Peela

Tickets 20/18 € + Tiketti service fee

Doors 6 pm / Concert 7 pm

Peela, a six-piece band of young-generation jazz virtuosos, performs compositions by guitarist-composer Johannes Granroth. The band's personal, supple groove draws on jazz, funk rock and neo-soul, and the musicians have room to play and improvise. The infectious rhythmic drive peaks especially in the instrumental numbers, while Maja Mannila's vocals add vivid colour to the whole.

Peela was founded in 2016 and released its debut album "Layers" in May 2018. The eagerly awaited second album "Stepping Stones" came out in September 2020. The band consists of Johannes Granroth (guitar, vocals, compositions), Severi Sorjonen (drums), Maja Mannila (keyboards, vocals), Sami Leponiemi (saxophone), Oliver Karttunen (bass) and Mikko Antila (percussion). ”Peela has wonderful band chemistry: it consists solely of strong personalities who nevertheless never overshadow one another. Together these talents are even more”, writes Pentti Ronkanen of the band's performance on Suomijazz.com.

”Layers is a fine debut that promises well for the future. The playing is precise, yet thankfully not as polished as is often the case in this jazz subgenre.” - Jan-Erik Holmberg, Hufvudstadsbladet 12 September 2018

Peela consists of six talented jazz musicians from the young generation, performing compositions by guitarist-composer Johannes Granroth. Their personal and flexible groove draws from jazz, funkrock and neo-soul and gives the musicians a lot of space to play around and improvise. Peela's compelling rhythms mostly end up into instrumental pieces, but occassionally Maja Mannila adds some sparkly and ornamental singing to the whole.