Home » Search Center » Results: Olavi Louhivuori

Results for "Olavi Louhivuori"

Article: Catching Up With

Alexi Tuomarila: From Helsinki to Timbuktu

by Bruce Lindsay
July 23, 2013

Sometimes a person can be in the right place, just not quite at the right time. So it was for Finnish pianist Alexi Tuomarila. After his debut album with his quartet, Voices of Pohjola (Igloo Records, 2001), he signed to Warner Jazz in the early '00s, while he was still in his 20s. The second quartet ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Susanne Abbuehl: The Gift

by John Kelman
June 14, 2013

There was a time when artists were expected to release a record every year--sometimes a very good thing, as there was so much development going on that there was plenty to document; other times a less-than-ideal situation, as some artists simply didn't have that much music in them, so releasing albums too frequently often worked against--rather ...

Article: Album Review

Alexi Tuomarila Trio: Seven Hills

Read "Seven Hills" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
May 8, 2013

While not entirely rare, it is relatively uncommon to find relationships forged so strongly that the musicians find themselves working together in multiple contexts, where the names remain the same, only the leader changes. Finnish pianist Alexi Tuomarila and drummer Olavi Louhivuori have been working together in a variety of contexts for the past several years, ...