Here’s the coolest lounge jazz album I’ve ever heard in a long time, from a little known sixties band The Stance Brothers. Teppo “Teddy Rok” Mäkynen the drummer of The Five Corners Quintet and its leader on stage and also sideman for Jukka Eskola and Timo Lassy is also an established producer. The awarded drummer [...]

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Sorry for the lack of updates folks, I’m neck deep in RL musical business, as I’ve become the musical director of an Istanbul lounge. More details to follow in the coming days. Here’s a Finnish artist recommended to me by a Finnish friend, Mr. Kerrko Koskinen composer and arranger. His new album Agatha has been [...]

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#26. begins with some micro electronic stuff from El Fog and Tenniscoats, which I’ll hopefully review in a week or two and goes through some folk stuff like Zulya and Serafina Steer. A second and more jazzy part begins with Culture and goes on with masters like Desmond Dekker [...]

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In this not so new-but one of the most highly acclaimed albums of this summer so far, Jimi plays the sweet surprise factor as always. I don’t know if it’s because of his broad friend circle of Finnish jazz musicians or the fact that he enjoys dressing like Zeki Müren, or simply because he’s a [...]

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