Goran Kajfes

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About Goran Kajfes

Goran Kajfeš is a trumpeter, composer, and bandleader based in Sweden. His music melds 21st century jazz, experimental folk, classical, psychedelia, and kosmische. He is also a member of Oddjob, Nacka Forum, and other ensembles. Kajfeš' sound has been influenced by Don Cherry, Enrico Rava, Tomasz Stanko, and Miles Davis, among others. Before releasing 2000's Home, his debut on Blue Note France, he played on recordings by Sting, Stina Nordenstam, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Monica Zetterlund, and others. 2004's Head Spin won a Swedish Grammy. He co-composed the score to the 2005 film The Well. 2010's double-length X/Y wed jazz, folk, and psych across a nine-part suite; it won the 2012 Nordic Music Prize. Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkestra, a large jazz-rock-psych fusion ensemble, issued The Reason Why in three volumes between 2012 and 2017. Goran Kajfeš Tropiques released the 52-minute single Enso in 2017, followed by the albums Into the Wild in 2019 and Tell Us in 2024.

HOMETOWN
Tyresö, Sweden
BORN
June 22, 1970
GENRE
Jazz

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