The debut album of Jarmo Saari Republic came out in the end of April and the record saw daylight at April Jazz festival. Now the new super combo goes on tour to spread the word of light to all of Finland. On the Finnish Jazz Federation tour the band will visit eight cities from North to South and East to West.
Jarmo Saari Republic is a new supergroup built on the praised solo project Jarmo Saari Solu and branching out its experimental, lyrical and hypnotic soundscapes. Saari is a musician, composer and producer, and his CV includes shows in more than 30 different countries and appearances on well over 100 albums. Saari dreamed about this dream team for ten years, before it finally came into being in 2012, and it was Tampere Jazz Happening in November 2013 that saw the first gig of these “soldiers of light”.
Sami Kuoppamäki, Olavi Louhivuori and Abdissa “Mamba” Assefa have earlier worked with such bands and artists as Kingston Wall, Oddarrang, Giant Robot, Kimmo Pohjonen, Fat Beat Sound System, Ilmiliekki Quartet, Tomasz Stanko, Nuspirit Helsinki, Tuomo, Anssi Tikanmäki’s Film Orchestra and Von Hertzen Brothers.
The new album came out on Rockadillo Records, and includes guest appearances from Sam Huber, Johanna Iivanainen, Tommy Lindgren and the Rolling Stones sax player, Tim Ries.
Jarmo Saari - barytone guitar, vocals, sampler, taurus pedal, theremin
Sami Kuoppamäki – drums
Olavi Louhivuori – drums
Abdissa "Mamba" Assefa – percussion, drums
www.jarmosaari.com
Sat 26.4. Louhisali, April Jazz, Espoo (feat Tommy Lindgren & Sam Huber)
Wed 7.5. Tornio, Musiikkitalo
Thu 8.5. Oulu, 45 Special
Fri 9.5. Kuopio, Puikkari
Sat 10.5. Joensuu, Kerubi
Wed 14.5. Raahe, Raahesali
Thu 15.5. Jyväskylä, Poppari
Fri 16.5. Turku, Flame Jazz, Svenska Teater, Café Tiljan
Sat 17.5. Pori, KulttuuriKulma