Kalle Lae

Album info 2022-25

Kalle Lae is a Finnish guitarist. In the 1970's Lae played in several bands such as Oiling Boiling, The Islanders, Jussi & The Boys, Help (Eero Raittinen), Karma and Smokings. Lae was also a session musician on albums of over 200 vocalists. In the 1980's Lae switched to playing only as a hobby. Lae's own favorite genres are jazz and especially blues. In 2022 he released a comeback album Deep in the Blues in which he interprets his favorite tunes with his jazz musician friends. In 2025 he released new material titled 6 String Mania, which included original jazz and r&b tunes. Albums available from lae.guitarist(at)gmail.com.

6 String Mania

Format: Digital EP, pubished 06/2025

Artist: Kalle Lae Genre: R&B, Jazz

Recording : Musapaahtimo / Hannu Lamminmäki

Track listing

1 Quarantine Boogaloo (Markku Renko) - FIAWH2500001

2 Venusian Crawl (Roger Freundlich, Markku Renko) - FIAWH2500002

3 Defender Of The Week (Roger Freundlich, Markku Renko) - FIAWH2500003

4 Sarcha's Soup (Kalle Lae) - FIAWH2500004

5 Chitlins Con Carne (Kenny Burrell) Voc. Ed White - FIAWH2500005

Personel

Kalle Lae – guitar

Markku Renko – trumpet (1,2,3)

Pentti Lahti – reeds, flutes (1,2,3)

Jarmo Rouvinen – reeds, flutes (1,2,3)

Juha-Matti Suominen – trombone (1,2)

Rob Dominis – keys (1,2,3,4)

Ilkka Hanski – bass (1,2,5)

Curt Quarnström – bass (4)

Timo Tuppurainen – double bass (3)

Juha Tanninen – percussions(1,2,3,5)

Henrik Björklöf – drums (all)

Ed White - vocals (5)

Deep In The Blues

Format: CD digipack, pubished 06/2022

Artist: Kalle Lae & Orchestra of BluezZ Genre: R&B, Jazz, Blues

Recording studio: Varistoteles / Markku Veijonsuo

Track listing

1 Señor blues (Horace Silver) - FIAWH2200001

2 Chitlins con carne (Kenny Burrell) - FIAWH2200002

3 Blues in orbit (Billy Strayhorn) - FIAWH2200003

4 Good morning little schoolgirl (Sonny Boy Williamson) - FIAWH2200004

5 Bésame mucho (Consuelo Velazquez) - FIAWH2200005

6 Ei hosista (Kalle Lae, Markku Renko) - FIAWH2200006

7 Caravan (Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol) - FIAWH2200007

8 I don't need no doctor (Armstead, Ashford, Simpson) - FIAWH2200008

Personel

Kalle Lae – guitar, vocals

Markku Renko – trumpet (1,3-8)

Pentti Lahti – reeds, flutes (1,3-8)

Mikko Mäkinen – reeds, flutes (1,3-8)

Heikki Tuhkanen – trombone (1,3,4,5,7,8)

Johannes Salomaa – reeds (4,5,7,8)

Mikko-Pekka Svala – bassoon (3)

Markus Niittynen – piano, keys (1,5,6,8)

Ilkka Hanski – bass (2,6,8)

Antti Utriainen – piano (4,6,7)

Hannu Rantanen – bass (1,3,4,5,7)

Juha Tanninen – percussions(1-8)

Henrik Björklöf – drums (1-8)

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