Artist Info: Markku Ounaskari

Markku Ounaskari, born 1967, is a well-known and much in-demand jazz drummer from Finland (journalist Petri Silas once wrote that it would be easier to list the Finnish ensembles with which Ounaskari has not played), but his listening and playing has never been limited by any strict definitions of jazz. Ounaskari has played with all the major Finnish jazz figures, and with international players including Lee Konitz, Kenny Wheeler, Tomasz Stanko and Marc Ducret. [read more...]