Jazz Finland Live

Double-bassist Kaisa Mäensivu started her quartet Kaisa’s Machine in autumn 2015, right after her first year spent studying in New York. Her compositions fall into the category of post-bop, with influences drawn from both the modern sound of the Big Apple and the meditative moods of the North. Improvisation and the strong personalities of the four musicians add fresh and unexpected layers to the music each time the group takes to the stage.

Their debut, In the Key of K, came out on the Finnish label Eclipse Music in late 2017, introducing a group as spirited as the Finnish spring and mysterious as East Village. Comprised of Mäensivu’s originals, the album combines tender melodies, intriguing harmonic patterns and fierce improvisation.

Kaisa Mäensivu graduated with an MA in music from the Manhattan School of Music, and she has performed and recorded with numerous artists both in Finland and abroad. She received the Kauko Viitamäki Jazz Prize in 2017, and her composition “Some Other April” was awarded in the Esko Linnavalli Composition Competition the same year. For her debut album, Mäensivu wrote a new arrangement of the piece and it features on the disc under the title “Levels”. 

Kaisa Mäensivu – double bass
Max Zenger – saxophone
Mikael Myrskog – piano
Jonatan Sarikoski – drums

Tickets 12/8 €

”Energetic bebop that could have just easily wafted out of a hole-in-the-wall NYC bar.” – Ivana Ng, New York City Jazz Records