Pekka Pylkkanen's Tube Factory:on 'Listen': Samuli Mikkonen-piano, Pekka Luukka-guitar, Ville Huolman-bass, Jaska Lukkarinen-drums. Other members during the last years:
Filip Augustson (bass), Olivier Gatto (bass), Brian Melvin (drums), Ville Pynssi (drums), Markus Niittynen (piano), Marc Abrams (bass),Fernando Huergo (bass), Mika Pohjola (piano), Alejandro Herrera (bass), Roberto Dani (drums), Sami Lehto (percussion) etc.
Northern Lights (Pekka Pylkkanen- Greg Burk Duo) - this is a special duo project with Greg Burk- a great American piano player living in Rome. Also extended to a quartet featuring Marc Abrams on bass and a drummer.
Pekka Pylkkänen- Markus Niittynen Duo - this duo is one of my favorite piano players-Markus Niittynen. We have always a ball when playing together.
Pylkkänen- Niittynen- Koski Trio - this is a brand new group playing both originals and a selection of carefully selected standards.
And still:
I also play in a number of other groups, like Saxophone Quartet Onfonia, Tumbao Picante, Fiestecita and Finnish Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra and occassionally with UMO Jazz Orchestra.
View Pekka Pylkk&0228;nen..s Tube Factory's EPK
Influences
Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Michael Brecker, Wayne Shorter, Cannonball Adderley, Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Kenny Garrett, Pat Metheny, David Liebman, Steve Grossman, David Binney, Igor Stravinski, J.S. Bach, Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Chris Potter, Horace Silver, Weather Report, Josef Zawinul, Jerry Bergonzi, Bob Mintzer, Jaco Pastorius, Django Bates, Hermeto Pascoal, Ella Fitzgerald, Elis Regina, Gal Costa, Brecker Brothers, Randy Brecker, Bill Evans (piano), Bill Evans (sax), Jack De Johnette, Astor Piazzolla, Branford Marsalis, Egberto Gismonti, Jan Garbarek, Stanley Turrentine, Olivier Messian, Pjotr Tsaikovski, Prokofjev, Shostakovits, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Airto Moreira, Djavan, Oscar Peterson, Thelonius Monk, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Hariprasad Chaurasia, etc.
Sounds Like
My CDs:
Pekka Pylkkanen:Pekka's Tube Factory (1999) Naxos Jazz
Pekka Pylkkanen's Tube Factory; Opaque (2001) Naxos Jazz.
Pekka Pylkkanen's Tube factory: Listen (2008) Art Of Life Records
Born on 1964,
Saxophonist/composer/educator Pekka Pylkkanen studied at the Sibelius-Academy in Helsinki, Finland from where he also got his Master's Degree. Also, he spent one year studying at the Rotterdam's Conservatory in Holland. He also studied privately with for example, Dave Liebman, Bob Mintzer, Bob Sheppard, Gary Keller and Dick Oatts. He has worked with dozens of different artists, orchestras and groups both in Finland and abroad,
including Dave Liebman, Vince Mendoza, Paquito D'Rivera, Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Mercer Ellington, Madeleine Eastman, Bob Mintzer, Michael Abene, and many others.
During the last 10 years or so, has established himself as a leader, while keeping the main emphasis on Pekka Pylkkanen's Tube Factory, a group that has toured the world, playing on international festivals, concert halls and clubs in Finland, Norway, USA, Japan, Korea, China, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Uruguay, performing on festivals like Trondheim Jazz Festival (05), China-EU Partneriat (06), La Plata festival de Jazz, Arg. (03) (09), Jazz En Abril, Arg. (05), Jazz Uruguay (05), Providencia Festival de Jazz (07), San Pedro Festival De Jazz (07), Beijing Jazz Festival (07), Water Village World Music Festival (07), Jarasum International Jazz festival (07), Jazz It Up Shanghai (07), IAJE New York (07), Beijing Music Festival (99), many festivals in Finland, on many concert halls and countless jazz clubs around the world.
As an educator has worked as a Principal Lecturer at Stadia Helsinki Polytechnic, and as a full-time or part-time teacher in several Finnish conservatories. Besides that, he has held clinics about improvisation, composition and group playing (among other topics) for example in the following colleges; Ingesunds College of Music (Sweden), PAN School of Music (Tokyo Japan), Nagasaki University (Japan), EMU Education Musical (La Plata/Argentina), Collegium CEIM (Cordoba/Argentina), Souza Lima Conservatory (Sao Paulo, Brazil),Universidad de Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre, Brazil), EMESP Tom Jobim (Sao Paulo, Brazil), Escuela de Musica Contemporanea (Buenos Aires/Argentina), Jazz House Lima (Lima/Peru), ISIM Conference (Chicago/USA), IASJ Meetings (Helsinki/Finland, Siena/Italy), MIDI School of Music (Beijing/China), Shanghai University (China), Contemporary Music Institute (Beijing/China), Institute for Performing Arts (Beijing/China).
"and what I hear is a mature player who has truly come up with a compelling sound, both as a composer and instrumentalist. The music on this cd is simply great, and I am very happy to see and hear that Pekka has grown into the musician that he is today. He’s created compositions with an elegant complexity that showcases his saxophone playing in a unique and personal way. " Bob Mintzer liner notes for "Listen", 2008-2009.
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Pekka! I love your music at La Plata Jazz Festival. I'll send you by mail some pictures of Tubas factory. Would you send me the picture with me and your group? Regards, Ceci
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Hello! Just wanted to drop in and let you know that pre-orders for my new jazz standards album "Bittersweet" are now taking place! The first 100 pre-orders will receive a signed and numbered copy! Release date is set for May 19th, but you will get your copy a few days earlier! Kate and I are very excited about the record, and we can't wait for you to hear it. Head over to www.bittersweetthealbum.com to pre-order! Thanks! ~Mark
