PAST EVENTS
RECORDING SESSION IN ATHENS, FEB 2021
ONLINE CONCERTS
JAPAN:
JAPAN TOUR -DECEMBER 2020 - POSTPONED UNTIL AT LEAST SUMMER 2021!
ITALY: SPRING TOUR 2021 POSTPONED!
(APRIL 16, SAN SEVERO : PEKKA PYLKKANEN NU BOTTEGA: Roberto Tarenzi- piano, Francesco Puglisi- bass, Marco Valeri-drums ETC)OCT 2nd, at Tislaamo, Helsinki (22:00) with Joonas Haavisto/piano, Kaisa Mäensivu/bass, Joe Peri/drums
August 23 Fiskars Kuparipaja - Pekka Pylkkanen Trio feat Olli Soikkeli- Olli Soikkeli- guitar, Kaisa Mäensivu-bass
August 26 Helsinki Senaatintori/Senate Square /Pekka Pylkkanen Trio with Tuure Koski/bass, Jaska Lukkarinen/drums
uly 24 Loviisa Saltsjöbaden - with Markus Niittynen/piano, Juuso Kasperi Rinta/bass, Jaska Lukkarinen/drums
SPAIN:(cancelled due to COVID-19)
March 23 - March 28: Master Classes and Concerts at Conservatorio Superior de Music de Islas Canarias, Canary Islands, Spain,
APRIL 2020:
April 20-25 Concerts in Scandinavia/Baltics
April 30- May 6 International Jazz Day - + master classes in Thailand
May 2020:
Italy Tour May 18-28
Scandinavia Tour May 29-June 4
June /July 2020 Japan Tour DELAYED UNTIL SEPTEMBER, NEW DATES SOON!
JUNE 13 B flat Akasaka, Tokyo, 'Double Alto' with Kazuhiko Kondo, alto saxophone; Dennis Lambert, piano;Pat Glynn, bass; Gene Jackson, drums
June 17, Nardis, Kashiwa, Dennis Lambert-piano, Pat Glynn- bass, Shogo Hamade- drums
June 17 No Room for Squares, Dennis Lambert- piano, Pat Glynn-bass, drums TBA
June 19 Blue Note Naramachi, Pekka Pylkkanen- Phillip Strange Duo
June 20/21 Livehouse Bird, Okayama
Caballero Club, Nagoya, Duo with Phillip Strange
Cafe Gallery Lavandula, Chiba
Royal Horse, Osaka
Zinc Gallery, Kyoto
July 4, La Casuela, Pekka Pylkkanen-Phillip Strange Duo
Belgium:
March 8, Cafe des Arts, Berchem, Pekka Pylkkanen Trio w/Sal la Rocca, Lionel Beuvens + possible guest
March 9, recording session with Peter Hertmans/guit, Sal LaRocca/Bass, Lionel Beuvens/drums (Pekka Pylkkanen-Peter Hertmans QT), Brussels
March 9, De Hopper, Antwerpen, with Peter Hertmans/guit, Sal LaRocca/Bass, Lionel Beuvens/drums (Pekka Pylkkanen-Peter Hertmans QT)
March 12-13 : Master Classes at LUCA School of Arts, Brussels, Belgium
March 14 Brussels, TBA
March 15: De Muze, 15:00- 18:00 with Peter Hertmans/guit, Sal LaRocca/Bass, Lionel Beuvens/drums (Pekka Pylkkanen-Peter Hertmans QT)Antwerpen
JANUARY 2020:
Cuba and Mexico:
Jan: 14-19 La Plaza Festival de Jazz, Havana - with Jorge Reyes- bass piano & drums TBA
Jan 21: Residence of the Finnish Embassy, Mexico City with Alex Mercado II-piano, Rob Duguay-bass, Alessandro D'Anna-drums
Jan 23 Casa Franca, Mexico City with Alex Mercado II -piano, Luri Molina-bass, drums TBA
Jan: 24 Zinco Jazz Club, Mexico City, Mexico with Alex Mercado II-piano, Rob Duguay-bass, Alessandro D'Anna-drums
Jan 25: Master Class at LaFaro Institute of Jazz at 7 PM
Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia TOUR DATES: JAN 29 - FEB 15
Thailand: with Roberto Tarenzi - piano, Viktor Nyberg-bass, Anssi Tirkkonen -drums
Jan 31- Feb 2nd Thailand International Jazz Conference 2020
with Roberto Tarenzi - piano, Viktor Nyberg-bass, Anssi Tirkkonen -drums
FEBRUARY 2020:
FEB 3-6 KUALA LUMPUR
Artist-In -Residence at the UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur,TBA
February 4 Master Classes & Workshops, UCSI with Roberto Tarenzi - piano, Viktor Nyberg-bass, Anssi Tirkkonen -drums
February 5 Concert at UCSI with Roberto Tarenzi - piano, Viktor Nyberg-bass, Anssi Tirkkonen -drums
February 6 Noon workshop at UCSI with Roberto Tarenzi - piano, Viktor Nyberg-bass, Anssi Tirkkonen -drums
FEB 7-13 SINGAPORE
Feb 7, LaSalle College, Master Class - at 15:00 with Roberto Tarenzi - piano, Viktor Nyberg-bass, Anssi Tirkkonen -drums
Feb 7 Club Maduro, Singapore with Roberto Tarenzi - piano, Viktor Nyberg-bass, Anssi Tirkkonen -drums
Feb 8 Club Maduro, Singapore with Roberto Tarenzi - piano, Viktor Nyberg-bass, Anssi Tirkkonen -drums
Feb 10- 15 Vagabond Club, Singapore - Artistic Residency
Feb 11 Singapore, with Jeremy Monteiro Organ Quartet, Club 1880
Feb 12 Singapore, with Jeremy Monteiro Organ Quartet, Burger&Lobster at Hotel Raffles 7:30 PM
Feb 13 Vagabond Club- with Andrew Lim/guitar and Christie Smith/bass and Nicole Duffell/tenor, Singapore
Feb 14 Vagabond Club- with Andrew Lim/guitar and Christie Smith/bass , Singapore
DECEMBER 2019:
JAPAN TOUR Dec 2- Dec 21 Supported by Finnish Institute in Japan/TelepArt and Finnish Music Foundation
Dec 5 Nardis, Kashiwa with Shogo Yamada-drums. Pat Glynn-bass, Dennis Lambert- piano http://knardis.com/knardis.com/Welcome.html
Dec 6 Body and Soul, Tokyo, with Gene Jackson-drums, Pat Glynn-bass, Dennis Lambert- piano https://www.bodyandsoul.co.jp/
Dec 8 open
Dec 9 Swing, Ginza, Tokyo with Gene Jackson- drums., Yuhei Honkawa-bass, Dennis Lambert-piano http://ginzaswing.jp/
Dec 10 open
Dec 11 Jazz&Blues Village, Kiryu with Gene Jackson- drums., Riku Takahashi-bass, Dennis Lambert-piano http://villagejazz.jp/
Dec 12 Jazz Flash, Niigata with Gene Jackson- drums., Riku Takahashi-bass, Dennis Lambert-piano http://flash.pagans.jp/index.html
Dec 13 open
Dec 14 Blue Note Naramachi, Nara 'Cannonball & Bill Evans Tribute' duo with Phillip Strange-piano 'Cannonball & Bill Evans Tribute' http://kyoto-bluenote.jp/
Dec 15 Bonds Rosary, Kyoto, with Phillip Strange-piano, Yasutaka Yorozu-bass, Kei Morishita-drums 'Cannonball & Bill Evans Tribute' https://bondsrosary.com/
Dec 16 open
Dec 17 Livehouse Bird, Okayama City, with Masuda san -piano, Keita san- bass, Kei Morishita- drums http://livehousebird.com/
Dec 18 Caballero Club, Nagoya with Kotaro Hiramitsu- ,Yoshitaka Yamashita-drums, Takuya Sakazaki-bass- showtime 20:00
Dec 19 Electric Jinja, Roppongi, Tokyo, with Ken'ichiro Shinzawa- piano, Yuhei Honkawa- bass, Yusuke Yaginuma-drums
Dec 20 open
Dec 21 open
Dec 22 return home
NOVEMBER 2019:
Nov 7 in Kulturhuset, Tammisaari/Ekenäs, with Annika Cleo,
Nov 8 in Loviisa, with Annika Cleo,
Nov 9 Archiduc, Brussels, Belgium, with Peter Hertmans- guitar, Sal La Rocca-bass, Lionel Beuvens- drums
Nov 10 De Muze, Antwerpen, afternoon concert
Nov 12 LUCA School of Arts, Workshops
Nov 16 Duc Des Lombards, Paris, France with Franck Amsallem (piano) Quartet
SEPTEMBER 2019:
Sept 13 with Juha Sippu & the Gang, Tuomarinkylän Kartano
Sept 27-28 with Espoo Big Band, Leibnitz Jazz Festival (Austria)
AUGUST 2019:
ITALY: WORKSHOPS, CONCERTS, STUDIO SESSIONS
AUG 9 Friday, Gregory's Jazz at the River at 19:30 - Charles Burchell Session
AUG 10 Sat, Gregory's Jazz Club at 21:00 - Pekka Pylkkanen Trio with Adam Pache (drs) and Giulio Scarpato (bass)
AUG 18 Gregory's Jazz Club at the River at 22:00 Pekka Pylkkanen Quartet with Andrea Rea- piano, Vincenzo Florio- bass,
Adam Pache- drums
AUG 20 Extrabeat Studios, Roma
AUG 21 Extrabeat Stusios, Roma
AUG 22 Extrabeat Studios, Roma
MORE TBA
JUNE 2019:
June 1- 3 Mixing session at Extrabeat Studios, Roma
June 30 Arena/Sala Fellini at Gambettola at 21:30- - with Roberto Rossi Quintet
JULY 2019:
Artistic Residence at the Circolo Scandinavo, Roma- July 1st thru July 31st !
July 2nd Gregory's By The River at 22:00 with Roberto Tarenzi-piano, Luca Bulgarelli-bass, Enrico Morello- drums
July 3rd at the Isola Tiberina at 19:30 with Roberto Tarenzi-piano, Francesco Puglisi-bass, Adam Pache-drums
July 9th at Isola Tiberina, 19:30 with Giulio Scrapato- bass, Adam Pache - drums
July 16 at 21:00 at Circolo Scandinavo, Trastevere, Rome - a presentation at 'Meet the Artists'
MAY 2019
ITALY:
May 30 Gregory's Jazz Club, Pekka Pylkkanen trio - Francesco Puglisi bass, Adam Pache-drums
May 31 NAPOLI JAZZ FEST- Pekka Pylkkanen Nu'Talian Quartet - Roberto Tarenzi- piano, Francesco Puglisi-bass, Adam Pache- drums CANCELLED BY THE ORGANISER!
Finland:
May 20-27 Finnish Musician's Union Artist Residency at Villa Vikan, Raasepori
May 9-11 Workshops, lessons at KARELIA UAS
May 9 KERUBI, JOENSUU, with my students from Karelia UAS: The Music of Chet Baker and Modern Jazz Combo
May 16 Botania JOENSUU, with my students from Karelia UAS; An Hommage to Roy Hargrove
April 10-12 WORKSHOPS,LESSONS AT KARELIA UAS
April 12 BOTANIA, JOENSUU w/Lawrence Hodge Botania Quartet
FEB 27 AT KERUBI, JOENSUU with Students from Karelia UAS
FEB 28 AT BOTANIA IN JOENSUU with my students from Karelia UAS
FEB 8, REHEARSAL DAY, ESML
FEB 9, HOT CLUBE DE PORTUGAL, Lisbon - Pekka Pylkkänen Group
with Gonçalo Marques- trumpet, Ricardo Pinheiro-guitar, Hugo Antunes-bass, Joao Sousa-drums
FEB 10, with Goncalo Marques and a rhythm section at Mercado de Campo de Ourique
FEB 11 Escola Superior de Musica de Lisboa, Master Class at 12:00 https://www.esml.ipl.pt/
''JAZZ COMPOSITION MASTER CLASS'
FEB 14 LUCIADA UNIVERSITY Master Class at 10:00
http://www.ulusiada.pt/
'HEARING AND DEVELOPING JAZZ LINES'
FEB 16 CASCAIS JAZZ CLUB/ Duo with George Esteves, piano at 21:30
FEB 17 Mercato Campo do Ourique at 18:00
FEB 21 - Cafe Dias /Lisbon- Duo with Ricardo Pinheiro - guitar at 19:00
FEB 22- Fabrica Praco do Prata: Pekka Pylkkanen Trio -Massimo Cavalli-bass, Joel Silva-drums
JAN 30 JOENSUU With Students from KARELIA UAS, TBA
JAPAN TOUR JANUARY 2019
JAN 10 at NO BIRD, TOKYO with Gene Jackson, drums; Yuhei Honkawa, bass; Yoshino Nakahara, piano
http://no-bird.com/
JAN 13 at JAZZ AND BLUES VILLAGE, KIRYU, with Gene Jackson, drums; Yuhei Honkawa, bass; Yoshino Nakahara, piano
http://villagejazz.jp/
JAN 14 at JAZZ FLASH, NIIGATA with Gene Jackson,drums; Yuhei Honkawa, bass; Yoshino Nakahara, piano
http://flash.pagans.jp/index.html
JAN 15 at NARDIS, KASHIWA with Gene Jackson drums, Pat Glynn, bass, Yoshino Nakahara, piano
JAN 16 at HERMIT DOLPHIN, HAMAMATSU with Yoshino Nakahara, piano, Yuhei Honkawa, bass, Gene Jackson drums
JAN 17 NAGOYA, STAR EYES, with Yoshino Nakahara, piano, Yuhei Honkawa, bass, Gene Jackson drums
JAN 19 ELECTRIK JINJA, Tokyo Roppongi, with Ayaki Saito, piano, Yuji Yoshimine, bass, Dennis Frehse, drums at 20:30
JAN 21 KYOTO BLUE NOTE IN NARA, Duo with Riho Oyama, piano
JAN 22 LAYLA, HIMEJI with Satoshi Sugiyama, piano, Mitsuaki Hara, bass, Kei Morishita, drums
JAN 23 at LEFT ALONE, ASHIYA with Phillip Strange, piano, Ryo Hatakeyama, bass, Kei Morishita, drums
DEC 3-10 Concerts, Recording and Mixing/Mastering Sessions in Roma
DEC 4
DEC 7 Recording with Fabrizio Bosso
DEC 7, CHARITY CAFE, Roma, Pekka Pylkkanen Trio with Daniele Sorrentino, bass and Adam Pache-drums
http://www.charitycafe.it/
DEC 8 Recording with Greg Burk
DEC 9, JEY, Roma, Pekka Pylkkänen Trio with Daniele Sorrentino- bass, Adam Pache-drums
showtime at 22:30 - Via Ostiense 385, 00145 Roma
DEC 1 VÄINÖ KALLIO JAZZ BRUNCH with Karri Luhtala- organ, Kari Antila-guitar, Alessandro D'Anna- drums
DEC 2 VÄINÖ KALLIO JAZZ BRUNCH with Karri Luhtala- organ, Kari Antila-guitar, Alessandro D'Anna- drums
https://vainokallio.fi/
BELGIUM/HOLLAND/FRANCE, November 2018
NOV 14 Codarts, Rotterdam, Clinics
NOV 15 Codarts, Rotterdam, Clinics
NOV 15 Den Haag, Victoria, Pekka Pylkkanen - Bob Wijnen Duo https://grandcafe-victoria.nl/
NOV 16, Antwerpen, at 22:00 Jazz Cafe De Muze https://jazzcafedemuze.be/ with Peter Hertmans- guitar, Sal La Rocca-bass, Lionel Beuvens-drums
NOV 17, Brussels, Archiduc, Pekka Pylkkanen- Peter Hertmans Group
Peter Hertmans- guitar, Sal La Rocca-bass, Lionel Beuvens-drums www.archiduc.net/en
HUNGARY - August 2018
August 25th, Budapest Music Center OPUS JAZZ CLUB w/ Peter Szendofi, drs; Aron Romhanyi, pno; Tibor Fonay, bass
Concerts in Roma, Salento, Pescara etc TBA - June/July/August 2018
Pescara Int'l Summer Jazz Workshops - Pescara Conservatory - July 23-26 2018
August 9th, Gregory's Jazz By the River - Pekka Pylkkanen Nu'Talian Quartet with Roberto Tarenzi-piano,
Francesco Puglisi-bass, Marco Valeri-drums
https://www.gregorysjazz.com/en/gregorysbytheriver/
ESTONIA:
Heikko Remmel Trio featuring Pekka Pylkkanen, (Holger Marjamaa -piano,
Heikko Remmel-bass, Reigo Ahven-drums) Philly Joe's Jazzklubi, Tallinn, June 1st
FINLAND
Kimmel Night Club/Joensuu - Jazz Ensemble; my students from Karelia UAS, May 3rd
Kimmel Auditorium/ Joensuu - Brazilian Ensemble- The Music of Hermeto Pascoal, May 16th at 14:00
SciFi Fest/Joensuu - Mingus Explosion- The music of Charles Mingus, May 17th
Music Center, Helsinki, a recording session, May 29-30
Italy:
Mezz’estate in Jazz – Una serata con Pekka Pylkkänen Nu’Talian Quartet
June 27th! : La serata inizia alle 19, il primo set alle 20
Casina del Lago (Villa Borghese, Viale dell'Aranciera 2, 00197 Roma)
Pekka Pylkkänen Nu’Talian Quartet sono:
Pekka Pylkkänen – sassofono
Francesco Puglisi - contrabbasso
Roberto Tarenzi – pianoforte
Marco Valeri – batteria
Pekka Pylkkanen Trio (Francesco Puglisi bass, Marco Valeri, drums) at Gregory's Jazz Club, April 12th , 2018
Master Classes, Lectures, Concerts at Saint Louis College of Music in Roma, April 9- April 15th, 2018 (see whole schedule on my Facebook site (www.facebook.com/pekkasmusic)!
Recordings in Roma Metropolitan area, April 17-19
Pekka Pylkkanen-Benito Gonzales Group at Latina Jazz Club, Friday April 20th
WITH KARRI LUHTALA ORGAN TRIO AT KAISLA, HELSINKI, March 17th, 2018
With Alessandro D'Anna and Vesa Ojaniemi, The New Jazz Session at Silmu Pub, March 21st, 2018
Feb 28 Piimälinna Live/Jazz - Final Jam Session ;hosting the farewell night with Tommi Ilonen, Vili Paavilainen, Lassi Piipponen etc.
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PORTUGAL:
LISBON: Master Classes at Escola Superior de Musica de Lisboa, February 19-25, 2018
February 21st; Concert at Fabrica Braco de Prata in Lisbon, with Ricardo Pinheiro, Eric Ineke, Massimo Cavalli,
ITALY:
Feb 7: Gregory's Jazz Club at 22:00 / Pekka Pylkkanen Trio with Francesco Puglisi (bass) and Valerio Vantaggio (drs)
Feb 8: Recording session at Extra Beat Studios, Rome with Greg Burk.
Feb 8- 10: Pescara AEC Pop/Jazz Platform Meeting in Pescara.
Feb 9: Pescara: Pekka Pylkkanen-Eric Ineke Trio w/special guest(s): Pietro Pancella (bass), Eric Ineke (drums), Pekka Pylkkanen (saxes)
Joensuu: DEC 13, Piimälinna Live with my Jazz Ensemble, and Latin/Cuban Ensemble at 20:00 !
OCT 27, Napoli Jazz Winter with Andrea Candela (pno), Francesco Ponticelli (bass), Valerio Vantaggio (drums) (postponed for the spring of 2018)
BELGIUM: DEC 5 - DEC 9, 2017 Master Classes at the LUCA School of Arts and Concerts w/Peter Hertmans in Leuven/Brussels D
DEC 8, ARCHIDUC, BRUSSELS, with Peter Hertmans (guitar), Sal La Rocca (bass), Lionel Beuvens (drums)
http://archiduc.com/en
HOLLAND: DEC 10 at 16:00- 18:00 PAVLOV, DEN HAAG, with Eric Ineke (drums), Juraj Stanik (piano, Marius Beets (bass) http://www.pavlov-denhaag.nl/
FINLAND:
Nov 3 With Peter Hertmans (guitar), Friday, in Joensuu at Piimälinna Jazz, Tuure Koski-bass
https://www.raflaamo.fi/fi/joensuu/hostina-piimalinna-joensuu
NOV 10 Karelia UAS 25th Anniversary Celebration, at Kerubi, Joensuu with Jarno Hopponen, guitar, Azra Topcu, bass, Tuomas Korhonen, drums
ITALY:
OCT 14 Gatsby Cafe, Roma, Pekka Pylkkanen trio with Stefano Cantarano (bass), Alessandro D'Anna (drums) https://www.facebook.com/gatsbycafe/
OCT 17 Bebop Jazz Club, Pekka Pylkkanen Trio with Jacopo Ferrazza (bass) and Alessandro D'Anna
OCT 24 Tuesday, Bebop Jazz Club, Pekka Pylkkanen Trio with Francesco Ponticelli (bass) and Roberto Pistolesi (drums)
OCT 25 Gregory's Jazz Club, Roma
July/August:
July 6th, Matisse, in Uggiano la Chiesa, Salento, Puglia
IASJ Jazz Meeting, Siena, (as a teacher/repres. of Karelia UAS) - July 7-14
Gregory's Jazz Club- Jazz At The River July 15th with Benito Gonzalez, Francesco Ponticelli, Alessandro D'Anna
Gregory's Jazz Club, Rome July 16th with Benito Gonzalez, Francesco Ponticelli, Alessandro D'Anna
Intl Summer Jazz Campus (and concerts) in Pescara, Abruzzo: July 17-23 (see more at 'news' )
Pescara Jazz Festival 'La Notte Bianca' July 22nd, with Benito Gonzalez, Maurizio Rolli and Eric Ineke
Gatsby Cafe, Roma on July 26, with Alessandro D'Anna and Igor Legari
Gregory's Jazz Club, Aug 3rd - Pekka Pylkkanen Trio - with Alessandro D'Anna (drums) and Stefano Cantarano (bass)
Groove Farm Studios, Aug 5th, recording session with Benito Gonzales, Alessandro D'Anna, Riccardo Gola
Cursi festival, Cursi (Salento, Puglia) on August 6th with Francesco Negro, piano and Matteo Maria Maglio, bass
Cantine Menhir, Minervino de Lecce (Salento, Puglia) on August 8th with Francesco Negro, Matteo Maria Maglio and Marco Girado, drums
Gregory's Jazz- Jazz At The River, Roma on Aug 11th. Pekka Pylkkanen Trio, with Alessandro D'Anna and Stefano Battaglia.
Gregory's -Jazz At the River, Roma, Aug 12th, Pekka Pylkkanen, Roberto Tarenzi, Alessandro D'Anna, Stefano Battaglia
February 4 at KAISLA, Helsinki, with Karri Luhtala Organ Trio - Karri Luhtala- org, Alessandro D'Anna- drums. me - saxophones
FEBRUARY 2 Piimälinna Jazz, Joensuu
February 23 at Hotel Kimmel, Joensuu, Rytmirajoilla- festival with the students of Karelia UAS Pop/Jazz Degree Program
March 16, Joensuu, Piimälinna Jazz with Lawrence Hodge & friends
Italy Tour 2017 /March
March 3
March 4 Latina Jazz Club Latina Circolo Cittadino/ VIttorio Solimene Trio feat Pekka Pylkkanen w/ Vittorio Solimene- guitar, Dario Picconi-bass and Alessandro D'Anna-drums
www.facebook.com/jazzclublatina/
March 8 Roma Gatsby Jam Session /Pekka Pylkkanen Trio w/ Igor Legari-bass, Alessandro D'Anna-drums
www.facebook.com/gatsbycafe/
March 9 Roma Ballad Café /Pekka Pylkkanen Quartet w/ Domenico Sanna-piano, Luca Fattorini-bass, Alessandro D'Anna-drums
www.facebook.com/balladcaffe/
March 10 Roma Tram Jazz /Pekka Pylkkanen Trio w/ Luca Bulgarelli-bass, Alessandro D'Anna-drums www.tramjazz.com/programma
March 12 Roma Gregory's Jazz Club /Pekka Pylkkanen Quartet w/Domenico Sanna-piano, Luca Bulgarelli-bass, Alessandro D'Anna- drums www.gregorysjazz.com/en/
April 30th, International Jazz Day 2017-
May 8th Tenho Restobar, Helsinki - Pekka Pylkkanen Quartet
w/Markus Niittynen, Alessandro D'Anna, Heikko Remmel www.ravintolatenho.fi/
May 10th at Piimälinna Jazz - with my Brazilian and Cuban groups from Karelia UAS
May 17th at Piimälinna Jazz - with my Jazz group from Karelia UAS
FINLAND/ESTONIA - 2017
W/ THE SCANDIC MOFOs Featuring Eric Ineke - Mikael Jakobsson-piano, Heikko Remmel-bass, Eric Ineke-drums
May 25th Philly Joe's - Tallinn phillyjoes.com/en/
May 26th Workshops in Tallinn www.ema.edu.ee/en/
May 27th Piimälinna Jazz, Joensuu
May 28th Pjazza, Helsinki pjazza.fi/en/
May 30th Recording session at the Siba studios
CUBA:
La Plaza Jazz Internacional, DEC 15-19,2016, with Mike del Ferro-piano, Abel Marcel, Jorge Reyes-bass, Rully Herrera-drums
www.lahabana.com/content/29th-havana-jazz-plaza-festival/
14/12 Corner Cafe,Vedado, Havana
15/12 Fabrica de Arte
16/12 Hotel Sevilla (this one was cancelled)
17/12 at 14:30 Pabellon Cuba
17/12 at 22:00 Hotel Habana Libre
18/12 (9:00 PM) Casa de la Cultura de Pla
19/12 Jazz Club Corner Cafè, Vedado, Havana
BELGIUM: Nov 28 - Dec 4 At the LUCA School of Arts, Leuven, Belgium http://www.luca-arts.be/en
DEC 1 at Cafe Belgaleiro, Leuven, with Peter Hertmans-guitar, Sal La Rocca-bass, Lionel Beuvens-drums
https://maps.google.fi/maps?oe=UTF-8&hl=fi-us&client=safari&gfe_rd=cr&um=1&ie=UTF-8&fb=1&gl=fi&entry=s&sa=X&ftid=0x47c160e08ed8fbf1:0x5da8a9f69d3a413d&gmm=CgIgAQ%3D%3D
HOLLAND: DEC 3 at the BORDELAISE, Den Haag, www.debordelaise.nl/
with Eric Ineke www.ericineke.com/ with Juraj Stanik - piano, Marius Beets, bass, Eric Ineke- drums
mariusbeets.nl/ www.jurajstanik.com/
FINLAND:
September 20 : at Cafe Carousel with Kari Antila. http://www.kariantila.com/
Sept 29-Oct 1 with Erik Ineke: www.ericineke.com/
Sept 29 at Surakan Baari www.surakanbaari.fi/ Pekka Pylkkanen- Erik Ineke Quartet: Mikael Jakobsson -piano, Heikko Remmel - bass, Erik Ineke - drums, Pekka Pylkkanen- saxophones
Sept 30- Oct 1
OCT 18th Bebop Jazz Club, ROME, Pekka Pylkkanen Trio with Alessandro D'Anna/drums, Francesco Ponticelli, bass
http://www.bebopjazzclub.net/
SWITZERLAND:
Oct 28: sets at 16:00 and 17:15 Roche'n Jazz/Museum Tinguely, Basel : Pekka Pylkkanen-Mike del Ferro Quartet
Oct 28-29: sets at 20:30 and 21:45 Bird's Eye, Basel: Pekka Pylkkanen-Mike del Ferro Quartet (Pekka Pylkkanen-saxophones, Mike del Ferro-piano, Jukkis Uotila-drums. Stephan Kurmann-bass) www.birdseye.ch mikedelferro.com/home.html jukkis.com/
Summer/spring 2016/ Italy
Lecce , International Jazz Day w Francesco Negro
Maglie (Joey BistroCafe)
July 31st Helsinki with Fiestecita Orchestra
Aug 6th 2016: Jazzkukko Festival, Laitila: Peter Hertmans Quartet feat Pekka Pylkkanen (Peter Hertmans- guitar, Pekka Pylkkanen-sax, Salvatore LaRocca-bass, Lionel Beuvens-drums) jazzkukko.fi
Nov 5th- Concert with Peter Hertmans and students of Karelia UAS, Sirkkala Auditorium, Joensuu, Finland
OCT 17th - First JAZZ FOR PEACE Concert in Finland. Hotel President Club at 19:00 !
With:
Pekka Pylkkanen Special Unit
Visa Oscar Group - CD Release Concert!
Rick Della Ratta with Jazz For Peace
HOLLAND:
* Royal Conservatory, Den Haag, Sept. 28 - Oct 3rd, 2015
Master Classes and Concerts
July 30 - Litos, Porto Selvaggio - Nardò (LE) (Pekka Pylkkanen Quartet) with: Francesco Negro (piano)Matteo Maria Maglio (contrabasso)
Alberto Stefanizzi (batteria)
July 31 - Art Café, Maglie (LE) (Pekka Pylkkanen-Martin Jakobsen Quintet) with: Martin Jacobsen (sax tenore)Francesco Negro (piano)
Matteo Maria Maglio (contrabasso) Alberto Stefanizzi (batteria)
August 5 - Mercatino del Gusto, Maglie (LE) (Pekka Pylkkanen & Antonio Cotardo Quintet) with: Antonio Cotardo (flauto)
Francesco Negro (piano) Giampaolo Laurentaci (contrabbasso) Antonio De Donno (batteria)
August 6 - Palazzo de Baronis, Cursi (LE) (Pekka Pylkkanen-Francesco Negro-Matteo Maria Maglio Trio): Francesco Negro (piano)Matteo Maria Maglio (contrabasso)
JAPAN:
* MAY 20th, KYOTO BLUE NOTE, KYOTO, 1st SET: 8:00 PM, 2nd SET 9:30 PM, Tickets 3500 yen http://kyoto-bluenote.jp/index.html
Shinichiro Makoto:drums, Mituaki Hara: bass
* MAY 21st, DESAFINADO, WAKAYAMA TICKETS 3500 yen 1st SET 20:00 2nd SET 21:15 http://desafinado.jp/ Tel: 073 441 6166
Murao Kouji: drums. Mituaki Hara: bass,
* MAY 23rd, WAKAYAMA JAZZ FESTIVAL Showtime: 14:00-15:00; --
* MAY 22nd, KOYO CONSERVATORY, KOBE http://www.koyo.net/
* MAY 24th, WORKSHOPS IN NAGOYA
* MAY 26th, SUNNY SIDE, NAGOYA, CLINIC AT 6:00 PM, CONCERT: 1st SET 20:30, 2nd SET 22:00,
tickets: ONLY CLINIC 2000 yen, CLINIC + CONCERT 4500 yen, ONLY CONCERT 3500 yen http://www.ss01.jp/ Tel: 052 847 6177
Shinichiro Kamoto: drums, Yuichi Hayashi: piano, Morihiro Omura: bass
* MAY 28th, LEFT ALONE, ASHIYA CITY, 1st SET 20:00, 2nd SET 21:15 Tickets 4000/3000 (student) yen http://www.left-alone.jp/home.html
Ryota Ueda:piano, Mitsuaki Hara:bass, Dai Matsumoto:drums
* MAY 29th, LIVEHOUSE BIRD, OKAYAMA CITY, 1st SET 7:30, 2nd SET 20:30, TICKETS 3500 yen Tel: 086 232 4831
March 25th Rytmirajoilla Festival, Joensuu
Feb 19th Joensuu Winter Music Festival, 'Nefertiti In A Silent Way' with Visa Oscar, Joonas Haavisto, Mikko Iivanainen, Timo Tolonen, Jaska Lukkarinen
Festival Internacional Jazz Plaza Havana Cuba, Dec 17-21, 2014
(got cancelled)
Japan Tour 2014:
Pekka Pylkkanen - alto and soprano saxes
Mike del Ferro - piano www.mikedelferro.com
Tuure Koski - bass
Ville Pynssi - drums
*Aug 13, 2014 1:00 PM Stockholm, AB
Finnish Church/StockholmAug 6, 2014
*Aug 3, 2014 8:00 PM Melito di Porto Salvo, No State
Porto Selvaggio
* Aug 1, 2014
Mercatino del Gusto
Maglie, Italy
* Jul 26, 2014
Lecce, No State
Castello Carlo V
* July 18-26, 2014
Atina Jazz Campus & Festival, Atina, Italy
* July 3-7, 2014 Grahamstown Jazz Festival, Grahamstown, South Africa
* June 28, Straight No Chaser, Cape Town, South Africa
* June 21-18, IASJ Jazz Meeting, South-African College of Music, Cape Town, South Africa
* May 6, 2014, Conservatory Hall, Joensuu, Finland
* May 3, 2014 Koko Jazz Club, Helsinki, Finland
* May 2, 2014, Monk Jazz Club, Turku, Finland
* February 7, 2014 Hot Club Jazz School, Lisbon, Portugal
* February 7, 2014 Hot Club Jazz Club, Lisbon, Portugal
* February 6, 2014 Hot Club Jazz Club, Lisbon
I will try to upload more past concerts here... please be patient..:)
ONLINE CONCERTS
JAPAN:
JAPAN TOUR -DECEMBER 2020 - POSTPONED UNTIL AT LEAST SUMMER 2021!
ITALY: SPRING TOUR 2021 POSTPONED!
(APRIL 16, SAN SEVERO : PEKKA PYLKKANEN NU BOTTEGA: Roberto Tarenzi- piano, Francesco Puglisi- bass, Marco Valeri-drums ETC)OCT 2nd, at Tislaamo, Helsinki (22:00) with Joonas Haavisto/piano, Kaisa Mäensivu/bass, Joe Peri/drums
August 23 Fiskars Kuparipaja - Pekka Pylkkanen Trio feat Olli Soikkeli- Olli Soikkeli- guitar, Kaisa Mäensivu-bass
August 26 Helsinki Senaatintori/Senate Square /Pekka Pylkkanen Trio with Tuure Koski/bass, Jaska Lukkarinen/drums
uly 24 Loviisa Saltsjöbaden - with Markus Niittynen/piano, Juuso Kasperi Rinta/bass, Jaska Lukkarinen/drums
SPAIN:(cancelled due to COVID-19)
March 23 - March 28: Master Classes and Concerts at Conservatorio Superior de Music de Islas Canarias, Canary Islands, Spain,
APRIL 2020:
April 20-25 Concerts in Scandinavia/Baltics
April 30- May 6 International Jazz Day - + master classes in Thailand
May 2020:
Italy Tour May 18-28
Scandinavia Tour May 29-June 4
June /July 2020 Japan Tour DELAYED UNTIL SEPTEMBER, NEW DATES SOON!
JUNE 13 B flat Akasaka, Tokyo, 'Double Alto' with Kazuhiko Kondo, alto saxophone; Dennis Lambert, piano;Pat Glynn, bass; Gene Jackson, drums
June 17, Nardis, Kashiwa, Dennis Lambert-piano, Pat Glynn- bass, Shogo Hamade- drums
June 17 No Room for Squares, Dennis Lambert- piano, Pat Glynn-bass, drums TBA
June 19 Blue Note Naramachi, Pekka Pylkkanen- Phillip Strange Duo
June 20/21 Livehouse Bird, Okayama
Caballero Club, Nagoya, Duo with Phillip Strange
Cafe Gallery Lavandula, Chiba
Royal Horse, Osaka
Zinc Gallery, Kyoto
July 4, La Casuela, Pekka Pylkkanen-Phillip Strange Duo
Belgium:
March 8, Cafe des Arts, Berchem, Pekka Pylkkanen Trio w/Sal la Rocca, Lionel Beuvens + possible guest
March 9, recording session with Peter Hertmans/guit, Sal LaRocca/Bass, Lionel Beuvens/drums (Pekka Pylkkanen-Peter Hertmans QT), Brussels
March 9, De Hopper, Antwerpen, with Peter Hertmans/guit, Sal LaRocca/Bass, Lionel Beuvens/drums (Pekka Pylkkanen-Peter Hertmans QT)
March 12-13 : Master Classes at LUCA School of Arts, Brussels, Belgium
March 14 Brussels, TBA
March 15: De Muze, 15:00- 18:00 with Peter Hertmans/guit, Sal LaRocca/Bass, Lionel Beuvens/drums (Pekka Pylkkanen-Peter Hertmans QT)Antwerpen
JANUARY 2020:
Cuba and Mexico:
Jan: 14-19 La Plaza Festival de Jazz, Havana - with Jorge Reyes- bass piano & drums TBA
Jan 21: Residence of the Finnish Embassy, Mexico City with Alex Mercado II-piano, Rob Duguay-bass, Alessandro D'Anna-drums
Jan 23 Casa Franca, Mexico City with Alex Mercado II -piano, Luri Molina-bass, drums TBA
Jan: 24 Zinco Jazz Club, Mexico City, Mexico with Alex Mercado II-piano, Rob Duguay-bass, Alessandro D'Anna-drums
Jan 25: Master Class at LaFaro Institute of Jazz at 7 PM
Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia TOUR DATES: JAN 29 - FEB 15
Thailand: with Roberto Tarenzi - piano, Viktor Nyberg-bass, Anssi Tirkkonen -drums
Jan 31- Feb 2nd Thailand International Jazz Conference 2020
with Roberto Tarenzi - piano, Viktor Nyberg-bass, Anssi Tirkkonen -drums
FEBRUARY 2020:
FEB 3-6 KUALA LUMPUR
Artist-In -Residence at the UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur,TBA
February 4 Master Classes & Workshops, UCSI with Roberto Tarenzi - piano, Viktor Nyberg-bass, Anssi Tirkkonen -drums
February 5 Concert at UCSI with Roberto Tarenzi - piano, Viktor Nyberg-bass, Anssi Tirkkonen -drums
February 6 Noon workshop at UCSI with Roberto Tarenzi - piano, Viktor Nyberg-bass, Anssi Tirkkonen -drums
FEB 7-13 SINGAPORE
Feb 7, LaSalle College, Master Class - at 15:00 with Roberto Tarenzi - piano, Viktor Nyberg-bass, Anssi Tirkkonen -drums
Feb 7 Club Maduro, Singapore with Roberto Tarenzi - piano, Viktor Nyberg-bass, Anssi Tirkkonen -drums
Feb 8 Club Maduro, Singapore with Roberto Tarenzi - piano, Viktor Nyberg-bass, Anssi Tirkkonen -drums
Feb 10- 15 Vagabond Club, Singapore - Artistic Residency
Feb 11 Singapore, with Jeremy Monteiro Organ Quartet, Club 1880
Feb 12 Singapore, with Jeremy Monteiro Organ Quartet, Burger&Lobster at Hotel Raffles 7:30 PM
Feb 13 Vagabond Club- with Andrew Lim/guitar and Christie Smith/bass and Nicole Duffell/tenor, Singapore
Feb 14 Vagabond Club- with Andrew Lim/guitar and Christie Smith/bass , Singapore
DECEMBER 2019:
JAPAN TOUR Dec 2- Dec 21 Supported by Finnish Institute in Japan/TelepArt and Finnish Music Foundation
Dec 5 Nardis, Kashiwa with Shogo Yamada-drums. Pat Glynn-bass, Dennis Lambert- piano http://knardis.com/knardis.com/Welcome.html
Dec 6 Body and Soul, Tokyo, with Gene Jackson-drums, Pat Glynn-bass, Dennis Lambert- piano https://www.bodyandsoul.co.jp/
Dec 8 open
Dec 9 Swing, Ginza, Tokyo with Gene Jackson- drums., Yuhei Honkawa-bass, Dennis Lambert-piano http://ginzaswing.jp/
Dec 10 open
Dec 11 Jazz&Blues Village, Kiryu with Gene Jackson- drums., Riku Takahashi-bass, Dennis Lambert-piano http://villagejazz.jp/
Dec 12 Jazz Flash, Niigata with Gene Jackson- drums., Riku Takahashi-bass, Dennis Lambert-piano http://flash.pagans.jp/index.html
Dec 13 open
Dec 14 Blue Note Naramachi, Nara 'Cannonball & Bill Evans Tribute' duo with Phillip Strange-piano 'Cannonball & Bill Evans Tribute' http://kyoto-bluenote.jp/
Dec 15 Bonds Rosary, Kyoto, with Phillip Strange-piano, Yasutaka Yorozu-bass, Kei Morishita-drums 'Cannonball & Bill Evans Tribute' https://bondsrosary.com/
Dec 16 open
Dec 17 Livehouse Bird, Okayama City, with Masuda san -piano, Keita san- bass, Kei Morishita- drums http://livehousebird.com/
Dec 18 Caballero Club, Nagoya with Kotaro Hiramitsu- ,Yoshitaka Yamashita-drums, Takuya Sakazaki-bass- showtime 20:00
Dec 19 Electric Jinja, Roppongi, Tokyo, with Ken'ichiro Shinzawa- piano, Yuhei Honkawa- bass, Yusuke Yaginuma-drums
Dec 20 open
Dec 21 open
Dec 22 return home
NOVEMBER 2019:
Nov 7 in Kulturhuset, Tammisaari/Ekenäs, with Annika Cleo,
Nov 8 in Loviisa, with Annika Cleo,
Nov 9 Archiduc, Brussels, Belgium, with Peter Hertmans- guitar, Sal La Rocca-bass, Lionel Beuvens- drums
Nov 10 De Muze, Antwerpen, afternoon concert
Nov 12 LUCA School of Arts, Workshops
Nov 16 Duc Des Lombards, Paris, France with Franck Amsallem (piano) Quartet
SEPTEMBER 2019:
Sept 13 with Juha Sippu & the Gang, Tuomarinkylän Kartano
Sept 27-28 with Espoo Big Band, Leibnitz Jazz Festival (Austria)
AUGUST 2019:
ITALY: WORKSHOPS, CONCERTS, STUDIO SESSIONS
AUG 9 Friday, Gregory's Jazz at the River at 19:30 - Charles Burchell Session
AUG 10 Sat, Gregory's Jazz Club at 21:00 - Pekka Pylkkanen Trio with Adam Pache (drs) and Giulio Scarpato (bass)
AUG 18 Gregory's Jazz Club at the River at 22:00 Pekka Pylkkanen Quartet with Andrea Rea- piano, Vincenzo Florio- bass,
Adam Pache- drums
AUG 20 Extrabeat Studios, Roma
AUG 21 Extrabeat Stusios, Roma
AUG 22 Extrabeat Studios, Roma
MORE TBA
JUNE 2019:
June 1- 3 Mixing session at Extrabeat Studios, Roma
June 30 Arena/Sala Fellini at Gambettola at 21:30- - with Roberto Rossi Quintet
JULY 2019:
Artistic Residence at the Circolo Scandinavo, Roma- July 1st thru July 31st !
July 2nd Gregory's By The River at 22:00 with Roberto Tarenzi-piano, Luca Bulgarelli-bass, Enrico Morello- drums
July 3rd at the Isola Tiberina at 19:30 with Roberto Tarenzi-piano, Francesco Puglisi-bass, Adam Pache-drums
July 9th at Isola Tiberina, 19:30 with Giulio Scrapato- bass, Adam Pache - drums
July 16 at 21:00 at Circolo Scandinavo, Trastevere, Rome - a presentation at 'Meet the Artists'
MAY 2019
ITALY:
May 30 Gregory's Jazz Club, Pekka Pylkkanen trio - Francesco Puglisi bass, Adam Pache-drums
May 31 NAPOLI JAZZ FEST- Pekka Pylkkanen Nu'Talian Quartet - Roberto Tarenzi- piano, Francesco Puglisi-bass, Adam Pache- drums CANCELLED BY THE ORGANISER!
Finland:
May 20-27 Finnish Musician's Union Artist Residency at Villa Vikan, Raasepori
May 9-11 Workshops, lessons at KARELIA UAS
May 9 KERUBI, JOENSUU, with my students from Karelia UAS: The Music of Chet Baker and Modern Jazz Combo
May 16 Botania JOENSUU, with my students from Karelia UAS; An Hommage to Roy Hargrove
April 10-12 WORKSHOPS,LESSONS AT KARELIA UAS
April 12 BOTANIA, JOENSUU w/Lawrence Hodge Botania Quartet
FEB 27 AT KERUBI, JOENSUU with Students from Karelia UAS
FEB 28 AT BOTANIA IN JOENSUU with my students from Karelia UAS
FEB 8, REHEARSAL DAY, ESML
FEB 9, HOT CLUBE DE PORTUGAL, Lisbon - Pekka Pylkkänen Group
with Gonçalo Marques- trumpet, Ricardo Pinheiro-guitar, Hugo Antunes-bass, Joao Sousa-drums
FEB 10, with Goncalo Marques and a rhythm section at Mercado de Campo de Ourique
FEB 11 Escola Superior de Musica de Lisboa, Master Class at 12:00 https://www.esml.ipl.pt/
''JAZZ COMPOSITION MASTER CLASS'
FEB 14 LUCIADA UNIVERSITY Master Class at 10:00
http://www.ulusiada.pt/
'HEARING AND DEVELOPING JAZZ LINES'
FEB 16 CASCAIS JAZZ CLUB/ Duo with George Esteves, piano at 21:30
FEB 17 Mercato Campo do Ourique at 18:00
FEB 21 - Cafe Dias /Lisbon- Duo with Ricardo Pinheiro - guitar at 19:00
FEB 22- Fabrica Praco do Prata: Pekka Pylkkanen Trio -Massimo Cavalli-bass, Joel Silva-drums
JAN 30 JOENSUU With Students from KARELIA UAS, TBA
JAPAN TOUR JANUARY 2019
JAN 10 at NO BIRD, TOKYO with Gene Jackson, drums; Yuhei Honkawa, bass; Yoshino Nakahara, piano
http://no-bird.com/
JAN 13 at JAZZ AND BLUES VILLAGE, KIRYU, with Gene Jackson, drums; Yuhei Honkawa, bass; Yoshino Nakahara, piano
http://villagejazz.jp/
JAN 14 at JAZZ FLASH, NIIGATA with Gene Jackson,drums; Yuhei Honkawa, bass; Yoshino Nakahara, piano
http://flash.pagans.jp/index.html
JAN 15 at NARDIS, KASHIWA with Gene Jackson drums, Pat Glynn, bass, Yoshino Nakahara, piano
JAN 16 at HERMIT DOLPHIN, HAMAMATSU with Yoshino Nakahara, piano, Yuhei Honkawa, bass, Gene Jackson drums
JAN 17 NAGOYA, STAR EYES, with Yoshino Nakahara, piano, Yuhei Honkawa, bass, Gene Jackson drums
JAN 19 ELECTRIK JINJA, Tokyo Roppongi, with Ayaki Saito, piano, Yuji Yoshimine, bass, Dennis Frehse, drums at 20:30
JAN 21 KYOTO BLUE NOTE IN NARA, Duo with Riho Oyama, piano
JAN 22 LAYLA, HIMEJI with Satoshi Sugiyama, piano, Mitsuaki Hara, bass, Kei Morishita, drums
JAN 23 at LEFT ALONE, ASHIYA with Phillip Strange, piano, Ryo Hatakeyama, bass, Kei Morishita, drums
DEC 3-10 Concerts, Recording and Mixing/Mastering Sessions in Roma
DEC 4
DEC 7 Recording with Fabrizio Bosso
DEC 7, CHARITY CAFE, Roma, Pekka Pylkkanen Trio with Daniele Sorrentino, bass and Adam Pache-drums
http://www.charitycafe.it/
DEC 8 Recording with Greg Burk
DEC 9, JEY, Roma, Pekka Pylkkänen Trio with Daniele Sorrentino- bass, Adam Pache-drums
showtime at 22:30 - Via Ostiense 385, 00145 Roma
DEC 1 VÄINÖ KALLIO JAZZ BRUNCH with Karri Luhtala- organ, Kari Antila-guitar, Alessandro D'Anna- drums
DEC 2 VÄINÖ KALLIO JAZZ BRUNCH with Karri Luhtala- organ, Kari Antila-guitar, Alessandro D'Anna- drums
https://vainokallio.fi/
BELGIUM/HOLLAND/FRANCE, November 2018
NOV 14 Codarts, Rotterdam, Clinics
NOV 15 Codarts, Rotterdam, Clinics
NOV 15 Den Haag, Victoria, Pekka Pylkkanen - Bob Wijnen Duo https://grandcafe-victoria.nl/
NOV 16, Antwerpen, at 22:00 Jazz Cafe De Muze https://jazzcafedemuze.be/ with Peter Hertmans- guitar, Sal La Rocca-bass, Lionel Beuvens-drums
NOV 17, Brussels, Archiduc, Pekka Pylkkanen- Peter Hertmans Group
Peter Hertmans- guitar, Sal La Rocca-bass, Lionel Beuvens-drums www.archiduc.net/en
HUNGARY - August 2018
August 25th, Budapest Music Center OPUS JAZZ CLUB w/ Peter Szendofi, drs; Aron Romhanyi, pno; Tibor Fonay, bass
Concerts in Roma, Salento, Pescara etc TBA - June/July/August 2018
Pescara Int'l Summer Jazz Workshops - Pescara Conservatory - July 23-26 2018
August 9th, Gregory's Jazz By the River - Pekka Pylkkanen Nu'Talian Quartet with Roberto Tarenzi-piano,
Francesco Puglisi-bass, Marco Valeri-drums
https://www.gregorysjazz.com/en/gregorysbytheriver/
ESTONIA:
Heikko Remmel Trio featuring Pekka Pylkkanen, (Holger Marjamaa -piano,
Heikko Remmel-bass, Reigo Ahven-drums) Philly Joe's Jazzklubi, Tallinn, June 1st
FINLAND
Kimmel Night Club/Joensuu - Jazz Ensemble; my students from Karelia UAS, May 3rd
Kimmel Auditorium/ Joensuu - Brazilian Ensemble- The Music of Hermeto Pascoal, May 16th at 14:00
SciFi Fest/Joensuu - Mingus Explosion- The music of Charles Mingus, May 17th
Music Center, Helsinki, a recording session, May 29-30
Italy:
Mezz’estate in Jazz – Una serata con Pekka Pylkkänen Nu’Talian Quartet
June 27th! : La serata inizia alle 19, il primo set alle 20
Casina del Lago (Villa Borghese, Viale dell'Aranciera 2, 00197 Roma)
Pekka Pylkkänen Nu’Talian Quartet sono:
Pekka Pylkkänen – sassofono
Francesco Puglisi - contrabbasso
Roberto Tarenzi – pianoforte
Marco Valeri – batteria
Pekka Pylkkanen Trio (Francesco Puglisi bass, Marco Valeri, drums) at Gregory's Jazz Club, April 12th , 2018
Master Classes, Lectures, Concerts at Saint Louis College of Music in Roma, April 9- April 15th, 2018 (see whole schedule on my Facebook site (www.facebook.com/pekkasmusic)!
Recordings in Roma Metropolitan area, April 17-19
Pekka Pylkkanen-Benito Gonzales Group at Latina Jazz Club, Friday April 20th
WITH KARRI LUHTALA ORGAN TRIO AT KAISLA, HELSINKI, March 17th, 2018
With Alessandro D'Anna and Vesa Ojaniemi, The New Jazz Session at Silmu Pub, March 21st, 2018
Feb 28 Piimälinna Live/Jazz - Final Jam Session ;hosting the farewell night with Tommi Ilonen, Vili Paavilainen, Lassi Piipponen etc.
P
PORTUGAL:
LISBON: Master Classes at Escola Superior de Musica de Lisboa, February 19-25, 2018
February 21st; Concert at Fabrica Braco de Prata in Lisbon, with Ricardo Pinheiro, Eric Ineke, Massimo Cavalli,
ITALY:
Feb 7: Gregory's Jazz Club at 22:00 / Pekka Pylkkanen Trio with Francesco Puglisi (bass) and Valerio Vantaggio (drs)
Feb 8: Recording session at Extra Beat Studios, Rome with Greg Burk.
Feb 8- 10: Pescara AEC Pop/Jazz Platform Meeting in Pescara.
Feb 9: Pescara: Pekka Pylkkanen-Eric Ineke Trio w/special guest(s): Pietro Pancella (bass), Eric Ineke (drums), Pekka Pylkkanen (saxes)
Joensuu: DEC 13, Piimälinna Live with my Jazz Ensemble, and Latin/Cuban Ensemble at 20:00 !
OCT 27, Napoli Jazz Winter with Andrea Candela (pno), Francesco Ponticelli (bass), Valerio Vantaggio (drums) (postponed for the spring of 2018)
BELGIUM: DEC 5 - DEC 9, 2017 Master Classes at the LUCA School of Arts and Concerts w/Peter Hertmans in Leuven/Brussels D
DEC 8, ARCHIDUC, BRUSSELS, with Peter Hertmans (guitar), Sal La Rocca (bass), Lionel Beuvens (drums)
http://archiduc.com/en
HOLLAND: DEC 10 at 16:00- 18:00 PAVLOV, DEN HAAG, with Eric Ineke (drums), Juraj Stanik (piano, Marius Beets (bass) http://www.pavlov-denhaag.nl/
FINLAND:
Nov 3 With Peter Hertmans (guitar), Friday, in Joensuu at Piimälinna Jazz, Tuure Koski-bass
https://www.raflaamo.fi/fi/joensuu/hostina-piimalinna-joensuu
NOV 10 Karelia UAS 25th Anniversary Celebration, at Kerubi, Joensuu with Jarno Hopponen, guitar, Azra Topcu, bass, Tuomas Korhonen, drums
ITALY:
OCT 14 Gatsby Cafe, Roma, Pekka Pylkkanen trio with Stefano Cantarano (bass), Alessandro D'Anna (drums) https://www.facebook.com/gatsbycafe/
OCT 17 Bebop Jazz Club, Pekka Pylkkanen Trio with Jacopo Ferrazza (bass) and Alessandro D'Anna
OCT 24 Tuesday, Bebop Jazz Club, Pekka Pylkkanen Trio with Francesco Ponticelli (bass) and Roberto Pistolesi (drums)
OCT 25 Gregory's Jazz Club, Roma
July/August:
July 6th, Matisse, in Uggiano la Chiesa, Salento, Puglia
IASJ Jazz Meeting, Siena, (as a teacher/repres. of Karelia UAS) - July 7-14
Gregory's Jazz Club- Jazz At The River July 15th with Benito Gonzalez, Francesco Ponticelli, Alessandro D'Anna
Gregory's Jazz Club, Rome July 16th with Benito Gonzalez, Francesco Ponticelli, Alessandro D'Anna
Intl Summer Jazz Campus (and concerts) in Pescara, Abruzzo: July 17-23 (see more at 'news' )
Pescara Jazz Festival 'La Notte Bianca' July 22nd, with Benito Gonzalez, Maurizio Rolli and Eric Ineke
Gatsby Cafe, Roma on July 26, with Alessandro D'Anna and Igor Legari
Gregory's Jazz Club, Aug 3rd - Pekka Pylkkanen Trio - with Alessandro D'Anna (drums) and Stefano Cantarano (bass)
Groove Farm Studios, Aug 5th, recording session with Benito Gonzales, Alessandro D'Anna, Riccardo Gola
Cursi festival, Cursi (Salento, Puglia) on August 6th with Francesco Negro, piano and Matteo Maria Maglio, bass
Cantine Menhir, Minervino de Lecce (Salento, Puglia) on August 8th with Francesco Negro, Matteo Maria Maglio and Marco Girado, drums
Gregory's Jazz- Jazz At The River, Roma on Aug 11th. Pekka Pylkkanen Trio, with Alessandro D'Anna and Stefano Battaglia.
Gregory's -Jazz At the River, Roma, Aug 12th, Pekka Pylkkanen, Roberto Tarenzi, Alessandro D'Anna, Stefano Battaglia
February 4 at KAISLA, Helsinki, with Karri Luhtala Organ Trio - Karri Luhtala- org, Alessandro D'Anna- drums. me - saxophones
FEBRUARY 2 Piimälinna Jazz, Joensuu
February 23 at Hotel Kimmel, Joensuu, Rytmirajoilla- festival with the students of Karelia UAS Pop/Jazz Degree Program
March 16, Joensuu, Piimälinna Jazz with Lawrence Hodge & friends
Italy Tour 2017 /March
March 3
March 4 Latina Jazz Club Latina Circolo Cittadino/ VIttorio Solimene Trio feat Pekka Pylkkanen w/ Vittorio Solimene- guitar, Dario Picconi-bass and Alessandro D'Anna-drums
www.facebook.com/jazzclublatina/
March 8 Roma Gatsby Jam Session /Pekka Pylkkanen Trio w/ Igor Legari-bass, Alessandro D'Anna-drums
www.facebook.com/gatsbycafe/
March 9 Roma Ballad Café /Pekka Pylkkanen Quartet w/ Domenico Sanna-piano, Luca Fattorini-bass, Alessandro D'Anna-drums
www.facebook.com/balladcaffe/
March 10 Roma Tram Jazz /Pekka Pylkkanen Trio w/ Luca Bulgarelli-bass, Alessandro D'Anna-drums www.tramjazz.com/programma
March 12 Roma Gregory's Jazz Club /Pekka Pylkkanen Quartet w/Domenico Sanna-piano, Luca Bulgarelli-bass, Alessandro D'Anna- drums www.gregorysjazz.com/en/
April 30th, International Jazz Day 2017-
May 8th Tenho Restobar, Helsinki - Pekka Pylkkanen Quartet
w/Markus Niittynen, Alessandro D'Anna, Heikko Remmel www.ravintolatenho.fi/
May 10th at Piimälinna Jazz - with my Brazilian and Cuban groups from Karelia UAS
May 17th at Piimälinna Jazz - with my Jazz group from Karelia UAS
FINLAND/ESTONIA - 2017
W/ THE SCANDIC MOFOs Featuring Eric Ineke - Mikael Jakobsson-piano, Heikko Remmel-bass, Eric Ineke-drums
May 25th Philly Joe's - Tallinn phillyjoes.com/en/
May 26th Workshops in Tallinn www.ema.edu.ee/en/
May 27th Piimälinna Jazz, Joensuu
May 28th Pjazza, Helsinki pjazza.fi/en/
May 30th Recording session at the Siba studios
CUBA:
La Plaza Jazz Internacional, DEC 15-19,2016, with Mike del Ferro-piano, Abel Marcel, Jorge Reyes-bass, Rully Herrera-drums
www.lahabana.com/content/29th-havana-jazz-plaza-festival/
14/12 Corner Cafe,Vedado, Havana
15/12 Fabrica de Arte
16/12 Hotel Sevilla (this one was cancelled)
17/12 at 14:30 Pabellon Cuba
17/12 at 22:00 Hotel Habana Libre
18/12 (9:00 PM) Casa de la Cultura de Pla
19/12 Jazz Club Corner Cafè, Vedado, Havana
BELGIUM: Nov 28 - Dec 4 At the LUCA School of Arts, Leuven, Belgium http://www.luca-arts.be/en
DEC 1 at Cafe Belgaleiro, Leuven, with Peter Hertmans-guitar, Sal La Rocca-bass, Lionel Beuvens-drums
https://maps.google.fi/maps?oe=UTF-8&hl=fi-us&client=safari&gfe_rd=cr&um=1&ie=UTF-8&fb=1&gl=fi&entry=s&sa=X&ftid=0x47c160e08ed8fbf1:0x5da8a9f69d3a413d&gmm=CgIgAQ%3D%3D
HOLLAND: DEC 3 at the BORDELAISE, Den Haag, www.debordelaise.nl/
with Eric Ineke www.ericineke.com/ with Juraj Stanik - piano, Marius Beets, bass, Eric Ineke- drums
mariusbeets.nl/ www.jurajstanik.com/
FINLAND:
September 20 : at Cafe Carousel with Kari Antila. http://www.kariantila.com/
Sept 29-Oct 1 with Erik Ineke: www.ericineke.com/
Sept 29 at Surakan Baari www.surakanbaari.fi/ Pekka Pylkkanen- Erik Ineke Quartet: Mikael Jakobsson -piano, Heikko Remmel - bass, Erik Ineke - drums, Pekka Pylkkanen- saxophones
Sept 30- Oct 1
OCT 18th Bebop Jazz Club, ROME, Pekka Pylkkanen Trio with Alessandro D'Anna/drums, Francesco Ponticelli, bass
http://www.bebopjazzclub.net/
SWITZERLAND:
Oct 28: sets at 16:00 and 17:15 Roche'n Jazz/Museum Tinguely, Basel : Pekka Pylkkanen-Mike del Ferro Quartet
Oct 28-29: sets at 20:30 and 21:45 Bird's Eye, Basel: Pekka Pylkkanen-Mike del Ferro Quartet (Pekka Pylkkanen-saxophones, Mike del Ferro-piano, Jukkis Uotila-drums. Stephan Kurmann-bass) www.birdseye.ch mikedelferro.com/home.html jukkis.com/
Summer/spring 2016/ Italy
Lecce , International Jazz Day w Francesco Negro
Maglie (Joey BistroCafe)
July 31st Helsinki with Fiestecita Orchestra
Aug 6th 2016: Jazzkukko Festival, Laitila: Peter Hertmans Quartet feat Pekka Pylkkanen (Peter Hertmans- guitar, Pekka Pylkkanen-sax, Salvatore LaRocca-bass, Lionel Beuvens-drums) jazzkukko.fi
Nov 5th- Concert with Peter Hertmans and students of Karelia UAS, Sirkkala Auditorium, Joensuu, Finland
OCT 17th - First JAZZ FOR PEACE Concert in Finland. Hotel President Club at 19:00 !
With:
Pekka Pylkkanen Special Unit
Visa Oscar Group - CD Release Concert!
Rick Della Ratta with Jazz For Peace
HOLLAND:
* Royal Conservatory, Den Haag, Sept. 28 - Oct 3rd, 2015
Master Classes and Concerts
July 30 - Litos, Porto Selvaggio - Nardò (LE) (Pekka Pylkkanen Quartet) with: Francesco Negro (piano)Matteo Maria Maglio (contrabasso)
Alberto Stefanizzi (batteria)
July 31 - Art Café, Maglie (LE) (Pekka Pylkkanen-Martin Jakobsen Quintet) with: Martin Jacobsen (sax tenore)Francesco Negro (piano)
Matteo Maria Maglio (contrabasso) Alberto Stefanizzi (batteria)
August 5 - Mercatino del Gusto, Maglie (LE) (Pekka Pylkkanen & Antonio Cotardo Quintet) with: Antonio Cotardo (flauto)
Francesco Negro (piano) Giampaolo Laurentaci (contrabbasso) Antonio De Donno (batteria)
August 6 - Palazzo de Baronis, Cursi (LE) (Pekka Pylkkanen-Francesco Negro-Matteo Maria Maglio Trio): Francesco Negro (piano)Matteo Maria Maglio (contrabasso)
JAPAN:
* MAY 20th, KYOTO BLUE NOTE, KYOTO, 1st SET: 8:00 PM, 2nd SET 9:30 PM, Tickets 3500 yen http://kyoto-bluenote.jp/index.html
Shinichiro Makoto:drums, Mituaki Hara: bass
* MAY 21st, DESAFINADO, WAKAYAMA TICKETS 3500 yen 1st SET 20:00 2nd SET 21:15 http://desafinado.jp/ Tel: 073 441 6166
Murao Kouji: drums. Mituaki Hara: bass,
* MAY 23rd, WAKAYAMA JAZZ FESTIVAL Showtime: 14:00-15:00; --
* MAY 22nd, KOYO CONSERVATORY, KOBE http://www.koyo.net/
* MAY 24th, WORKSHOPS IN NAGOYA
* MAY 26th, SUNNY SIDE, NAGOYA, CLINIC AT 6:00 PM, CONCERT: 1st SET 20:30, 2nd SET 22:00,
tickets: ONLY CLINIC 2000 yen, CLINIC + CONCERT 4500 yen, ONLY CONCERT 3500 yen http://www.ss01.jp/ Tel: 052 847 6177
Shinichiro Kamoto: drums, Yuichi Hayashi: piano, Morihiro Omura: bass
* MAY 28th, LEFT ALONE, ASHIYA CITY, 1st SET 20:00, 2nd SET 21:15 Tickets 4000/3000 (student) yen http://www.left-alone.jp/home.html
Ryota Ueda:piano, Mitsuaki Hara:bass, Dai Matsumoto:drums
* MAY 29th, LIVEHOUSE BIRD, OKAYAMA CITY, 1st SET 7:30, 2nd SET 20:30, TICKETS 3500 yen Tel: 086 232 4831
March 25th Rytmirajoilla Festival, Joensuu
Feb 19th Joensuu Winter Music Festival, 'Nefertiti In A Silent Way' with Visa Oscar, Joonas Haavisto, Mikko Iivanainen, Timo Tolonen, Jaska Lukkarinen
Festival Internacional Jazz Plaza Havana Cuba, Dec 17-21, 2014
(got cancelled)
Japan Tour 2014:
Pekka Pylkkanen - alto and soprano saxes
Mike del Ferro - piano www.mikedelferro.com
Tuure Koski - bass
Ville Pynssi - drums
- OCT 18 TOKYO, OCHANOMIZU NETSURETSU GAKKISAI FESTIVAL -
- OCT 19 NIIGATA, JAZZ FLASH
- OCT 21 KOBE, KOBE MODERN JAZZ CLUB, BAR REQUEST
- OCT 22 KYOTO, KYOTO BLUE NOTE
- OCT 24 TOKYO, SOMEDAY JAZZ CLUB, SHINJUKU
- OCT 25 WAKAYAMA, DESAFINADO
- OCT 26 NAGOYA, SUNNY SIDE
- OCT 27 IBARAKI GIRL TALK
*Aug 13, 2014 1:00 PM Stockholm, AB
Finnish Church/StockholmAug 6, 2014
*Aug 3, 2014 8:00 PM Melito di Porto Salvo, No State
Porto Selvaggio
* Aug 1, 2014
Mercatino del Gusto
Maglie, Italy
* Jul 26, 2014
Lecce, No State
Castello Carlo V
* July 18-26, 2014
Atina Jazz Campus & Festival, Atina, Italy
* July 3-7, 2014 Grahamstown Jazz Festival, Grahamstown, South Africa
* June 28, Straight No Chaser, Cape Town, South Africa
* June 21-18, IASJ Jazz Meeting, South-African College of Music, Cape Town, South Africa
* May 6, 2014, Conservatory Hall, Joensuu, Finland
* May 3, 2014 Koko Jazz Club, Helsinki, Finland
* May 2, 2014, Monk Jazz Club, Turku, Finland
* February 7, 2014 Hot Club Jazz School, Lisbon, Portugal
* February 7, 2014 Hot Club Jazz Club, Lisbon, Portugal
* February 6, 2014 Hot Club Jazz Club, Lisbon
I will try to upload more past concerts here... please be patient..:)