{"id":9,"date":"2008-09-09T17:16:10","date_gmt":"2008-09-09T14:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.miasimanainen.info\/blogi\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2020-03-02T23:18:52","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T21:18:52","slug":"ahava","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.miasimanainen.info\/blogi\/ahava\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahava"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"color:#931111\" class=\"has-text-color\"><em>\u201dSimanaisen s\u00e4vellyksiss\u00e4 ja ilmaisussa sekoittuu luontevasti kotoinen etnisyys kunnianhimoiseen laululyriikan perinteeseen.\u201d<\/em> -Helsingin Sanomat 2001<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mia Simanainen, laulu<br>Kari \u201dSonny\u201d Heinil\u00e4, tenorisaksofoni ja huilut<br>Kari Ikonen, piano<br>Ville Herrala, kontrabasso<br>Mika Kallio, rummut<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/73842118&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#881010\" class=\"has-text-color\">\u2026<em>\u201dSiin\u00e4p\u00e4 sinivalkoista bluesia, puuvillapellot ja kaskimaat sulassa sovussa. Musiikissakin yhdistyi musta multa ja ensilumen raikkaus.\u201d<\/em> -Karjalainen &#8211; Valtakunnalliset Jazzp\u00e4iv\u00e4t Joensuussa 2012<\/p>\n\n\n<p><!--:fi--><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahava on vanhaa suomen kielt\u00e4 ja tarkoittaa purevan kylm\u00e4\u00e4 kev\u00e4ttuulta. Sattumoisin sana l\u00f6ytyy my\u00f6s heprean kielest\u00e4 merkiten rakkautta.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--:--><\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#9c1616\" class=\"has-text-color\"><em>\u201dAhava shines with a beautiful sunny Sunday morning light. I would be tempted not to even call it jazz, but instead describe it as musical conversations between voice, piano, saxophone and percussion.\u201d<\/em> -New World Finn, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mia Simanaisen v. 1999 perustama ja h\u00e4nen musiikkiaan esitt\u00e4v\u00e4 yhtye on levytt\u00e4nyt kaksi albumia: \u201dAhava\u201d (Fiasko Records 2001) ja \u201dMatka\u201d (Eclipse Music 2012). Yhtye teki my\u00f6s kaksi musiikkivideota Otto Donnerin Yle TV1:lle tuottamassa sarjassa \u201cJazz Goes\u2026\u201d, josta on julkaistu &nbsp;DVD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lis\u00e4ksi Ahava on esitt\u00e4nyt kahta muuta ohjelmaa: \u2019Ahavan Psalmit\u2019 (2002) sek\u00e4 \u2019Ahava &amp; Jouset\u2019 (2005), jonka Yle livetaltioi v. 2008. Yhtye teki useita kiertueita, Suomen lis\u00e4ksi Ruotsissa, Saksassa, Ranskassa ja Tsekiss\u00e4. Kiertueita tuotti my\u00f6s Vapaat \u00c4\u00e4net \u2013 Charles Gil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#9a1111\" class=\"has-text-color\"><em>\u201dAhava yhdist\u00e4\u00e4 luontevasti jazzyhtyeen ilmaisun ja suomalaisen runouden; syntyy poikkeuksellisen omintakeinen nykyjazzin ja kirjallisuuden yhdistelm\u00e4.\u201d<\/em> (Pohjolan Sanomat)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5>Ahava<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mia Simanainen, voice<br>Kari \u201dSonny\u201d Heinil\u00e4, tenor saxophone &amp; flutes<br>Kari Ikonen, piano<br>Ville Herrala, double bass<br>Mika Kallio, drums<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#901313\" class=\"has-text-color\"><em>\u201dAhava shines with a beautiful sunny Sunday morning light. I would be tempted not to even call it jazz, but instead describe it as musical conversations between voice, piano, saxophone and percussion.\u201d<\/em> -New World Finn, USA 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in 1999 and later propped up with double bass, Ahava performs Finnish poetry woven into a musical fabric by its leader Mia Simanainen. Ahava has produced two albums, a debut \u2019Ahava\u2019 (Fiasko Records 2001), and \u2019Matka\u2019 (Eclipse Music 2012). The second album, also highly acclaimed by critics, created a beautifully balanced synthesis of a Finnish modernist Helvi Juvonen\u2019s poems and jazz music with a scent of Finnish soil. Ahava&#8217;s visionary instrumentalists ensured expressive and elegant outcome and strong cohesion within the band members, music and lyrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahava toured in Finland, France, Germany, Sweden and Czech. Part of the concerts were accompanied with a string quartet. Concerts were also produced by Vapaat \u00c4\u00e4net &#8211; Charles Gil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#a30a0a\" class=\"has-text-color\"><em>\u201dBy digging into alternate traditions, Ahava has unearthed new stories and fresh emotions that enrich and expand the jazz vocal idiom. The mysteries and music of Ahava linger, and after each listening grow deeper.\u201d<\/em> -All About Jazz, USA 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-soundcloud wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lilya (This beautiful moment) by Mia Simanainen\" width=\"525\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F133337123&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=525&#038;maxheight=788&#038;dnt=1\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/74106088&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201dSimanaisen s\u00e4vellyksiss\u00e4 ja ilmaisussa sekoittuu luontevasti kotoinen etnisyys kunnianhimoiseen laululyriikan perinteeseen.\u201d -Helsingin Sanomat 2001 Mia Simanainen, lauluKari \u201dSonny\u201d Heinil\u00e4, tenorisaksofoni ja huilutKari Ikonen, pianoVille Herrala, kontrabassoMika Kallio, rummut \u2026\u201dSiin\u00e4p\u00e4 sinivalkoista bluesia, puuvillapellot ja kaskimaat sulassa sovussa. Musiikissakin yhdistyi musta multa ja ensilumen raikkaus.\u201d -Karjalainen &#8211; Valtakunnalliset Jazzp\u00e4iv\u00e4t Joensuussa 2012 Ahava on vanhaa suomen kielt\u00e4 ja &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miasimanainen.info\/blogi\/ahava\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ahava&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1499,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miasimanainen.info\/blogi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miasimanainen.info\/blogi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miasimanainen.info\/blogi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miasimanainen.info\/blogi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miasimanainen.info\/blogi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":86,"href":"https:\/\/www.miasimanainen.info\/blogi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1980,"href":"https:\/\/www.miasimanainen.info\/blogi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/1980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miasimanainen.info\/blogi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miasimanainen.info\/blogi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}