Do you like blazing bop lines with a gypsy flavor? Or blazing gypsy jazz with a bop flavor? Then you will like Olli Soikkelli. He’s Finnish, but lives here in NYC, so we called him up. He’s stopping by tomorrow!
Olli’s style has shades of what Django became in his later years, which I personally think was pretty cool even though it was more bop then the style he pioneered and is known for. Either way you slice it, Olli’s technical chops and harmony knowledge are fire:
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I think what we’re going to see here is a crosspicking technique similar to Martin Miller but more arm / wrist than fingers. That’s my guess anyway. Looking forward to it!
Anything you’d like to know about him, let us know here and we’ll ask him!
