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“un” out now in the US and internationally

JussiReijonen — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 05:01:40 +0000

Dear Friends,

I’m very happy to announce that my debut album un is finally released in the US and internationally!

The album will be available on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon soon… you name it; for now, if you want to support, you can purchase it on CDBaby (digital / physical):

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/jussireijonen

Once again, the incredible musicians sharing the music with me on the album are:

quintet
Jussi Reijonen – fretless/fretted guitar, oud
Utar Artun – piano
Bruno Råberg – acoustic bass
Tareq Rantisi – percussion
Sergio Martínez – percussion

with
Eva Louhivuori – voice on Kaiku
Ali Amr – qanun on Bayatiful

A heartfelt thank you to all for the support thus far, please spread the word! More updates coming soon, stay tuned…

Warmth,

-J

Esikoislevyni “un” kaupoissa Suomessa tänään!

JussiReijonen — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:29:57 +0000

Kirjoitan tätä kotoa Bostonista, josta olen lähdössä roudaamaan kvintettini keikalle Acton Jazz Caféhen illaksi. Ilmassa on juhlan tunnetta – tuntuu uskomattomalta että tähän on tultu, mutta esikoislevyni “un” on viimeinkin julkaistu tänään Suomessa!

Levyn saattaminen tähän asti on vienyt vuosia ja taas vuosia, mutta tuntuu, että odottaminen on kannattanut. Meillä hitailla kestää…

Levyn maanlaajuisen jakelun hoitaa Töölön Musiikkitukku, ja Helsingissä ainakin Digeliuksesta levyä on saatavilla. Hakekaa omanne pois!

Vaikka varsinaista Suomen levynjulkaisupäivää juhlistetaankin keikalla täällä veden toisella puolen, ei Suomea ole tarkoitus jättää paitsioon: levynjulkaisukiertue käynnistyy Jyväskylästä 4.2., käsittää 8 kaupunkia, 8 konserttia ja 5 klinikkaa, ja päättyy Kuopioon 15.2. Käykää ihmeessä ostamassa lippuja ennakkoon mikäli ette ole vielä niin tehneet:

JUSSI REIJONEN: UN -levynjulkaisukiertue 2013

Jussi Reijonen – nauhaton-/sähkökitara, oud
Utar Artun – piano
Bruno Råberg – kontrabasso
Tareq Rantisi – perkussiot
Sergio Martínez – perkussiot

4.2. Klinikka, Jyväskylän Ammattiopisto
4.2. Jyväskylä, Vakiopaine
5.2. Turku, Turun Seudun Musiikkiopiston Konserttisali
6.2. Tampere, Telakka
8.2. Klinikka, Joensuun Konservatorio
8.2. Joensuu, Joensuun Konservatorion Konserttisali
10.2. Rovaniemi, Kulttuuritalo Korundi
11.2. Kajaani, Kouta-sali
13.2. Klinikka, Pop & Jazz Konservatorio, Helsinki
13.2. Helsinki, Juttutupa
14.2. Klinikka, Sibelius-Akatemia, Helsinki
15.2. Klinikka, Kuopion Konservatorio
15.2. Kuopio, OP Jazzklubi

Kaikkiin konsertteihin Kuopiota ja Joensuuta lukuunottamatta saamme erikoisvieraaksi rakkaan ystäväni, laulajatar Eva Louhivuoren.

Esimauksi kiertueesta saimme juuri valmiiksi tuoreen EPK-videon:

Nähdään keikoilla!

-J

“un” Album Release Concert / Clinic Tour in Finland Feb 4-15 2013

JussiReijonen — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 20:44:24 +0000

Dear Friends,

It’s taken literally months of planning and juggling, so I’m thrilled to announce that to celebrate the release of un in Finland on Jan 25 2013, we’ll be doing an album release tour of concerts and clinics throughout the country from Feb 4 through 15 2013 with the quintet.

The performances will take us all around the country’s clubs and concert halls, and will be augmented with clinics at various conservatories. Joining us for the concerts will be very special guest and dear friend Eva Louhivuori, who appears on the album as well on the track “Kaiku”.

JUSSI REIJONEN: un
Album Release Tour Finland 2013

Jussi Reijonen – fretless/fretted guitars, oud
Utar Artun – piano, percussion
Bruno Råberg – acoustic bass
Tareq Rantisi – percussion
Sergio Martínez – percussion

with special guest
Eva Louhivuori

4 Feb 2013
Jussi Reijonen: un
Clinic @ Jyväskylän Ammattiopisto, Jyväskylä, FIN

4 Feb 2013
Jussi Reijonen: un feat. Eva Louhivuori
Vakiopaine, Jyväskylä, FIN

5 Feb 2013
Jussi Reijonen: un feat. Eva Louhivuori
Turun Seudun Musiikkiopiston Konserttisali, Turku, FIN

6 Feb 2013
Jussi Reijonen: un feat. Eva Louhivuori
Kulttuuritalo Telakka, Tampere, FIN

8 Feb 2013
Jussi Reijonen: un
Clinic @ Joensuun Konservatorio, Joensuu, FIN

8 Feb 2013
Jussi Reijonen: un
Jazzkerho -76, Joensuu, FIN

10 Feb 2013
Jussi Reijonen: un feat. Eva Louhivuori
Kulttuuritalo Korundi, Rovaniemi, FIN

11 Feb 2013
Jussi Reijonen: un feat. Eva Louhivuori
Kaukametsän Kouta-sali, Kajaani, FIN

13 Feb 2013
Jussi Reijonen: un
Clinic @ Pop & Jazz Konservatorio, Helsinki, FIN

13 Feb 2013
Jussi Reijonen: un feat. Eva Louhivuori
Juttutupa, Helsinki, FIN

15 Feb 2013
Jussi Reijonen: un
Clinic @ Kuopion Konservatorio, Kuopio, FIN

15 Feb 2013
Jussi Reijonen: un
OP Jazzklubi, Kuopio, FIN

I’ll be posting more specific information in the coming weeks on where to buy tickets and exact starting times and so forth; meanwhile, please mark your calendars and spread the word. I haven’t played in Finland since 2008 and in my hometown Rovaniemi since 1999, so on a personal level, it means so much to me to get to go back to play this music.

Official Finnish press release regarding the album and tour:

LEHDISTÖTIEDOTE (IN FINNISH) – Jussi Reijonen: un

More US dates will be posted soon, so stay tuned.

On another note, please check out the first full track preview of un in the form of the album’s opening track, “Serpentine”:

Hope to see you at our shows!

-J

Finland release date for “un” confirmed for 25 Jan 2013

JussiReijonen — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:48:32 +0000

How!

So… here it is: the freshly finished – mixed, mastered and pressed – firstborn. Just holding the physical copy of un in my hands is nothing short of a bewildering experience for me – how in the world did I get from pretending to be Slash in front of the mirror to… this?

This is a record I’ve been formulating in my mind since at least 2006 (and one could say that in some form or another, for even longer), so you can imagine I’m as anxious as anyone to already have the album out. That being said, although the record is now officially done, it won’t be officially released until early next year. Timing – as I am learning – is crucial when it comes to album releases.

The album’s Finnish release date has now been confirmed to be 25 January 2013, and it will be distributed nationally through Töölön Musiikkitukku, who deal directly with every single record store in Finland, so wherever you are, you can order the album from your local record store. In Helsinki, at least the legendary Digelius Music will carry it, as will Eronen, so please don’t be shy about pestering them in advance already.

As a reminder, the US release of un will be month later, on 26 Feb 2013, and it will be available through CDBaby, iTunes, Amazon and directly through my website.

Regardless, the time between now and the release dates is nothing if not busy. We’re working to generate interest in the press and the public, booking shows, organizing promotional material, rehearsing, and we’ll be doing several preview shows during the fall to warm us up for the release. I’m hoping that we’ll be on the road in Finland in early February – still finalizing details so don’t hold me to that just yet- and continue to play shows on the East Coast in the US starting in March.

The official US release show will be at Boston’s famous Ryles Jazz Club in Cambridge, MA on March 13 2013, and will feature special guests, so be sure to mark your calendars for that.

The first full-track online preview of the album will come in the form of “Serpentine” in mid-November, with more previews – audio and video – to follow. Meanwhile, please spread the word, and enjoy the preview collage I put out not too long ago. For those of you who haven’t yet heard it, here it is again:

un (Album Preview) by JussiReijonen

For those of you in New York City, I’ll be heading down next week to play at the Somethin’ Jazz Club in Manhattan with Gabriela Martina on Wed Oct 10th. Swing by, we hit at 7 pm!

Stay tuned!

Warmth,

-J

US release date for “un” set for February 26, 2013

JussiReijonen — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:45:16 +0000

Dear Friends,

I’m writing this at a(nother) café, in-between rehearsals with the incredible multi-instrumentalist Marty Ehrlich, who is the artist-in-residence at New England Conservatory this and next week. Beautiful sounds and textures happening… it continues to amaze me what kinds of situations my oud and I find each other in.

First off, I want to thank all of you for tuning in to listen to the preview clip I put up of my upcoming album un recently – the positive response has been overwhelming to say the least. Thank you to each and every one of you for the support – I can not begin to say how much it means to me. Words are sometimes so… limited.

Second, I’m very happy to announce the US release date of un has been confirmed for Tuesday, Feb 26 2013.

The official release date in Finland will be confirmed shortly, but it will definitely be before the US release.

Many things are in the works behind the scenes, all of which I can not announce yet, but it looks like the upcoming year will be a very memorable one for sure. I’ve managed to secure a wonderful team of publicists both in the US and in Finland to help promote the record and the gigs my quintet, and I will be playing anywhere people will receive us.

I’m currently in the process of putting together an album release tour of Finland for early 2013 and hope to be able to announce solid dates soon, so stay tuned. If it happens, it would be my first time performing on Finnish soil since 2008, so here’s hoping all the pieces of the puzzle fall in their place.

Meanwhile, my quintet and I will be doing album preview shows on the East Coast in the US during the fall, and are planning to shoot a live video as well, so check the Events tab on my Facebook Fan Page or the Performances tab on my website for gig updates – many more to come soon. Add to that plans to record Gabriela Martina‘s next album in October/November and an assortment of other gigs and sessions and it looks like it’ll be a beautifully music-filled fall season.

So, stay tuned, please keep spreading the word, and – if you’re in Boston and want to come and hear The Music of Marty Ehrlich concert, come by Jordan Hall on Thursday, Sep 13. We hit at 8 pm!

Warmth,

-J

un – Album Preview

JussiReijonen — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 05:50:41 +0000

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Dear Friends,

I’m writing this towards the end of a hot East Coast summer spent largely indoors wrapping up and preparing the release of a project that – depending how one counts – has taken me anywhere between 6 and 12 years to finish. I’m beyond happy, proud, excited and a little nervous to be writing these words in particular, since I can FINALLY announce the release of the first preview of my debut album as a leader, entitled un.

This music has come to me over a period of several years – a lifetime, almost. Un is the result of a childhood spent growing up in five different countries on three different continents, and an adulthood spent wondering where I am really from and where my true roots are. For years, I’ve been trying to find answers to why all these seemingly disparate sounds pull me towards them so strongly, and how to bring what they have given me into a musical handwriting that makes sense and is in balance with itself. For me, un is a journey Home… wherever that might be.

I feel honored to have had the chance make the album with my Quintet – Utar Artun from Turkey on piano, Bruno Råberg from Sweden on acoustic bass, Tareq Rantisi from Palestine on percussion and Sergio Martinez from Spain on percussion. They breathed a life into this music that is beyond any expectations I could have ever had; this is a group of musicians who I’m still amazed I get to play with. Additionally, appearing on the record as guests are Ali Amr from Palestine on the Arabic lap harp qanun on the piece “Bayatiful”, which we co-wrote; and my sister in music, Eva Louhivuori from Finland, on voice on the album closer, “Kaiku”.

I’m currently still finalizing the details of the official release dates of the album both in the US and in Finland, trying to coordinate many moving parts, juggling the schedules of a very busy group of people, working with publicists, booking release gigs… and trying to find time somehow to actually sit down and practice. As of this writing, what I can say is that the album will not be released in September 2012 as originally planned, to ensure enough time for pre-promotion work both in the US and in Finland. Currently, it looks like the album will be out in Finland either November 2012 or January 2013, and in the US in February 2013, but this has not been set in stone yet.

So, for now, have a listen to this exclusive preview collage of un, and please feel free to share this on your social networks and spread the word. Every single person who hears it, every “Like” on Facebook on my musician page, every share helps out enormously. I will be releasing two full tracks as previews between now and the official album release, so stay tuned.

Thank you for your support, it means a lot!

-J

Welcome to JussiReijonen.com

JussiReijonen — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 05:48:15 +0000

Welcome to my new website!

This site has been a long time coming, so I’m very happy to finally announce that it is officially open!

Here you’ll find news, music, videos and info on my performances… pretty much everything to do with my life and work as a musician. I’ll be updating the site regularly with new blogs and updates as the journey from here to there progresses, so if you like what you hear and see, please keep checking back every once in a while for the latest news.

On that note, I’ve been spending the past year or so working on my debut album un, which I am proud to say will finally be released in September 2012. The record will be my first release as a leader, and will feature my original music recorded with my Quintet – myself on fretless/fretted guitar and oud; Utar Artun on piano; Bruno Råberg on acoustic bass; and Tareq Rantisi and Sergio Martinez on percussion – along with two very special guests on two pieces. The music is very much a reflection of my life growing up in different parts of the world; a journey home, if you will – wherever that is. It’s been a wonderful experience recording, mixing and mastering the album, but as with most things I do, has taken a long time to get everything in its right place. Slowly does it.

With that in mind, this summer will be spent pre-promoting the album and booking shows for the fall, as well as posting previews of the tunes here periodically. The whole album will see the light of day in September.

Stay tuned and if you want to support what I do, please spread the word - and above all, have a wonderful summer!

-J

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