Jazz Finland Live

Tickets 22,50 € / 18 €

SaloJazz brings to Finland a living legend of jazz pianism, New York-based top pianist David (Dave) Kikoski. He has played in world-class ensembles, e.g. With Roy Haynes, Billy Hart (SaloJazz 2018), Jeff "Tain" Watts (SaloJazz 2019) and John Scofield.

Grammy-winning New York-based drummer Joe Peri and a top Finnish-origin string bassist Kaisa Mäensivu had admired Kikoski and visited his gigs for a long time until one night they got on stage with Kikoski for a jam session in New York. Now their dream of playing together comes true on a tour with the master pianist. Together the three will play Peri's and Mäensivu's own compositions as well as music from Kikoski's extensive artist collaboration.

"For me, the main thing is spontaneity and taking chances. You have to study and know the traditions, but then you have to play things that haven't been played before. It becomes a balance of knowing the tradition and using your own original voice to add to it." - Dave Kikoski