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Antti Kujanpää

Born: 1979

Antti Kujanpää is a Finnish piano player. Graduated from the jazz department of Sibelius Academy, Antti plays in several jazz bands, including Big Blue, Kvalda, Auteur Jazz, Duo Jorma Kalevi Louhivuori & Antti Kujanpää, European Jazz Motion, Flora et Labora, Rime and Yona & Orkesteri Liikkuvat Pilvet.

Way Out of Town Trio

THE WAY OUT OF TOWN TRIO   Conceived online, born in Helsinki and test-run in Tallinn, Way Out of Town Trio is a dynamic new improvising group featuring Helsinki-based Puerto Rican guitarist Neff Irizarry, UK-based Puerto Rican electric bassist Antonio Quijano and Irish drummer David Lyttle. The players' collective credits include Dave Liebman, Randy Brecker, Greg Osby and Eddie Gomez, and their own musical preferences merge to form a style where jazz, lounge, ambient and hip hop are all identifiable. So don't be surprised if free turns funky, and then funky gets swinging, because this trio is way out of town... NEFF IRIZARRY (guitar) When you see Neff, you can’t help but to notice his big smile and enthusiasm while he performs

Vesa Kyckling

Drumming, songwriting & blogging!

Spirit Of New Orleans

Helsinki based Spirit Of New Orleans a.k.a. SONO was founded in the fall of 2001. The band's goal is to play New Orleans jazz as it is played in jazz's birthplace today. The music scene in New Orleans is still very vibrant - even after Katrina - and the city has numerous jazz bands playing in different styles. These bands like the Leroy Jones Quintet, Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers, Bob French's Original Tuxedo Jazz Band and others are the inspiration for SONO. The aim is to play hip, funky, hard-swinging, yet traditional jazz that will get the people dancing and feeling good - not forgetting the artistic standards. During its first years Spirit Of New Orleans has been working with Leroy Jones, one of New Orleans' finest trumpeters, with the very fine vocalists Tricia Boutté and Yolanda Windsay from New Orleans and Miriam Aïda from Sweden, and with Finnish singers Eeppi Ursin and Susanna Mesiä

Mikko Innanen

Born: February 28, 1978

Finnish saxophonist/composer Mikko Innanen (born in 1978) was severely bitten by the jazz bug at the age of 10, jamming along with Bird, Trane, Ornette, Monk et al (with their records, naturally). Hence, he has managed to achieve quite a lot by a relatively young age. He�'s a veteran of such Finnish bands as Mr Fonebone, Nuijamiehet, Gourmet, Teddy Rok 7, Innanen-Kallio Duo, and Loco Motife as well as Finnish-Danish units Triot, Itchy and Delirium and he has played and recorded with such international greats as Han Bennink, John Tchicai, Ingrid Jensen and Anders Bergkrantz. Since 2005 he has led the four-piece Mikko Innanen & Innkvisitio, concentrating on his most recent compositions

Janne Halonen

I'm a Finnish guitarist /composer /songwriter. I moved to Helsinki from Jyväskylä in August 2000 to study at Stadia's program of pop/jazz -music. I graduated in spring 2006. Carnivàle is my world jazz quintet. The band was founded in january 2006. The music consists of original compositions by myself and pianist Tommi Karhusaari. The Debut album was released in February 2008. In addition to Carnivàle I write songs regularly with a few friends of mine, play a lot of guitar in various projects, and teach guitar in Helsinki.

Jussi Lampela

Born: December 14, 1972

Majoring in electric guitar, has studied in Musicians Institute (Los Angeles, US), Kungliga Musikhögskolan (Stockholm, Sweden) and Sibelius-Academy jazz department (Helsinki, Finland). Also studies in music composition.
As a freelance musician in many of the best Finnish groups, including:
UMO Jazz Orchestra, Jean S, Markku Johansson group, Sinfonia Lahti, Kuopio City Orchestra, Helsinki Police Band and also major festivals, for example April Jazz, Lahti Jazztori, Kerava Jazz, Imatra Big Band Festival, Jyväskylä Summer Jazz, Ylläsjazz, Pori Jazz and Kaamosjazz.
Performances with leading Finnish musicians and singers, including Emma Salokoski, Johanna Iivanainen, Jenny Robson, Maria Ylipää, Sami Pitkämö, Sami Saari, Marzi Nyman ja Jukka Perko.
Compositions for many TV-productions and documentaries, including documentary ”Lepakkomies ja Rajanvetäjä” with violin performances by Pekka Kuusisto, several documentaries for Mandart Productions, various productions for film houses Broadcasters, Optipari and MTV3.
First soloalbum in 2007 as a guitarist/composer

Bianca Morales

Born: January 19, 1966

Bianca Morales—half Afro-Cuban, half Finnish—is a renowned recording and performing jazz vocalist and composer. At the age of 14, she had already started her jazz career, both singing and recording with Grani Big Band. Bianca was well-established by the age of 18 after winning MTV 3’s (one of Finland’s main national TV channels) Spring Tune Contest in 1984 with an original composition that she co-wrote, a reggae tune titled “Our Party.” Bianca continues to be a full-time jazz performer continuing a busy performance schedule, both in Finland and many other countries around the world including the U.S

Eero Koivistoinen

Born: January 13, 1946

Eero Koivistoinen (born January 13, 1946), one of the all-time greats in Finnish jazz and saxophone, arrived in the Finnish jazz scene in the mid-60s. Ever since, he has been one of the most distinguished and trusted jazz musicians in Finland. He is known for his versatility and creativeness, his tastes ranging from pithy jazz solos to large-scale orchestral works. Eero Koivistoinen’s interest in music began at an early age, his first choices being classical and the violin. At sixteen, the violin was put aside in favour of the alto saxophone. Later on he switched to the tenor and soprano saxophones

Petri Krzywacki

Born: June 29, 1971