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Pekka Mikkonen Sax, Flute
 
Date of birth:
3.9.1977

Place of birth:
Espoo, Finland

Musical background:
Began playing the flute at age 8 in my home town of Porvoo. I went to a primary and music school back then, played in a couple of chamber music orchestras, and passed different levels of basic degrees. Later on, in lower secondary school, I got bored of the classical flute and switched to playing tenor sax. At that time I played in a local junior big band, as well as in a jazz quartet called Swing & Komppi Bois, which was formed by a group of good friends.

Our best show so far:
Perhaps the most memorable one is playing in front of audience of 26,000 at the Pori Jazz festival in July 2003. As far as solid playing goes, however, I’d have to go with our gig at Karmarock festival in Harjavalta, July 2002.

Best show you have seen:
Kraftwerk, Ice Hall, Helsinki, February 2004.

Favorite artists:
Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Florian Schneider, Ralf Hütter, Frank Sinatra, Charles Lloyd, Keith Jarrett, Tom Waits, John Coltrane, Astrud Gilberto, Chick Corea, David Paich, Herbert von Karajan.

First album you bought:
Dingo: Kerjäläisten valtakunta

Albums you grew up with:
All albums by Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Weather Report etc…

Favorite albums of all time:
Miles Davis: In a Silent Way
Kraftwerk: Computerwelt
Tom Waits: Mule Variations
Doors: L.A. Woman
Chick Corea: Return to Forever

Favorite books:
Charles Bukowski: Post Office
Alfred Döblin: Berlin Alexanderplatz
Tom Wolfe: Bonfire of Vanities
Milan Kundera: The Joke
Raymond Carver: Where I'm Calling From

Favorite movies:
Woody Allen: Manhattan
Jean-Pierre Melville: Le Cercle Rouge
Oliver Stone: Wall Street
David Lynch: Mulholland Drive

Favorite food:
Raw spiced whitefish with early harvest potatoes

Favorite drink:
Mineral water

Favorite time of the year:
Summer

Hobbies:
Reading, movies, television, concerts, gigs, the company of loved ones.

Life philosophy:
All is possible and likely...

Instruments and equipment:
Julius Keilwerth Tenor Saxophone (Modell Peter Ponzol)
W. T. Armstrong Flute (Silver Head)
Lacoste menswear

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