Jukka Haavisto
Master of fretless bass, jazz fusion & world music fusion and improvisation.
About Me
Jukka Haavisto is a new generation bassvirtuoso from Finland. He is a studio- and live musician
who currently plays and performs with his newly established focusing on the upcoming release
of his debut album and with many different directors, artists, and line-ups such as Jukka Haavisto,
Bossapoika, Beat, Bass & Bone, Heiskanen Bayatz Baharat, VENHA sekä Helsinki Headnod
Convention.
Haavisto studied at University of Stavanger, Institute of Music and Dance, and graduated as
Master of Music Performance & jazz improvisation in 2016. Nowadays he is known for his fretless
bass, jazz fusion, and world music fusion compositions, and skillful improvisations.
Jukka is Aguilar Amplification, Soundtools, and Maruszczyk Instruments artist. His resume of
previous collaboration partners includes a wide scale of musicians and composers such as Stein
Inge Brækhus, Jouni Järvelä, Mikko Hassinen, Marouf Majidi, Mika Säily, Jarno E.J. Tikka, Marc
Bernstein, Jussu Pöyhönen, Robin Methlie, and Johannes Ulveraker.
My Jazz Story
I love jazz because it change all the time. I was first exposed to jazz... I met [musician name]... The best show I ever attended was... The first jazz record I bought was... My advice to new listeners... Or whatever else you have in mind.
