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Eero Koivistoinen (born January 13, 1946), one of the all-time greats in Finnish jazz and saxophone, arrived in the Finnish jazz scene in the mid-60s. Ever since, he has been one of the most distinguished and trusted jazz musicians in Finland. Eero’s interest in music began at an early age, his first choices being classical and the violin. At sixteen, the violin was put aside in favour of the alto saxophone. Later on he switched to the tenor and soprano saxophones. Barely in his twenties, Koivistoinen was already a familiar face in Helsinki’s burgeoning jazz clubs.I n his native Finland Koivistoinen has worked with nearly every Finnish jazz musician and a great number of ensembles. The list of his foreign co-players has names like this: Dizzy Gillespie, Jack DeJohnette, Idrees Sulieman, Clifford Jordan, Dexter Gordon, Art Farmer, Gil Evans, Thad Jones, Billy Hart, George Russell, Mike Gibbs, ... https://eerokoivistoinen.com/pages/
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