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Timo Lassy

Born: 1974

Saxophonist-composer-bandleader Timo Lassy is a household name in his domestic Finland. Having worked as a sought-after freelance saxophonist already during his studies at Sibelius Academy and Amsterdam Conservatory he was amongst the new generation of Finnish musicians who formed The Five Corners Quintet known for bringing jazz back to the dancefloor reaching a large audience around the globe. For the past decade Timo Lassy has concentrated on his solo career mainly playing with his long time associated known as Timo Lassy Band, “one of Europe’s sharpest bands” according to the Sunday Times UK and “quality swinging jazz with a difference” (Gilles Peterson)

Umoja

By Nicola Conte

Label: Far Out Recordings
Released: 2023
Track listing: Arise; Dance Of Love And Peace Part 1; Life Forces; Flying Circles; Freedom & Progress; Soul Of The People; Heritage; Into The Light Of Love; Umoja Unity; Dance Of Love & Peace Part. 2; Arise (Instrumental); Into The Light Of Love (Instrumental).

Flow Festival 2023

by Rob Garratt
August 25, 2023

Flow Festival Suvilahti, Helsinki, Finland August 11-13, 2023 The stark quantity and sheer quality of improvised and instrumental music on offer at Finland's Flow Festival only starts to make sense when you dig into its roots. Once loudly crowned by Vogue as “the Nordics countries' coolest festival"--a fact the event's ...

Nicola Conte: Umoja

by Chris May
June 7, 2023

Nicola Conte continues on his journey from acid-jazz bohemian to spiritual-jazz sophisticate with this immaculately hip album, fronted on half of its tracks by London-based soul-jazz divas Zara McFarlane and Bridgette Amofah. Conte began his trajectory with the acid-jazz template Jet Sounds (Schema, 2000), boosted it with Jet Sounds Revisited (Schema, 2002) and, after ...

We Jazz Records: Finland's indie label shaking up the global conversation

by Rob Garratt
September 15, 2022

The past decade's genre-bending jazz renaissance has been well-documented, but between the trailblazing players taking improvised music to increasingly hip places, and the ever-growing audience queuing up to hear them, sits the homegrown labels bottling these brave, thrilling (r)evolutions for all to hear. In conversations about the state of jazz today, it's often easier to distil ...

Stephanie McKay, Timo Lassy, Alexander Hawkins, Kit Downes & Other New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
April 26, 2022

Welcome back to our weekly tasting menu of the best new jazz delicacies the international scene has to offer. This week we highlight two releases that draw attention to historic developments with stellar rosters of contributing artists, Music for Ukraine and Black Lives—from Generation to Generation, and on the brand new album by the Michael Leonhart ...

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 ...

Live Recordings 2019-2020

Label: We Jazz Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Fallow; Zomp; Liberty; Hypno; Aero; Kobi; Solution Black; Ecru; Telemagenta; Calling James.

Barry Harris & Joey DeFrancesco

by Joe Dimino
December 26, 2021

The 731st Episode of Neon Jazz begins with the powerful Joey DeFrancesco and the song “Free" off his More Music release. Keeping it in the family, we also hear from his dad Papa John DeFrancesco, plus Jake Baldwin, Lisa Hilton, Barrett Martin, Timo Lassy and Edward Decker. We also say farewell to the wonderful Barry Harris ...

William Parker, Francois Carrier & Javier Subatin

by Maurice Hogue
December 22, 2021

This week's spotlight is clearly on the great bassist, composer, multi-instrumentalist & culture maker, William Parker. His 10-CD box set is almost overwhelming in its scope and originality. You'll hear a sampling from three of the CDs, plus a track from a new recording with his partner, Patricia Nicholson. We check out new discs from Montreal's ...