by Antti Hietala | Jan 13, 2026 | Agency, We Jazz
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...
by Antti Hietala | Jan 13, 2026 | Agency, other power
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?...
by Antti Hietala | Jan 12, 2026 | Agency, We Jazz
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’...
by Antti Hietala | Jan 12, 2026 | Agency, We Jazz
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...
