Kari Ikonen Trio’s 3rd studio-album “Wind, Frost & Radiation” will see an international release April 27th 2018 on German label Ozella! The UK, USA & Canada will have to wait a little longer, until May 4th. As you wait, have a listen to some excerpts of the upcoming album on Soundcloud!
Kari Ikonen is the Flame Jazz 2018 artist of the year!
On February 3rd it’s time for the 12th Flame Jazz Cruise on the Baltic Sea. The Flame Jazz 2018 artist of the year Kari Ikonen will be seen performing on this years cruise with both the curiously experimental moog-clarinet duo Ikonostasis, featuring the great Louis Sclavis, and the ultra-positive afro-pop-jazz special Trio Toffa, together with other brilliant acts such as Ida Nielsen Band, Mopo and Screaming Jay & the Bones. For more information, visit the Flame Jazz Cruise 12-site. Tickets to this jazz cruise can be bought at Viking Line.fi.
KIT goes to studio and tours Australia
Kari Ikonen Trio is going to studio Nilento in Gothenburg next month to record its 3rd album! It will be out in May 2018 on Ozella Music !!!
Upcoming concerts this fall:
Aug 31 Helsinki, Koko Jazz Club (Finland)
Sep 14 Gothenburg, Unity Jazz (Sweden)
Oct 31 Ballarat, Art Gallery (Australia)
Nov 1 Canberra, The Finnish Embassy (Australia)
Nov 2 Sydney, Venue 505 (Australia)
Nov 2 Sydney, Venue 505 (Australia)
Nov 3 Wangaratta Jazz Festival (Australia)
Nov 4 Wangaratta Jazz Festival (Australia)
Nov 4 Wangaratta Jazz Festival (Australia)
Nov 4 Melbourne, JazzLab (Australia)
My new album IKONOSTASIS is out now on Ozella Music!!!
My next album Ikonostasis is out now on German label Ozella !!! (except Finland May 26 and USA/Canada June 9). It has piano & moog solos, moog/clarinet duos with Louis Sclavis, different duos with Ra-Kalam Bob Moses, a trio with Bob Moses & Mathias Eick… See the video of Kari Ikonen & Louis Sclavis, another video of Kari Ikonen & Bob Moses, or listen to the excerpts on Soundcloud. And buy the album in Amazon or here !!
IKONOSTASIS live in June!
June 2017
10th, Helsinki, Finland, G-Livelab (w. Mika Kallio & Joakim Berghäll)
23rd, Brooklyn (NY), ShapeShifter Lab (USA)*
26th, Rochester (NY), Rochester Jazz Festival (USA)*
29th, Washington DC, Nordic Jazz Week (USA)*
*(w. Bob Moses & Ole Mathisen)
Achtung !!! New video of Kari Ikonen Trio !!!
Next gig at Jazzahead! 2017 aka Jazz aus Finnland at jazzahead!
Thursday, April 27 at 19:30, Halle 7.1. Herzlich Willkommen !!!
Elixir, the debut album of Quartet Ajaton has been released !
Elixir, the debut album of Quartet Ajaton has been released as wood disc (WD) and vinyl LP on Eclipse Music! See the video.
New Music!
See the new video: Kari Ikonen Trio Live in Berlin ! New line-up, new music !!!
Kari Ikonen Trio‘s Beauteous Tales and Offbeat Stories
Kari Ikonen Trio‘s Beauteous Tales and Offbeat Stories has been chosen for 10 different lists of the best albums of 2015 in various jazz media: Something Else! Reviews (USA), Marlbank 2015 Piano Trio Choice (UK), Music is Good (USA), VicTim of Jazz (RO), Kauppalehti, Jazzkeittiö, Etelä-Suomen Sanomat, Valon Kuvia, Jazzpossu, and Keskisuomalainen (FI) !!!
