Karine Polwart | ja

Karine Hannah was born June 23rd 1978 in Montreal, Quebec. She's a gorgeous, powerhouse singer and has been compared to Celine Dion and Barbra Streisand, with a soulful raw edge. She was signed to Jim Steinman's label "Ravenous Records" part of the Sony group in 2001 and since then signed to Elektra records, and now a new deal with New York based label "Breaking Records". Karine has recently released an album entitled "I'll Be Alright". The songs are based on Sezen Aksu's music, who is Turkey's biggest superstar of all times. Sezen came to New York to work with Karine....

Drummer Jaska Lukkarinen formed his first own band, the Jaska Lukkarinen Trio, in 2005. This trio is known for its energetic live gigs and impressive ensemble work. In trio's music one can find diverse influences: the trio combines the rhythmics and the harmony of the American jazz tradition with the expression and sound of the European tradition. As a group, the saxophone trio creates different possibilities to vary their music with improvisation and compositions. For example Sonny Rollins' and Joe Henderson's trio recordings can be seen as the musical models for also Jaska Lukkarinen Trio. The missing harmony instrument has...