@esao.bsky.social
ENG: Musician (jazz/improvised music) & doctoral researcher (University of the Arts Helsinki). FIN: Muusikko (jazz/improvisoitu musiikki) & väitöstutkija (Taideyliopisto). onttonen.info See also: @gourmet.band
It's @bandcamp.com Friday! I have a couple of recent releases there, so this is a perfect time to do some shopping:
1. Esa Onttonen Labra (released in October 2025):
esaonttonen.bandcamp.com/album/esa-on...
#jazz #jazzsky #improvisation #livecomposition #hammondorgan #electricguitar
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
2026 > 2025.
31.12.2025 22:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Voiko tätä kuunnella muualta kuin Spotifysta?
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Congress Allocates $500 Million For Development Of Funkier Bass Lines https://theonion.com/congress-allocates-500-million-for-development-of-funk-1819579171/
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Kuvakaappaus Ilkka-Pohjalainen -lehdessä julkaistusta levyarviosta.
Nykyään kun perinteisessä mediassa ei enää juuri kirjoiteta levyarvioita, varsinkaan jazzista — omien laskujeni mukaan Hesarissa on vuoden 2025 aikana julkaistu yhden kotimaisen jazzlevyn arvio — ilahduttaa, että Ilkka-Pohjalainen on julkaissut Juha Seitzin arvion uudesta levystäni.
#MusaSky
On täällä näkynyt videoita, mutta saattaa olla jotain koko/kestorajoituksia.
05.12.2025 21:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
2. Gourmet - Symposium (released in May 2025):
gourmetband.bandcamp.com/album/sympos...
#jazz #jazzsky #accordion #tuba #saxophone #guitar #drums #trombone
It's @bandcamp.com Friday! I have a couple of recent releases there, so this is a perfect time to do some shopping:
1. Esa Onttonen Labra (released in October 2025):
esaonttonen.bandcamp.com/album/esa-on...
#jazz #jazzsky #improvisation #livecomposition #hammondorgan #electricguitar
Viikon päästä eli maanantaina 10.11. Labra-yhtyeeni esiintyy Hietsu is Happening!:issä. Sitä ennen Habbestad & Soini.
#musataivas #artisticresearch
www.hietsunpaviljonki.fi/tapahtumia/h...
Tänään! Vielä ehtii!
23.10.2025 11:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Kuvassa on Gourmet-yhtyeen jäsenet ja teksti "To 23.10. klo 19 Gourmet Symposium -levynjulkaisukonsertti, liput: 15/20 €".
Milloin olet viimeksi kuullut Gourmet'ia livenä? 25 vuotta sitten? Et koskaan?
Nyt on harvinainen (*) tilaisuus, sillä yhtye soittaa torstaina 23.10. klo 19 Malmitalolla vuoden ainoan keikkansa, jossa juhlitaan uutta Symposium-albumia (LP myynnissä keikalla!)
(*) Edelliset keikat olivat v. 2023!
Streaming: orcd.co/esaonttonenl...
07.10.2025 17:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bandcamp: esaonttonen.bandcamp.com/album/esa-on...
07.10.2025 17:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I made an album and as a social media amateur forgot to tell about it here. It's called Esa Onttonen Labra (the name of the group) and it's out now on digital platforms and as a vinyl LP. Other musicians: Jarmo Saari (g), Antti Kujanpää (org), Mikael Myrskog (keyb) and Joonas Riippa (drs).
#jazzsky
This has a great Mike Gibbs horn arrangement! I believe I still have a copy of the condensed score Mike used for an arranging lecture back in the 1990s.
04.10.2025 20:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0A man of a certain middle age receiving his longawaited pre-ordered @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social album "Rainy Sunday Afternoon" today = 👍👍👍👍👍
Happy to also have the deluxe edition 2CD with tracks from the Barbican 2022 concerts, which I attended!
Yes, it has a couple of great tracks but not quite as solid as Nuclear Nightclub.
Being, the album they did in 1974 before the Virgin deal, is probably my personal favorite alongside N.N. With a different main singer and songwriter, it's dark and murky, less pop and more "progressive" than N.N.
A great album! Often getting the top spot(s) in Finnish best album rankings (Disclaimer: I'm a Finn).
17.09.2025 14:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A person is sitting and talking behind a laptop and holding a vinyl album in his hands. A TV screen displays a slide from his presentation.
Just had a presentation at the Rhythm Changes "Jazz Futures" conference in Amsterdam about certain aspects of my upcoming album (more about that later).
Additionally, found some Mingus and Nascimento at Concerto record store to complement my collections!
#jazz #research #artisticresearch
A fantastic album! I also became a fan of Quarteto em cy due to this album.
23.08.2025 14:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Eilisen huominen on tänään eli Bandcamp Friday nyt!
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Huomenna on Bandcamp Friday, jolloin kaikki roposet ohjautuvat artisteille. Tässäpä oiva tilaisuus hankkia digikokoelmiin Gourmet'n uunituore "Symposium", jota ei diginä muualta löydy! (Vinyyliversio: esim. Levykauppa Äx).
#musasky
gourmetband.bandcamp.com/album/sympos...
Breaks in the stream
In a new Against The Grain column, Derek Walmsley argues that Spotify's partial catalogue of underground genres such as grime and jungle distorts listeners’ understanding of their history
@derekwalmsley.bsky.social
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...
WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Hieno levy!
24.05.2025 16:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Here's "Pink Camel", the closing track from our upcoming album "Symposium", recorded live at @glivelabhelsinki.bsky.social in 2017!
Line-up: Mikko Innanen (sax), Esa Onttonen (gtr), Veli Kujala (acc), Ilmari Pohjola (trb), Petri Keskitalo (tuba), Mika Kallio (drs).
#jazz #jazzsky #camels
I've been re-listening to old Elton John albums from the early 1970's, when he really had a good run with superb albums such as Tumbleweed Connection.
I'm especially fond of the arrangements by Paul Buckmaster, who also worked on Miles Davis' "On The Corner" - quite a different beast!
What's the best thing to be found in a mailbox? A new Jean-Claude Vannier album! You can call me a fan: my pre-ordered CD copy of "Jean-Claude Vannier et son orchestre de mandolines" on @ipecac.com arrived today.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Dalai Lama Revises Claim Life Only Suffering When Not Listening To Golden-Era Supertramp
Dalai Lama Revises Claim Life Only Suffering When Not Listening To Golden-Era Supertramp theonion.com/dalai-l...
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