1 Nov 2026
Stockholm Jazz Festival
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Stockholm Jazz Festival: Céline Dessberg’s mystical jazz spell

Last weekend, Fasching welcomed Céline Dessberg, a French-Mongolian singer and yatga player who blends the cultural influences of both countries into nostalgic soft jazz. Growing up between France and Mongolia, she draws on the Buddhist and pastoral traditions of her Mongolian heritage alongside influences such as jazz musician Chet Baker and the eclectic pop of […]

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Stockholm Jazz Festival: corto.alto’s jazz rave

Liam Shortall, known as corto.alto, is a Glasgow-based composer and multi-instrumentalist who is quickly but steadily rising to fame with his take on blending jazz with electronics, hip-hop, soul and funk. This year, he took the Stockholm stage with support of Terra Kin, an intimate folk guitar soloist. Jazz rave? Yes, sir, it’s possible. In […]

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Stockholm Jazz Festival: Danny Grissett Trio’s lagom jazz

Danny Grissett is an American jazz pianist and composer known for his lyrical touch and smooth delivery. This year, he came to Stockholm with his trio, featuring British bassist Orlando le Fleming and Italian drummer Francesco Ciniglio. They performed Danny Grissett’s own tunes with a focus on his 2025 Travelogue album, alongside his arrangements of […]

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Stockholm Jazz Festival: Bohren & der Club of Gore’s still dark jazz

Bohren & der Club of Gore is a German band featuring Morten Gass on guitar, keyboards and drums, Robin Rodenberg on bass and drums, and Christoph Clöser on saxophone, piano, keyboards and drums. Best known for their distinctive dark jazz, ambient textures and doom-laden soundscapes, the band builds its music around minimalism, stillness and space.  […]

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Stockholm Jazz Festival 2026: Rymden’s art of tension 

Rymden are a Scandinavian jazz trio: Norwegian pianist and keyboardist Bugge Wesseltoft, Swedish bassist Dan Berglund and drummer Magnus Öström. Since their 2019 debut Reflections and Odysseys, they have blended minimalism with melancholy and dramatic intensity. Their sound ranges from atmospheric piano to rhythm-driven improvisation. On their latest album, Valleys and Mountains (2023), they build […]

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Stockholm Jazz Festival 2026: Cochemea’s rhythmical witchcraft

For over 25 years, American saxophonist and composer Cochemea has worked across genres, drawing on his Yaqui heritage and Mexican roots to create music that connects ancestral traditions with contemporary sounds. His trilogy, All My Relations (2019), Vol. 2: Baca Sewa (2021) and Vol. 3: Ancestros Futuros, explores the relationship between past, present and future, […]

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Stockholm Film Festival wrap-up: A recipe against autumn depression

The dark November nights (and days, let’s be honest) of Stockholm have once again been blessed with over 300 solid reasons to leave the house and live a small new life. One stays indoors while travelling to lands far away, seeing the world through the eyes of others. Cinema is a unique activity, isn’t it? […]

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Stockholm Jazz Festival wrap-up: The infectious groove of Ledisi

Ledisi is an American singer-songwriter and producer whose powerful yet smooth voice makes her one of the most captivating voices of her generation in R&B, jazz and soul. With 15 Grammy nominations and one win, Ledisi continues to create music filled with emotion, lightness of heart and sparkling energy. This year, she closed Stockholm Jazz […]

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Stockholm Jazz Festival: Emma-Jean Thackray moved the body, the mind and the soul

Musical polymath Emma-Jean Thackray brought her mix of jazz traditions, electronic club culture, funk and plenty of other influences to the stage at Nalen, and truly showing off her multi-faceted talents. The English multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and producer Emma-Jean Thackray came to Sweden fresh off of her Mercury Prize gala performance and her album being […]

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Stockholm Jazz Festival: An evening to cherish with Cherise at Fasching

It is always a special feeling to witness an artist or a musician on stage, when they clearly enjoy what they are doing and are self-evidently in it for the love of music. Cherise was giving exactly those vibes, when she played at Fasching during the Stockholm Jazz Festival. The multi-faceted British singer-songwriter was giving […]

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