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Pekka Pylkkänen Quartet @ The Jazz Loft
Finnish jazz saxophonist Pekka Pylkkänen brings his quartet to the Jazz Loft for a feature of his celebrated original works
When and where
Date and time
Fri, 3 Feb 2023 19:45 - 22:15 +08
Location
The Jazz Loft @ Blu Jaz 11 Bali Lane Level 3 Singapore, Singapore 189848 Singapore
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About this event
Recognised as one of the major saxophone voices in contemporary European jazz, Pekka Pylkkänen - no stranger to the Lion city through his tireless global touring schedule - brings for this debut at the Jazz Loft, a showcase of the best of his own compositions to be interpreted by a stellar ensemble of the cream of what contemporary Singapore has to offer.
The Band:
Yap Ting Wei on drums
Masashi Sasaki on bass
Lee Ann Gie on piano
Pekka Pylkkänen on saxophone
Doors open at 7pm
Sets at 7.45 and 9.15
Cover charge $22 for both sets
ABOUT PEKKA
Born in 1964, saxophonist and composer Pekka Pylkkänen has performed around the globe and been very successful not only in Europe, but also for example in Asia and South-America. He has collaborated with numerous prestigious artists in many countries, and continues to work as a soloist/leader, recording artist and educator throughout the world.
During his earlier career he worked several years full-time with the ‘National Jazz Orchestra of Finland’ – UMO Jazz Orchestra, with which he also sometimes performed modern contemporary music, and was often featured as a soloist. Some of the guests for both UMO Jazz Orchestra and Espoo Big Band (another noteable jazz orchestra) included stars such as Maria Schneider, Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Michael Abene, Mercer Ellington, Dee Dee Bridgewater, etc.
As a leader he has performed in more than 60 countries in Europe, The Americas, Asia and Africa. He has appeared as a leader/soloist in around 2000 concerts during the last 15+ years, most of them outside Finland. His appearances range from clubs to concert halls and major festivals and TV concerts, such as Hong Kong Jazz Festival, Beijing Jazz Festival, Trondheim Jazz Festival, Copenhagen Jazz Festival, National Arts Festival (South Africa), Providencia Festival de Jazz (Santiago, Chile), Yokohama Jazz Promenade, Yarasum Jazz Festival, Beijing Concert Hall, The Spring Hall (Seoul/Korea), EBS, Pescara Jazz, Thailand Intern. Jazz Conference, etc
In addition to his long career as a performing and composing artist, Pekka has led a significant career as an educator, having had several full-time positions in Finland, but also has held clinics and master classes in more than 80 music universities/conservatories and colleges around the world.
He has been invited as and Artist-In-Residence in dozens of occasions in, for example, Finland, Italy, China, Malaysia, Brazil and Portugal as well as leading numerous Summer Jazz Seminars in Italy as the artistic director.
His earlier releases: ́Pekka Pylkkanen:Pekka’s Tube Factory ́ (1999) and ́Pekka Pylkkanen Tube Factory: Opaque ́ (2001) were released by Naxos Jazz, 3rd album ‘Pekka Pylkkanen Tube Factory:Listen! ́by Lumino Records and (Chinese market) Starsing Records, and 2020 release ‘Pylkkanen:Nu Bottega’ (with an Italian all-star line-up) by Challenge Records International, and the latest album ‘Pekka Pylkkanen & Eric Ineke’ also by Challenge Records (2022 June).
He is a Vandoren artist, and represents Ken Okutsu Mouthpieces and Marmaduke Music accessories.
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About the organiser
In June 2022, the iconic Singapore music venue Blu Jaz reopened its live music program with the Jazz Loft, located on the 3rd floor of it’s premises at Bali Lane.
The mission of this new space, is to showcase jazz, and improvisation, as an evolving art form, rather than a museum-piece, presenting those artists, both local and international, that are part of the forward motion, and artistic development of the music.