Sörkan Ruusu Tuesday Helsinki jamsession with the house and: Tuomo Uusitalo, Juuso Rinta, Roope Kantonen

Today's haul: Dyani Temiz Feza and John Klemmer. Now waiting for the weekly Sörkan Ruusu jamsession to begin...

One for the real heads - live free/kosmische/kraut from Tampere, Finland on Ultraääni Records. Only on Bandcamp for streaming, limited edition 500 LP run, some international record store availability e.g. Dusty Groove. Https://ultraaanirecords.ban…

After getting home from some business travel, I'm now sick. At least I have all this great music to spin I've acquired in the past two weeks or so while I rest.

Record shopping in Taipei today. Excellent jazz selection at Vinyl Decision, cool place too.

Tonight's live music in Espoo - Veli Kujala opens this Vapaat äänet -concert with solo accordion interpretations of the music of Jacques Brel.

Tuesday night jamsessions at Sörkan Ruusu Helsinki. House band today is Tuomo Uusitalo, Mikael Saastamoinen and Roope Kantola.

This weeks new Finnish jazz LPs. Singer Selma Savolainen's In the Shad came out in spring in digital, but LP out now and Joakim Berghäll's SOLO Coltrane with 7 John and 1 Alice tunes came out on the centennial day (streaming version is a 4-track EP version).

Tonight in Helsinki - Philip Glass Ensemble

Coltrane 100 today 💯

Saturday evening post-sauna chill: John Cale & Terry Riley, Terje Rypdal, Jone Takamäki, Nala Sinephro

Today's haul: Elifantree, Sleepy Sleepers, Gene Ammons & Bill Evans

I just realized the connection between Junior Dad and Harry's Circumcision. (Just Lou Reed things)

Today's Helsinki jazz culture: Thursdays Manala Afterwork Jazz features the usual houseband of Ville Luukkonen on drums, Jopnas Tuuri on bass and Arto Ikävalko on piano with special guest Mikko Antila on vibraphone. Don't miss Mikko's leader debut album Sinetti out now.

Today's vinyl haul: Pat Metheny Sode-eye III+, Ambrose Akinmusire & Mary Halvorson and Carlos Garnett Cosmos Nucleus reissue.

It's Tuesday and in Helsinki that means jazz jam sessions at Sörkan Ruusu. Today's houseband is Adele Sauros on tenor saxophone, Juuso Rinta on bass and Roope Kantonen on drums.

Today's vinyl splurge: first pressing Coltrane Ascension

Today's vinyl haul: Muriel Grossmann & Tõnu Naissoo, Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkestra & Avin Omar, rare Japanese Pharoah Sanders LP release and Eric Dolphy's Out There.