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Kaisa Mäensivu
Kaisa Mäensivu is a Finnish double bass player and composer. She is currently based in New York, where she finished her Master's degree at the highly acclaimed Manhattan School of Music in May 2017. She studied under the guidance of teachers and professors such as Dave Liebman and Jay Anderson. Prior to moving to New York, Kaisa studied at the prestigious Sibelius Academy Jazz Department with professor Jukkis Uotila and Ville Herrala. \
During her career, Kaisa has been awarded multiple awards and grants. In 2018, Kaisa was awarded as the Rising Star at the Pori Jazz Festival. In 2018 she also won the 1st prize in the Riga Jazz Stage Bass Contest. In 2017, Kaisa won the Kauko Viitamäki Award as an accomplished jazz musician. In 2017 she won the third prize in the Esko Linnavalli Big Band Composing Contest. She performes with a variety of groups in both the U.S and Finland, and also leads her own jazz quartet Kaisa's Machine, which released its debut album ’In the key of K’ via Eclipse Music in December 2017.
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Kaisa Mäensivu: Moving Parts
by Vincenzo Roggero
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 ...
Continue ReadingKaisa's Machine: Moving Parts
by Troy Dostert
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 ...
Continue ReadingKaisa's Machine: Moving Parts
by Mike Jurkovic
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 ...
Continue ReadingMuriel Grossman, Yazz Ahmed, Kaisa Mäensivu
by David Brown
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 ...
Continue ReadingNew Sounds From Kaisa's Machine Plus Other New Releases
by Bob Osborne
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) ...
Continue ReadingKaisa’s Machine: Taking Shape
by Hrayr Attarian
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 ...
Continue ReadingKaisa Mäensivu, Jacob Young, Debora Petrina, Mowgli & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
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 ...
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Kaisa Mäensivu
Instrument: Bass
Publicist: Fully Altered Media
