Jazz Finland Live

Teppo Hauta-aho (b. 1941) is a veteran of Finnish jazz, but still tightly involved in the field of Finnish free jazz. The first merits of Hauta-aho on the area of jazz music are from the late-1960s when the European jazzfield got to know the skills of this bassist as Tuohi Quartet, where Hauta-aho played, won the Association of European Radios' band contest in Montreaux in 1971.

Teppo Hauta-aho has also been the most trusted bass player for the world class musicians of free jazz such as Cecil Taylor, Anthony Braxton, Marilyn Crispell, German pianist Alexander Von Schlippenbach and British saxophonist Evan Parker.

Recently the most important Finnish groups for Hauta-aho have been Trio Nueva Finlandia, with saxophonist Paroni Paakkunainen and pianist Eero Ojanen, Sound Kitchen with trombonist Jari Hongisto and Dane guitarist Hasse Poulsen aa well as K-18 led by guitarist Kalle Kalima.