Jazz Articles about Kaisa Mäensivu

About Kaisa Mäensivu

Album Review

Di origine finlandese, da tempo residente a New York, la contrabbassista e compositrice Kaisa Maensivu fonda l'ensemble denominato Kaisa's Machine nel 2015 e, dopo l'album di esordio nel lontano 2017, approda alla prestigiosa Greenleaf di Dave Douglas nel 2023 con Taking Shape ed ora con il recentissimo Moving Parts. Nel corso degli anni e talvolta durante lo stesso tour Kaisa's Machine ha variato formazione e musicisti ma, come ben dimostra il quintetto dell'album in questione, senza mai perdere ...

Album Review

Kaisa's Machine: Moving Parts

Read "Moving Parts" reviewed by Troy Dostert

by Troy Dostert
April 19, 2025

On the third release with her trusted ensemble, Kaisa's Machine, rising star Kaisa Mäensivu displays a mature compositional voice, creating seven beguiling tracks that make excellent use of her superb colleagues. The Finnish bassist has for some years split her time between Helsinki and New York City, and the album's concept is loosely centered on the challenges and opportunities of bilocation--but the music itself is remarkably cohesive and taut, with a group dynamic that indeed reflects machine-like precision, even if ...

Album Review

Kaisa's Machine: Moving Parts

Read "Moving Parts" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
April 18, 2025

Let us play an enormously simple game: Name three bands or three albums of any musical conglomerate --jazz, hop, bop, rock, neo-ethical bluegrass--whose legendary sobriquet was the absolute definition of the sound, soul, and propriety of the band. The peanut gallery erupts--Led Zeppelin, Live at the Vanguard Flatt and Scruggs, A Love Supreme Add Finnish-born bassist/composer turned fiery New York jazzer, Kaisa Mäensivu and her on-all-cylinders Machine to the list. Moving Parts hits the sweet spot. Centering around Mäensivu's ...

Radio & Podcasts

Muriel Grossman, Yazz Ahmed, Kaisa Mäensivu

by David Brown
March 24, 2025

Welcome friends and neighbors to The Jazz Continuum. Old, new, in, out... wherever the music takes us. Each week, we will explore the elements of jazz from a historical perspective. This week, we'll explore new and recent releases from Europe, including the spiritual jazz grooves of Muriel Grossmann, the psychedelic Arabic jazz of Yazz Ahmed, the Nortec Noir of Kaisa's Machine, the soul jazz sounds of The Lewis Express and tracks from We Out Here, a project documenting London's underground ...

Radio & Podcasts

New Sounds From Kaisa's Machine Plus Other New Releases

by Bob Osborne
August 10, 2023

On this show we feature new releases from Kaisa Mäensivu, Jarrett Gilgore & Dave Treut, Marko Zorec, Near Miss, Artificial Jazz, JD Walter, and, Mark Sanders with Chris Mapp & Andrew Woodhead. There are also recently unearthed live recordings of John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy live at The Village Gate in 1961. Playlist Show Intro 00:00 Kaisa's Machine “Floating Light" from Taking Shape (Greenleaf) 00:54 Jarrett Gilgore & Dave Treut “Goodbye" from Gilgore/Treut's Breakfast Of Champions (Self Released) ...

Album Review

Kaisa’s Machine: Taking Shape

Read "Taking Shape" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
July 20, 2023

On her captivating second release, Taking Shape, Finnish bassist Kaisa Mäensivu demonstrates her singular talents as a composer and a bandleader. She is again at the helm of her cohesive group, Kaisa's Machine. It has been six years since her debut, years during which she established herself in her new hometown of New York. Her writing has transformed as she draws inspiration from the vibrancy of the city on this set of originals. Mäensivu sets the album's mood ...

Radio & Podcasts

Kaisa Mäensivu, Jacob Young, Debora Petrina, Mowgli & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
July 11, 2023

This week we focus on a bunch of projects that put lots of seemingly disparate elements into a blender and come up with distinctive sounds, from the smooth to the edgy.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Kaisa's Machine “Dream Machine" Taking Shape (Greenleaf) 0:16 Host talks 5:14 Jacob Young “Schoenstedtstrasse" Eventually (ECM) 6:25 Host talks 11:20 Kosmos “Hymn" Averno (Kósmos) 13:18 Sketchbook Quartet “Kanu" Kekova (Waschsalon) 21:29 Erik ...