Olavi Louhivuori - Finnish Jazz Drummer

Olavi trio and Friends!

olavi — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:02:04 +0000

Tonight is a very special night, when Olavi trio and Friends will perform together for the first time ever! Check the whole program Read more

Katharsis!

olavi — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:49:37 +0000

I’m playing a very special duo-set with great Valtteri Pöyhönen on thursday 16th Feb in Club Liberte, Helsinki. It’s going to be a totally improvised set with keyboards, computers, drums and who-knows-what. It’s our first performance ever, so it’s surely going to be a surprise for us too! The evening will start with a young and enthusiastic trio Virta. Welcome!

Recording with Claudio Filippini & Palle Danielsson

olavi — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:36:23 +0000

I will have a very exciting start for the year 2012, when I’ll join two amazing musicians for a recording session. It’s going to be a brand new project of an Italian pianist Claudio Filippini with me on drums and Swedish Palle Danielsson on bass. The sessions will take place at Bauer Studios (Germany) between 10-12 January, and will be produced/released by Cam Jazz Records.

@ Radio Helsinki on Wednesday 21st

olavi — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:31:13 +0000

I’ll be talking about music and other stuff with Njassa at Radio Helsinki next wednesday 21st of December at 17:00. Join us!

Japan!

olavi — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:33:03 +0000

Great first show yesterday at Pit Inn, Tokyo. I had the pleasure to play a duo opening with a great Norwegian bassist Steinar Raknes and we really had fun with Oddarrang! Today two more gigs and a heavy jet-lag. Always such a pleasure to come back to this amazing city!

Recording with Dave Stapleton & Brodowski String Quartet

olavi — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:39:14 +0000

I’ve been invited to record with Dave Stapleton’s new project “Polaroid” . The sessions will take place in Copenhagen between 7-9 December 2011 and it’s going to include Dave Stapleton (p), Dave Kane (db), Marius Neset (sax), me and Brodowski String Quartet. See more details from http://davestapleton.com/

TV and Radio

olavi — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:40:25 +0000

Hi everyone! I’m going to be talking about music and Oddarrang’s new album at Huomenta Suomi (MTV3) tomorrow at 9:05. On Saturday 3.12 Read more

Oddarrang’s new album Cathedral out 16th of November!

admin — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:04:18 +0000

Oddarrang’s second album Cathedral will be released in Finland on 16th of November by Texicalli Records. UK release through Edition/Harmonia Mundi will be on 5th of December. A very special album release performance with visuals by Oioi Collective will take place at Louhisali, Espoo (Finland) on 18th November. Buy tickets HERE

On my way to Nigeria

olavi — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:47:07 +0000

Tomorrow I’ll be traveling to Nigeria (Lagos) to give workshops and play concerts as part of an event Awesome Praise. I’m playing with a Polish/English/Finnish group Mira Opalinska International Quartet. Very excited!!

The release of Oddarrang’s song and video Prayer

olavi — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:43:08 +0000

Check out the beautiful video of a song Prayer by OiOi Collective from here