DeutschKalle Kalima
guitar
Kalle Kalima (b. 1973 in Helsinki, Finland) has worked with trumpeters Tomasz Stanko and Leo Wadada Smith, sax players Juhani Aaltonen, Anthony Braxton, Frank Gratkowski and Mikko Innanen, trombonist Conny Bauer, bass players Greg Cohen, Sirone and Chris Jennings, guitarist Marc Ducret, composers Michael Wertmüller and Simon Stockhausen, pianist Jason Moran, drummers Jim Black and Tony Allen and singers Andreas Schaerer, Jelena Kuljic, Theresa Kronthaler, Claron Macfadden, Linda Sharrock as well as with Ensemble Resonanz, B'Rock, NDR Big Band and Jazzanova DJs. Kalima has been working intensively with the Swiss virtuoso vocalist Andreas Schaerer in recent years. They released "Evolution" (ACT) with Tim Lefebvre in 2023 and toured in trio and duo. Further new releases in 2024 are "Halogen" (We Jazz) by Lampen (duo with drummer Tatu Rönkkö) and "Ilmonique" (Tyxart Records) by duo with pianist Achim Kaufmann. The album "Flying like Eagles" with Knut Reiersrud on guitar, Jim Black on drums and Phil Donkin on bass was released in 2019 and the record release concert was in the Philharmonie of Berlin. Kalima's Trio "Long Winding Road" with bass player Greg Cohen (Tom Waits, Ornette Coleman) and Max Andrzejewski was touring in 2016 with the "High Noon" album (ACT). The group Klima Kalima with Oliver Steidle and Oliver Potratz won "Neuer Deutscher Jazzpreis" in 2008 and has released five albums. Kalima is a member of "A Novel of Anomaly" (with Andreas Schaerer, drummer Lucas Niggli and accordionist Luciano Biondini). Kalima is a member of ROKC quartet (album ROWK) with Ronny Graupe (gtr), Oli Steidle (drs) and Chris Pitsiokes (sax). The trio "Johnny La Marama" with Eric Schaefer (drs) and Chris Dahlgren (bs) has released 4 albums and has collaborated with Novoflot Opera company. Kalima received the "Ted Curson" prize of Pori jazz festival (FI) in 2016. He is a member of the group "Kuu" with Christian Lillinger, Jelena Kuljic and Frank Möbus. Kalima is a professor of jazz guitar at the university of Lucerne since 2017.
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