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- Saxophonist Esa Pietilä
- Jazz saxophonist Esa Pietilä from Helsinki Finland has performed internationally / nationally with various projects of his - Esa Pietilä Trio - "4 Streams" Quartet (with ECM artists Iro Haarla, Uffe Krokfors & Markku Ounaskari) - solo saxophone concerts etc., Esa has performed in Italy, Germany, Norway, Sweden, France, The Netherlands, Austria, Iceland, England, USA, Australia, New Zeeland, Brazil and Cuba… He has worked with Michael Jefry Stevens, Harvey Sorgen, Heiri Kaenzig, Jeff Siegel, Karl Berger, Mark Helias, John Esposito, Mathias Eick, Iro Haarla, Otto Gardner, Franziska Baumann, Christoph Baumann, Banz Oester, Mike Nock, Claudio Fasoli, Anders Begcrantz, Odean Pope, Raoul Björkenheim, Brian Melvin, Markku Ounaskari, Uffe Krokfors, Filip Augustson, Hilmar Jensson, Arthur Kell, Johannes Mössinger, Kjartan Valdemarsson, Fabian Kuratli, Jarmo Savolainen, Mika Kallio, Mikko Innanen, Seppo Kantonen, Ville Herrala and Erling Kroner. Esa has also stood on stage with many global jazz luminaries, e.g. Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Carla Bley, Vince Mendoza, Maria Schneider, Ray Anderson, Steve Slagle, Rick Margitza...
keskiviikko 16. lokakuuta 2013
sunnuntai 16. joulukuuta 2012
@CriticalJazz: Esa Pietila Karhea Fiasko 2009
@CriticalJazz: Esa Pietila Karhea Fiasko 2009: Karhea review / CriticalJazz, USA (Brent Black)
Karhea is a landmark release for one of the finest saxophone player that I have had the exception to hear. With the exception of Ivo Perleman, Esa Pietila is now hitting his creative genius. Standing the test of time finds Esa Pietila simply aging like fine wine. Pietila gets better and more robust with age. A no brainer for sure...
Karhea is a landmark release for one of the finest saxophone player that I have had the exception to hear. With the exception of Ivo Perleman, Esa Pietila is now hitting his creative genius. Standing the test of time finds Esa Pietila simply aging like fine wine. Pietila gets better and more robust with age. A no brainer for sure...
torstai 27. syyskuuta 2012
Two new recordings done - New Quartet & Solo Saxophone
New recordings
Hello!
The fall season has started nicely! I did two new recordings in september, one with my new Finnish Quartet which includes drummer Olavi Louhivuori, pianist Aki Rissanen and Antti Lötjönen on bass. We had a lot of fun and good time at studio - the vibe & the flow of music was really cool! Also, an other recording was done, it´s a live recording of my solo concert at famous Temppeliaukio Church in Helsinki. The church is world wide known of its very original & modern design and from its very good acoustics. I´m very much looking forward to release these cd´s during the winter season 2012.
Peace!
Hello!
The fall season has started nicely! I did two new recordings in september, one with my new Finnish Quartet which includes drummer Olavi Louhivuori, pianist Aki Rissanen and Antti Lötjönen on bass. We had a lot of fun and good time at studio - the vibe & the flow of music was really cool! Also, an other recording was done, it´s a live recording of my solo concert at famous Temppeliaukio Church in Helsinki. The church is world wide known of its very original & modern design and from its very good acoustics. I´m very much looking forward to release these cd´s during the winter season 2012.
Peace!
New CD release! "Out Doors" -The Esa Pietilä – Jeff Siegel Duo
New CD release!
New York City & Helsinki meet on new album
Debut album released on Artist Recording Collective
(ARC) label, USA - May 2012
Listen
Press release
Begun in 2011, The Esa Pietilä – Jeff Siegel Duo bridges two cities New York City & Helsinki. Their juicy freejazz flows, crunchy polyrythmical textures, diverse sound ambients and spiritual meditation-like chorals bring in a completely personal way of duo improvisations taken into action. With New York City based drummer Jeff “Siege” Siegel and saxophonist Esa Pietilä (Helsinki, Finland) the line-up´s talents span across a multitude of musical ideas. The upcoming album was recorded at the famous NRS Studio in New York in 2011. The album´s name “Out Doors” reflects to multiple meanings of opening and exploring “new doors” and spaces for playing “out” and the free form improvised jazz.
Both Jeff Siegel and Esa Pietilä are widely known for their multiple projects plus improvisation skills and visionary approach to music. The upcoming album, Out Doors, finally brings together the two musicians and their original and distinctive styles of jazz and free form improvisation. The album's material contains loosely sketched pieces by Siegel and Pietilä plus pure collective improvisation.
The intense instrumentation of only drums & saxophone, brings many possibilities for new musical expression. The absence of a harmonic instrument gives more room and space for free expression with Pietilä ́s' multi‐faceted style of saxophone sound merging with the multiphonics that can be created by an experienced player ‐ massive, almost impossible sound world of the instrument’s capabilities. Drummer Siegel adds striking colours and fascinating drum textures to the common pot of their communication.
“The fact that we come from different cultural and musical backgrounds adds just the right amount of friction and tension to our music. For us, it was an extremely interesting recording, since we had not played before, but were familiar to each others style and expression. “The elements of surprise and musical risk‐taking is very much present on the album, since it was recorded with no rehearsing beforehand – the result is something very unusual. That's a risky situation to take, but sometimes that ́s the best thing to do, to be creative ,” says Pietilä.
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Drummer Jeff “Siege” Siegel has worked with a virtual “who’s who” of artists. Siegel’s diverse career has also led him to perform and/or record with legends such as Ron Carter, Kenny Burrell, Jack DeJohnette, Benny Golson, Sheila Jordan, Helen Merrill, Mose Allison, Dave Douglas, Stefon Harris, Kurt Elling, Ravi Coltrane, Ryan Kisor, Steve Turre, Arthur Rhames and John Esposito. He has worked in the avant garde world as well with Wadada Leo Smith, Baikida Carroll and others. Siegel has also performed and collaborated with many European musicians including Johannes Enders, Michael Lutzeier, Esa Pietila, Jaromir Honzak, Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr, Torsten Goods, Harry Sokol, Cecile Verny and Nils Wogram. He is leader of the Jeff "Siege" Siegel Quartet. He co‐leads the groups of The Jeff Marx/Jeff "Siege" Siegel Duo and Marx, Siegel and Esposito. Siegel has been described in Jazz World Magazine as a “brilliant drummer”, while lauded in Modern Drummer for his “forward energy and abundantly attractive ideas”. “His playing is always tasteful whether it be in forceful, intense situations or in quiet, supporting roles.
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Pietilä ‐ Siegel Duo: Out Doors
Esa Pietilä, saxophones
Jeff Siegel, drums, bells, gongs & percussion
1. Out Doors / 2. Waves / 3.Aurora Borealis / 4. Power Orbit / 5. The Voice Behind the Great Wall of Manitou / 6. Serpentine / 7. Road Trip / 8. Death of the Rain Forest / 9.Door to door /10. Democrats and Republicans (Left Right Dance) /11. Space Yard /12. Milky Way /13. Anthem of the Out Doors / 14. Speed Trap
Recorded: oct. 20th & 21st 2011 at NRS Recording Studios By Scott Petito, Catskill, NY. Mixed and mastered oct. 8th 2011 by Jeff Siegel & Scott Petito
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Press photos, audio samples:
www.esapietila.com/groups/siegel-pietila
Further information:
Esa Pietilä, +358 400 815007, www.esapietila.com
www.artistsrecordingcollective.info
New York City & Helsinki meet on new album
Debut album released on Artist Recording Collective
(ARC) label, USA - May 2012
Listen
Press release
Begun in 2011, The Esa Pietilä – Jeff Siegel Duo bridges two cities New York City & Helsinki. Their juicy freejazz flows, crunchy polyrythmical textures, diverse sound ambients and spiritual meditation-like chorals bring in a completely personal way of duo improvisations taken into action. With New York City based drummer Jeff “Siege” Siegel and saxophonist Esa Pietilä (Helsinki, Finland) the line-up´s talents span across a multitude of musical ideas. The upcoming album was recorded at the famous NRS Studio in New York in 2011. The album´s name “Out Doors” reflects to multiple meanings of opening and exploring “new doors” and spaces for playing “out” and the free form improvised jazz.
Both Jeff Siegel and Esa Pietilä are widely known for their multiple projects plus improvisation skills and visionary approach to music. The upcoming album, Out Doors, finally brings together the two musicians and their original and distinctive styles of jazz and free form improvisation. The album's material contains loosely sketched pieces by Siegel and Pietilä plus pure collective improvisation.
The intense instrumentation of only drums & saxophone, brings many possibilities for new musical expression. The absence of a harmonic instrument gives more room and space for free expression with Pietilä ́s' multi‐faceted style of saxophone sound merging with the multiphonics that can be created by an experienced player ‐ massive, almost impossible sound world of the instrument’s capabilities. Drummer Siegel adds striking colours and fascinating drum textures to the common pot of their communication.
“The fact that we come from different cultural and musical backgrounds adds just the right amount of friction and tension to our music. For us, it was an extremely interesting recording, since we had not played before, but were familiar to each others style and expression. “The elements of surprise and musical risk‐taking is very much present on the album, since it was recorded with no rehearsing beforehand – the result is something very unusual. That's a risky situation to take, but sometimes that ́s the best thing to do, to be creative ,” says Pietilä.
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Drummer Jeff “Siege” Siegel has worked with a virtual “who’s who” of artists. Siegel’s diverse career has also led him to perform and/or record with legends such as Ron Carter, Kenny Burrell, Jack DeJohnette, Benny Golson, Sheila Jordan, Helen Merrill, Mose Allison, Dave Douglas, Stefon Harris, Kurt Elling, Ravi Coltrane, Ryan Kisor, Steve Turre, Arthur Rhames and John Esposito. He has worked in the avant garde world as well with Wadada Leo Smith, Baikida Carroll and others. Siegel has also performed and collaborated with many European musicians including Johannes Enders, Michael Lutzeier, Esa Pietila, Jaromir Honzak, Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr, Torsten Goods, Harry Sokol, Cecile Verny and Nils Wogram. He is leader of the Jeff "Siege" Siegel Quartet. He co‐leads the groups of The Jeff Marx/Jeff "Siege" Siegel Duo and Marx, Siegel and Esposito. Siegel has been described in Jazz World Magazine as a “brilliant drummer”, while lauded in Modern Drummer for his “forward energy and abundantly attractive ideas”. “His playing is always tasteful whether it be in forceful, intense situations or in quiet, supporting roles.
**
Pietilä ‐ Siegel Duo: Out Doors
Esa Pietilä, saxophones
Jeff Siegel, drums, bells, gongs & percussion
1. Out Doors / 2. Waves / 3.Aurora Borealis / 4. Power Orbit / 5. The Voice Behind the Great Wall of Manitou / 6. Serpentine / 7. Road Trip / 8. Death of the Rain Forest / 9.Door to door /10. Democrats and Republicans (Left Right Dance) /11. Space Yard /12. Milky Way /13. Anthem of the Out Doors / 14. Speed Trap
Recorded: oct. 20th & 21st 2011 at NRS Recording Studios By Scott Petito, Catskill, NY. Mixed and mastered oct. 8th 2011 by Jeff Siegel & Scott Petito
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Press photos, audio samples:
www.esapietila.com/groups/siegel-pietila
Further information:
Esa Pietilä, +358 400 815007, www.esapietila.com
www.artistsrecordingcollective.info
lauantai 21. huhtikuuta 2012
New CD release - USA meets Finland!
USA meets Finland on Brain Inventory Trio's new live album
Debut album released on the German label Konnex Records on 23 March 2012
Listen
Press release
The recently formed Brain Inventory Trio not only bridges two cultures but also brings us a fusion of styles from jazz and folk music to rock, throwing all preconceptions out the window. With American pianist Michael Jefry Stevens and two Finns, saxophonist Esa Pietilä and cellist Juho Laitinen, in the line-up, the trio's talents span across a multitude of musical genres. The upcoming album was recorded at a concert performed in Helsinki in 2010.
Debut album released on the German label Konnex Records on 23 March 2012
Listen
Press release
The recently formed Brain Inventory Trio not only bridges two cultures but also brings us a fusion of styles from jazz and folk music to rock, throwing all preconceptions out the window. With American pianist Michael Jefry Stevens and two Finns, saxophonist Esa Pietilä and cellist Juho Laitinen, in the line-up, the trio's talents span across a multitude of musical genres. The upcoming album was recorded at a concert performed in Helsinki in 2010.
tiistai 15. marraskuuta 2011
A video interview by belgian TV about my solo concerts & my ideas how I do them
A nice video interview by belgian TV about my solo concerts & my ideas how to do them...
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
perjantai 20. toukokuuta 2011
New recording of the "4 Streams Quartet" coming in on next august!
Hello folks,
It´s now confirmed that we will do a new recording for CD with my "4 Streams Quartet" on next august. The group is ECM artists Iro Haarla -piano, Uffe Krokfors - bass, Markku Ounaskari - drums and myself. The music will be mostly my own original compositions on which I´m working right now...there will of course be a lot of improvisation too - both collectively and soloist-wise. I will be concentrating to write the music for this recording in some new way which is little bit hard to describe here but it will be at least much more avant garde, and written with the idea of thinking about the individuals in the quartet and their charasteristics as performers and their own sound in mind. It will be more like composing for small orchestra since our style is many ways like playing a symphony on which we also improvise along...it has been a real pleasure to work with these excellent artists on the past few year. We will then continue performing more in Europe & internationally after the release of the CD.
Looking forward doing this !
-Esa
It´s now confirmed that we will do a new recording for CD with my "4 Streams Quartet" on next august. The group is ECM artists Iro Haarla -piano, Uffe Krokfors - bass, Markku Ounaskari - drums and myself. The music will be mostly my own original compositions on which I´m working right now...there will of course be a lot of improvisation too - both collectively and soloist-wise. I will be concentrating to write the music for this recording in some new way which is little bit hard to describe here but it will be at least much more avant garde, and written with the idea of thinking about the individuals in the quartet and their charasteristics as performers and their own sound in mind. It will be more like composing for small orchestra since our style is many ways like playing a symphony on which we also improvise along...it has been a real pleasure to work with these excellent artists on the past few year. We will then continue performing more in Europe & internationally after the release of the CD.
Looking forward doing this !
-Esa
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