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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
that; (met.) anything that can be felt rather than defined; individuality; grace; one with presence (persian) one (french) not; contrary to (english) 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 – [...]
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 [...]