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 evolution of his style, much-beloved since the legendary 1970s albums such as The Poet and Bandstand. Ahvenlahti’s new group highlights some of the best talent on the Finnish scene, including trumpeter Jukka Eskola, saxophonist Joonatan Rautio, bassist Ville Herrala and drummer Jaska Lukkarinen. Olli Ahvenlahti’s most recent records, Mirror Mirror (2024) and Thinking and Whistling (2017) are released by We Jazz Records, and he’s working on new music at all times.