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Joona Toivanen

Born: 1981

Joona Toivanen (born 1981) is a Finnish jazz pianist, composer and educator, based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Toivanen has toured frequently in Europe, Asia, Australia and USA and worked with international top jazz musicians. Toivanen’s pianism is lyric and delicate and his technique serves the story in the music all the time. Musically he moves in the boundaries between tradition and avant-garde.

His current musical projects as a bandleader/co bandleader include the We Jazz, Blue Note and Cam Jazz recording Joona Toivanen Trio and the Nordic quartet Jazz & Fly Fishing. Joona is also a member of the highly acclaimed Anders Hagberg NORTH from Sweden as well as several other jazz/improvising ensembles.

Anouar Brahem, Joona Toivanen, Sullivan Fortner, Claudio Filippini & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 25, 2025

A playlist featuring music inspired by New Orleans, Gaza and Africa, and then an unearthed live gem.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Sullivan Fortner “Southern Nights" Southern Nights (Artwork) 0:16 Host talks 5:48 Randal Despommier “Go to the Mardi Gras" South (Sunnyside) 7:38 Host ...

Mire III: Island Song

by Neri Pollastri
March 4, 2024

Dopo alcuni album con un trio a proprio nome assieme a suoi connazionali, il pianista finlandese Joona Toivanen si presenta adesso con un'analoga formazione, denominata Mire III, completata da due musicisti del paese in cui da anni risiede, la Svezia: Thomas Markusson al contrabbasso e Johan Björklund alla batteria. La formazione presenta esclusivamente brani ...

Island Song

By MIRE III

Label: CAM Jazz
Released: 2023
Track listing: Imago; Metamorphosis I-II; Metamorphosis III-IV; Gentle; Otsir; Elder; Island Song (piano solo); Mire; 1P/Halley; Three; Island Song; Metamorphosis (Coda).

Nitai Hershkovits, Micah Thomas, Koma Saxo, Dexter Goldberg & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 26, 2023

This episode is mostly dedicated to the proposition that piano jazz has a beautiful future ahead, if we have to judge it by what emerging pianists like Micah Thomas, Nitai Hershkovits, Dexter Goldberg, Joona Toivanen or Fergus McCreadie are putting on record. Before and after this piano segment, a few more thrilling new albums.Happy ...

Tord Gustavsen Trio: Changing Places

by Jeffrey Allen Chelsky
February 22, 2023

I never tire of listening to the masterful Tord Gustavsen in his various incarnations, this time with his trio composed of bassist Harald Johnsen and drummer Jarle Vespestad, Changing Places has been out since 2003 and seems new every time I play it. I listen and it is as if the world slows down and fades ...

Ludovico Granvassu's Garden Of Jazzy Delights 2022

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 29, 2022

The depth and range of the music that jazz players have put on record in 2022 are so big that summarizing this “year in jazz" by selecting only ten albums feels akin to taking the photo of a breath-taking landscape with an ultra-low resolution camera... Ten years from now, how is one supposed to understand how ...

A Few Of My Favorite 2022 Jazz Things (So Far) - Part 2

by Ludovico Granvassu
July 23, 2022

Here are some of the tunes that we have loved the most during these first six months of the year. Surely there are tens more of equal value, but this is not a scientific exercise... rather, since jazz is all about living in the moment, we made our selections based on the strong, and lasting, impression ...

Louis Sclavis, Olga Reznichenko, Joona Toivanen, Álvaro Torres & More New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 7, 2022

Piano trios show that, in the right hands, this formula still a lot to say; musicians that walk down the trail blazed by Carla Bley and Paul Bley; chamber jazz and much more in this set.Happy listening!PlaylistBen Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Olga Reznichenko Trio “Restless ...

Music For Ukraine

by Ian Patterson
March 29, 2022

Music For Ukraine is a benefit album whose proceeds are intended solely for humanitarian aid in Ukraine. This gargantuan compilation features artists from the roster of Finnish label We Jazz Records. The twenty-six tracks--contemporary jazz for the most part, with the odd foray into modern chamber and electronica- tinged experimentalism--amount to two-and-a-half hours of compelling music. ...