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 !!
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)
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 as wood disc (WD) and vinyl LP on Eclipse Music! See the video.
See the new video: Kari Ikonen Trio Live in Berlin ! New line-up, new music !!!
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) !!!
Orchestra Nazionale della Luna was in studio in November! Check the video teaser here.
Trio Toffa‘s debut album Positive is out now on Eclipse Music! Have a look at the video of “Ozin De” here !!!
”Kari Ikonen Trio grabbed the moment with an assured and highly imaginative display of contemporary piano trio aesthetics.” -Jon Newey, Jazzwise (UK)
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