One could argue Erik Satie played Jazz almost before the genre was even created.

This made us wonder, what would Satie’s work sound like today, in the hands of a truly great jazz pianist? Meet Martin Hederos who re-imagines Satie

A 10+ times Swedish Grammy winner, Martin has explored the world of Jazz, Rock and Pop during a 25 year long career.

These 10 Satie interpretations explore the boundaries between classical and jazz

Guest artists on the album includes Jazz bassist extraordinaire Dan Berglund (Esbjorn Svennsson Trio)

For fans of Erik Satie, Nils Frahm, EST, Max Richter, Chilly Gonzales, Brad Mehldau.

“After doing three solo albums, the challenge of interpreting Eric Satie’s music seemed challenging, appealing and also like a good way of finding new angles and flavours in my own music.

What struck me while digging deeper in his catalogue was how modern and progressive he still appears, beside the soothing and calming mellowness that I think we all associate his music with, I found very brave, sometimes stubborn minimalism and besides the blue harmonies that we now associate with jazz, I found really salty, almost cluster-like colours that must have been extremely challenging for the end of 19th century ears.

I humbly thank Satie for letting me borrow his music for a while (he didn’t have a say though), giving me both the meditative peace I hope you will also experience while listening and, like in the Nocturne, challenging my ears and fingers to reach new territories.” – Martin Hederos