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” WITH SUCH A TALENT AS OLLI AROUND, THERE’S NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF GYPSY SWING IN SCANDINAVIA.”

– Andreas Öberg

 

” GYPSY JAZZ BECAME AN INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL DIALECT LONG AGO. OLLI SOIKKELI, ONE OF THE MOST ADEPT AND RESOURCEFUL CONTEMPORARY GUITARISTS IN THAT STILL POTENT IDIOM, HAILS FROM FINLAND.”

– The New Yorker

 

” OLLI SOIKKELI, A RIVETING FINNISH GUITARIST WHO COMBINES ASTONISHING DEXTERITY AND SPEED WITH PURE SOUL IN A WAY THAT PLACES HIM AMONG THE WORTHIEST CURRENT DAY SUCCESSORS TO THE LEGACY OF THE GREAT DJANGO.”

-The Wall Street Journal

 

“TRADITIONAL JAZZ TALENT FINNISH GUITARIST OLLI SOIKKELI.”

– Vanity Fair