P A U L I
L Y Y T I N E N
saxophonist | composer
contact paulilyyti(a)gmail.com
Pauli Lyytinen: Lehto | Korpi
We Jazz Records
Winner of Jazz Emma (Finnish grammy) for the best jazz album of the year 2024
"Majesteettisuuteen saakka kiirivä julkaisu on koskettava elämys." 5*/5*
- Juha Seitz, Ilkka-Pohjalainen 9/2024
"Lehto / Korpi is creatively imagined and beautifully performed journey of adventure, its shades of light and dark sparkling equally in its unfettered garden of earthly delights." 4*/5*
- Mike Gates, UK Vibe 9/2024
"The sax is a human-powered machine, and in Lyytinen's case, there's plenty of power involved. He's a versatile player whose improv ranges from romantic melodicism to harrowing free exploration."
- Wif Stenger, Zoning Magazine 2024 (issue 13)
"Lyytinen succeeds in suggesting a vivid, touching and imaginative journey through the beautiful, quiet natural ambiance of Finnish nature with its elusive colors. Lehto / Korpi echoes love and respect for this inspiring natural environment. A highly immersive listening experience."
- salt Peanuts 1/2025
ABOUT
Pauli Lyytinen is a Finnish saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist/improviser/composer/band-leader who's known for his uncompromising work on rhythm and art music that transcends borders. Throughout his 20-year artistic career Lyytinen has released over 30 albums with his own groups, performed at hundreds of prestigious clubs and festivals in 35 countries around the globe and collaborated with numerous international top musicians and other performing artists.
active groups led/co-led by Lyytinen:
Pauli Lyytinen (solo) | Niillas Holmberg & Pauli Lyytinen | Magnetia Orkesteri | Pauli Lyytinen Rabbit Hole
Elifantree | Sole Azul | Equally Stupid | Symbiocene
QUOTES:
"Lyytinen's playing has such liveliness and class that you can listen to him for all evening without getting bored for a moment." - Written in Music
"The Pauli Lyytinen Magnetia Orkesteri's tremendously exciting performance epitomized all that is good about contemporary jazz." - All About Jazz
"Elifantree! What a glorious, mad, brilliant display! If jazz went mad and invented a new kind of cake, this would be it. I smiled all the way through!"
- The Sound and The Fury
"Saxophonist Pauli Lyytinen is the driving force behind numerous ensembles, a musician who's concert never lets one down. Along with his memorable live performances, his recorded catalogue is respectable, both wide and of marvellously high-class. Lyytinen is inevitably becoming one of the absolute greats of the Finnish jazz."
- Suomijazz