The Ribs days

We started our career as a band in a local restaurant in Turku called Ribs. It was situated right by the river in a cosy old building with stone walls and a wooden floor. The Dutch owner, Jerome, and his friendly staff always made you feel welcome, and for us musicians, Ribs was like a second living room. They organized live jazz evenings there every Thursday night.

This was where I first heard Anthony play in the year 2001, and thought: “Oh, I want to sing with him!” So I went about trying to win him over with Joni Mitchell covers and furry hats and jumpers.(: This seemed to do the trick also for Maka, the bass player, and suddenly we had a bit of a band there. Then the drummer Johan, another regular at the Ribs jazz nights, eventually joined us in the summer of 2002.

Ribs closed in September 2004, after a countdown jazz festival, and is dearly missed by many.