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Magnus Carlson & Moon Ray Quintet: Shadows 2025 [Digipack / CD]

Fitzgerald Ella: Dearly beloved 1954-56 [4 CD]

Metheny Pat: Side-eye III+ 2026 [Digipack / CD]

Baker Chet: Chet Baker sings 1954 [CD]

Coltrane John: Out of this world 1960-62 [4 CD]

Backengrillen: Backengrillen 2026 [Digipack / CD]

After Martin Hederos gathered his dream band, Hederosgruppen has become one of Sweden’s most hyped jazz acts, both live and on record. Yes, they are often placed in the jazz category, but they seem primarily focused on making fun music. Hederosgruppen made their debut with Storstrejk (2020) which was followed by Ståplats (2022), the only album thus far to win the Gyllene Skivan, Grammis and Manifest awards. Expectations for the third album may be high, but the group acts colly, calls their new creation Stilbrott (Breach of style) and puts three ski jumpers on the cover. As before, all five band members contribute ideas and compositions. The result could have been fragmented, but this quintet has created their style out of eclecticism. As before, they mix the riotous with the romantic in any number of styles. The common thread is the joy of being alive and playing live.