Jorma Kalevi Louhivuori (J.K.L) was born in 1984 into a small town called Orivesi.
When he was one year old his family moved to a bigger city, Jyv�skyl�.
He grew up in a musical family. Everyone of his family is a professional musician (and most of his cousins too :).
Kalevi�s first instrument at the age of 9 was the drumset. Few years
later his mother gave him a trumpet. First years he didn�t really
practise but because of his attraction to a beautiful girl on his
class who played cornet, he decided to practise more to get her
attention :)
His elder brother Olavi is one of the most important reasons for
Kalevi to start listening to Jazz. When he was 15 years old, Olavi
already had a jazz trio (Joona Toivanen trio) which had gigs
all over Finland. Kalevi played 6-years every Tuesday and Saturday in the
Jazz Bar with the trio in a jam session. This experience gave him new perspectives
on how to play/do music.
These days Kalevi has many own bands for examble Sun-trio, which won the
Young Nordic Jazz Competition held in Reykjavik, Iceland, in October 2006. He also got the soloist prize in the competition. CAM JAZZ RECORDS is releasing second album on spring 2011. His second big project "Yona & Orkesteri Liikkuvat Pilvet" released second album in may 2011, and by checking www.myspace.com/yonalou you�ll hear his varieties in music. The Northern Governors which has been signed to BLUE NOTE is his newest band. Almost all of the band memebers are his cousins which includes Tuomo Pr�tt�l�, Osmo Ikonen, Petteri & Jyri Sariola, Heikki Tuhkanen and Linda Fredriksson. This spectacle will be heard in the future.:-)
Kalevi has been touring and giving workshops around the world, for example in Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Africa, United States and all around Europe.
He is also a composer, arranger, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator and producer.
He�s composing music for various ensembles including big bands. Hes not only creating new elements to jazz but also to R&B, funk, reggae, afrobeat, hip-hop, soul, ska, acoustic music, you name it!
He has performed with many famous musicians such as Bob Mintzer, Al Foster, Sean Jones, Terell Stafford, Bryan Lynch, Jukka Perko, Teppo M�kynen, Ingrid Jensen, Dave Liedman, Hugh Masekela, Randy Brecker, just to name a few. You can hear his sound in various bands such as Sun trio, Yona & Orkesteri Liikkuvat Pilvet, The Orgones, My�h�-quartet, Pentagon (Suvanne), Space Machine, KingPin, The Smalls, Ricky Tick Big Band etc.
KALEVI GOT THE 2ND PRICE AT THE 2009 CARMINE CARUSO INTERNATIONAL JAZZ TRUMPET SOLO COMPETITION . THE JURY INCLUDED THREE JAZZ STARS:
TERELL STAFFORD, BRYAN LYNCh, SEAN JONES
COMPETITION WAS HELD IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA ON 10TH OF 10TH 2009.
Young Nordic Jazz Comets Competition Jury:
"AN OUTSTANDING PERSONAL SOLOIST, ADDING NEW DIMENSIONS TO HIS INSTRUMENT BOTH TECHNICALLY AND MUSICWISE."
YNJC Jury about Kalevis SUN-trio:
" A COMPLETE GROUP WITH SKILFULL AND DYNAMIC PLAYING, CREATING A MUSICAL SPACE OF THEIR OWN, - IN THE GREAT LYRICAL NORDIC TRADITION."
An article on ALL ABOUT JAZZ by Anthony TS Shaw:
"THE SUN TRIO MIGHT BE SAID TO APPROXIMATE THE STYLE OF BRITISH ARTIST DAVID HOCKNEY"
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article_print.php?id=32310
