by Antti Hietala | Mar 18, 2026 | Agency, We Jazz |
Agent: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 newspaper Dagens Nyheter in the motivation for his 2025 Culture Prize nomination. Goran Kajfeš Subtropic...
by Antti Hietala | Mar 18, 2026 | Agency, We Jazz |
Agent:Teemu Markkula / teemu@wejazz.fi / +358 40 763 3710 The Goran Kajfeš Tropiques quartet consists of Goran Kajfeš (trumpet, synthesizer), Alexander Zethson (piano, organ, synthesizer), Johan Berthling (acoustic bass) and Johan Holmegard (drums) – each a key member...
by Antti Hietala | Jan 13, 2026 | Agency, We Jazz
Agent: Teemu Markkula / teemu@wejazz.fi / +358 40 763 3710 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 12, 2026 | Agency, We Jazz
Agent: Teemu Markkula / teemu@wejazz.fi / +358 40 763 3710 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’ long-standing...
by Antti Hietala | Jan 12, 2026 | Agency, We Jazz
Agent: Teemu Markkula / teemu@wejazz.fi / +358 40 763 3710 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 evolution...
by Matti Nives | Jan 12, 2026 | Agency, We Jazz |
Agent: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 are members of the legendary Scorch Trio, plus countless other formations, their lean duo formation...
