Kaisa's Machine

FI, DK, US

Saturday, 13 July, at 22.00
CD Club

Kaisa Mäensivu, double bass
Max Zenger, sax
Rasmus Sorensen, piano
Mikko Antila, vibraphone
Joe Peri, drum

CD Park + CD Club admission ticket,
13 July: EUR 15 (except for Roots Magic + Gašper Livk Trio)  

Tickets
 

Double bassist Kaisa Mäensivu belongs to the young generation of Finland’s vibrant new jazz scene. Well, conditionally, because of a crucial move – leaving her native Helsinki and moving to New York in 2016. In her newly adopted home, Kaisa received both formal and informal training – immediately joining in various jam sessions at local clubs in the city, and earning her master’s degree from Manhattan School of Music, studying with, among others, a personal hero, Ron Carter. She had formed Kaisa's Machine two years earlier (a quartet that has since morphed into a quintet). Last year the band released their highly acclaimed sophomore album, Taking Shape, on Greenleaf Music, a label directed by Dave Douglas. Here, the double bass not only takes centre stage as a basic rhythmic drive, but also becomes the main compositional voice of the group, with the combo moving deftly and broadly between inviting grooves and subdued melodies.

Nordic noir meets New York sparkle!