Timo Lassy

Timo Lassy is a Helsinki-born saxophonist, composer and bandleader whose albums In with Lassy and Live with Lassy were released by Schema Records.

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Lassy was born on 8 December 1974 in Helsinki and plays tenor saxophone and flute across jazz, soul jazz and Latin jazz. He was a member of U-Street All Stars and The Five Corners Quintet before forming the Timo Lassy Band, with which he has recorded six albums. The Soul & Jazz of Timo Lassy (2007) and Round Two (2009) came out on Ricky-Tick Records.

In with Lassy (2012) and Live with Lassy (2013) were released by Schema, whose Bandcamp page also lists the single Teddy The Sweeper / Where's The Man from 2020. Love Bullet (2015) and Moves (2018) followed on Membran. In with Lassy, Love Bullet and Moves were each nominated for Jazz Album of the Year at the Emma Gaala, and Moves won the award. He recorded the single The More I Look at You with José James in 2009 and the EP When the Devils Paid with Ed Motta in 2017.

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