Sakari Kukko
Sakari Kukko (born July 8, 1953 in Kajaani ) is a Finnish jazz musician .
Live and act
Kukko, who first appeared as a singer and took piano lessons from the age of seven, then learned to play guitar, flute and saxophone, studied at the Sibelius Academy . first played in the band of Jukka Tolonen and in the Tapiola Big Band and the Ogeli Big Band . In 1974 he founded the folk jazz band Piirpauke , with whom he performed successfully at international festivals in the following decades and recorded numerous albums. He also worked as a guest soloist in other jazz groups, such as Edward Vesala , Heikki Sarmanto , but also in world music , such as Aster Aweke or Étoile de Dakar .
On the tenor sax in particular , Kukko has developed his own style, "balanced between the powerful, overblown outbursts of Gato Barbieri and the yearning complaints of Jan Garbarek ."
In 1976 Kukko received the Georgie Award .
Discographic notes
- Espoo Big Band: Plays The Music Of Sakari Kukko - Moonlight Caravan & Finnish Characters (1989)
- Virret (with the trio of Samuli Mikkonen , 2001)
- Joulu (with the Mikkonen Trio, 2003)
- as a sideman
- Edward Vesala Nan Madol (JAPO, 1974)
- Amorphis Circle
Lexigraphic entries
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Volume 1: A – L (= rororo-Sachbuch. Vol. 16512). 2nd Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16512-0 .
Web links
- Web presence
- Biography (jazzfinland.fi)
- Sakari Kukko at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georg Nichzienski, quoted from Kunzler, Jazz-Lexikon vol. 1. Reinbek 2002
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kukko, Sakari |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 8, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kajaani |