New Year brings new inspirations
What a lovely whiteness we can enjoy - snow has brought a bright start for 2010. January brings also some new collaboration on big band scene - I´ll be performing with Oulu All Stars Big Band at Ylläs Jazz & Blues Festival in Lapland on Jan 29. I´m happy to meet the famous conductor Tapio Maunuvaara and the finesounding band - we´ll do together a truly swinging big band program "A Tribute to Anita O´Day". The next day, Jan 30 I´ll be playing with another great band - The Air Force Big Band in Jyväskylä, led by conductor Tomi Väisänen. We´ll do this Anita tribute as well. On Jan 21 I´ll be in Tampere at Paappa together with Janne Engblom Trio, Janne on bass, Pekka Laine on piano and Antti Laine on drums. We have created a Horace Silver program - strongly rhythmic and intense stuff I´d say. With Reija Lang Trio record project "Soundoscope" we are in the middle of mixing phase - so I´d expect the record be ready for release in the end of February. I wish everyone good vibes for 2010 - a new decade is always exciting. Let´s see how it flows.Back to current
