We Jazz Agency
We Jazz Agency represents artists we believe in both in Finland and internationally. The artists we represent are connected to our two label brands, We Jazz and Other Power, either by also releasing their music with us or by artistic kinship. Please see the links below for information about each of artist and their agent.
We also produce tours, events and concepts case by case, and promote shows in Finland and beyond.
You can reach us at: agency@wejazz.fi
Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkestra
Agent / Finland:Jaakko Hietakangas / jaakko@wejazz.fi / +358 50 386 9980 Agent / world outside of FI: Teemu Markkula / teemu@wejazz.fi / +358 40 763 371 “A fresh breeze of disruption and seduction.” This is how trumpet player Goran Kajfeš was described by...
Goran Kajfeš Tropiques
Agent / Finland:Jaakko Hietakangas / jaakko@wejazz.fi / +358 50 386 9980 Agent / world outside of FI:Teemu Markkula / teemu@wejazz.fi / +358 40 763 3710 The Goran Kajfeš Tropiques quartet consists of Goran Kajfeš (trumpet, synthesizer), Alexander Zethson (piano,...
Kannaste4
Agent: Jaakko Hietakangas / jaakko@wejazz.fi / +358 50 386 9980 Helsinki tenor saxophonist Jussi Kannaste's debut album as a band leader has been a long time coming. A top musician in the local scene revered by his contemporaries and sought after as a band member, ...
Kiri Ra!
Agent: Jaakko Hietakangas / jaakko@wejazz.fi / +358 50 386 9980 Lau Nau (Laura Naukkarinen), Linda Fredriksson and Matti Bye form Kiri Ra!, a trio that creates their sound slowly, in a process of improvisation and discovery. Filtered through the musicians’...
Olli Ahvenlahti New Quintet
Agent: Jaakko Hietakangas / jaakko@wejazz.fi / +358 50 386 9980 Olli Ahvenlahti is a Finnish jazz legend and a pianist-composer. Championed by the likes of Gilles Peterson and Kenny Dope, Ahvenlahti is a master of hard-grooving jazz funk. Here, he continues the...
Paal Nilssen-Love & Raoul Björkenheim
Agent / Finland:Jaakko Hietakangas / jaakko@wejazz.fi / +358 50 386 9980 Agent / world outside of FI:Teemu Markkula / teemu@wejazz.fi / +358 40 763 371 Drummer Paal Nilssen-Love and guitarist Raoul Björkenheim are a powerhouse duo of creative music. While both...
The Stance Brothers
Agents:Teemu Markkula / teemu@wejazz.fi / +358 40 763 3710Antti Hietala / antti@wejazz.fi / +358 44 560 8969 The basic core of The Stance Brothers is to be solo studio vehicle for Teppo Mäkynen to experiment across a varied instrumentation and musical ideas. Since the...
Superposition
Agent: Jaakko Hietakangas / jaakko@wejazz.fi / +358 50 386 9980 Superposition, a sought-after live combo, is first and foremost a solid group that understands the power of developing their music together. Each of the four members bring in compositions for album...
We Jazz DJs
Booking: agency@wejazz.fi The We Jazz DJ collective is at the root our activities, having launched at 2009 with the first club night using the words We Jazz in our context. This activity has remained and evolved over the years, and We Jazz DJs have performed at...
Islaja
Agent: Teemu Markkula / teemu@wejazz.fi / +358 40 763 3710 Islaja is Merja Kokkonen: a composer, performer and recording artist who after living and working in Berlin for over a decade, is now in 2024 permanently back in Helsinki Finland. Since her debut in...
Kaukolampi
Agents:Teemu Markkula / teemu@wejazz.fi / +358 40 763 3710Antti Hietala / antti@wejazz.fi / +358 44 560 8969 What do you get when you fuse the headiness of kosmische with the visceral impact of techno, the intensity of metal with the churning power of dark ambient?...
On Fillmore
Agent / Finland:Jaakko Hietakangas / jaakko@wejazz.fi / +358 50 386 9980 Agent / world outside of FI:Teemu Markkula / teemu@wejazz.fi / +358 40 763 3710On Fillmore is the long-running duo (1999 - present) of percussionist Glenn Kotche (Wilco) and bassist Darin Gray....
Sumuposauttaja
Agent: Antti Hietala / antti@wejazz.fi / +358 44 560 8969 Sumuposauttaja is Sami Aleksi Keinänen. In 2026, the first album by Sumuposauttaja Band, Work & Play, will be released. Sumuposauttaja performs alone with guitar/synth, looper and vocals, or with his...