Posts Tagged: joona toivanen trio

JFF, JTT & JBB

I just came back from a small album release tour in Finland. That was with not with Jazz & Fly Fishing (JFF), but Joona Toivanen Trio (JTT), together with Tapani on bass, and the drummer Olavi Louhivuori. We had a great time and played concerts in Helsinki and Jyväskylä. It was fantastic to be back… Read more »

Jazz, no fly fishing

My idea was to finish off the season by spending a day or two fishing rainbow trout in a couple of lakes near Gothenburg. But this year the winter came early and there’s no fighting against mother nature. It’s -12 degrees centigrade outside and I guess I must sit down, tie some flies, and wait… Read more »

New trio album coming!

I just returned from Helsinki where I was mixing Joona Toivanen trio‘s new album. This is a band both me, Tapani and the drummer Olavi Louhivuori have played had since we were kids. Olavi had just finished a long US tour with Polish trumpet legend Tomasz Stanko’s quintet, and it was great to meet with… Read more »