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JANNE
TOIVONEN
Janne was born and raised in the town of Ilmajoki near the
west coast of Finland. He started playing the trumpet during
his early childhood from a classical basis. After awhile,
he got noticed by other musicians around and soon found
himself playing in various local groups. As the years went
by, and his skills developed, he came to the point were
he put his main focus on music. While he was already arranging
and composing music for various bands, he realized that
it was the time to move on and soon he settled in Helsinki
to study music professionally.
Classical
music was also beginnig to shfit to the background when
jazz entered the scene. He discovered Lee Morgan as one
of his main influences and it wasn't long after living in
Helsinki when he got in to the jazz department of the prestigeous
Sibelius Academy.
Janne
has studied jazz music for several years now. At the moment,
he is working with several groups on the jazz club scene
of Finland, including award-winning jazz group ‘Reactor-5’,
electric ambience group ‘Pasifik Ensemble’ and
jazz group ‘Korma’, among others. He studied
the trumpet with teachers like Tim Hagans, Ingrid Jensen
and Bobby Shew, just to mention a few. Janne is also performing
and recording with the Finnish Horns. Either as a soloist
or a section player, he is involved in various projects
including musicians from all over Finland and Europe, covering
a range of styles from ethnic free jazz and electro-fusion
to nasty funk and hot afro-caribbean rhythms.
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