Haavisto

Born: March 17, 1981

Jukka Haavisto is a new generation bassvirtuoso from Finland. He is a studio- and live musician who currently plays and performs with his newly established focusing on the upcoming release of his debut album and with many different directors, artists, and line-ups such as Jukka Haavisto, Bossapoika, Beat, Bass & Bone, Heiskanen Bayatz Baharat, VENHA sekä Helsinki Headnod Convention. 

Haavisto studied at University of Stavanger, Institute of Music and Dance, and graduated as Master of Music Performance & jazz improvisation in 2016. Nowadays he is known for his fretless bass, jazz fusion, and world music fusion compositions, and skillful improvisations.

Joakim Bergh?ll

Born: March 1, 1980

Based in Helsinki, I am a composer/musician allergic to all sorts of boundaries. My main instrument is the saxophone, as in tenor, baritone, alto and soprano. In August 2013 I finally managed to release my debut album (with ten pianists from the top of improvising Finland: Iro Haarla, Kari Ikonen, Seppo Kantonen, Antti & Juha Kujanp??, Samuli Mikkonen, Aki Rissanen, L��szl�� S��le, Joona Toivanen and Alexi Tuomarila). Before you could have found me playing with Tsuumi Sound System or Auteur Jazz, for example.??I began my musical studies with the cello at the age of three, and I'm lucky enough to still get to play it from time to time although I definitely can't consider myself a cello player

Aili Ikonen & Tribute to Ella

Aili Ikonen & Tribute to Ella pays homage to one of the greatest vocal stylists and improvisers of all times, Ella Fitzgerald, and to the music she loved. The debut album ��Aili Ikonen & Tribute to Ella�� is the first finnish album focusing on the music of ��The First Lady of Jazz��. The album released in april 2013 has received great reviews. The sextet has gained reputation with their sublime performances all over Finland, with the amazing Aili Ikonen as the vocalist. Ikonen has been said to be one of the few true scat-improvisers in Finland, following the footsteps of Ella. Bassist and bandleader Mikko Pellinen?s fresh arrangements, played by some of the top young finnish jazz musicians, gives the evergreen tunes an exiting twist

Aili Ikonen

Aili Ikonen is a versatile vocalist living in Helsinki, Finland. Aili is moving fluently across the diverse field of jazz, folk and pop. She has been touring over Europe and Finland, performing in various venues from significant jazz festivals to TV-shows and has been featured as a soloist for i.a. UMO Jazz Orchestra and Norrbotten Big Band. Aili leads her own group Aili Ikonen Ensemble which gave it?s first performance in november 2011 in the new Helsinki Music Centre. In addition to Aili Ikonen Ensemble, she works as a singer and writes music to Kvalda, Here? and Korpi Ensemble

Esa Onttonen

Born: 1975

Esa Onttonen is a composer and guitarist living in Helsinki, Finland. He mainly works in the field of jazz and improvised music but is equally at home playing rock riffs on electric guitar or writing a piece for string orchestra. He is a co- leader of groups Gourmet and Gnomus which have released a total of nine albums and performed in Belgium, Estonia, France, Germany, Morocco, the Netherlands and Russia, in addition to several tours in Finland. His regular collaborators include saxophonist Mikko Innanen, drummer Mika Kallio and pianist Kari Ikonen. Along with Onttonen they are also the founders of the record label Fiasko Records. Onttonen has written commissioned compositions and arrangements for soloists Jukka Gustavson, Mikko Innanen, Anna-Mari K?h?r?, Mirja M?kel?, Jukka Perko, Jenny Robson, Tomasz Stanko, and orchestras such as Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, UMO Jazz Orchestra, Virtuosi di Kuhmo, St

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

Mikko Pellinen

Born: May 5, 1983

Mikko Pellinen is part of the new generation of jazz in Finland. He started his music studies with electric bass at age of ten. Soon after he became more and more interested in writing music and began to study composing. After high school he continued his studies in the pop & jazz department of Helsinki Polytechnic school Stadia, graduating in 2008. At the time he is doing his Master's degree at the Sibelius-Academy Jazz Music Department, majoring in jazz composition. His composing teachers include Kari "Sonny" Heinil? and Jere Laukkanen among others. He has studied electric and double bass with for example Hannu Rantanen, Ari-Pekka Anttila, Ulf Krokfors and Ville Herrala. As a composer his main focus is on his own group Mikko Pellinen Mini Big Band

Kari Ikonen

Born: August 26, 1973

To be updated soon... meanwhile, please see www.kariikonen.com The 2013 Yrj? Award recipient as the Finnish Jazz Musician of the Year, pianist, moogist and composer Kari Ikonen (b.1973) is currently active with his own trio and several other bands and projects like Orchestra Nazionale della Luna, trio Toffa, Quartet Ajaton and Jeff Denson Trio. He has worked with the likes of Louis Sclavis, Lee Konitz, Bob Moses, Ingrid Jensen, Magnus Broo, Vincent Courtois and Ron McClure. Kari has performed in Australia, South Korea, Japan, USA, Armenia, Turkey, Russia and 30 European countries. His playing and/or compositions have been recorded for more than 40 albums, 7 of these on his own name

Elifantree

This Finnish-Swedish trio combines effortlessly pop with jazz and free improvisation. Their unique combo and style has already brought them victory at the Finnish final of The Young Nordic Jazz Comets ?"competition in 2008. They were also voted the ��Gig of the Year�� award on the critics poll in The Wire ?"magazine in 2009. Now they release their debut album with the Finnish record label Eclipse Music. Elifantree was formed in 2007 after Pauli Lyytinen and Anni Egecioglu met in Gothenburg, Sweden where they both were studying at the time. Tatu, a lifelong friend of Pauli��s, soon joined and the trio played their first show at Tatu��s father��s art exhibition premiere

Reija Lang

Reija Lang is one of the leading jazz vocalists in Finland. Reija is a versatile artist