Oaagaada – Oag-ada

Considering the total wipe-out the world has suffered in 2020, We Jazz have released some lovely bits and, this avant-garde beauty is no exception.

We Jazz Records continues their 7″ series with a new release by Oaagaada, a fresh quartet from the rural parts of Southern Finland. “Oag-ada / A Swimming Trip” presents the band’s ability to create fiery and flowing jazz music with strong avantgarde leanings. Think Art Ensemble Of Chicago on their groovy mode and add a strong DIY mentality, four people in a room creating music in the now. The lows are low and the highs are high, with the trumpet firmly on the red, adding just the right amount of blurriness into the picture. Perhaps it’s not “lo-fi jazz” per se, but rather music which is more concerned with other things than the cleanest of hi-fi imagery. This is “real jazz for real people”.

The quartet includes Tuure Tammi (trumpet), Sami Pekkola (sax), Tero Kemppainen (bass) and Simo Laihonen (drums).