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Goran Kajfeš, born June 22, 1970 in Tyresö, is a Swedish trumpeter with Croatian roots. Kajfeš is the son of jazz pianist Davor Kajfeš.

Musical Career
Goran Kajfeš has worked with Stina Nordenstam, The Pork Quartet, 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's Orchestra, Melissa Horn, Stefan Sundström, Peter Lemarc, Stephen Simmonds, The Thing XL, Cheik Lô.

Kajfeš' solo debut Home (2000) was released on EMI (Kaza / Blue Note) and received much international attention for its mix of jazz and electronics. The sequel Headspin won a Swedish Grammys in 2004. The third album X / Y (2010) was named this year's jazz album in The Independent and was acclaimed worldwide including in the newspapers Mojo, Artforum Magazine. Kajfeš was also awarded the Nordic Music Prize for the album. After that, the albums (with Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkestra) were released The Reason Why Vol.1 (2012), The Reason Why Vol. 2 (2014) and now most recently Grammys-winning The Reason Why Vol. 3 (2017). All rewritten in Mojo, Uncut, Songlines, The Wire, Jazz Journal, Downbeat, Shindig, Prog Rock Magazine, etc.

Kajfeš is also part of the jazz group Oddjob, together with, among others, Per "Ruskträsk" Johansson and Daniel Karlsson, who have released 9 full-length albums (see discography below). The Grammys Awarded album Folk and in addition to the Grand Prix du Disque- and Grammys Awarded children's album Jazzoo and most recently Manifest-acclaimed Jazzoo 2. He is also a member of the free jazz band Nacka Forum (Moserobie Records) with Kresten Osgood, Jonas Kullhammar and Johan Berthling, hypnojazz quartet Tropiques, Angles 9, Four! Orchestra, Pan-Scan Ensemble, Magic Spirit Quartet, Magnus Carlson and The Moon Ray Quintet and Creation Jobalites.

He has toured the world and played and toured in, among other things. Europe, USA, Brazil, Mexico, Panama, Japan. He has been heard at numerous jazz festivals such as Rochester, Berlin, Pori, Paris Jazz Festival, Stockholm Jazz Festival, Kongsberg Jazz, Molde, Saalfelden, Night Jazz, North Sea Jazz Festival, Copenhagen Jazz Festival.

Kajfeš runs the record company Headspin Recordings with David Österberg.

Kajfeš has produced Weeping Willows' album The Time Has Come, Magnus Carlson and the Moon Ray Quintet and Titiyo's album Hidden.

In 2014, Kajfeš, in collaboration with David Österberg, exhibited the audio installation Batysphere at the Color Factory.

Kajfeš played a French jazz musician at the club Bop Sec in a scene in the movie Gentlemen by Mikael Marcimain.

Jazz discography

 * 2000 – Home
 * 2002 – Oddjob (Oddjob)
 * 2002 – Nacka Forum (Nacka Forum)
 * 2004 – Koyo (Oddjob)
 * 2004 – Headspin
 * 2005 – Leve Nacka Forum (Nacka Forum)
 * 2006 – Luma (Oddjob)
 * 2008 – Sumo (Oddjob)
 * 2010 – X/Y
 * 2010 – Clint (Oddjob)
 * 2012 –The Reason Why Vol. 1 (Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkestra)
 * 2012 – Jazzoo (Oddjob)
 * 2012 – Fee Fi Fo Rum (Nacka Forum)
 * 2012 – Live in Bremen (Oddjob)
 * 2012 – By Way Of Deception/Live In Ljubljana (Angles 8)
 * 2013 – Live in Tokyo (Nacka Forum)
 * 2013 – In Our Midst (Angles 9)
 * 2014 – Second Exit (Fire! Orchestra)
 * 2014 – The Reason Why Vol. 2 (Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkestra)
 * 2014 – Enter (Fire! Orchestra)
 * 2014 – Injuiries (Angles 9)
 * 2015 – Folk (Oddjob)
 * 2016 – We Are The World (Nacka Forum)
 * 2016 – Oddjob Plays Weather Report (Oddjob)
 * 2017 – Air and Light and Time and Space (Pan-Scan Ensemble)
 * 2017 – Disappeared Behind The Sun (Angles 9)
 * 2017 – La La Lars (La La Lars)
 * 2017 – The Reason Why Vol. 3 (Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkestra)
 * 2017 – Enso (Tropiques)
 * 2018 – Jazzoo 2 (Oddjob)
 * 2019 – La La Lars II (La La Lars)
 * 2019 – Into the wild (Tropiques)
 * 2019 – Beyond Us (Angles 9)
 * 2019 – Kong (Oddjob)
 * 2019 – Så stopper festen (Nacka Forum)
 * 2020 – If you listen carefully the music is yours (Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra)
 * 2020 – Magic Spirit Quartet

Music for Film, Television, Theater, Art and Dance

 * Alla bara försvinner, novellfilm (Kicki Kjellin)
 * A lonesome cowgirl, kortfilm (Martina Bigert)
 * Vikarien, dokumentär (Blanck/Palmgren)
 * The Well, dokumentär om Orson Welles (Kristian Petri)
 * Coachen, tv-serie (Simon Kaijser)
 * Invigningsfanfar, Moderna Museet
 * Detaljer, spelfilm (Kristian Petri)
 * The Sun, konstfilm (Ulf Rollof)
 * Invigningsmusik, Bonniers Konsthall
 * Hoy noe se fia, manana si, spelfilm (Franscisco Avizanda)
 * The Plan, dokumentär (Michael Stenberg)
 * The Mouse, konstfilm (Bigert & Bergström)
 * Saw The White Buffalo Dancing, dansföreställning (Vindhäxor)
 * Svek, teater på Stadsteatern (Alexander Mørk-Eidem)
 * Kobra, vinjettmusik (SVT)
 * Alla Vilda, dokumentär om Birgitta Stenberg (SVT)
 * Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret, spelfilm (Felix Herngren). Musik av Matti Bye/Oddjob
 * Dödsdansen/Generalrepetionen, dokumentär om pjäsen Dödsdansen (Barracuda)
 * Havana Motor Club, dokumentär om racing på Kuba (Bent-Jorgen Permlutt)
 * Jazzoo, animerade kortfilmer (Alphaville)
 * Ivanov, teater på Dramaten (Alexander Mørk-Eidem)
 * Hotellet, dokumentär (Kristian Petri)
 * That Summer, dokumentär (Göran Hugo Olsson)
 * Curiosity and Control, dokumentär (Albin Biblom)
 * We Got This, tv-serie (SVT/Viaplay)