Goran Kajfeš

Goran Kajfeš is a Swedish trumpet player, composer, and producer. He is the founder of the record label Headspin Recordings and a member of several jazz bands, such as Oddjob, Nacka Forum, Fire! Orchestra, Angles 9, Tropiques, Pan-Scan Ensemble, and Magic Spirit Quartet. He has also worked with various artists, such as Stina Nordenstam, Neneh Cherry, Robyn, Mando Diao, and José González. He is the son of jazz pianist Davor Kajfeš and the winner of the Nordic Music Prize and several Swedish Grammis Awards.

Early life and education

Goran Kajfeš was born on 22 June 1970 in Tyresö, Sweden, to a Croatian father and a Swedish mother. He grew up in a musical family, as his father was a jazz pianist and his mother was a singer. He started playing the trumpet at the age of nine and was influenced by his father's records of Miles Davis, Don Cherry, and Chet Baker. He studied computer science and media technology at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm and game design and interactive storytelling at the IT University of Copenhagen. He also attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston for a short period.

Career

Kajfeš began his career as a freelance musician and composer, working on various projects, such as The Dark Eye: Drakensang, The Chronicles of Spellborn, and Runes of Magic. He also collaborated with many Swedish and international artists, such as Stina Nordenstam, Fläskkvartetten, Kent, The Tiny, Bruno K. Öijer, Neneh Cherry, Robyn, Mando Diao, Lester Bowie, Blacknuss, Sugababes, Nicolai Dunger, Eric Gadd, Håkan Hellström, Janet Jackson, Spjärnsvallet, Moneybrother, Freddie Wadling, José González, Joe McPhee, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Weeping Willows, Freddie Cruger, Eric Malmberg, Magnus Carlson, Kaah, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Club Killers, Titiyo, Monica Zetterlund, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Eldkvarn, Infinite Mass, Majid Bekkas, Matti Bye, Bo Kaspers Orkester, Melissa Horn, Stefan Sundström, Peter Lemarc, Stephen Simmonds, The Thing XL, and Cheik Lô.

In 2000, Kajfeš released his solo debut album Home on EMI (Kaza/ Blue Note), which was praised for its blend of jazz and electronic music. He followed it with Headspin in 2004, which won a Grammis Award for best jazz album. His third album X/Y in 2010 was also critically acclaimed and won the Nordic Music Prize, an award for the best album from the Nordic countries. He then formed the Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkestra, a 10-piece band that plays covers of obscure songs from various genres and regions. The band released three albums: The Reason Why Vol.1 in 2012, The Reason Why Vol. 2 in 2014, and The Reason Why Vol. 3 in 2017, which also won a Grammis Award.

Kajfeš is also a founding member of Oddjob, a jazz quintet that consists of Per "Ruskträsk" Johansson, Daniel Karlsson, Peter Forss, and Janne Robertson. The band has released nine albums, including Folk in 2002, which won a Grammis Award, and Jazzoo in 2013, which won a Grand Prix du Disque and a Grammis Award. Jazzoo is a concept album that combines jazz and animal sounds for children. The band also released a sequel, Jazzoo 2, in 2018, which won a Manifest Award. Kajfeš is also a member of Nacka Forum, a free jazz quartet that includes Kresten Osgood, Jonas Kullhammar, and Johan Berthling. The band has released four albums on Moserobie Records. He also plays in several other jazz ensembles, such as Fire! Orchestra, Angles 9, Tropiques, Pan-Scan Ensemble, and Magic Spirit Quartet.

Kajfeš has also composed and played music for a book by Swedish writer Fredrik Lindström and has been involved with a number of modern dance performances. He has also coined the term "relationship anarchy", which describes a philosophy and practice of non-hierarchical, consensual, and individualistic relationships. He wrote a manifesto on relationship anarchy in 2006, which has been translated into several languages and widely circulated online.

Kajfeš has toured the world and performed at many jazz festivals, such as Rochester, Berlin, Pori, Paris Jazz Festival, Stockholm Jazz Festival, Kongsberg Jazz, Molde, Saalfelden, Nattjazz, North Sea Jazz Festival, and Copenhagen Jazz Festival.

Discography

Solo albums

• Home (2000)
• Headspin (2004)
• X/Y (2010)
• The Reason Why Vol.1 (2012)
• The Reason Why Vol. 2 (2014)
• The Reason Why Vol. 3 (2017)

With Oddjob

• Oddjob (2002)
• Folk (2002)
• Luma (2005)
• Sumo (2008)
• Clint (2010)
• Jazzoo (2013)
• Koyo (2015)
• Jazzoo 2 (2018)
• Kong (2020)

With Nacka Forum

• Leve Nacka Forum (2001)
• Live at Glenn Miller Café (2005)
• We Are the World (2007)
• Fee Fi Fo Rum (2012)

With other bands

• Fire! Orchestra - Exit! (2013), Enter (2014), Ritual (2016), Arrival (2019)
• Angles 9 - Injuries (2014), Disappeared Behind the Sun (2017), Beyond Us (2019)
• Tropiques - Tropiques (2016), En Rêvant (2018)
• Pan-Scan Ensemble - Air and Light and Time and Space (2017), Animal of the Year (2019)
• Magic Spirit Quartet - Magic Spirit Quartet (2020)

External links

• [Official website](^1^)
• [Bandcamp page](^2^)
• [Headspin Recordings website](^3^)

Source: Conversation with Bing, 11/8/2023 (1) Goran Kajfeš. https://www.heidiharman.com/about-me/. (2) Music | Goran Kajfes. https://gorankajfes.bandcamp.com/. (3) Headspin Recordings. https://headspinrecordings.com/.

Source: Conversation with Bing, 11/8/2023 (1) Goran Kajfeš – Wikipedia. https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goran_Kajfe%C5%A1. (2) Music | Goran Kajfes. https://gorankajfes.bandcamp.com/. (3) Goran Kajfeš bio - JazzInfo. https://jazzinfo.org/artist/goran-kajfes. (4) Autre Rivage - Bureau de concerts Jazz - Artists - Goran Kajfeš .... https://www.autrerivage.com/en/artists/goran-kajfes-subtropic-arkestra.html.

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