Bass playing composer and improviser Kansan (Torbjörn) Zetterberg emerged from the fertile Swedish jazz scene some 25 years ago. Since his debut album in 2002 he has released 12 albums as a leader, and has been involved in a bunch of collaborations with musicians and bands like Jonas Kullhammar Quartet, Johan Lindström Septett, Fire! Orchestra, Johan Lindström Septett, Anna Högberg, Goran Kajfes, Per Texas Johansson, Mette Rasmussen Quintet, Cosmic Ear, Svenska Kaputt and Orakel to mention a few.

In addition life as a musician, Kansan is also a Zen buddhist teacher and priest. He teaches at Zenbuddhistiska Samfundet’s main tempel, Zengården, and at The Stockholm Zen Center.