Jazz Finland Live

The Jyväskylä-based composer-guitarist celebrates his debut by hitting the road in late November. The tour will also see him present his newly-assembed, stellar group. 

Independent Finnish record label Eclipse Music issues guitarist-composer Tuomas Paukku's debut album on vinyl and digitally on 25 of November. The band performing Paukku's music on the record is a Finnish-Swedish group Tuomas Paukku Description, while the album-lauch tour, taking place on 24 November - 4 December, will see Paukku hit the road with his new Finnish group, Tuomas Paukku Scription. Having pianist Artturi Rönkä, bassist Janne Tuovinen and drummer Tomi Saikkonen join the leader-guitarist, Tuomas Paukku Scription takes up where the Swedes left off. The musicians stand in the frontline of a young and vital generation in Finnish jazz, interpreting Paukku's distinctive music with intense passion.

The roots of Paukku's music can be found in the modern European jazz impressionism, but not without seeking new landscapes and dimensions by bending the borders of different musical genres without hesitation. "I wanted a new and Finnish group. Here it is", the leader summarises. On the tour, new compositions will be heard alongside with the material of the album.

Tuomas Paukku, guitar
Artturi Rönkä, piano and rhodes
Janne Tuovinen (Vesa Ojaniemi on 3 and 4 Dec), double bass
Tomi Saikkonen, drums

Tickets 8/6 €