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Kaisa Mäensivu
Kaisa Mäensivu is a Finnish double bass player and composer. She is currently based in New York, where she finished her Master's degree at the highly acclaimed Manhattan School of Music in May 2017. She studied under the guidance of teachers and professors such as Dave Liebman and Jay Anderson. Prior to moving to New York, Kaisa studied at the prestigious Sibelius Academy Jazz Department with professor Jukkis Uotila and Ville Herrala. \
During her career, Kaisa has been awarded multiple awards and grants. In 2018, Kaisa was awarded as the Rising Star at the Pori Jazz Festival. In 2018 she also won the 1st prize in the Riga Jazz Stage Bass Contest. In 2017, Kaisa won the Kauko Viitamäki Award as an accomplished jazz musician. In 2017 she won the third prize in the Esko Linnavalli Big Band Composing Contest. She performes with a variety of groups in both the U.S and Finland, and also leads her own jazz quartet Kaisa's Machine, which released its debut album ’In the key of K’ via Eclipse Music in December 2017.
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New Sounds From Kaisa's Machine Plus Other New Releases
by Bob Osborne
On this show we feature new releases from Kaisa Mäensivu, Jarrett Gilgore & Dave Treut, Marko Zorec, Near Miss, Artificial Jazz, JD Walter, and, Mark Sanders with Chris Mapp & Andrew Woodhead. There are also recently unearthed live recordings of John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy live at The Village Gate in 1961. Playlist Show Intro 00:00 Kaisa's Machine “Floating Light" from Taking Shape (Greenleaf) 00:54 Jarrett Gilgore & Dave Treut “Goodbye" from Gilgore/Treut's Breakfast Of Champions (Self Released) ...
read moreKaisa’s Machine: Taking Shape
by Hrayr Attarian
On her captivating second release, Taking Shape, Finnish bassist Kaisa Mäensivu demonstrates her singular talents as a composer and a bandleader. She is again at the helm of her cohesive group, Kaisa's Machine. It has been six years since her debut, years during which she established herself in her new hometown of New York. Her writing has transformed as she draws inspiration from the vibrancy of the city on this set of originals. Mäensivu sets the album's mood ...
read moreKaisa Mäensivu, Jacob Young, Debora Petrina, Mowgli & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
This week we focus on a bunch of projects that put lots of seemingly disparate elements into a blender and come up with distinctive sounds, from the smooth to the edgy.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Kaisa's Machine “Dream Machine" Taking Shape (Greenleaf) 0:16 Host talks 5:14 Jacob Young “Schoenstedtstrasse" Eventually (ECM) 6:25 Host talks 11:20 Kosmos “Hymn" Averno (Kósmos) 13:18 Sketchbook Quartet “Kanu" Kekova (Waschsalon) 21:29 Erik ...
read moreJC Hopkins Biggish Band: New York Moment
by Chris M. Slawecki
On New York Moment, pianist JC Hopkins and his twelve-piece Biggish Band tend to a flame that's been burning since prior to World War II, the sound of large dance bands (with and without vocalists) who moved audiences with both sophistication and swing. Hopkins' Moment rotates Vanisha-Arleen Gould, Joy Hanson, Nico Sarbanes (who also plays trumpet), Shawn Whitehorn and Alicyn Yaffee (guitar) as lead vocalists. The opening track leaves you genuinely “Beguiled" as vocalists Nico and Joy harmonize ...
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