Description
2011 Nordic Music Prize winner and his large jazz ensemble re-imagine Turkish psych, Brazilian soul, German psychedelic electronica and progressive jazz/rock on the follow-up to the hugely successful 'X/Y'. In preparation for his fourth studio recording, trumpeter Goran Kajfes trawled his personal record collection to choose seven pieces of music that join the dots between the diverse array of influences in his music.
'The Reason Why Vol.1' sees Goran Kajfes' Subtropic Arkestra re-imagine such colourful music as the Turkish psych of Edip Akbayram, the soulful groove of Brazilian singer Arthur Verocai, the German psychedelic electronica of Cluster and the progressive jazz/rock of Soft Machine, Bo Hansson and Tame Impala, among others.
Personnel: Goran Kajfes (trumpet), Jonas Kullhammar, Per Johansson (saxophones), Andreas Söderström (guitar), Johan Berthling (bass), Johan Holmegard (bass) and others