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Masa Orpana Honk

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Formed2012
Members
  • Aino Heikkonen
  • Jonni Seppälä
  • Juppo Paavola
  • Masa Orpana
  • Tuomas Heinonen
  • Ville Vallila
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Masa Orpana Honk bring the joy and versatile rhythms of roots music to the modern jazz environment. The trump card of the ensemble is a three-saxophone section that consists of Masa Orpana, Tuomas Heinonen and Aino Heikkonen that is completed by a New Orleans-esque rhythm section.

The ensemble was originally founded in 2012 and has performed primarily as a quartet formed by Orpana, Jonni Seppälä, Ville Vallila an Juppo Paavola, with Orpana being the only saxophone. Completed by two more saxophones, the full ensemble plays Orpana's instrumentations for several wind instruments. The completed Honk played its first concert to a full house in Winter 2020.

Masa Orpana - saxophone
Tuomas Heinonen - saxophone
Aino Heikkonen - saxophone
Jonni Seppälä - guitar, vocals
Ville Vallila - bass
Juppo Paavola - drums