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Joona Toivanen
Joona Toivanen (born 1981) is a Finnish jazz pianist, composer and educator, based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Toivanen has toured frequently in Europe, Asia, Australia and USA and worked with international top jazz musicians. Toivanen’s pianism is lyric and delicate and his technique serves the story in the music all the time. Musically he moves in the boundaries between tradition and avant-garde.
His current musical projects as a bandleader/co bandleader include the We Jazz, Blue Note and Cam Jazz recording Joona Toivanen Trio and the Nordic quartet Jazz & Fly Fishing. Joona is also a member of the highly acclaimed Anders Hagberg NORTH from Sweden as well as several other jazz/improvising ensembles.
Joona has also been active as a solo performer.
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Mire III: Island Song
by Neri Pollastri
Dopo alcuni album con un trio a proprio nome assieme a suoi connazionali, il pianista finlandese Joona Toivanen si presenta adesso con un'analoga formazione, denominata Mire III, completata da due musicisti del paese in cui da anni risiede, la Svezia: Thomas Markusson al contrabbasso e Johan Björklund alla batteria. La formazione presenta esclusivamente brani originali--dieci del pianista, più “Gentle" del contrabbassista e “Three" del batterista--e si colloca ecletticamente nel quadro dei piano trio contemporanei, con una certa prevalenza ...
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