MIKKO INNANEN _SAXOPHONIST/COMPOSER

Mikko Innanen tours the New York City area in June 2013

2013

May 24 18:00 Kerava Jazz, Keravan kirkko, Kerava (FI)
Mikko Innanen, Sanni Orasmaa, Kari Ikonen

June 1 9:30am Edison Museum, New Jersey (US)
Live Wax Cylinder Recording
John Ehlis Ensemble

June 6 7:30pm & 9:30pm El Taller, New York (US)
John Ehlis Trio: Ehlis, Innanen, Glen Fittin

June 7-8 I-Beam, Brooklyn, NY (US)
The Mikko Innanen Intercontinental Extravaganza vol. 2:
June 7 8:30pm Mikko Innanen & James Hurt Duo
June 7 10pm Mikko Innanen & Triple Bass:
Max Johnson, Pascal Niggenkemper, Michael Bates
June 8 8:30pm Mikko Innanen F60.8 (solo)
June 8 10pm The Newest Trio:
Mikko Innanen, Raoul Björkenheim, Weasel Walter

June 9 8:30pm & 10pmI-Beam, Brooklyn, NY (US)
John Ehlis, Mikko Innanen,Thomas Heberer & Max Johnson

June 23 7:30 & 9:30pm Trumpets Jazzclub, Montclair, NJ (US)
John Ehlis Ensemble with Mikko Innanen

June 25 Freddy's Back Room, Brooklyn, NY (US)
The Curators: Innanen, James Ilgenfritz, Joe Hertenstein

June 27 Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Innanen, JohnnyBGood, Niggenkemper, Hertenstein

June 28 Douglass St. Music Collective, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Mikko Innanen, JohnnyBGood, Josh Sinton

June 30 ABC No Rio, NY (US)
Mikko Innanen & JohnnyBGood

July 4 19:00 Agricolan Kirkko, Helsinki (FI)
Mikko Innanen & Seppo Kantonen Duo

July 10 Copenhagen Jazz Festival
Stefan Pasborg's Free Moby Dick feat.
Mikko Innanen, Liudas Mockunas & Nicolai Munch-Hansen

July 11 Copenhagen Jazz Festival
Stefan Pasborg's Free Moby Dick feat.
Mikko Innanen, Liudas Mockunas & Nicolai Munch-Hansen

July 18 Ultra Music Nights, Pori Jazz Festival
Mikko Innanen, Cedric Piromalli,
Teppo Hauta-aho, Paul Lovens

July 19 Café Jazz, Pori Jazz Festival
Tonight at Noon:
Sumelius, Eskola, Innanen, Kannaste, Helevä

July 20 Jazz Street, Pori Jazz Festival
Tonight at Noon

July 20 Ultra Music Nights, Pori Jazz Festival
Mâäk's Spirit with Mikko Innanen

July 24 Jazz-Espa, Helsinki
PLOP: Mikko Innanen, Ville Herrala, Joonas Riippa

July 27 Raahen Rantajatsit, Raahe (FI)
Mikko Innanen & Innkvisitio
Innanen, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Seppo Kantonen, Joonas Riippa

Aug 4 Jazz Piknik, Lasipalatsin Aukio, Helsinki (FI)
PLOP: Mikko Innanen, Ville Herrala, Joonas Riippa

Aug 10 Flow Festival, Helsinki (FI)
Serenity Ensemble:
Teppo Mäkynen, Jukka Perko, Mikko Innanen, Antti Lötjönen

Aug 22 Viapori Jazz, Helsinki (FI)
OL Kollaasio: Olavi Louhivuori, Kalevi Louhivuori,
Mikko Innanen, Pauli Lyytinen, Tatu Rönkkö

Aug 24 Viapori Jazz, Helsinki (FI)
Kehittyvien Maakuntien Laulut
Mikko Innanen Trio: Innanen, Veli Kujala, Mika Kallio

photo: Risto Kantola

"Volcanic Finnish reedist" DOWN BEAT

“Employing saxophones in all sizes (and occasionally a whistle), Innanen staked his claim as the Finnish jazzman of import…” JAZZTIMES

”Innanen, who exhibits great control over his vocabulary of squeals and squawks, can also play it straight on his horns when he wants to.” THE IAJRC JOURNAL

“But the star here is Innanen's take on past and present jazz tradition. His multi-part compositions, not such a far cry from Mingus's volatile style, have enough meat to sustain deconstruction and evade the trap of eclecticism” THE WIRE

"Out to Lynch" by Kalle Kalima & K-18 (Kalima, Innanen, Veli Kujala and Teppo Hauta-aho) wins Jazz-Emma award for the best Finnish jazz record of 2012.

An article by Peter Margasak in the April issue of Down Beat

Mikko Innanen & Innkvisitio: Clustrophy

"HEY – if you don’t get another CD this year – GET THIS ONE!  Listeners who can’t be without the latest & greatest in jazz will kick themselves if they overlook this one!" Improvijazznation Magazine

Great new reviews of Clustrophy: PopMatters, New York Music Daily, All About Jazz (Eyal Hareuveni), All About Jazz (Jerry D’Souza), Canadian Audiophile, Jazmuzic, Improvijazznation Magazine, Something Else!

"Clustrophy introduces us to a new incarnation of Mikko Innanen & Innkvisitio, a group led by the highly talented and increasingly well-known Finnish saxophonist Mikko Innanen. Whereas the group´s first recording, Paa-da-pap (TUM CD 019) in 2007, featured a quartet of Finns, Clustrophy show-cases a five-piece band with a truly pan-European three-some of saxophonists: Mikko Innanen from Finland, Fredrik Ljungkvist from Sweden and Daniel Erdmann from Germany."

"Finland was representing, via the fascinating, feisty band Mikko Innanen & Innkvisitio, guided by the strong, free-minded alto saxist, and with keyboardist Seppo Kantonen winning special points for originality. Think Ornette Coleman in a honky tonk, updated and glazed with dry Finnish wit." DOWN BEAT