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Albums

Jazz Capital of the World

Mika Pohjola with Matt Penman, Roberto Dani

Mika Pohjola is a modern day jazz stylist and innovator who has assimilated the entirety of the jazz tradition, and much of the early 20th century classical one, and turned it on its head with an individual voice that swings deep, wide, and melodically. With his trio that includes bassist Matt Penman and drummer Roberto Dani, this immigrant New Yorker composes music that is equal parts hard bop,...
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News & Reviews

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Musicians

Matt Penman

hails from Auckland, New Zealand where he started playing bass at the age of 14. A scholarship from Berklee saw him move to the States in 1994 and to New York soon after that where he maintains a busy performing, recording and teaching schedule. He is currently an established member of the SFJazz Collective, an 8–piece composer's collective devoted to presenting the original works of its members as well as arrangements by the band of a different jazz great's work every year. The...