It was back in the early 1970s, more precisely in 1971, the Turkish trumpet player Maffy Falay decided to start...

Material from Rena Rama’s Jazz in Sweden LP from 1973 along with their follow-up recording "Inside-Outside"...

Björn Alke’s Quartet was founded in 1973, and performed, from the very beginning, a highly personal music:...

”A free, distinctive music, where the instruments' possibilities, impossibilities (as well as their...

The 1976 Jazz in Sweden award was given to jazz quintet Opposite Corner from Gothenburg. The group was one of the...

The group Förklädd Gud ("God in Disguise") started in the beginning of the 1970’s and from 1976 with the...

The jazz quartet Birka was formed in Stockholm in 1976 by the drummer Rune Carlsson. Its name came naturally, as...

The 1979 Jazz in Sweden prize was awarded to Mount Everest, a group founded in Gothenburg in 1970. In the...

In 1980, Fredrik Norén Band won the award ”Jazz in Sweden”. Only a decade before, one could often hear jazz...

The name Entra Camaleón is a phrase that drummer Anders Kjellberg picked up when he visited Cuba at the end of the...

Änglaspel (Angel Chimes) was elected by the readers of the musical magazines Tonfallet and Orkester Journalen as...

Tommy Koverhult (1945-2010) had, before these recordings, for many years been reputed as one of the foremost tenor...

Equinox was elected by readers of the musical magazines Orkester Journalen and Tonfallet as the jazz group most in...

The winner of the 1985 Jazz in Sweden award was the group Wail from Malmö in southern Sweden. They started as a...

Soul Train was led by the nowadays well known Swedish vocalist Claes Janson and keyboardist Staffan Abeleen...

In 1987, the Monica Borrfors Quintet was voted the best in Swedish jazz. In addition, it was the first time that...