the very core in the Swedish music scene. A sought after session player, touring musician, arranger and producer. Goran has performed with José Gonzales, Stina Nordenstam, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Lester Bowie, The Soundrack of our Lives and many many others. Last year he was appointed Artist in Residence at Stockholm Jazz Festival. He was given the honour of composing and performing the opening ceremony of Stockholm Museum of Modern Art in 2006. He's written music to several movies and produced a number of albums including ”Clint” by Oddjob that was named Jazz Album of the Year by Sunday Times in the UK 2010. Kajfes debut Home (2001), where a mulitude of influences was mixed into an appealing and spicy brew established him as being at the forefront of crossover visionary electro-jazz

Article: Album Review

Nacka Forum: Peaceful Piano

Read "Peaceful Piano" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


Dopo una serie di album che hanno marchiato a fuoco la scena svedese, dopo aver presenziato nelle playlist di mezzo mondo, dopo acclamati tour in USA, Giappone, Europa e Scandinavia ecco che viene dato alle stampe, naturalmente per la benemerita Moserobie, Peaceful Piano, l'album che celebra il venticinquesimo anniversario di Nacka Forum. Per l'occasione Jonas Kullhammar ...

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Article: Year in Review

I Dischi del 2024 secondo Ludovico Granvassu

Read "I Dischi del 2024 secondo Ludovico Granvassu" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


Spesso molti articoli sulle “migliori uscite dell'anno" iniziano con una premessa quasi apologetica ("questi non sono necessariamente 'i migliori album dell'anno,' ma 'i miei preferiti';" “è tutto soggettivo;" “domani avrei scelto titoli diversi;" “ho potuto selezionare solo dieci album," ecc.)? Queste dichiarazioni sembrano riflettere il disagio del redattore, costretto a riassumere un vasto ecosistema artistico selezionando ...

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Article: Year in Review

Ludovico Granvassu's Garden of Jazzy Delights 2024

Read "Ludovico Granvassu's Garden of Jazzy Delights 2024" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


Have you noticed how many “best of the year" listicles start with an apologetic preamble ("these are not necessarily 'the best albums of the year' but 'my favorites';" “it's all subjective;" “tomorrow I might have chosen different titles;" “I could only select ten albums" etc.)? Those disclaimers channel the writer's discomfort of having to summarize a ...

Album

Peaceful Piano

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Graden På Moset; A Crank Of Mu; Othello; Grønland; Saxnäs Superman; LG's Lament; Jemeel; Lilla Maria.

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Article: Live Review

JazzFest Berlin 2024

Read "JazzFest Berlin 2024" reviewed by John Sharpe


JazzFest Berlin 2024 Haus Der Berliner Festspiele Berlin, Germany October 31-November 3, 2024 Intro For its sixtieth edition, the renowned JazzFest Berlin not only presented a full program of 24 shows by over 120 performers from around the globe, but also ran a research lab looking back at the event's history, ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Mike Stern, Tony Grey, Janek Gwizdala Vlad Glavchovski and Aaron Parks

Read "Mike Stern, Tony Grey, Janek Gwizdala Vlad Glavchovski and Aaron Parks" reviewed by Len Davis


Mike Stern withEchoes And Other Voices, bassist's Tony Grey, and Janek Gwizdala, guitarist Vlad Glavchovski, and Mark Hartsuch with Mohini Dey.. Indian violinist Abhijith P.S.Nair, Swiss band Oz Urugulu and Swedish trumpeter Goran Kajfes. Pianist Aaron Parks, German keyboardist Simon Oslander with Steve Gadd and Danish drummer Henrik Engquist with Jimmy Haslip.Playlist Mike Stern “Where's ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Goran Kajfes, Idit Shner, Elliott Sharp, Nicola Caminiti & More

Read "Goran Kajfes, Idit Shner, Elliott Sharp, Nicola Caminiti & More" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


As if the return of Goran Kajfes' Tropiques and Elliott Sharp's Terraplane were not enough to make you want to play this episode of Mondo Jazz, its playlist features also two fascinating releases by Idit Shner, and Michelangelo Scandroglio and an excellent debut album by Nicola Caminiti. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison ...

Album

Family

Label: We Jazz Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: The Space Dance Experiment; Spending Time With Ludde; Letter to Alfred; Boogie Stop Tøffel; The Healing Force Of the Trojan Horse; Supersonic; Dolphin Disco; SP68.

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Article: Album Review

Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra: Family

Read "Family" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Why can't all music be supersonic? That does not mean supersonic as in a speed exceeding that of sound, but sound that is sonically superlative. Drummer, composer, and bandleader Gard Nilssen's music is seemingly always sonically superb. His 17-piece Supersonic Orchestra was captured in 2022 at the Mondriaan Jazz Festival in Den Haag, Netherlands, for Family, ...


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