Pepa Päivinen North Pipe on concert at Poppari, Jyväskylä on 27.1.2010

The new album of Pepa Päivinen available on 18.11.2009!

The new album of saxophone-maestro Pepa Päivinen has been released on 18.11.2009 on Presence Records label:

PEPA PÄIVINEN "NORTH PIPE"
Presence records PRE CD019 www.presencerecords.fi

This second release by Pepa Päivinen's praised quartet features also Juho Laitinen on cello and Mongo Aaltonen on percussions. For this North Pipe record release tour in Finland the band has performed with Juho Laitinen:

20/11 Tammisaari, Karelia 19:00
29/11 Hämeenlinna, Suisto 20:00
08/12 Tampere, Klubi 20:00
16/12 Helsinki, Juttutupa - Rytmihäiriöklubi 21:00 / record release concert

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Reedsman Pepa Päivinen is undoubtedly one of the cornerstones of Finnish jazz. Widely lauded for his big and vigorous baritone sound, Päivinen has made his mark with the likes of UMO Jazz Orchestra, Edward Vesala's Sound and Fury and Saxperiment during the last two decades. Not restricting himself exclusively to any "mainstream" or "avantgarde" schools, he has managed to gather experience with an exhaustive number of musicians and projects.

In 1999 Pepa formed his own trio that performed regularly in Finland and elsewhere in Europe and released two acclaimed albums of which the first, 'Umpsukkelis' (1999), was prized as the Jazz Album of the Year by IFPI Finland. The trio has transformed into a quartet since 2004.

This fresh unit continues with the intensive drumming of Mikko Hassinen and features two new members of the younger generation, first-row bassist Ville Huolman and excellent guitar sorcerer Timo Kämäräinen. The quartet is propulsed by the same bold energy and the lyrical freedom as Päivinen's previous line-up was. The music now appeals to more written material and a significant development on forms has been achieved. It definitely brings on a new dimension to Pepa’s musical language which is also fed by some composition of skillfull Mikko Hassinen. The debut album of the quartet 'Tiram Num' (2005) has been hailed as this Nordic saxophone master’s best so far.

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past concerts:
2008
26/03 Grenoble Jazz festival www.jazzgrenoble.com
12/07 Hämeenlinna, LinnaJazz www.linnajazz.fi
23/10 Helsinki, Kanneltalo feat. Juho Laitinen, cello
18/11 Helsinki, Liberté - Mau Mau klubi

2007
11/03 Bremen, Jazzahead www.jazzahead.de
17/07 Lisboa, Jazz im Goethe Garten 2007
02/11 Tampere Jazz Happening
07/11 Savonlinna, Oopperakellari
08/11 Jyväskylä, Jazzbar
09/11 Kuopio, KPY Jazz Club
10/11 Joensuu, Teatteriravintola
14/11 Oulu, NuKu
16/11 Tornio, Musiikki-talo
17/11 Raahe, Raaheen Hovi
18/11 Pieksämäki, Poleeni

2006
13/10 Vilnius Jazz festival
06/11 Helsinki, Savoy teatteri – Vapaat Äänet Ten Years birthday concert
13/11 Amiens, Assecarm
14/11 Paris, Sunset
15/11 Strasbourg , festival Jazz d'Or
16/11 Nevers, Rencontres de Jazz