Staffan Öberg Nonet is a jazz orchestra from Umeå, Sweden. The band was formed in 1980 and regularly plays at the local jazz club Umeå Jazz Studio and at the annual international Umeå Jazz Festival. The orchestra has performed at many scenes in Northern Sweden and Finland such as Holmön Sea Jazz and jazz clubs in Umeå, Härnösand, Sundsvall, Skellefteå, Piteå, Jakobstad and Vaasa. The band has a special affection for the music by Charles Mingus and many of his compositions are found in the repertoire together with tunes from other giants like Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman and Wayne Shorter. Several members in the band arrange and compose and give the repertoire a unique character.
The members in Staffan Öberg Nonet also form the core in Sten Öbergs Gullingrupp that was formed in 1978. The band exclusively plays music composed by the Swedish barytone saxophone player Lars Gullin, one of Sweden’s greatest musicians and composers of all time.
At this website you can read more about the bands, check out upcoming and previous gigs, listen to some of our music and order our albums such as our latest CDs, Monk’s Mood recorded By Staffan Öberg Nonet in June 2022 and Aeternus recorded in September 2025 by Sten Öbergs Gullingrupp.
Enjoy!
Photos on oberg9.se by Erik Sjöström, Gerd Ulander, Kicki Malmberg, Stephan Nord, Kenneth Ögren, Evelina Henriksson the band members and others.