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Band Line Up: 
Pauli Lyytinen - tenor saxophone
Sigurdur Rögnvaldsson – electric and baritone guitar
David Meier – drums

Bio:
Equally Stupid was founded as a duo in 2009 by Finnish saxophonist Pauli Lyytinen and Icelandic guitarist Sigurdur Rögnvaldsson, both of who enjoyed playing energetic and rhythmical music. The duo served that purpose; Equally Stupid’s music is powerful and furious, with fast and often complicated melodies that still remain melodic.

Equally Stupid played a few gigs in Scandinavia in 2009 but then laid low for a few years. As a result of Pauli and Sigurdur’s attempts to revitalise Equally Stupid, David Meier, a Swiss experimental jazz/rock drummer, joined them early in 2013. David, with whom Sigurdur had been playing in other projects, proved to be the perfect drummer for the band.

In the summer of 2013 the band spent three days in Magnusborg Studios, a legendary Finnish studio, where they recorded their debut album Exploding Head. Located in the countryside in a beautiful wooden building, Magnusborg Studios has a great collection of old microphones, some of which were bought from the Finnish National Radio. The album was recorded live in the studio with all three members playing at the same time.

Exploding Head was mixed by Petter Eriksson at Studio Epidemin in Gothenburg, Sweden. Eriksson´s approach to mixing, which includes a hybrid of analogue and digital mixing with a multitude of outboard gear, suited the band well. The band’s sound expanded and came alive with his mixing. The cover art for the album was designed by two Norwegian designers, Espen Aeng and Kim Holm. The artwork was made from scratch with 3D modelling software.

Equally Stupid´s music is on the border of jazz and rock. Pauli, Sigurdur and David have all studied jazz and improvisation for many years. Having a listening background in a variety of music, they grew up listening to the Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Sting as well as rock bands such as Led Zeppelin and Guns N` Roses. Later, they developed an interest for progressive music such as King Crimson and Mr. Bungle as well as for jazz music. In Equally Stupid, the attitude of rock music can clearly be heard through the heavy beats and riffs as well as sounds created with the help of Pauli´s and Sigurdur’s effect pedals. The jazz and progressive influences can be heard in the complicated rhythms, melodies and solos.

Equally Stupid has been performing regularly in Finland and will participate in festivals in the summer of 2014. In September the band will tour in Finland and go to the studio again to record their second album. In 2015 the band is planning to tour in Europe to celebrate their second release.

The members have been performing actively with their own music for several years throughout Europe and even in Africa and Asia. Some of their most active projects from the past few years are Elifantree, SchnellerTollerMeier, DEFEKT, Laser, Raoul Björkenheim Ecstasy and Trio Riot

Towards The Edge

Composed By, Arranged By – Olli Ahvenlahti
Bass – Pekka Pohjola
Drums, Percussion – Esko Rosnell
Percussion – Georg Wadenius, Tommy Körberg
Piano, Electric Piano, Organ, Synthesizer – Olli Ahvenlahti
Soprano Saxophone – Pekka Pöyry
Tenor Saxophone – Eero Koivistoinen
Trombone – Bertil Strandberg
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Markku Johansson
Recorded By – Christer Berg
Producer – Georg Wadenius

Recorded in Stockholm, Sweden, March 1976. 
Phonographic Copyright  – Love Records 


Olli Ahvenlahti ‎– Grandma's Rocking Chair [Related Forms Edit]

From the album "Koli" (2010)
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Ismaila Sane - percussion
Eerik Siikasaari - double bass
Jukka Orma - guitars
Sakari Kukko - saxes, flutes, piano
Rami Eskelinen - drums


Piirpauke - Blue Alma

New tune of mine recorded live in Joensuu, February 2014. Beautiful solo by Teemu Viinikainen.

Day 4

Piirpauke - Konevitsan Kirkonkellot (1975)

"Eero Koivistoinen is one of the mainstays of jazz in his part of the world, a true elder statesman. Finland has some of the best trained musicians around who are completely aware of the jazz legacy, versed in modern harmony and ways of thinking. The album Hati Hati is what I consider a real hard-core contemporary jazz recording, without any concessions to popular culture or some of the excesses of the musical period we live in. There is a palpable sense of honesty, thought, experience and commitment that is apparent from the first note."

Dave Liebman

Eero Koivistoinen has had many different ensembles on his long career as a jazz musician, this is the latest.
The quartet plays mostly Eero's own compositions - new and older. The music is based on modern jazz tradition but has personal angles. Koivistoinen's long connection with Africa shows in the group's rhythmic expression. Eero has worked in many different African countries as a musician, producer and educator. On quartet's program can be heard also hints of Finnish folk music. 
 
Koivistoinen received the very first Georgie Award (1967) of the newly founded Finnish Jazz Federation. Since then, Koivistoinen has won several competitions for musicians and composers both abroad and in Finland. In the early 1970s Koivistoinen studied in the Sibelius Academy and Berklee School of Music in Boston, USA. 

Eero is one of the UMO's founder members. He was appointed Artistic Director of the UMO for a two-year period (1996 - 98). As a conductor, he is appreciated also outside Finland; he has conducted in countries such as Germany, Norway, Denmark, Hungary, Estonia, Lithuania, Iceland and South Africa. 

Koivistoinen's sizeable list of works includes hundreds of works, instrumental music for ensembles of various sizes, and vocal music. Among recent larger works is eg Round about Monk, an orchestral suite on the themes of Thelonious Monk arranged for a symphony orchestra, commissioned by RSO (Radio Symphony Orchestra), multimedia work Baltic Sea Blues for Sinfonietta and jazz trio commissioned by Kymi Sinfonietta and CD album of children songs commissioned by UMO Jazz Orchestra. 
 
Eero has been collaborating with many legendary music makers like Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Tom Harrell, Randy Brecker, Gil Evans, John Scofield, Ron McClure, Jack DeJohnette etc. 
 
Alexi Tuomarila studied first classical piano from an early age. Later Alexi studied at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels where graduated in 1999. The same year Alexi Tuomarila Quartet won the trophy for best band at Jazz Hoeilaart competition in Belgium. 2001 Alexi got the 1st prize in Monaco jazz soloist competition and his quartet won later Tremplin competition in Avignon, France. Alexi has been recently playing with Thomas Stanko with whom he has been touring in Europe and USA.
 
Jori Huhtala graduated 2013 as a bass player from the Jazz Department of Sibelius Academy. He is very talented and already important musician in Finnish jazz circles. He performs with a numerous groups, for example Kvalda, Big Blue, Raoul Björkenheim Ecstacy, Panu Savolainen Proprius etc. Huhtala has been collaborating also with David Liebman, Tim Hagans, Billy Hart, Dick Oatts, Jukkis Uotila and Tim Ries. Jori is also an active composer.
 
Drummer Jussi Lehtonen is a steady figure in the finnish jazz scene, energetic, swinging and sensitive musician with a lot of experience in live performances with small and big bands, recording and education

The album Hati Hati, originally recorded at Yleisradio's studio facilities in 2009, sees the light of day on February 27th on CD, LP and digital formats. 

Eero Koivistoinen Quartet: Hati Hati

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Track from MARTTI VESALA SOUNDPOST QUINTET's debut album "Helsinki Soundpost"
Released by Ozella Music Sept 16 2016.
Martti Vesala: trumpet, fluegelhorn / Petri Puolitaival: tenor saxophone, flute / Joonas Haavisto: piano / Juho Kivivuori: double bass / Ville Pynssi: drums.

www.ozellamusic.com

Smoke

Decline

Soundpost

Pepa Päivinen & Good Romans live

Improvisaatioteos "Merimiesvalssi Hai-Ohoi!" @ Jouni Kestin 65-vuotis juhlakonsertti
Uuden Musiikin Lokakuun varaslähtö, Kulttuuritalo Valve, Oulu 21.9.2011

Staalinin Urut &amp; vierailevat solistit:

Joni Kesti - Kbd.
Jouni Kesti - Drs.
Jenni Kesti - Perc.
Jasse Kesti - El.B.
Kalle Fält - Sax., Voc.
Aleksi Ranta - El.Gtr.
Samu Forsblom - Tpt.
Seppo Laine - T.Sax.
Heikki Nikula - BCl.
Markus Fagerudd - Pno.
Sampo Lassila - Ac.Bass

Nauhoitus - Kulttuuritalo Valve
Miksaus &amp; masterointi - Jasse Kesti



Jouni Kestin 65v. juhlakonsertti

Alkuvuodesta 70-vuotispäiviään viettänyt saksofonisti-säveltäjä Eero Koivistoinen elää voimakasta luomiskautta. Merkkipäivää juhlittiin Uuden Musiikin Orkesteri UMOn säestyksellä helmikuussa neljän konsertin sarjalla, minkä jälkeen orkesteri johtajineen suuntasi studioon. Sessioiden hedelmä on uusi albumi Arctic Blues, joka on samalla massiivisin kotimaassa koskaan julkaistu jazztallenne. Kaksituntinen teos jakautuu fyysisissä formaateissa kahdelle CDlle tai kolmelle LP-levylle. 

UMOn perustajajäseniin 70-luvun puolivälissä kuulunut Koivistoinen on tehnyt ollut aktiivisesti yhteistyössä orkesterin kanssa ja toiminut myös sen taiteellisena johtajana 90-luvulla. Arctic Blues sisältää pääsääntöisesti vuoden 2016 talvella nauhoitettua uutta materiaalia, mutta kokonaisuutta täydentämässä on myös muutama vuonna 2005 UMOn kanssa Yleisradion tiloissa tallennettu teos.
 
"Opiskelin 70-luvulla sävellystä ja sovitusta big bandille mm. Berklee College of Musicissa, Bostonissa, USA:ssa  Herb Pomeroyn opastuksella, se oli tärkeä vaihe kehityksessäni. UMO oli toinen korkeakouluni säveltäjänä ja sovittajana. Orkesteri mahdollisti syventymisen big band musiikin parhaisiin teoksiin itse mestareitten opastamana. Vierailijoita olivat mm. Thad Jones, Bob Brookmayer,  Gil Evans...", muistelee Koivistoinen, "Olimme soittaneet konsertteja tammikuussa 2016 ennen Arctic Blues levytystä joten ohjelmisto oli  jo tuttua. Studiossa oli hyvä ja inspiroiva tunnelma."

Arctic Blues esittelee Eero Koivistoisen säveltäjänä, sovittajana, saksofonistina ja myös kapellimestarina, johdettavanaan yksi merkittävimmistä eurooppalaisista jazz-orkestereista. Svart Records julkaisi Koivistoiselta vuonna 2015 uutta materiaalia esitelleen kvartettilevytyksen Hati Hati ja seuraava kvartettiteos odottaa julkaisuaan vuonna 2017. Svart on myös nostanut Koivistoisen menneisyyttä esiin julkaisemalla LP-versioita 60-70-lukujen tuotannosta, viimeisimpinä Wahoo, Muusa ja Ruusa sekä 3rd Version.

Eero Koivistoinen & UMO Jazz Orchestra: Moz

Trumpet, flügelhorn, tenor saxophone, flute, alto flute, piano, rhodes, duble bass, drums, percussion

Helsinki Soundpost

Headfirst

Martti Vesala Soundpost Quintet - Headfirst

Tapani Rinne: bass clarinet and electronics
Jukka Perko: alto saxophone and electronics
Recorded by Konsta Muffler Mikkonen in Viapori Jazz, Helsinki on 27th of August, 2016
Photo by Maarit Kytöharju

Tapani Rinne & Jukka Perko: Viapori

Dunstan, "Super Slavic", composed and produced by Teppo Mäkynen. Taken from the Dunstan EP released on 10" vinyl by Grotto Editions X We Jazz on 2 Dec 2016. Release gig at the We Jazz Festival in Helsinki on 5 Dec 2016.

DUNSTAN
Teppo Mäkynen, drums / Logan Richardson, alto saxophone / Antti Lötjönen, bass

For more info, please visit:

http://wejazzrecords.bandcamp.com
facebook.com/teddyrokofficial
www.wejazz.fi
www.facebook.com/wejazz

GROTTO04

Dunstan: Super Slavic

Mikko Innanen 10+, "KF 501", composed and arranged by Mikko Innanen. Recorded live at Moers Festival in Germany on 24 May 2015. Taken from the Mikko Innanen 10+ EP released on 10" vinyl by Grotto Editions X We Jazz on 2 Dec 2016. Release gig at the We Jazz Festival in Helsinki on 9 Dec 2016.

MIKKO INNANEN 10+
Mikko Innanen, alto & baritone sax / Jukka Eskola, trumpet / Verneri Pohjola, trumpet / Jussi Kannaste, tenor sax / Pauli Lyytinen, tenor & soprano sax / Jari Hongisto, trombone / Juho Viljanen, bass trombone / Seppo Kantonen, piano / Ville Herrala, bass / Eero Tikkanen, bass / Joonas Riippa, drums / Mika Kallio, drums

For more info, please visit:

http://wejazzrecords.bandcamp.com
www.mikkoinnanen.com
www.wejazz.fi
facebook.com/wejazz

GROTTO003

Mikko Innanen 10+: KF 501

Arctic Blues audio review by Nigel J. 
Eero Koivistoinen and the UMO - Finnish Jazz Orchestra
Release on SVART Records November 25, 2016

Arctic Blues Audio CD Review by Nigel J.

From the new album: Escape from the Unhappy Society, released on January 27th on Eclipse Music.
Song by Sigurdur Rögnvaldsson.

Transpiration

Matalana (Eero Koivistoinen)
Eero Koivistoinen soprano sax
Seppo Kantonen piano & synth
Esa Pietilä sound design

Eero Koivistoinen Matalana

Selected tracks from Rockadillo Records' year 2012 releases. Enjoy! 

Albums: 

Kuukumina: Kámina
Värttinä: Utu
RinneRadio: staRRk
Arttu Takalo: songsforsadpeople
Jukka Gustavson Organ Fusion Band: Root & Stalk & Flower Music
Tikamäki Attack: Anthems
XL: Cinematic Fantasies - The Best of XL
Kuhnafar-I: Dubland
Hiljaistenmiestenlaakso: Hiljaistenmiestenlaakso
Piirpauke: Ilo


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