Jazz Articles about Jussi Lehtonen

About Jussi Lehtonen

Live Review

Live From Tallinn: The Jussi Lehtonen Quartet, Akli, Dreamkrusher! & Shelton San vs Zahir

by Martin Longley
September 29, 2021

The Jussi Lehtonen Quartet Philly Joe's Jazz Bar Tallinn, Estonia July 28, 2021 Philly Joe's Jazz Bar is, somewhat appropriately, situated right on Freedom Square, a key central location in the Estonian capital city of Tallinn. There aren't so many global instances of similarly prominent placements for such basement dens of groove. Philly Joe's made the short skip from a more obscure back-street premises a few years back, although its new incarnation ...

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Album Review

George Kontrafouris: Little Daddy's Blues

Read "Little Daddy's Blues" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
April 18, 2007

Born in Greece, Hammond B-3 denizen George Kontrafouris' organ combo fare sounds purely American in scope and attack. In a nutshell, he has it all down to a science. And with testimonials by fellow B-3 great Tony Monaco cited within the liners, the music iterated here features a Texas roadhouse type gala, spiced up with snappy pulses and tenor saxophonist Manuel Dunkel's edgy choruses. However, it's Kontrafouris' cagey right-hand voicings and broad comprehension and implementations of the jazz vernacular that ...