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.
Currently living in Jyväskylä, Tuomas Paukku (b. 1984) is originally from Laukaa, Central Finland. An active composer and a prominent guitarist, Paukku studied jazz music in the Royal College of Stockholm. The young guitarist has a fierce ardour for creating colourful, diverse, powerful and yet approachable music.
Tuomas Paukku Description was formed while Paukku was studying in Sweden. He gathered a number of original and fascinating players around him from the college in Stockholm, including the phenomenal saxophone player Johan Christoffesson – one of the hottest names in the generation of young Swedish sax players – and the pianist Peter Knudsen, whose debut album came out on the renowned Italian label CamJazz. On the bassist’s seat is Emil Eriksson and the band's young drummer Konrad Agnas was recently granted the award Faschings vänner by Stockholm's most notable jazz club. Even though the activity of the band has diminished, the group plans to reunite to play a record release concert in Stockholm.
Tuomas Paukku Scription on tour:
Thu 24 Nov Jyväskylä, Boom Box/ Musica, at 19, tickets 12/8€
Fri 25 Nov Pori, Validi Karkia, at 20, tickets 10€
Sat 26 Nov Vaasa, Doo-Bop, at 22, tickets 8/5€
Sun 27 Nov Petäjävesi, Miilu, at 17
Sat 3 Dec Turku, Monk, at 21, tickets 8/6€
Sun 4 Dec Helsinki, Tenho, at 20, free entry
Tuomas Paukku, guitar
Artturi Rönkä, piano and rhodes
Janne Tuovinen (Vesa Ojaniemi on 3 and 4 Dec), double bass
Tomi Saikkonen, drums
Listen to the opening track on Eclipse Music Store:
https://eclipsemusicrecordlabel.bandcamp.com/album/description