New albums coming up from Raoul Björkenheim, Sid Hille, Timo Lassy, Iiro Rantala and Slo Motive among others.

The renowned guitar player Raoul Björkenheim has released a new album Kalabalik with Anders Nilsson (guitar) and Gerald Cleaver (drums). The album was recorded live at Downtown Music Gallery in New York on 2 January 2011. Kalabalik was released and celebrated in the Downtown Music Gallery 21^st anniversary show at Poisson Rouge club in New York on 25 May 2012.

Johan Ölander Quartet released their album The Tongue-Twister, and currently they are touring with guitar player Jim Campilongo.

Timo Lassy is preparing his third solo album, which will be released via Schema Records on September. The album, In With Lassy, will see the sax man take his quintet through a set of irresistibly swinging eight compositions in the style of a "cooking session" recorded at the combo's Helsinki rehearsal pad. On board are Lassy on tenor sax, Teppo Mäkynen on drums, Georgios Kontrafouris on wurlitzer piano, Antti Lötjönen on bass and Abdissa Assefa on percussions.

Also Sid Hille contemporary/jazz Collective featuring Teemu Viinikainen and Heikki Nikula will release its debut recording called The Zen Connection on September.

The trio of three distinguished jazzists, Slo Motive (Sanni Orasmaa (voices), Kari Ikonen (keys), and Mamba Assefa (drums & percussions)), will celebrate their debut album in Tampere Jazz Happening in November.

Iiro Rantala's second release for ACT Records entitled My History of Jazz feat. Lars Danielsson, Morten Lund ja Adam Baldych is coming out in October.