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Kasperi Sarikoski

Kasperi Sarikoski is a trombonist and composer from Finland. Having lived in both Helsinki and New York as well as performed from São Paolo to Cape Town and Shanghai, Kasperi’s career has encompassed a broad array of musical ventures. He has played with the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, the Stockholm Jazz Orchestra, the UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra, Chris Cheek, as well as most of Finland’s leading jazz musicians. In addition to his work as a sideman Kasperi has toured with his own group Nuance. His debut album Essence was released in 2015, while his sophomore effort 3 + 1 was released in 2020.

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Kasperi Sarikoski: Three Plus One

Read "Three Plus One" reviewed by Friedrich Kunzmann


The trombone seems to be going through somewhat of a renaissance in 2020. That's only if a period when albums such as Grachan Moncur III's Some Other Stuff (Blue Note, 1965) were released can be considered the instrument's heyday in jazz. But fresh Norwegian input--captured on Oyvind Braekke's sextet release Wilderness (Oslo Recording Sessions, 2020)--graced the early spring of 2020, and New York-based trombonist Nick Finzer followed with a similar sextet concept, revealing another highlight of the year in the ...

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“[Kasperi Sarikoski’s] virtuoso command of the instrument was astonishing.” – All About Jazz

Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Aarni Häkkinen Jazz...

Bopcat Records
2023

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Three Plus One

Outside in Music
2020

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Essence

Fredriksson Music
2015

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