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Tuomo J. Autio
Finnish jazz-guitar/vocalist artist. Basically self-taught musician. Started his jazz carrier playing in orchestra led by finnish jazz pedagog Kaj Backlund. Education: Sibelius-Academy, Helsinki, Finland, Rytmik Conservatory, Copenhagen, Denmark. Leader of his combo ZEKOSTO. Performing as an artist: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France etc. Soloist for small combos, BigBands and orchestras as a guitar artist/solo-guitar/guitar-vocal artist.
Gear
Gibson ES 175, ES 330, ES 335 Fender Twin, Fender Deluxe Reverb
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Tuomo J. Autio: Groovy Moments & Melodies
by Chris Mosey
The word groovy probably derives from the groove of a record in pre-digital days. It first appeared in print in Really The Blues, the 1946 autobiography of jazz clarinetist Mezz Mezzrow, and became part of hippy terminology in 1965, when Simon and Garfunkel recorded “We've Got A Groovy Thing Goin,'" and the following year, when they put out “The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)." By the 1980s groovy had largely disappeared from the vernacular, and in the harsh economic ...
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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson
