Delta Life - Oulu 26
I work on my reputation for being the fastest blogger around and almost do live-blogging here. This event took place two soon two three weeks ago and it had been quite the fun one. The first half of t... more
Tag: jazz
The Straight Life Audiocast
I wrote at some point how much I enjoy reading other people's diaries and in the past I had been particularly fascinated by autobiographies of my favourite Jazz artists.{.intro} My copy of this book.... more
With the TMQ Quintet at the Journalisti Gaala
On Thursday we performed with the Tapio Maunuvaara Quintet at the Journalisti Gaala 26 and we had a great time playing there. The lighting had been quite nice there and I took the liberty to take some... more
Soundcheck is done...
Soundcheck is done and now it’s waiting for the show to start. Show is almost sold out. So that is great. more
Record release: Davvi Oktavuohta – Pohjoinen Yhteys
And catching up with last weeks post the Oulu All Stars Big Band CD/LP Davvi Oktavuohta – Pohjoinen Yhteys was fully released today. You can check it out on Spotify. Once I have found a better way to... more
Dovdameahttumii: New Single released today
The new single Dovdameahttumi for the upcoming CD/LP from the Oulu All Stars Big Band had been released today! The full recording " Davvi Oktavuohta – Pohjoinen Yhteys " will be available next week an... more
Just a traditional Christmas tune
The other week we performed with the Tapio Maunuvaara Quintet featuring Inga Söder, at the town hall, here in Oulu, our "traditional" Christmas concert (if the second time in two years and be called "... more
Lee Konitz
Saddened to learn that Lee Konitz passed away this week. Lee always had been one of my favourite alto-players and I especially I enjoyed his work with Mulligan, Marsh, Miles and of course his recordin... more
A Mobley Loop
"Learn to BeBop on changes like Hank Mobley first. It tells you when to stop." Those were roughly the words one of my all-time heroes Rick Margitza said to me when I had the chance to have a lesson wi... more
The Red Horn
A concert with trombonist Nils Landgren was planned for many, many years and now it finally happened. How great is that. I heard first about it many years ago and apparently this weekend’s gig with th... more
A Looping Exercise
Some of my favourite etudes that I ran into over the years are the Kröpsch Clarinet etudes, especially the first volume. The exercises are short, almost easy to remember and overall effective, challen... more
A Session To Remember
It's rare enough of an occasion that someone like Joe Lovano performs around here, let alone shows up on the Jam Session. So rare, that I almost forgot that I had my camera with me. In fact the whole... more
Twenty-Something Years Later
About twenty years ago I was listening to a Big Band rehearsal for a concert with Sam River's music, the host of the masterclass that I was attending. It turned out that one tenor player was missing a... more