Pianist Aki Rissanen (b.1980) has been quickly rising among the few top forces of Finnish jazz. Over the last years, he has also made a name for himself in the international jazz scene especially as a leader of his own trio. Although originally classically trained, he has always had a heart for improvised music and jazz.
Winner of the Emma Award, the Finnish Grammy for the best jazz album of 2016 (Amorandom) and nominee for the best jazz album in 2017 (Another North)
Another North was on ‘the best jazz record of 2017’ lists in Archaic Pop (UK), Argonauta Magazine (POR), Time Out (POR), Helsingin Sanomat (FI), Kohta Jazz (FI), Valon Kuvia (FI), Jazzpossu (FI)
Press quotes for Art In Motion:
“He delves into the murky, shifting sounds of glitch-hop and the trip realms of arpeggiator, tucking them under the jazz umbrella with very convincing results. 4 stars” BBC Music Magazine (UK)
“Art In Motion finds the Rissanen trio moving in many directions, all of them interesting.” Downbeat (US)
“Past, present and future don’t collide but smash together in one happy jumble through this trio’s splendid third outing.” All About Jazz (US)
Rich interplay and themes and moods more than AABA formats. Jazz Weekly (US)
“The Rissanen trio is an increasingly distinctive and individual unit whose music is very much their own and transcends these comparisons. “Art In Motion” is an impressive statement from a band that has successfully synthesised its influences and which is at the peak of its creative powers” The Jazz Mann (UK)
“les fondements d’une œuvre en trio composée de pièces riches en contrastes rythmiques.” Citizen Jazz (FR)
“Titre d’ouverture de ce nouvel opus, “Aeropeans” est à l’image de celui-ci: il marque notamment par l’inventivité et les nuances de la batterie” Le gri gri (FR)
“Aki Rissanen Trio’s debut Amorandom from 2016 won, among other things, an Emma, a Finnish Grammy, for best jazz album. The well-played and exciting music on Art in Motion will soon meet a similar fate.” Lira (SE)
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