JUSSI LEHTONEN
Genres: Post Bop, Hard Bop, Classic Fusion • Finland

Jussi Lehtonen (b. 1977) appeared to the jazz scene of Helsinki in 1997 as he started his studies at the Pop & Jazz Conservatory where he moved to the jazz department of Sibelius Academy in fall 2000. During the last years of 1990s Lehtonen played in many bands, such as altosaxophonist Janne Huttunen's Uncle Bop and Janne Huttunen's and guitarist Mikko Kosonen's The Homer. In 2001 Lehtonen recorded with the Kaisa Kulmala Trio and with pianist Tuomo Prättälä and bassist Lauri Porra in the Bonksters-band. The first recording for the drummer was though already in 1999 on guitarist Tuomo Dahlblom's debut album that was however released in 2002, in the same year as Helsinki Sessions by U-Street All Stars. Besides the busy U-Street All Stars band, Lehtonen has had time and energy to play also in other bands, for example in Kannaste-Ojajärvi Quartet and bassist Lasse Lindgren's Brotherhood. The first own project read more...