Jukka Eskola

Finnish trumpet player Jukka Eskola specializes in groove-oriented jazz, modernized fusion, soul-jazz, bossa nova, and other rhythmically focused styles with a smooth sound and energetic improvisation. Eskola emerged in the '90s performing with the Nuspirit Helsinki collective, and became a member of the Five Corners Quintet before releasing his self-titled debut album in 2005, featuring saxophonist Timo Lassy. After another album with the same quintet, Walkover (2009), he recorded a bossa nova album called Orquesta Bossa which combined a jazz quintet with a string quartet. In...