Trio Töykeät (founded in 1988) was a

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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 m ...

trio. Their music ranges from humorous

ragtime Ragtime, also spelled rag-time or rag time, is a musical style that flourished from the 1890s to 1910s. Its cardinal trait is its syncopated or "ragged" rhythm. Ragtime was popularized during the early 20th century by composers such as Scott J ...

s to sentimental

waltz The waltz ( ), meaning "to roll or revolve") is a ballroom and folk dance, normally in triple ( time), performed primarily in closed position. History There are many references to a sliding or gliding dance that would evolve into the w ...

es. Their playing style is often rhythmic, energetic and virtuosic. The group disbanded in 2008

Members

* Iiro Rantala –

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

* Rami Eskelinen – drums *

Eerik Siikasaari Eerik Siikasaari (born 8 October 1957 in Finland) is a Finnish jazz bassist who is probably best known as a member of Trio Töykeät, a Finnish jazz trio. He is also the bassist of Espoo Big Band, and actively teaches music in Espoo-based Pop/Ja ...

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double bass The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra (excluding unorthodox additions such as the octobass). Similar i ...

Releases

*''Päivää'' (1990) *''

G'day G'day may refer to: * g'day, a greeting in Australian English * ''G'day'' (album), a 1993 album by Trio Töykeät See also * ''G'day G'day'' (album), a 1988 album by Slim Dusty ** "G'day G'day" (song), the title song * G-Day (disambiguation ...

'' (1993) ''(international re-release of Päivää)'' *''Jazzlantis'' (1995) *''Rappiolla'' (1997) *''Sisu'' (1997) *''Kudos'' (2000) *''Music!'' (2002) *''High Standards'' (2003) *'' Wake'' (2005) *''One Night in Tampere'' (2007)

External links

Homepage of Trio Töykeät
Finnish jazz ensembles Musical groups disestablished in 2008 {{Finland-band-stub