Jussi Reijonen

Excerpts from Official Jazzahead! 2023 Showcase Concert. Recorded live at Messe Bremen, Bremen, Germany, April 29th 2023.

About the Artist:

In award-winning Finnish fretted/fretless guitarist and oud player Jussi Reijonen’s transcultural compositions, the open spaces of Arctic Lapland converse with the maqamat of the Arab world, the rhythmic richness of Africa and the improvisatory spirit of American jazz.

Described as “unlike anything in memory… a new, genre-less, form” by AllAboutJazz and “a single, unified, diverse, overwhelming statement” by JazzTimes, his latest album Three Seconds | Kolme Toista brings together an all-star nonet from Finland, Jordan/Iraq, Palestine, Turkey, Japan and the United States whose credits include Herbie Hancock, Roy Haynes, Simon Shaheen, Danilo Pérez, Terence Blanchard, Snarky Puppy and Yo-Yo Ma.