Juhani Aaltonen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Juhani Aaltonen

Finnish jazz saxophonist and flautist.

Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1935

Place of Birth: Kouvola, Southern Finland Province, Finland

Profession: composer, saxophonist, flautist, jazz musician

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Juhani Aaltonen

  • Juhani Aaltonen (born December 12, 1935) is a Finnish jazz saxophonist and flautist.Born in Kouvola, Finland, he studied at Sibelius Academy and Berklee College of Music.
  • He began playing professionally at the end of the 1950s.
  • He played in a sextet led by Heikki Rosendahl during that time, and then studied flute performance at the Sibelius Academy and in the U.S.
  • at the Berklee College of Music.
  • Moving back to Finland, he settled in Helsinki and began working both as a session musician and with fusion groups.
  • Later in the 1960s he formed a duo with Edward Vesala, as well as in the group Eero Koivistoinen for four years.
  • He played with Tasavallan Presidentti in their earlier days, including for their first, eponymous, album.
  • He recorded with Thad Jones and Mel Lewis and with Heikki Sarmanto in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and his first album as a soloist, Etiquette, was released in 1974. In 1975, he became a member of the New Music Orchestra, and worked with the Nordic All Stars, Arild Andersen, and Peter Brƶtzmann later in the 1970s.
  • The 1980s saw him working with the UFO Big Band, Jan Garbarek, Charlie Mariano, and others.
  • He was granted a 15-year state grant from Finland in the mid-1980s.
  • In 1983 he rejoined Tasavallan Presidentti, and has recorded and toured with them since.
  • He led a touring quartet from 1990 to 1992 with Olli Ahvenlahti, Heikki Virtanen and Reino Laine.
  • Aaltonen and Heikki Sarmanto released a duo recording, Rise, in 2001; in 2003 Aaltonen's trio album Mother Tongue won a Jazz-Emma in Finland.
  • Aaltonen continues to teach at the annual NilsiƤ Music Camp.

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