Thank you Babette’s, Blackbird/Musicum & Carlstad Jazz and to all who came out to hear us last week. We had a blast❤️ Next stop on the tour is Søhesten in Copenhagen on the 14th, Nefertiti 15th and Fasching 17th! In the meantime I’m in northern Norway watching birds🤠 (check out @foogelbengt for more).
See you!!
Video: Diana Leverington
So grateful to DownBeat and Josef Woodard for this beautiful review of my latest album Simple Things in the February issue ✨ The album is available on vinyl and CD via Whirlwind Recordings on Bandcamp.
#brittavirvestrio #jonasbäckman #jonhenriksson #brittavirves #whirlwindrecordings #downbeatmagazine #jazz #contemporaryjazz #modernjazz
My new album Shapeshifter is out today! It comes as Vinyl (see picture), CD or digitally on the platforms. I’m Incredibly honored to be joined by the most amazing group of musicians on this one and I hope you will feel good listening to what we have created❤️ Link in bio.
@karlmartinalmqvist tenor sax
@pellevonb guitar
@rasmussorensen._ piano
@rasmusbone trombone
@backmanjonas drums
Artwork by @eliotlydeen
Recorded in The Village Recording, Copenhagen, June 3-4th 2025 by August Wanngren
Mixed by @gabrielundh at the dome.
Mastered by John Fomsgaard
Released on April Records
✨Album Release✨
@diskbengt album "Shapeshifter" is out on the 20th of March 🔥🔥
The title reflects Henriksson’s compositional philosophy: allowing roles, textures, and forms to evolve as the music unfolds!
Pre-save now so you don't miss out 🔗👇:
https://orcd.co/jonhenriksson-shapeshifter
#albumrelease #Shapeshifter #JonHenriksson #Jazz #AprilRecords
Jon Henriksson is a Stockholm-based double bassist and composer who has become one of the leading voices in the contemporary Scandinavian jazz scene. Born in 1996 in Gothenburg, his path to the bass started when a high school big band director gave him just two months to learn the instrument for a Christmas concert.
His 2023 debut album Harmonia placed second in Orkesterjournalen's Golden Album readers' poll, and his new album Shapeshifter drops March 20th, 2026, featuring a quartet with pianist Rasmus Sørensen, drummer Jonas Bäckman, and saxophonist Karl-Martin Almqvist.
In this conversation, Jon talks about discovering bird watching and nature photography during the pandemic as a counterbalance to musical life. He shares his compositional process of improvising at the piano and layering ideas on his phone, the Swedish folk high school system that's created a vibrant jazz pipeline to Stockholm, and the jam sessions he hosts twice weekly at Stompin in Old Town.
Jon explains how he writes music drawing from Brazilian influences, folk, and pop alongside jazz traditions, and why he wanted Shapeshifter to give space for his favorite musicians to express their personalities.
Listen to the conversation at the podcast link in bio. #bassist #jazzbass #doublebass
