Bassist Kaisa Mäensivu's stylish compositions will be heard this Friday night at Flame Jazz. New York meets the depths of the north in a seamless ensemble by Kaisa's Machine at Logomo and on Facebook Live.
Kaisa Mäensivu (b. 1990) is one of the great names of the future of Finnish jazz. An ambitious double bassist living and working in New York, she is a sought-after musician both in Finland and around the world. Mäensivu made her way to the Big Apple via a student exchange between the Sibelius Academy and the renowned Manhattan School of Music. She quickly settled into the metropolis and ended up completing her master’s degree in New York in 2017, under the instruction of Dave Liebman and Ron Carter, among others.
Led by Mäensivu, Kaisa's Machine is a quartet formed in the fall of 2015. The band's acclaimed debut album In the Key of K (Eclipse Music) was released in December 2017. The music composed by Mäensivu is elegant postbop jazz with influences from the current New York sound as well as northern depth. Kaisa's Machine also features each four musicians' own strengths and personal styles. Last December, the band performed as the Finnish representative at the Nordic Jazz Comets show in Paris.
Joonatan Rautio - saxophone
Mikael Myrskog - keyboard instruments
Kaisa Mäensivu - bass
Joe Peri - drums
Flame Jazz: Kaisa's Machine
Fri 23.10.2020 at 19:00
MOVE, Logomo
Köydenpunojankatu 14, Turku
The concert will be in the MOVE hall, entrance from the Logomo Kitchen door at 18:00.
Advance tickets: Lippu.fi
Standard ticket € 20.5
Seniors € 18.5
OP Turku Region owner customers 18 € (max 2 tickets / customer)
Students and children (7-17 years) 15.5 €
Facebook Live Stream Sponsorship Tickets: Tiketti
Live Stream support ticket € 9.90
Live Stream Super Support Ticket € 19.90
Tickets will be sold at the door Logomo Kitchen on the day of the concert from 18:00 onward, if the event is not sold out in advance.
Ticket sales will be limited to maintain safety distances. In Southwest Finland, the use of a face mask is recommended in public interiors and public events. Good hand and coughing hygiene should also be observed at the event. Admission to the concert is prohibited if you have symptoms of the flu, are in a coronavirus exposure chain, or have travelled from country from which quarantine is recommended on arrival within the last two weeks.
The concert will be streamed live on Jazz City Turku and Flame Jazz's Facebook pages: facebook.com/flamejazz/live. Turku's jazz events can be supported by purchasing a voluntary support ticket for the streaming concert from Tiketti. The gig can be viewed on Facebook until October 30th, viewers don not need to have a Facebook account.
Photo: Pietari Purovaara