Cosmic Ear is a new group bringing together Christer Both\u00e9n, Mats Gustafsson, Goran Kajfe\u0161, Kansan Zetterberg and Juan Romero. Their debut album TRACES is released by We Jazz Records on 23rd of May, 2025. Including 6 deep cuts, TRACES is an album that sees Cosmic Ear tracking down the ”traces” of the legendary Don Cherry’s legacy while paving their own way in contemporary creative music expression.<\/p>\n
Christer Both\u00e9n, a collaborator with Don Cherry during his Swedish period in the 1970s, brings depth to the history of the band, while his bandmates each belong at the top of the game in Scandinavian jazz. Their music is meditative and deep, much recommended for fans of the likes of Don Cherry, Alice Coltrane, and Pharoah. That being said, listeners should approach Cosmic Ear only with openness and curiosity, without set stylistic boundaries, as it’s the group’s natural flow and togetherness that brings their music into a fresh territory of their own.<\/p>\n
As John Corbett writes in his liner notes:<\/p>\n
”The Cosmic Ear. Five souls, sometimes six, on the same road. The pied piper path of Mr. Cherry. Christer Both\u00e9n, one of Cherry\u2019s main collaborators in his Swedish period and one of the most\u00a0beautiful bass clarinetists on planet earth, together with next-gen saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, who has carried so many torches in Cherry\u2019s procession, and younger Swedish stars trumpeter Goran Kajfes, bassist Kansan Zetterberg, and percussionist Juan Romero. Together a tempo is set, a path is charted. There are global grooves. A berimbau, a karignan (metal scraper from Guinea), donso n\u2019goni. There are ET grooves. Synth, live-electronics, slide flute. The globe is a glove, a hand warmer that radiates with extraterrestrial power, returning the fingers to their place at the center of the galaxy; the Cherry path is a balm that restores essential moisture to the lips that blow life back into the megacosm. Let us all praise warm fingers and moist mouths.”<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Black vinyl, inside out sleeve, 12×12″ insert including liner notes by John Corbett, polylined inner sleeve. Preorder for the upcoming 2nd pressing.\r\n\r\nOut 27.2.2026 on We Jazz Records.\r\n\r\nChrister Both\u00e9n; donso n\u2019goni, bass clarinet, contra bass clarinet, piano\r\nMats Gustafsson; tenor sax, flute, slide flute, Ab clarinet, live electronics, organ, harmonica\r\nGoran Kajfe\u0161; trumpet, pocket trumpet, synth, electronics, percussion\r\nJuan Romero; congas, berimbau and percussion\r\nKansan Zetterberg; bass, donso n\u2019goni\r\n\r\nSpecial guest: Marianne N\u00b4Lemwo, karignan\r\n\r\nRecorded by Gustav Lindel\u00f6w at Studio Ingrid, Stockholm\r\nMixed by Andreas Werliin at Puttane\r\nMastered by Juho Luukkainen\r\nLiner notes by John Corbett\r\nBand photo by Johan Bergmark\r\nOriginal artwork by Christer Both\u00e9n\r\nDesign by Matti Nives\r\n\r\nProduced by Cosmic Ear and Matti Nives","protected":false},"featured_media":3143536,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[16],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3143535","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-jazz","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"taxable","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"mb":[],"mfb_rest_fields":["title"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digelius.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3143535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digelius.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digelius.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digelius.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3143536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digelius.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3143535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digelius.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=3143535"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digelius.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3143535"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digelius.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3143535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}