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Pekka Pylkkänen

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Saxophonist/composer Pekka Pylkkänen has worked with many orchestras and groups during his career and has appeared either as a leader or as a sideman with for example Vince Mendoza, Odean Pope, Dave Liebman, Gene Jackson, Sal La Rocca, Jukkis Uotila, Eric Ineke, etc.

As a leader, he has performed in more than 50 countries (Finland, Denmark, Norway, USA, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, Peru, Korea, China and Japan, France, Switzerland, Portugal, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa etc.) He has appeared as a leader/soloist in around 2000 concerts during the last 20 years, most of them outside Finland

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Nu Bottega

Label: Challenge Records
Released: 2020

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Article: Interview

Eric Ineke: Surveying the European Jazz Scene

Read "Eric Ineke: Surveying the European Jazz Scene" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6[This is the fourth of the All About Jazz series on “The Many Faces of Jazz Today: Critical Dialogues" in which we explore the current state of jazz around the world with musicians, journalists, and entrepreneurs who give ...

News: Performance / Tour

Pianist Mika Pohjola Presents A Stockholm Concert Series

Pianist and composer Mika Pohjola presents a weekly concert series at the Finnish Church (Finska Kyrkan/Suomalainen Kirkko) in Stockholm spanning July and August 2014. The series features notable guest artists from Sweden and Finland, in a duo and trio format, who will perform with Pohjola every Wednesday starting at 11:30 am. They will present music in ...

Album

Listen!

Label: Lumino Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Rhythm Powder Escaping the Andes Senor Alejandro Old C Master Yoda Small Toes A Cry For Africa

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Opaque

Label: Naxos Jazz
Released: 2001
Track listing: Donnerwetter; Wallaby's Dance; Lumi; TomCat; Black Pearl; The Picture of Dorian Gray; Balinese Wedding Song; Hilipata; Un Trou Dans la Boue (Total Time: 54.57).

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Article: Album Review

Pekka Pylkk: Opaque

Read "Opaque" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


More contemporary jazz from Pekka's Tube Factory. Pekka's Tube Factory (Naxos Jazz 86028) was released in 1999. It was one of the first contemporary jazz releases by the then brand new label. Now Pekka Pylkkänen is back with another notable collection of razor sharp contemporary jazz. Pylkkänen, once again, blows through his variety of winds on ...

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Pekka's Tube Factory

Label: Naxos Jazz
Released: 1999

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Article: Album Review

Pekka Pylkkanen: Pekka's Tube Factory

Read "Pekka's Tube Factory" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


"Akseli and the 11th Dream" opens this affair while providing a glimpse or indication of things to come. Pylkkanen and co. provide the listener with a refreshing, contemporary sound yet not overly saccharine or over-produced. Here, the pleasant arrangement and satisfying backwash of mellow yet poignant synths from keyboardist Seppo Kantonen mesh well with Pylkkanen's airy, ...


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