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Aki Rissanen

Aki Rissanen, b. 1980 in Kuopio, Finland, is a Finnish pianist and composer. Although originally classically trained he has always had a heart for improvisation and jazz. His studies include classical piano at the Kuopio Conservatory, Finland (1990-2000); jazz music and education at the Helsinki Polytechnic School Stadia (2000-2002); jazz and improvised music at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique in Paris, France (2005-2006); private lessons in New York, USA and Cologne, Germany (2005-2008) and jazz piano and composition at the Sibelius Academy Jazz Department in Finland (2002-2009), where he received the Master’s degree

Music For Ukraine

by Ian Patterson
March 29, 2022

Music For Ukraine is a benefit album whose proceeds are intended solely for humanitarian aid in Ukraine. This gargantuan compilation features artists from the roster of Finnish label We Jazz Records. The twenty-six tracks—contemporary jazz for the most part, with the odd foray into modern chamber and electronica-tinged experimentalism—amount to two-and-a-half hours of compelling music. A ...

Timo Lassy and Teppo Mäkynen: Live Recordings 2019-2020

by Friedrich Kunzmann
March 9, 2021

The Finnish pairing of Timo Lassy and Teppo Mäkynen belongs to the kind of collaborations where one really doesn't know what to expect next, but that whatever it is, it's bound to be quite extraordinary. Both respected leaders in their own right and busy musicians in contexts that reach far beyond the boundaries of jazz, the ...

Art in Motion

By Aki Rissanen

Label: Edition Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Aeropeans; Facts and Fiction; Moro Lasso al Mio Duolo; Das Untemperierte Klavier; Arboreum; Cantus Arcticus, Melancholy; Seemingly Radical; Love Song; Alava Maa.

5x3: Piano Trios: September 2019

by Geno Thackara
September 23, 2019

Well, some months are packed too full of these goodies to cover in batches of three. We can only hang on and try to keep up. Aki Rissanen Art in Motion Edition Records 2019 Past, present and future don't collide but smash together in one happy jumble ...

Jaimie Branch, Kris Davis, Kneebody and More New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
September 13, 2019

September! What a month. The summer is over... so are the summer festivals... but that is also the month when record labels start churning out some of their best releases to bring the temperature up in advance of the end-of-year polls and listicles. So here comes an onslaught of heavy-hitters with their new or upcoming releases, ...

Michael Mwenso, Uri Caine, Nérija, Tenor Triage & Other New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
August 29, 2019

Two hours of genre-defying, global, high-octane, music, with a special focus on socially engaged projects, Finnish bands, and charismatic artists whose music has a higher than average density of ideas, like Michael Mwenso and Frank Zappa (by way of the tribute paid to him by the Orchestre Franck Tortiller. It all starts with the much anticipated ...

Paul Plimley, Evan Parker & Denis Fournier

by Maurice Hogue
August 21, 2019

This show marks the one-year anniversary of publishing One Man's Jazz on All About Jazz's radio section, and we're taking a decided dip into the “deep end" of the improvisation pool. There's lots of avant-garde, experimental, free form, free improv on the bill. Is it “noise," is it the future? That's for the listener to decide, ...

Another North

By Aki Rissanen

Label: Edition Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Blind Desert; John’s Sons; New Life And Other Beginnings; Étude 5: Arc-En-Ciel Reimagined; Nature Of The Beast; Before The Aftermath; Hubble Bubble.

Aki Rissanen: Another North

by Roger Farbey
October 19, 2017

Following on from 2016's Amorandom, Finnish pianist Aki Rissanen has produced yet another satisfying album. Born in 1980 he has already released nine albums as leader or co-leader. Rissanen studied classical piano at Finland's Kuopio Conservatory from 1990-2000 and then jazz music at Helsinki Polytechnic School and in 2009 gained a Master's degree in jazz piano ...