Here's another video from last Octobers mini tour, this is my tribute to great Louis Vola, bass player from Django Reinhardt's Quintette du Hot Club de France.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLNg0yHymi8&feature=youtu.be

Cheers!

Last October I was lucky to play with Hot Club d'Europe, here's a link to"Joseph Joseph";
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh5ZP58uv-A&feature=youtu.be

HELLO! Here's few links to old and new releases, for those who want to listen some original music that I'm playing, also two of my compositions and lyrics to be found.

Django Collective Helsinki's original song featured in Django Festival 7 in iTunes;

https://itunes.apple.com/my/album/django-festival-7/id763875348

Korpi Ensembles Anthology is released in Spotify;

http://open.spotify.com/album/2YD4EgbVhO90DeZS0a3fEv

Juha Kujanpää's Travel music is also in Spotify;

https://play.spotify.com/album/4p8aIRSLDa1UOaWs7xljg7

Here's a clip from Juha Kujanpää Ensembles record release gig in Helsinki 9th November.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1BlOON43Fo&feature=youtu.be

I hope you enjoy.

Juha Kujanpää Ensembles Kivenpyörittäjä - Tales and Travels has been released! The concert saturday night was a success, and Juttutupa was packed with people. Thank you Etnosoi! festival! And most of all, the biggest thanks to everybody in audience, it was great to share this moment with you!

Outside Finland, the easiest way to buy it would be;

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/fi/album/kivenpyorittaja-tales-travels/id717141219
Eclipse Music web store:http://eclipsemusicrecordlabel.bandcamp.com/album/kivenpy-ritt-j-tales-and-travels
Cdbaby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/juhakujanpaa

To keep good music alive, please go and buy your copy.

Cheers!

                               Here's a picture from saturdays gig, maestro Kujanpää on right.

I've been teaching free improvisation for music students for some time now, and today was final concert of fourth workshop; it never stops to amaze me how powerful experience free music is for those who play it, but also for those who listen to it, too!

I'm also writing my thesis about free improvisation as a pedagogical tool, as soon as I finish it I'll publish it in here too, only in finnish, though.

Hot Club d'Europe @ Nurmes, photo by Marjo Häkkinen

Good times with Hot Club d'Europes last weeks mini tour! I was lucky to get this opportunity to play with Paulus Shäfer & Olli Soikkeli. Here's little clip from a gig in Parikkala, full house of carelian music lovers made us feel welcome.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=643215759042423&set=vb.100000620132367&type=2&theater
This clip of Josef Josef was filmed by Leif Hagert.