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Date
of birth:
October 27, 1975
Education:
High school, French-Finnish School of Helsinki, 1994
Master of Arts, Ethnomusicology, University of Helsinki, 2005
Master's
thesis:
"Feel Like
Funkin' It Up - Tutkielma New Orleansin jazzia
soittavasta ReBirth Brass Bandistä"
Articles:
Feel Like Funkin' It Up - ReBirth Brass Band ja New Orleansin uuden
aallon brass band -kulttuuri, Musiikin suunta 2/2003 (Vol. 25), Finnish Society for
Ethnomusicology
Grants
and awards:
2003 - Suomen kulttuurirahasto, for field work in New Orleans for Master's
Thesis
2004 - Suomen kulttuurirahaston Uudenmaan rahasto, for the tour of the New Orleans Helsinki
Connection in Uusimaa
2010 - Threadhead Records Foundation, for "Love Song For New
Orleans/Paradise On Earth" record project
2012 - Song "Paradise on Earth" is awarded 2nd place in the John Lennon New Orleans Jazz Contest
Compositions:
· Sea Horse
(On records: Leroy Jones: Back To My Roots, 2002; Jazz Ascona
Compilation, 2003; New Orleans Helsinki Connection: At Last,
2004)
· Montego Bounce
(On record: Spirit Of New Orleans - Some Of These Days, 2006)
Graphic
design (CD covers):
New
Orleans Helsinki Connection: Paradise On Earth
Original Hurricane Brass
Band:
We Shall Not Be Moved
Leroy Jones: Go To The Mardi Gras
Leroy Jones: I'm Talkin' Bout New Orleans
Spirit Of New Orleans: Mahogany Hall Stomp
Leroy Jones: Sweeter Than A Summer Breeze
Leroy Jones & Katja Toivola: Leroy Jones & Katja Toivola
YMCA
Center for the Creative Arts Student Ensembles:
Mission Driven - Live from Rome Free Academy
Leroy Jones: Soft Shoe
Spirit Of New Orleans: Some Of These Days
Rob Espino: Rob Espino y sus amigos de Nueva Orleáns
Leroy Jones: New Orleans Brass Band Music: Memories Of The Fairview & Hurricane Band
Mari
Watanabe:
Old Friends
Miki
Fujii:
For Sentimental Reasons
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Own
bands:
Spirit Of New Orleans
New Orleans Helsinki Connection
Other
collaborations:
Riverside Rascals (Finland)
Leroy Jones Quintet (New Orleans)
Palm Court Jazz Band (New Orleans)
Storyville Shakers (Germany)
Leroy Jones Helsinki All Stars (New Orleans/Finland)
Big Beat Band (France)
Wim's Paradise Jazzband (Germany)
FC Helsinki Brass Band (Finland)
Storyville Brass Band (Finland)
Tremé Brass Band (New Orleans)
Original Hurricane Brass Band (New Orleans)
Tricia Boutté Band (New Orleans)
Shara's Jazz (New Orleans)
George French Band (New Orleans)
Storyville Stompers Brass Band (New Orleans)
Preservation Hall Jazz Band (New Orleans)
Trombone Summit (New Orleans)
Howler's Cotton Club
(Australia)
Unity Hall Jazz Band (Australia)
Papa Henry Butler
and the Steamin' Syncopators (New Orleans)
Recordings:
· 2012
-
New
Orleans Helsinki Connection
Paradise
On Earth (SONOP 0714)
·
2012 - Original Hurricane Brass Band
We Shall Not Be Moved (LJCD
0512)
· 2012
- Leroy Jones
Go
To The Mardi Gras (LJCD 0212)
· 2009
-
Spirit Of New Orleans
Mahogany
Hall Stomp (SONOP 1650),
featuring Eeppi Ursin, Leroy Jones & Mari Watanabe
· 2008
& 2009 - Leroy Jones & Katja Toivola
Leroy Jones & Katja Toivola (SONOP 052008 & 9352), compilation disc
· 2006
-
Spirit Of New Orleans
Some Of These Days (SONOP-8464),
featuring Leroy Jones & Eeppi Ursin
· 2004
-
New
Orleans Helsinki Connection
At Last (NOHC-242)
· 2002
-
Spirit
Of New Orleans
Bogalusa Strut (SONO-1), featuring Leroy Jones & Susanna
Mesiä
· 1997
-
Riverside
Rascals
Riverside Rascals featuring Tricia Boutté (RR 997)
·
2008 - We Shall Not Be Moved (Compilation)
We Shall Not Be Moved - The Joy (with Original Hurricane Brass
Band)
·
2005 -
Leroy
Jones
New Orleans Brass Band Music: Memories Of The Fairview & Hurricane Band
(LJCD-4221), as guest soloist
· 2004
-
Susanna Mesiä
Susanna Mesiä Trad
Television:
· 2008
- Jô
Soares Show / Programa
do Jô
(São Paulo, Brazil)
· 2011
- HBO Treme
· 2013
- Pasuunarakkautta - The Girl Can Play (Documentary film by Aira Vehaskari
/ Blooming Rock
/ YLE TV1)
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Performances:
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (New Orleans)
French Quarter Festival (New Orleans)
Satchmo Summer Fest (New Orleans)
Congo Square Rhythms Festival (New Orleans)
Danny Barker Centennial (New Orleans)
Voodoo Experience (New Orleans)
Mirliton Festival (New Orleans)
Gentilly Fest (New Orleans)
Marblehead Summer Jazz Series (Marblehead, MA)
Jazz Festival Brasil (various cities, Brazil)
Bourbon Street Fest (São
Paulo, Brazil)
"I Love Jazz" Festival (various cities, Brazil)
Festival "Estação New Orleans-Nova Lima"
(Nova Lima, Brazil)
Bourbon Festival Paraty (Paraty, Brazil)
Ascona New Orleans Jazz & Classics (Switzerland)
21st Thredbo Yalumba Jazz Festival (Australia)
Fiji International Jazz Festival (Fiji Islands)
Waiheke Jazz & Blues Festival (New Zealand)
Riverboat Jazz Cruise (River Rhône, France)
Silda Jazz (Norway)
Varangerfestivalen (Norway)
Riverboat Jazz Festival (Denmark)
Cinderella Jazz Cruise (Stockholm, Sweden)
Tay Jazz Festival (Scotland)
Pori Jazz (Finland)
Funky Elephant Festival (Finland)
Baltic Jazz (Finland)
Ruska Swing (Finland)
Kaamosjazz (Finland)
Imatra Big Band Festival (Finland)
Lahden Jazztori (Finland)
Otava Happy Jazz (Finland)
Linna-Jazz (Finland)
Kalotti Jazz & Blues (Finland)
Ylläs Jazz & Blues (Finland)
Korpo Sea Jazz (Finland)
Helsinki Classic Jazz Festival (Finland)
Jazz-Espa (Finland)
Elojazz (Finland)
Palm
Court Jazz Café (New Orleans)
Snug Harbor (New Orleans)
The Three Muses (New Orleans)
Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse (New Orleans)
Café Istanbul (New Orleans)
Hermes Bar (New Orleans)
Donna's Bar & Grill (New Orleans)
Vaughan's Lounge (New Orleans)
Candle Light Lounge (New Orleans)
Preservation Hall (New Orleans)
528 Jazz Club (New Orleans)
Bombay Club (New Orleans)
The Funky Pirate (New Orleans)
Café Brazil (New Orleans)
Jazz National
Historical Park (New Orleans)
Ogden Museum of Southern Art (New Orleans)
House Of Blues (New Orleans)
Louisiana Superdome (New Orleans)
Fritzel's European Jazz Pub (New Orleans)
Columns Hotel (New Orleans)
Westin Canal Place (New Orleans)
Bourbon Street Music Club (São
Paulo, Brazil)
Al Torchio (Ascona, Switzerland)
Blue Lamp (Aberdeen, Scotland)
Perth Concert Hall (Perth, Scotland)
Jamhouse (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Unity Hall (Sydney, Australia)
Piano Room (Sydney, Australia)
The Bar @ Four Seasons (Sydney, Australia)
Bellingen Jazz Society (Bellingen, Australia)
Central Coast Jazz Club (Gosford, Australia)
Storyville Jazz Club (Helsinki)
Club Turkoosi (Helsinki)
Cotton Club (Helsinki)
Laivakoira (Helsinki)
Sture Jazz Club (Helsinki)
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