Jimi Tenor Band – Two-Day Residency

About this event

Very pleased to welcome back the great Finnish musician and composer, Jimi Tenor for a two-day residency - this time with full band! Tenor has never settled for the traditional role of a pop artist. A musician whose work lies beyond current trends, Tenor is also as a performer who combines the finest elements of afro-american music, spontaneous silliness and shameless glamour in an style all his own. "During the pandemic years, Tenor decided to look for fellow musicians in his Finnish hometown of Helsinki to form a new band. As it was impossible to go to a rehearsal room or studio, the sessions took place in Jimi's kitchen as pure a cappella rehearsals. To this day, all band members are singing at the live concerts. In recent years, the band consisting of Eeti Nieminen, Heikki Tuhkanen, Ekow Alabi Savage, Lauri Kallio and Jimi Tenor has already played numerous club and festival gigs together, but had not yet released an album. Recording for the band's debut began at Lauri Kallio's studio in Kiikala, Finland. This quickly resulted in the eight songs that now make up ‘Selenites, Selenites!’ As so often in the world of Jimi Tenor, it's about space, dimensions and – of course – love, conveyed in that energetic and captivating way that makes it impossible to resist this music. Also featured on the track ‘Shine All Night’ is Tenor's second collaboration with Florence Adooni, the queen of Ghanaian frafra gospel. ‘Selenites, Selenites!’ is an impressive debut that showcases a group of virtuoso musicians in absolute joy of playing and exploring new sonic connections. This is not just any Afro-jazz album, but an extraordinary journey into a raw and unadulterated sound, as if you were standing right in front of the stage while listening to the record." – Daniel Jahn, August 2025