Jazz Articles about Pekka Pylkk

Pekka Pylkk: Pekka

by C. Michael Bailey
July 1, 1999

The Contemporary Wisdom. No moss grows on Naxos Jazz. After addressing Mainstream, Hard Bop, Vocal, and Big Band Jazz, the label has firmly turned its attention to Contemporary Jazz with the releases of Pekka Pylkkänen’s Pekka’s Tube Factory (Putkipaja) and Sonic Fiction’s Changing With The Times.

The Tube Factory. Taking time off as a member of the UMO Jazz Orchestra, Pekka Pylkkänen makes his leader debut with a sleek ride. On Pekka’s Tube Factory (Putkipaja), Pylkkänen composed all of the ...