Aki Rissanen
Finnish jazz pianist Aki Rissanen began his musical journey in the classical milieu before segueing into studying jazz. Born in 1980, Rissanen spent a dozen years studying classical music, then ventured outward by studying jazz and improvised music at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique in Paris. During his studies in France, he released his debut, a solo piano album called La Lumiere Noire, in 2007. Beautiful Anxiety followed in 2009, the same year he completed his master’s degree at Finland’s Sibelius Academy and began his professional career in earnest.
Rissanen continued to collaborate and appear as a featured artist on recordings in the early 2010s. In 2016, he debuted the Aki Rissanen Trio, alongside bassist Antti Lötjönen and drummer Teppo Mäkynen, both already known in jazz circles as founding members of the Five Corners Quintet. The trio’s first album, Amorandom, was hailed by the Finnish press and won an Emma Award, Finland’s equivalent of a Grammy, for Best Jazz Album. Another North and Art In Motion followed in 2017 and 2019.
Rissanen remains active as a solo artist and with other ensembles, including the quartet Sininen Syksy, which performs the music of Finnish composer Leevi Madetoja, and the trio Aleatoric.
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Cold Code (Jori Hulkkonen Remix)
Electronic - Released by Eclipse Music on 22 sep. 2023
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Aki Rissanen // Jussi Lehtonen Quartet With Dave Liebman
Aki Rissanen, Jussi Lehtonen, Dave Liebman & Jori Huhtala
Jazz - Released by Ozella on 13 feb. 2015
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Aleatoric
Aki Rissanen, Robin Verheyen, Markku Ounaskari
Jazz - Released by Eclipse Music on 18 jan. 2013
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Aleatoric: Songs for Solstice
Aki Rissanen, Robin Verheyen, Markku Ounaskari
Jazz - Released by Eclipse Music on 17 feb. 2017
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Beautiful Anxiety
Moderne jazz - Released by KSJAZZ on 1 jan. 2009
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Cantus Arcticus, Melancholy
Jazz - Released by Edition Records on 28 aug. 2019
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New Life and Other Beginnings
Jazz - Released by Edition Records on 27 okt. 2017
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo