Timo Lassy and Teppo Mäkynen

Timo Lassy and Teppo Mäkynen: Timo Lassy and Teppo Mäkynen

by Anthony Shaw
November 24, 2019

Timo Lassy and Teppo Mäkynen have been at the heart of the Helsinki jazz scene for over two decades, seeing international success with the Five Corners Quintet as well as leading several accomplished cutting-edge bands. This is something very different, an eponymously titled album where two established figures throw caution to the wind and cut loose together, creating an album of very varied interplay between just saxophone and drums. Knowing how context can contort as well as ...