Jarmo Ilari Saari (born 14 March 1970) is

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

guitarist A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselv ...

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

and

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. He has played in the bands XL, ZetaBoo and Anna-Mari Kähärän orkesteri as well as published three solo records as a part of his Solu-project. In 2012 Jarmo Saari founded the band Jarmo Saari Republic together with three drummers. In 2012 Saari was also awarded with the Finland Award (Finnish: Suomi-palkinto) for his artistic work. Saari was born in

Kauniainen Kauniainen (; sv, Grankulla) is a small town and a municipality of inhabitants () in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, Finland. It is surrounded and enclaved by the City of Espoo, in the Capital Region of Greater Helsinki. Kauniainen was founded ...

, Finland. When he was a child, Saari sung in a choir and played the

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

and

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the Standing wave, air column ...

. He received his first

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

at the age of ten, and it later became his main instrument. In 1992 Saari begun his studies at the Jazz Department of

Sibelius Academy The Sibelius Academy ( fi, Taideyliopiston Sibelius-Akatemia, sv, Sibelius-Akademin vid Konstuniversitetet) is part of the University of the Arts Helsinki and a university-level music school which operates in Helsinki and Kuopio, Finland. It als ...

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, where he studied the guitar and composing. Saari graduated as a Master of Music in 1999. His graduate concert at the Savoy Theatre in Helsinki was an audiovisual experience. Jarmo Saari is best known for his contributions in Finnish

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

music. Jarmo Saari's style has been described as visual, and his compositions combine the guitar, human voice and rare instruments in a multidimensional way. Saari performed as a solo artist for the first time in 2000. His solo project goes by the name Jarmo Saari Solu (English: Jarmo Saari Cell). Jarmo Saari has worked together with multiple notable Finnish musicians such as

Jukka Perko Jukka Perko (born 18 February 1968 in Huittinen, Finland) is a Finnish saxophonist. Biography Perko first became known in Finland by playing at the 1986 Pori Jazz Festival. His international career started when he played in the big band of Dizz ...

, Anna-Mari Kähärä, Emma Salokoski,

UMO Jazz Orchestra 250px, UMO Jazz Orchestra UMO Jazz Orchestra is a Finnish big band. It was founded in 1975 by jazz musicians Heikki Sarmanto and Esko Linnavalli. UMO is an abbreviation of "Uuden Musiikin Orkesteri" (New Musical Orchestra). Since 1984 UMO has bee ...

and

Tuomari Nurmio Judge Bone, Tuomari Nurmio, is the artist name of Hannu Juhani Nurmio (b. 1950 in Helsinki), a Finnish rock singer and songwriter. Work Since his debut album, Nurmio has been regarded one of the most original Finnish singer-songwriters. His l ...

. Saari has also composed music for numerous Finnish movies and collaborated with choreographer

Tero Saarinen Tero Kalevi Saarinen (born September 7, 1964, in Pori, Finland”Saarinen, Tero Kalevi”, ''Kuka kukin on: Henkilötietoja nykypolven suomalaisista 2011'', p. 869. Helsinki: Otava, 2011. . ) is a Finnish dance artist and choreographer, and Artis ...

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External links

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Jarmo Saari’s Web site.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saari, Jarmo Living people Finnish guitarists Finnish male guitarists Finnish composers Finnish male composers Finnish record producers People from Kauniainen 1970 births Sibelius Academy alumni