Constellations North of Kallio Ensemble

• 1 Celestial Heights 05:01
• 2 September 05:15
• 3 Kallio 05:39
• 4 Equilibrium 04:45
• 5 Prelude to Spring 01:47
• 6 Spring 04:18
• 7 Ferriswheel 07:57
• 8 I Wish I Was Her 04:09
• Total Runtime 38:51

Info for Constellations

North of Kallio Ensemble shakes up the Helsinki jazz scene with catchy songs, top class musicianship, energy and a world class vocalist.

When the winner of the Finnish leg of the Eurovision song contest (with the duo Norma John), a finalist for the Voice of Finland and two stalwarts of the Finnish jazz scene come to together to form a band, it's bound to be interesting. North of Kallio Ensemble shakes up the Helsinki jazz scene with catchy songs, top class musicianship, energy and a world class vocalist.

Constellations was released by Eclipse Music in March 2023. The album’s three singles include Ferris Wheel feat. Jukka Eskola (recent Jazz Musician of the Year award winner), Equilibrium and Kallio.



The band describes their music like this: ”Our music is nordic jazz with cinematic soundscapes. You can hear influences from all of the members musical jurneys through out the years. There are big emotions, fragile moments, all the colors of life.”



The name, North Of Kallio Ensemble, is a play on SoHo (South of Houston Street) in New York. Kallio, like SoHo in NY used to be, is a kind of bohemian part of the city that is open minded, where musicians and all kinds of artist come together to celebrate art and life. When they started this band, all of them lived north of this are, so therefore they became North Of Kallio Ensemble, simple as that.

Jennie Storbacka, vocals
Lasse Piirainen, piano, keyboards
Ville Herrala, bass
Tuomas Timonen, drums
Guest:
Jukka Eskola, trumpet (track 7)

Jennie Storbacka
is a singer with over fifteen years of experience. She is a very skilled vocalist who works with the top musicians in Finland. Because of her versatility she is booked for a lot of different occasions, everything from jazz-gigs in smokey cellars to soloist in concerts with symphony orchestras. Jennie was asked to sing at the Presidential Ball in 2018 together with Mikael Saari and Kaartin Combo, which is one of the most prestigious honors as a singer in Finland. ​

In 2015 she competed in the Voice of Finland and made it all the way to the finals and third place which made her a household name for people watching the show.

Jennie has also released music under the name Jennie Von Storbacka. ​

Jennie also works as a background vocalist if needed. She has great musical knowledge and is very precise both rhythmically and pitch-wise which makes her perfect for the job.

Due to her work in musical theatre (see actress) she can easily pick up choreography and dance while singing.

This album contains no booklet.