13th of dec. 2013, Esa Pietilä is the soloist for the Premiere Performance of Eero Hämeenniemi´s Saxophone concerto “Grounds”, written for Esa Pietilä – Performed by Chamber orchestra Se Ensamble & conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
LIBERTY SHIP” (Aki Rissanen, pno – Olavi Louhivuori, drs, – Antti Lötjönen, bs – Esa Pietilä, tsax) New Limited Edition double CD “APPROACHING” Release on 1.11.2013 by ECLIPSE MUSIC.
Check the press release here
Check out these reviews by Brent Black at CriticalJazz for my solo album “Karhea” and the Duo album “Out Doors” with drummer Jeff “Siege” Siegel (USA). They both got five stars out of five…
See & hear “Esa Pietilä 3” in action, with Ville Herrala (bass) & Mika Kallio (drs) –
WATCH THE WHOLE CONCERT!
We have indeed formed a new Quartet in 2012 with pianist Aki Rissanen, bassist Antti Lötjönen and drummer Olavi Louhivuori. The group is now officially called “Liberty Ship” and we are all very excited about it. The music for the first recording of the group came out very effortlessly – The saga of Liberty Ship has started…check out the page Liberty Ship Wishing You all peace and success for the 2013!