If you’re interested in the new face of Nordic jazz then the annual Young Nordic Jazz Comets showcase, hosted this year by the Umeå Jazz Festival in Sweden on Thursday 27 October when five Nordic bands take over the Jazz Studio stage at the Umeå Folkets Hus, is as good a place to dip your toes into chilly but invigorating waters as any.

Bands taking part this year are: OK:KO (from Finland); Dyrberg/Balvig/Nesheim feat. Kovacs (from Denmark); Anna & Sölvi (from Iceland); Daniel & Dundret (from Sweden) and the Megalodon Collective (from Norway).

More on the Comets here