Birka

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

Wail

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

Fredrik Norén Band

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

Björn Alke’s Quartet

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

Mount Everest

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

Förklädd gud (God in Disguise)

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

Änglaspel

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

The Swedish Cello

Mats Lidström, Frans Helmersson, Torleif Thedéen, Mats Rondin, Ola Karlsson, Peter Schuback, Petja Svensson, Elemér Lavotha, Gerhard Hamann, Hege Waldeland, Svante Henryson

”The Swedish Cello” is the first entry in Caprice Record’s new bid to release compilations for digital sale...

Soul Train

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

Tommy Koverhult's Quintet

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

Entra Camaleón

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

ISKRA (Remastered 2015)

ISKRA

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

The Swedish Violin

Ida Haendel, Arve Tellefsen, Jaap Schröder, Karl-Ove Mannberg, Leon Spierer, Nilla Pierrou, Josef Grünfarb, Leo Berlin, Endre Wolf, Gunnar Barter, Bernt Lysell

”The Swedish Violin” is the second installment in Caprice Records’ new bid to release compilations for...

What pan did for me

Rudy Smith

Rudy ”Twoleft” Smith is a true legend in the world of steel pan and steelband. This album offers samples of...

Jazz in Sweden – Anthology 1972-2010

What do musicians like Esbjörn Svensson, Stina Nordenstam, Bobo Stensson, Jeanette Lindström, Magnus Lindgren,...

Arnljot

Sigurd Björling, Barbro Ericsson, Leon Björker, Margareta Bergström, Anders Näslund, Bertil Alstergård, Carl-Axel Hallgren, Conny Söderström, Sture Ingebretzen, Arne Tyrén, Eva Prytz, Olle Sivall, Sven-Erik Jacobsson, Arne Wirén, Georg Svedenbrant, Tore Persson, Sven Wallskog, Sylvan Beré, Royal Orchestra Stockholm, Royal Swedish Opera Chorus, Sixten Ehrling, Arne Sunnegårdh

The opera Arnljot by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867-1942) is one of the most impressive contributions to Swedish...