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Jukka-Pekka Kervinen

Jukka-Pekka Kervinen is a Finnish composer, writer and musician. Studies in University in Helsinki (musicology, programming), OU (computing), composing privately. Mainly focused on free improvisations with electric guitar (and other instruments), avantgarde, human-computer systems in realtime improvising, extended guitar techniques.

Kevin Miller and Jukka-Pekka Kervinen: Primordial

Read "Primordial" reviewed by Troy Dostert

by Troy Dostert
June 11, 2025

For jazz musicians and listeners alike, the Covid years were challenging, significantly limiting possibilities for both studio recordings and live performances. One of the often-used solutions to this dilemma was virtual encounters--either in real-time or, on occasion, asynchronously, as musicians sent files to each other and layered their own contributions accordingly. Although no longer operating under the restrictions of the pandemic, guitarist Kevin Miller and multi-instrumentalist Jukka-Pekka Kervinen have nonetheless chosen the latter approach for Primordial. Despite the artists having ...